Meetups are big because people who connect online, or simply care about a topic or issue, like to meet for real.
Also make sure you take a cautious approach, as you never know how a particular topic or issue may offend one of your colleagues, Zupan adds.
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Malcolm Dowden, a UK-based environmental law consultant and solicitor, had much to say on the topic in a recent issue of the UK Law Business Review.
Toine Timmermans, from Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands, described the IME publication as a "relevant report that draws attention to an important issue and topic".
Each volley is aimed at a specific constituency: Dole officials admit openly that they are wooing Catholic voters in the Midwest and were thrilled to see Roman Catholic bishops make the abortion issue a topic several Sundays ago.
Obama has not made the issue a major topic of discussion on the campaign trail.
While the energy topic has become a political issue, it should first and foremost be viewed as an economic driver that regions with strong energy assets can leverage to transition their economies.
That issue was the topic of recent forums in the U.S. organized by the New York-based Asia Society, where Loh and representatives of Eurasian, ethnic Indian and Southeast Asian groups in Hong Kong (including this writer) spoke.
The magazine is published nine times in a year with different themes on each issue exploring a particular topic.
Mark Regev, an Israeli government spokesman, said "the issue of settlements and illegal outposts were discussed" between Netanyahu and Obama, but that the topic was "first and foremost a rule of law issue" and that the government was now engaged in a process to bring about the removal of illegal outposts peacefully.
The results proved that this issue remains a hot bedded topic, with updates nearly every minute throughout the evening and through today.
The issue continued to be a topic of discussion Tuesday, with commenters on CNN and other online venues debating what the unusual appearance meant.
The party has also given notice that the issue will be a major topic in the local elections in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wuerttemberg later this month.
The topic was the most frequently talked about issue in 10 nations in last year's survey, but this year climate change topped the list only in Germany and Britain.
From Turkey Twizzlers to MPs suggesting a correlation between a child's weight and their social background, obesity is a hot topic and an ever-growing public health issue.
Last April, for example, I remember reporting from a conference where the topic was ethics and compliance, but the issue that got most talked about and analyzed was the advent of social media.
The topic for the July 18, 2011, issue of Thoughts on the Business of Life in FORBES magazine is the Greek economic catastrophe.
The fact that he fled to Italy is one of the factors that have made the issue of Muslim-Christian conversion a hot topic in that country.
People are obsessed by the more titillating aspects of this topic, says Logan, but he asserts that the whole issue of sexuality in space needs to be brought back down to biology and medicine.
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The carried interest tax issue, however, is a red herring and a topic for another time.
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We didn't really speak about my disability, not because it was a topic that was taboo... it was just never an issue.
"The issue of the political transition in Iraq is certainly the topic on the agenda, " State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters Thursday.
He follows the long academic tradition of overturning the conventional wisdom on a topic, showing that previously unknown or unanticipated factors contribute to the issue in question.
The issue of BP's preparedness is sure to be a prime topic at the hearing, according to Senate staffers.
One topic noticeable by its absence from Sunday's debate was immigration, the issue most likely to get Republican activists riled.
Schwarzenegger and McCain differ on the issue of offshore drilling, but the governor did not bring up the topic.
The Phone In programme includes a single topic phone-in running between 0900 and 1000 where listeners can have their say on the issue of the day.
Every issue has 36-pages and the contents assist kids to do further research on the topic by presenting a list of recommended websites and books.
Though slightly better pay for use of new media--the issue at the center of the writers' strike--was agreed upon, the topic was largely tabled until the next negotiation.
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