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Betsy Bair to Retire from VCC

Velvet Chainsaw

For over 30 years, Betsy was the editor and content director of Medical Meetings, Corporate Meetings & Incentives and several other industry publications that have evolved into today’s digital MeetingsNet. In 2005, she helped launch the Pharma Forum annual conference.

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My contract with myself

Conferences that Work

Toward the end of one of these guided visualizations, the workshop leader invited us to meet our magical child. ” That is the contract I wrote for myself in August 2005. (Here’s a recording of John Bradshaw running one of his “Home Coming” workshops.) The rock embodied power, my power.

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West Coast DMOs Rollout Alliance

Smart Meetings

The pandemic has been a very rough time for the nation’s destination marketing organizations , as it has for the hospitality and meetings industry as a whole. Named for the chef’s mother, it was launched in 2005 and today serves warm meals to 5,000 needy children daily in 20 locations at 62 locations. Keeping Eyes on the Screens.

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Smart Moves in Hawaii, Las Vegas and More

Smart Meetings

Wooden has nearly 20 years working in Las Vegas’ hospitality scene, beginning his career in 2005 at Wynn Las Vegas as executive vice president of food and beverage, and later, principal executive officer and president. The post Smart Moves in Hawaii, Las Vegas and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. This is not another success story about becoming a writer.

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7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events

Smart Meetings

As we move into pandemic recovery, virtual and hybrid events will remain top of mind for many marketing teams, with 92 percent of companies planning to host a digital event, conference or meet-up at some point in the year. He was the first president and CFO of Shutterstock from 2005 to 2010.

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Atlantis Bahamas: A Leader in Environmental Stewardship

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings spoke to Liu to learn more about Atlantis Bahamas’ environmental stewardship, ocean preservation and conservation initiatives and how planners can get involved when meeting there. How Planners Can Get Involved We know that meetings can be wasteful.