Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

When the economy tanked in 2008, Owens was laid off and had some decisions to make. Every four years since 2008, Owens’ team has also produced the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s weeklong quadrennial General Conference. Her advice to clients is to research potential host cities carefully before signing contracts. “[I

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2017

Incorporating fireworks into a meeting can be impactful, but there are several boxes to check before pressing start. “I Meeting professionals wishing to entertain guests with a firework display first and foremost need to hire a licensed, insured and reputable professional pyrotechnic company to execute the performance. Las Vegas Strip.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 8, 2019

For meetings outside the U.S., In 2008, a terror group attacked a hotel in Mumbai and held hostages for three days. This is one of five articles on actions you can take to make your meeting more secure. . • Ask if a registrant has specific safety requirements. embassy in that location knows they are in the country.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Pharma meeting planners are experts in social media marketing, email campaigns, media partnerships, and more to maximize HCP attendance and participation. It is not for commercial purposes.

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It provides a platform designed to facilitate the booking and event management process for different hospitality establishments, facilitating the organization of events ranging from small meetings to large-scale functions. The platform aims to address specific challenges the hospitality industry faces in managing events.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

W hen Geralyn Krist, CMP, CTA, put in a request to start working from home in 2008, she’d been in convention sales with Visit KC for six years. In fact, a frequent comment voiced by meeting planners responding to Convene ’s 2016 Salary Survey was that they wished they were allowed to work from home more often.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Racial inequality in the meeting and event industry is not an issue for Black people to solve alone—it will take New roles such as diversity and inclusion officers can help set goals and measure progress. April Goff Senior Associate, Events & Meetings, KPMG Connect with April on LinkedIn. Here’s what they had to say.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 10, 2020

For a huge number of people, experiencing this baptism-by-fire of virtual interaction has shown them that while it may not be a true substitute to meeting in-person, it’s a lot closer than people thought. For theater or classroom style meetings it may be easy to lower density without drastically reducing the impact.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. You probably know that Cleveland bid on the 2008 Republican National Convention. You’re dealing with a lot of hotels that are great partners, but they don’t have meeting space.”.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2024

In short…meetings, meetings and more meetings. Her destination marketing organization (DMO), she says, “serves as a conduit for placing the COA in touch with business leaders and government officials in the selection of venues and meeting spaces based upon scope of a political convention’s needs.” And by whom?

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