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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

Conferences that Work

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. In November, the economic recovery since the 2007–2009 recession was in its eighth year, and “showing little signs of fatigue,” according to Reuters. Thinking ahead — The average booking window for large meetings is 2.2

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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

SmartMeetings

For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? For the meeting planning industry, smartphones provide an easy way to keep clients engaged and deliver content.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

Switzerland is a premium country for meetings and events. Between 2009–2011, the property was completely refurbished and reopened in 2011. The lobby lounge bar is a ‘meeting place’ because it’s close to the train station and easy to access for those coming by train even for a meeting. Full destination spotlight video.

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Convene’s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Every year, when we compile the latest Meetings Market Survey results, we compare them to the previous year’s survey. recession hit December 2007, through post-recession (mid-2009), to the recovery. recession hit December 2007, through post-recession (mid-2009), to the recovery. For full results, see Convene ’s print issue.).

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

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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