Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Are 50%-80% of your conference attendees in your programming at any given time? One thing is certain, if your conference attendees are not fully engaged in the experience you provide, there is little, if any, chance that they will leave your event with any real ROI. Four Factors That Affect Your Conference Attendees’ Engagement.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

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. I don’t want to go to another traditional conference again.”

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Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

I developed The Three Questions in 1995 as a fundamental opening process for peer conferences. Frequent and well-designed small group work is the key to creating active learning and connection at any meeting. Zoom allows facilitators to speedily split a meeting into up to 50 separate sessions. Learn about The Three Questions.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

What meeting planners may be pleased to discover is Asheville’s potential for hosting eventful gatherings. Executives and meetings professionals in search of locations to hold meetings, executive retreats, conferences, and incentive trips will be inspired by Asheville’s spirit, scenic beauty, and fresh mountain air.”.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Having a new lineup every year of speakers at conferences, or different decor and F&B at special events is not enough. The JKWeddingDance , invented in 2009, became a fun and novel format for Western weddings, but such innovations are rare. But conferences, where people come to learn and connect, are a different matter.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love took four years to write. I’m still proud of how well Conferences That Work lays out the fundamental reasons for the importance and value of peer conferences.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

He joined the company in 1992 and has held his position as senior vice president since 2009. Until January of this year, Martin was partner events manager for RingCentral, and before that, she was senior meeting manager for National Conference of State Legislatures, both in Denver. Jeremy Heyes. Stacey Kokosinski.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Every year the second Tuesday of October marks Ada Lovelace Day (12 th October 2021), founded in 2009 in recognition of Ada’s ground-breaking contribution to computer technology, and to celebrate the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM). with market-leading conference facilities.

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

In fact, a new events industry initiative, “ Net Zero Carbon Events ,” developed in November 2021 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland is serving as a rallying cry for change. We want to make sure that we bring the community together and keep them excited about the resort and help them get on their feet.”.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). Invent a way to make the conference successful based on the collective needs, wants, and experience of the attendees. The conference has run continually for the last 27 years.) This is something new.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game. With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Now, customers who have been using the video conferencing platform to host online events, conferences, meetings, or live streams, have to find a new way of connecting with virtual audiences. BlueJeans , a Verizon-owned software company, is sunsetting this year. Are you a BlueJeans customer looking for an alternative solution?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 3, 2023

As you may know, I have been selling my ebooks at a fixed price of $11.00 since 2009. Furthermore, I have consistently produced high-quality books on meeting design that have received critical acclaim and have helped thousands of meeting professionals to significantly improve their conferences. on April 15, 2023.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2023

Since 2009, European Best Destinations has been promoting culture and tourism for destinations around Europe with 2023 surpassing the number of votes collected the previous year by 158,175—a clear indication that European tourism is on a fierce rebound and showing significant growth in tourism across the continent. Cittadella, Italy No.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2023

Others are meeting new remote colleagues or visiting with prospective clients. The first is to share information in advance about who will be attending the event so attendees unfamiliar with the group of participants can do some research and prepare ahead of meeting in person. because that can lead you down a useful path,” Clark says.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 9, 2018

In terms of jobs, the meetings and events industry creates more direct jobs than large manufacturing sectors such as automotive, chemicals, and food. For every dollar spent on face-to-face meetings and business events in 2016, it generated an additional $1.60 for events and conferences. in benefits to the U.S.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 21, 2021

Remember conferences and events before COVID-19, mask wearing and social distancing? We all know masks help save lives—but here’s the clencher—are you willing to wear your mask the entire conference time? Bird Flu broke out in 1997, followed by SARS in 2003 and Swine Flu in 2009. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!) As I’ve written elsewhere , we are so steeped in traditional process rituals that society has used for hundreds of years—lectures, weddings, business meetings, galas, shows, etc.—that 2 — Elementary Meetings. 3 — Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 31, 2021

I frequently meet people who are, and I certainly understand the temptation. Figuring out ways to make the fundamental human act of meeting better, motivated by nothing more than the pleasure it gave me, led me to write a book about what I had learned. Here’s the story of how I liberated my life by ignoring sunk costs.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

QnA with Event Industry Influencer, Author and Founder of Conferences That Work – Adrian Segar. Amazed by the modern concept of organizing conferences and ideas that change the concept of corporate meetings planning; we approached Adrian Segar to discuss his work! How did you land up with the idea of “Conferences That Work”?

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

In March, despite the fact that the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) had never before offered an online education component to their annual meeting, the association converted a face-to-face meeting to a virtual one in just seven days. Less Panic, More Design Strategy.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

put into circulation for every $1 spent, including injecting fresh tax dollars into cities where meetings are held , with international travelers having an even larger impact because they spend more and stay longer. million meetings were held in 2016, with 251 million participants. Meetings Mean Business, along with U.S.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

The average person in 2009,” reports the science magazine Nautilus , “was less empathetic than 75 percent of the people in 1979.”. One meeting professional, William Thomson, founder of Gallus Events in Barcelona, organized Homeless Hackathon Glasgow last year, after reading statistics about homelessness in Glasgow, Scotland, his hometown.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 17, 2021

Sherpa has been at the forefront of event technology since 2009; developing and deploying innovative and robust solutions to support the most complex events. Since launching in 2010, Nomad has been the mobile platform of choice for the largest and most demanding conferences and exhibitions worldwide. Hybrid event platform: Unify.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 9, 2017

According to my weblogs, this site is now one of the most popular websites on meeting design and related issues, with 31 million page views to date, 25 million of which were made in the last three years. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. This has been a PSA from Adrian Segar.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 7, 2019

At this week's PCMA Convening Leaders conference at David L. Designed to continue the progress and momentum of the first 10 years of the group's advocacy work—the coalition came about at the start of the Great Recession in early 2009—this year's plans focuses on four areas. For more information, visit MeetingsMeanBusiness.com.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Becoming a Community Interest Company in 2009, we have been organising conferences, events, dinners, meetings, exhibitions and network events. Whether you plan a small event or a major conference, our team can handle it. Unlike most event management companies, we are a not-for profit organisation.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

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. economy’s growth was outpacing expectations. percent in the 2016 survey.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. SPN] was like, ‘What better way to [tell the story] than a conference? They fall across the spectrum.

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Core-apps

AUGUST 9, 2017

Apple has updated their app store regulations and many event apps are being rejected because they fail to meet the new guidelines. We started in 2009 and have produced thousands of apps. Have you heard the news? Apple’s new rules specifically target spam apps to keep them from filling up the app store. We do not use a “container” app.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Summit will take place at the Manchester Central conference centre from September 5 th to 8 th , with the Opening Ceremony held at the internationally renowned concert venue Bridgewater Hall – home of the BBC Philharmonic. In 2020 for every $1 invested, One Young World Ambassadors deliver $16 of social value.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Is it time you discovered a new approach for that annual conference or general session? IBM Impact Conference. With some 18,000 people attending the IBM Impact Conference, every aspect of the event must engage huge amounts of people. Organizers assigned each conference topic a color. Sony E3 2012 Press Conference.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

These include events such as conferences, brand activations, pop-ups and experiential events commissioned by the likes of Cadbury, Airbnb, Dropbox and Paddy Power. Launched in 2009, the EIA aims to showcase and celebrate the very best in Ireland’s event industry. Conferences. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Exhibitions.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2021

A new financial system concept outlined in a 2009 white paper grew into the annual North American Bitcoin Conference, which drew 6,000 participants to Miami in 2018. In early 2009, a white paper started floating around the internet. a conference for September 2013. In 2018, the conference attracted 6,000 participants.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Learn about the top event management platform that event planners are using to save time and effort when managing their meetings and events. I remember the state of the meeting and events industry when we first started EventMobi about 10 years ago. Event apps were the new technology on the block for event planners.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

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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