Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Las Vegas, which strives to go bigger than anywhere else—and is in continual competition with Orlando for meetings and events business—used to have its restaurants rated by Michelin. The last guide covered 2008-2009. appeared first on Smart Meetings. And with so many celebrity-chef outposts, deservedly so.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2021

Woodley is area director of events and event operations of Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino ; and Resort at Squaw Creek in Incline Village, Nevada. Woodley previously worked as director of events for Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe. Brian Hilterbrandt.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Event innovation has to be more than giving attendees souvenirs. Extending your event brand. Similarly, to successfully extend your event brand you need to design appropriate additive and new experiences into it over time. So don’t serve up the same stew of event formats year after year. Event innovation?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2024

Since 2009 I’ve maintained an informal calendar of peer conferences (aka unconferences) on this site. It’s informal because I only list events I hear about, a minuscule fraction of the unconferences people hold every day. Even so, the calendar lists hundreds of events. Currently, I add a few peer conferences a month.

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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

APRIL 1, 2024

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 , I sat down with Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea on LinkedIn Live for an hour’s deep dive conversation about peer conferences: the participant-driven, participation-rich events I’ve designed and facilitated for over thirty years. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. I loved doing this event.

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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.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Stewart is director of special event for Visit Panama City Beach in Florida. He joined the organization in 2015, and since then, has worked as sports marketing and special events coordinator, and operations manager. He has been with the organization for a total of 10 years, joining as program manager for IAAPA Europe in 2009.

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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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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. From more engaging, holistic experiences to the the bold new expectations of “bleisure,” event planners and suppliers are racing to adapt in an industry that’s as dynamic as it’s ever been. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

As corporations pledge to be more sustainable, the event industry seeks lasting solutions. The world, and the event industry, entered a new reality last year when the U.N. More on This Topic: 10 Event Sustainability Ideas to Implement Right Now. THE PANDEMIC EFFECT.

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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. Attendees loved my events! Outwardly, I’ve succeeded.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. As 2018 comes to a close, Dominguez shared some insights into what he sees for the future of the meetings industry.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2024

Women are Making Events Industry History in Leadership Roles Access —the largest destination management company in the United States, and the only woman-owned and led National DMC—makes history with its appointment of three women as Co-Chief Executive Officers: Jennifer Miller, Danielle Phippen and Heidi Brown.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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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). horsley-estate/events/. About Ada Lovelace.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the lowest number since 2009. Tripleseat’s 2018 Holiday Party Feedback Survey tallied the results of 1,100 event planners, consumers and managers from all across the country and found that 57 percent of employees have witnessed co-workers intoxicated. Everyone who throws a party or event of any kind wants great attendance.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

You can find the most detailed implementation in Chapter 18 of my 2019 book, Event Crowdsourcing. 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.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2023

The ancient architecture, the succulent cuisine, the vibrant cultures, the eloquent languages—all things that make hosting events in Europe a magical and enticing experience. Let’s look at the meetings scene in each of these Euro Destinations. Mannheim will host the 2023 Federal Garden Show (BUGA) from April 14 to Oct.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 16, 2023

Through the years, redditors have kept their fingers on the pulse of the latest trends in tech—often predicting the next big thing through subreddits like r/electricvehicles (started in 2009) and r/bitcoin (established in 2010). More B-to-B Event Strategies: Inside Reddit’s Explorer-themed Cannes Lions Activation. Agency: Giant Spoon.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2023

Some are returning to large-scale in-person events for the first time in three years. Others are meeting new remote colleagues or visiting with prospective clients. A second solution Clark points to is having comically large name tags with huge font, which she once came across at an event.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love took four years to write. When it was published in 2009, my peer conference work exploded. Improving Conferences That Work I designed and facilitated my first peer conference in 1992. I ran them in my spare time for thirteen years before writing my first book.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 7, 2024

Dubbed the largest annual light construction trade show in the world, IBS grew 12 percent this year, with attendance at the highest level since 2009, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), which owns the show. Partner: ImpactXM Send your exhibit stories to Anna Huddleston, ahuddleston@accessintel.com.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Meeting process I have been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich conferences for over thirty years, and evangelizing the advantages of this approach since 2009. While the meeting industry is slowly realizing the importance of facilitating connection at events, traditional conferences still dominate.

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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. Large companies, schools, and other organizations used BlueJeans to host and manage engaging events for people across the globe.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

The following year, David was kind enough to honor me in his flagship publication BizBash as one of the most innovative event professionals. Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!) The cover proclaims “What’s Next in Event Design?” 2 — Elementary Meetings.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

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. And if you want attendees to return and state that they gained value from attending your event, you must plan for them! Schiefele, U.,

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

I decide to write a book about it, and in… 2009: I self-publish Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love. I quickly discover the size and interest of the meetings industry. Due to interest and demand, I become a meeting designer and facilitator of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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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. to $49.99.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2022

name: Meet Events Ltd Date formed: July 2019 (8 months before Covid!) No of annual events supported: 500 Staff: 7 (currently recruiting for more) plus a number of freelancers Offices: Waterloo, London Web address: www.meet-events.co.uk Des was then MD of Grass Roots Meetings and Events which was subsequently bought by BCD.

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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. How many attendees would actually use an event app?

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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. Our online and hybrid event solutions were designed to help events increase profitability like never before. Hybrid event platform: Unify. Marketplace.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As an event professional, you know intuitively that it is the event industry. 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.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 30, 2024

Especially when it comes to events, there are a million reasons why we could put off the implementation of a new process or technology, or the rollout of a new attendee experience…but who’s to say the next event will be any easier?” Or maybe we’ll have moved on to a new organization/event by then and miss our chance altogether.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 19, 2023

Once the brown gelatinous algae reach coastlines, locals, tourists, hoteliers and meeting professionals will have to contend with the nuisance of it canvassing beaches and release a foul stench as it decays. The most important thing is the level of meeting expectations,” Farr says.

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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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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic forced business event planners to swiftly move canceled face-to-face events online, changing the digital event landscape forever. The event’s success was a revelation to Strupp. Illustrations by Celyn Brazier). In all honesty,” she added, “canceling wasn’t an option.”. Cassandra Strupp.

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