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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

I joined the social media platform Mastodon a year ago. Given recent turbulent social media trends, I’m glad I took the plunge. Having been on Twitter (yes, I know it’s been renamed “X”, sue me) since 2009, I’d describe Mastodon as the old Twitter. What do I mean by that?

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5 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Clients After 40+ Years of Consulting

Conferences that Work

When it was published in 2009, my peer conference work exploded. Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients. And, my goodness, I got feedback! Thank you.

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Unlike older books, it covers the impact of digital technology (apps, online meetings, and social media marketing) on the meetings world, includes a healthy dollop of the relevance of learning theory to meeting design, and manages to squeeze in trade shows, accessibility, and wellness in a fairly short book.

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Adweek acquires events and industry news company Social Media Week

Event Industry News

Adweek, the leading source of news and insights covering marketing, media and technology, today kicked off the new year with a bang, announcing it has acquired Social Media Week (SMW) and its flagship properties, including Social Media Week Conferences, SMW News & Insights and its recently launched streaming platform SMW+.

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Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019

Smart Meetings

Since 2009, hotel room occupancy has increased steadily and is now breaking records with average occupancy at 65.5 Using social media or preferring the physical over digital version of any given thing does not place you in an age group, but rather an interest group. Transient Room Stays Rising Fastest.

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Wi-Fi voted most influential invention in events over the past 150 years

Prestige Events Magazine

Meanwhile, from 2000-2009, social media, online booking platforms and smartphones took prevalence, with a combined backing of 45% among voters. Overall, the most significant decades for outstanding inventions were voted as the 1870s and 2000s, at almost opposite ends of the 150-year timescale.

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How Community Data Informed Reddit’s First Experiential Space at CES

Event Marketer

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). For its first activation at CES, held in Las Vegas from Jan.

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