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Two novel hybrid meeting formats

Conferences that Work

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, Sounds crazy, yes, but stay with me! The online portion.

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Control versus freedom at meetings

Conferences that Work

How can we design the optimum balance between control versus freedom at meetings? As I wrote in 2010: The reality is that you never had control to begin with, just the myth of control. Note that I’m not suggesting meeting professionals give up any attempt to control what happens at their events. The myth of control.

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Next-Gen FOMO: Why Actual Face Time Beats Screen Time for Gen Z

EventMB

Skift Take: Stop planning meetings like it’s 2010. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Gen Z doesn’t have the same values as Boomers, and planners who don’t evolve may find themselves out of step.

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CELTIC MANOR RESORT RENAMES CONFERENCE CENTRE IN MEMORY OF IAN EDWARDS

Prestige Events Magazine

The meetings and events facilities at the Celtic Manor Resort have been renamed the Ian Edwards Conference Centre to celebrate the memory of the venue’s long-serving Chief Executive Officer, who sadly passed away last month.

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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

Conferences that Work

I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? Here’s why they do it, and why it’s a mistake. If so, download.

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Why Meeting Planners Should—and Shouldn’t—Worry About Airline Strikes

MeetingsNet

Recent news that pilots at American, Southwest, and United airlines are threatening to strike might be fraying the nerves of meeting professionals concerned about their upcoming events. airline pilots strike was in 2010, when some 440 Spirit Airlines pilots stopped flying on June 12. Here’s why. Pilot strikes are rare. The last U.S.

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Exclusive Collection outlines The Big Re-Think for meetings and events

Event Industry News

The research set out to understand the motivations and expectations of Generation Alpha (those born in 2010 onwards) who will reach the workplace in […] The Big Re-Think is the culmination of quantitative research carried out in autumn 2023 in partnership with micebook.

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