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B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Valerie Strehle

Event Marketer

That event, in particular, has grown from fewer than 500 attendees in 2012 to more than 2,500 participants across two regions (Americas and EMEA) in 2024. In fact, the first Amplify took place six months after she joined the organization. “We often talk about whats really driving people to events, Strehle says.

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A Participants’ Bill of Rights

Conferences that Work

I love the folks (especially my good friend, Jan-Jaap In der Maur ) at Masters In Moderation , a company that has been providing meeting and facilitation services and training in the European Union since 2012. Because their core beliefs about what truly matters at events are deeply aligned with mine.

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Destination Emirates Old Trafford Relaunches Players and Media Centre for Events

Prestige Events Magazine

The centre, which originally opened in 2012, has seen an increase in use by planners looking to take advantage of its event spaces, on-site studio, and broadcasting capabilities. Destination Emirates Old Trafford has relaunched its Players and Media Centre to further strengthen support for conferences and events held at the venue.

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Any questions? Rethinking traditional Q&A

Conferences that Work

Designing Participation Into Your Meetings No, that’s not me up on the stage, and that’s not the kind of session I’ll be leading next Tuesday, May 22, at the MPI New England 2012 Northeast Education.

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What If Your Next Show Was Headlined By a Ghost?

Picatic by Eventbrite

Could it be that the Tupac hologram at Coachella in 2012 was a glimpse at the future of the music business?

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Back to the Future: Revisiting Event Planner Predictions From 2012

PCMA Convene

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In 2012, Angry Birds was the most downloaded app, the iPhone was five, and Zoom was only a year old.

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Julie Coker to Head NYC Tourism + Conventions

Smart Meetings

In both 2012 and 2019, Coker was named among Philadelphia Business Journal ’s Women of Distinction Honorees. She was honored as the 2017 United Negro College Fund Mayor’s Ball Honoree for Civic Leadership and, in the same year, named by Network Journal one of the 25 Most Influential Black Women in Business.

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