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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). In an outrageous display of chutzpah , I wrote three of these books. [If

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

Meetings don’t look how they used to. 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. Because of that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. labor force , at 35%.

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5 Ways the Meetings Industry is Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

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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Q&A: U.S. Travel Association’s New Meetings Executive

MeetingsNet

Travel with a strong track record in meetings. During her tenure, RE+ grew to become a top 50 trade show and was widely cited for the innovative ways it engaged attendees while quadrupling its revenue. If that segment grew, then so would the programming, as well as the trade show, the networking, and other elements.

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2019 Event Marketing Statistics, Trends and Data

Bizzabo

Conferences and tradeshows account for one-fifth or more of planned meetings activity in North America and Europe. CMO Council & E2MA , 2013). Sponsez , 2013). Sponsez , 2013). Sponsez , 2013). Association of National Advertisers , 2013). Association of National Advertisers , 2013). AMEX , 2018).

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Will Meeting Planners Be New Targets for Influencer Marketing?

PCMA Convene

Oklahoma City is using influencer marketing in the form of a travel-writing team who will highlight the city’s leisure attractions — and is also bolstering its meetings portfolio with a new convention center. But despite all of these shiny new additions, the one thing the CVB keeps hearing from meeting planners is, why Oklahoma City?

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How One Meetings Organization Interpreted Digital Disruption

Fork in the Road

The time we live in can only be described as bordering on the unfathomable: infants use iPads, celebrities show up at music festivals post mortem and human beings serve as wireless hotspots. We connect (meet), download (inform our colleagues about a project) and kvetch about bandwidth (time required to accomplish tasks).