Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2017

This article was penned prior to the 2016 election. Impact on Healthcare Conferences? If these waves of change haven’t impacted your medical meeting’s business model, it’s just a matter of time. Here are four questions (and tips) for your conference committee to consider as they navigate this changing landscape: 1.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

. “The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) makes humongous amounts of money from its journal and meetings, but spends very little on helping its members, while treating overseas researchers with indifference bordering on disdain.” ” —Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, Has the Society for Neuroscience lost its way? No related posts.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Las Vegas, New York City, Paris and other perennial favorites were among the world’s top meetings destinations in 2016, but several other locations significantly enhanced their appeal largely due to major expansion and renovation projects. Here are 15 of the leading meetings cities in 2016. It features 2.6 million sq.

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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. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game. In 2016, millennials became the largest segment in the U.S. With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

The event was held at one of the particular fantastic – and pretty new- ETC Venues in London and it was a day that promised something different from the standard association conference: and trust me, association conferences can be VERY STANDARD. They used Meeting Design. They had a gender balanced speaker programme.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

. “The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) makes humongous amounts of money from its journal and meetings, but spends very little on helping its members, while treating overseas researchers with indifference bordering on disdain.” ” —Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, Has the Society for Neuroscience lost its way?

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Guidebook

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Check out some of our favorite new apps of 2016 and get inspired for your next build. In 2016 we saw over 30,000 guides get published on Guidebook’s Builder platform and we couldn’t be more proud. Here are our best guides of 2016 and some key takeaways. Here are our best guides of 2016 and some key takeaways.

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GEVME

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Malaysia’s most prominent business events conference returns for the fourth edition this December at the Setia SPICE Convention Centre. The conference targets the business events and hospitality industries. Today we have a story about Be @ Penang event.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook 2016 Fall Edition in partnership with MGM Resorts International. The report highlights a greater awareness of security threats amongst meeting and conference planners, and increased spending on security measures.

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BizBash

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

The event was held at one of the particular fantastic – and pretty new- ETC Venues in London and it was a day that promised something different from the standard association conference: and trust me, association conferences can be VERY STANDARD. They used Meeting Design. They had a gender balanced speaker programme.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!) BizBash consistently uses the term “event design” to mean “ visual design” As an example, consider the 2016 Design Issue. 2 — Elementary Meetings. 3 — Conferences That Work. Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 27, 2016

When we launched our first industry conference in 2016 -- OFFLINE Summit -- we learned quite a bit about what conference and meeting planners go through in all realms. Securing sponsorship for a conference is sales. Many conferences do not ask that third question. What’s in it for them? Use social proof.

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BizBash

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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BizBash

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Two groups, the Genetics Society of America (GSA) and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), increased the audience size of their 2020 scientific meetings that went virtual. Instead, the institute pulled together a virtual conference — and 30,000 people around the world tuned in.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

We are lucky enough to have a long-term partnership with Chicago; that played into a lot of these decisions,” said Mandy Davis, vice president of meeting services for ASCO. A key step was inviting local restaurants, shops—and even the Chicago Cubs—to partner with meeting organizers and show off all the city has to offer.

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BizBash

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2016

In this case, “there” was a wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! You had to be there. How I got there.

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GEVME

APRIL 30, 2018

When the news about GDPR shook the world in 2016, most businesses were in the dark about how to handle it. Especially for the world of events where meetings and conferences are organised in advance, GDPR doesn’t actually start on 25 May 2018. Some of event invitees are EU citizens.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Last week I shared five ways explicit communication improves meetings. The meeting schedule changes mid-event. As a facilitator I sometimes change the processes I’m using to meet uncovered participants’ needs. I remember a maze-like conference center that had a totally inadequate printed floor plan.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

11 in Vigo, Spain, to mark start of construction, the hospitality company’s position as a leader in the luxury meetings market will expand to include the seven seas. They will feature private terraces, multiple dining venues, tech-enabled meeting room space and, of course, Wi-Fi. When the keel-laying ceremony is held Jan.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the meetings and conventions industry is built on relationships — one on one, face to face, rooted in competence and trust. Meetings bring people together, you see, and that applies to the back of the house just as much as it does among attendees. Our readers did not disappoint.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 9, 2018

In terms of jobs, the meetings and events industry creates more direct jobs than large manufacturing sectors such as automotive, chemicals, and food. For every dollar spent on face-to-face meetings and business events in 2016, it generated an additional $1.60 In 2016, six million international attendees came to the U.S.

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Guidebook

DECEMBER 9, 2015

If it’s hard to change the meeting room for a session, it might not get changed. A good app can greatly enhance a conference. If you’re an association with an annual conference of 2500 people, does the company have customers who look like you? Who are an event app company’s customers?

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. Demand continues to outpace supply of meetings-eligible hotels.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here, we’ve compiled the most innovative meeting format ideas that have been seen at recent international corporate events arenas to boost your bank of ideas. You can turn ordinary conference session formats into something like these: Inspirational tours. Internal conferences. For conferences only. For meetings only, etc.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. percent compared to +4.9

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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BizBash

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 9, 2018

Raise your hand if your friends or family member still have no idea what you do as a meeting and hospitality professional? And we have a holiday to prove it: Global Meetings Industry Day. After all, meetings mean business. Did you know, as reported by Meetings Mean Business, our industry contributes more to the U.S.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2018

Hip” and “scientific conference” are terms that may seem incongruous. But Laura Metcalf Jelinek, CAE, associate vice president of meetings and travel for the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), helped make both concepts work together at the association’s annual Osteopathic Medical Education Conference (OMED). Letter Perfect.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Where your group meets matters, but so does the framing for the discussions that will happen in and out of the ballroom. In 1990, the first TED (technology, entertainment and design) Conference was held in Monterey. It is the greatest meeting of land and sea.” Understanding people’s humanity is the first step,” he said.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

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. million meetings were held in 2016, with 251 million participants. Meetings Mean Business, along with U.S.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

After 35 years, the total dollars raised and invested in the business events industry is now $10 million and the group is in the midst of a matching fundraising campaign to help victims of the earthquake in Turkiye , which happens to also be the newly announced location for next year’s SITE Global Conference, Istanbul.

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