Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For most conference committees (and next-gen participants), they’re a snore. Elements of your conference should always put the participants and the profession ahead of the volunteer leaders. Opening on a high note is an important part of setting the tone for a successful conference. Here are the next 10 elements to knock off.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

One important fact that many may not realize: According to Hilton’s 2017 Annual Report, Hilton owns only two hotels (620 rooms total) in all of North and South America. What happens when/if a conference registrant discovers that s/he paid an additional fee on their room rate that was actually a rebate to the meeting host organization?

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Core-apps

MARCH 7, 2018

A MeetingsNet 2017 Changemaker , Penelope is part of the team behind the revamped American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Meeting. He appears regularly in numerous industry blogs and podcasts and speaks at conferences across the globe. dahliaelgazzar. plannerwire. Wayne Crawford, VP Sales, Core-apps.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

According to a recent survey by The Exhibitor Advocate, exhibitors are seeing increased labor rates and material handling and shipping costs between 20-30% since 2017. Expenses for exhibitors at association trade shows have increased significantly while corporate marketing budgets have remained flat.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

as conferences manager at NMAC. Through conference planning, I work to keep adult education interesting and relevant so my attendees continue to fight HIV in and for their communities. Looking for a challenge, I left to join the conferences team for the American Dental Education Association.

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Hubilo Blog

APRIL 5, 2018

Event Planning Essentials: Tips for Selecting Event Vendors. Ultimate list of Keynote Speakers for your Conference. Why Speakers are the Backbone of your Next Conference? Event Planning Checklist — The Concise Version. Top 10 Event Venues for Business Conferences in India. Top 5 movies on business conferences.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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Bizzabo

JUNE 7, 2018

Looking to host a crypto or blockchain conference? Check out these tips on planning a crypto conference as well as key takeaways from other large crypto events. The following tips and best practices are meant to help to take your crypto conference from idea to reality. Growth of Crypto and Blockchain Conferences.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Organizers of ON24 Webinar World, a user conference for webinar marketing, share their experiences. Planning a conference is a complex process that doesn’t come with a handy user manual. You won’t find How to Plan Conferences for Dummies in any bookstore. 6–8, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Start Early.

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Planner WIre

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

On January 11, 2017, Google confirmed that they were rolling out the mobile intrusive interstitials penalty. That technological marvel is no longer marvelous and now your association or conference is going to take a financial hit because no one knows what to do. Wanna make matters worse? But what does it do for you?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

When Dr. Leslie Kernisan, a geriatrician who practices in San Francisco, first attended the Stanford Medicine X conference at Stanford University in 2013, the most remarkable innovations she encountered, she later recalled, weren’t in tech advances or brilliant breakthroughs in research. on Sunday, Sept. All photos courtesy of Medicine X.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A company event , a festival, a conference? Big events with a high number of attendees might require up to a year to plan. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in October 2017 by Kaitlin Colston and completely revamped by Anja Grcar in September 2021. What type of an event is it? We’re here to help.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 22, 2018

We have a solution for you — this guide to awesome and free event planning resources. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most important conference planning resources that organizers can refer to for all their event planning and event marketing needs.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

A Bold Decision ACA (American Counseling Association) Annual Convention & Exposition in San Francisco, California, Sunday, March 19, 2017. It was March 31, 2016, and ACA’s Governing Council was meeting in Montreal as part of ACA’s 2016 Conference & Expo. ACA moved the 2017 Conference & Expo.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2018

Editor’s Note: This was originally published in May 15, 2017 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. .

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

October 2017. PSAV President and CEO, Mike McIlwain stated in the press release “The addition of SAV is an important step toward PSAV’s goal of being the ultimate local resource for corporate, association, and event planners around the globe.”. PSAV acquires Hawthorn Theatrical, LTD. January 2018.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The typical conference attendee will throw away over 4 pounds of waste per day, according to Event Manager Blog. For a small three-day industry conference of approximately 1,000 attendees, that translates into over 12,500 pounds of discards — about the same as four compact cars producing 530 metric ton equivalents of CO 2.

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Expo Logic

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Another example of attendees working together in an interactive experience was at the AWS re:Invent 2017 event to build a structure completely out of LEGO® bricks. Attendees can participate on their own or with others to add photos to the wall to work together to complete the larger image.

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Planner WIre

JUNE 6, 2019

Calm is in the name and if you need more than that as a recommendation, it was an Apple app of the year in 2017. We travel the globe educating conference attendees about technology and productivity. Platforms: iOS and Android – Cost: Free to $399.00. Drift off to dreamland and wake up refreshed. per month. Will it work?

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Planner WIre

JUNE 6, 2019

Calm is in the name and if you need more than that as a recommendation, it was an Apple app of the year in 2017. We travel the globe educating conference attendees about technology and productivity. Platforms: iOS and Android – Cost: Free to $399.00. Drift off to dreamland and wake up refreshed. per month. Will it work?

Tech 28

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