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Lessons from Smart Monday at IMEX 2017

SmartMeetings

Photo from Play with a Purpose Room, Smart Monday of IMEX 2017. IMEX America launched its 2017 event in Las Vegas with a full schedule of educational content—powered by MPI —for the 1,000 planners who arrived on Monday, a day before the show opened. The post Lessons from Smart Monday at IMEX 2017 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

Also solicited/accepted are keynote/motivational speakers who get paid large fees and provide exciting presentations with, in my experience, little or no content of long-term value to the meeting attendees. In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In

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Bringing a ‘Sense of Place’ to Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

For Matter, Fuson selected a 114-year-old venue that was originally built as a chapel and served as the hub of a residential neighborhood for many years, as well as a meeting place for both the women’s suffrage and civil rights movements. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design. Morgan is not alone.

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Conference Programme Template

Gallus Events

We put this programme together for Practically Perfect PA’s “Assist Conference” in February 2017. Add some meeting design. This is where I would also place really good speakers! Can Gallus Event help you in 2017? Meeting design. Conference Programme Template. Please add your name.

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Why Your Conference Should be Target-Audience Obsessed

Velvet Chainsaw

At times, we also remove speakers and volunteer leaders as they may justify their participation based more on those roles than their education and networking experience. Among those to exclude are expo only, staff, exhibitors, sponsors, press, guests, workshop-only, and students. (If

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

I received the email that we had won the bid and the conference would be coming to Grand Rapids in 2017! Whether they are speakers, vendors, partners, or staff, we all have the common goal of inspiring attendees to take away ideas and connections that enable them to become more engaged, be more productive, and grow professionally.

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Five Innovative Meeting Formats

PCMA Convene

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. Some speakers might be concerned about giving up the ability to manage the material.