PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Speaker diversity continues to be a hot topic in the meetings and events industry. On average, across different types of events, more than two-thirds — 69 percent — of speakers were male, while less than one-third were female. The speakers and specific events they spoke at remain anonymous. “We Gina Glantz.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 14, 2017

Ask the speaker or moderator to share those with the participants. Consider developing a meta-tag methodology that applies three to five keywords or phrases to each session, and low-tech solutions like creating and publishing five to 10 recommended itineraries based on the attendee’s role or work challenges.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 22, 2017

Underwrite a keynote speaker or sponsor sessions and tracks. Alternatives to Stage-Time Sponsorships. Sponsors/education champions don’t have to buy stage time in order to meet their thought-leadership objectives. They can: 1. Sponsor awards that recognize the best in your profession. How transparent are you to attendees?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

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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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Speakers to facilitators-of-learning. Speakers should no longer be the sage on the stage, but rather the guide on the side. Point attendees to your website or, better yet, to your mobile app for full session descriptions, speaker bios and booth profiles. See sidebar at bottom. It’s a one-way trip.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 1, 2017

Full Name: Jason Allan Scott Company: Eventrepreneur Ltd Job Title: MD Entrepreneurial consultant, Professional Speaker, Best Selling Author, Startup impresario and a part of Tim Ferris’s NR set. The post Event Technology Awards 2017 Judge’s Spotlight: Jason Allan Scott appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Attendees value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual. Leadership often thinks the answer to their attendance problems is to earmark even more spend for attendance marketing. Spend in this category doesn’t contribute to the attendee value proposition.

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Eventinterface

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The winner will be announced at ibtm world 2017, hosted in Barcelona, Spain, November 28 to 30. From the nine finalists, judges will now vote for a winner in each category, one of which will be named Tech Watch Award 2017 winner on 29 November at ibtm world in Barcelona. This year’s finalists are: Bizly, Inc.,

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Eventinterface

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The winner will be announced at ibtm world 2017, hosted in Barcelona, Spain, November 28 to 30. From the nine finalists, judges will now vote for a winner in each category, one of which will be named Tech Watch Award 2017 winner on 29 November at ibtm world in Barcelona. This year’s finalists are: Bizly, Inc.,

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Eventinterface

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The winner will be announced at ibtm world 2017, hosted in Barcelona, Spain, November 28 to 30. From the nine finalists, judges will now vote for a winner in each category, one of which will be named Tech Watch Award 2017 winner on 29 November at ibtm world in Barcelona. This year’s finalists are: Bizly, Inc.,

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

These are some of the hottest event-planning buzzwords of 2017. This preference should be considered when making event-planning decisions—anywhere from speakers to decor and overall ambiance. The post 8 Hot Event-Planning Buzzwords of 2017 appeared first on Smart Meetings. Virtual reality.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A post shared by Oinkari Basque Dancers (@oinkariboise) on Jul 29, 2017 at 3:19pm PDT. Wellness trips are up 200 percent as compared to 2017. Here are takeaways every meeting professional can benefit from. Top Trends Impacting Hospitality, Tourism and Events. Shawna Suckow. 60 percent of travelers post on social media daily.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Most business events market their speakers as a way to attract registrants — nothing new there. ” Each participating speaker was then was invited to answer the question of how they would envision the event of the future from the perspective of their own slice of the industry — such as food, technology, or AV. . Padraic Gilligan.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

PCMA Convening Leaders 2017 opens in Austin, Texas, in less than a week. From Convening Leaders — top-level education, great networking, and mind-expanding speakers. . Click on the speaker’s name to go to the full interview. What can you expect? MONDAY, Jan.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

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 the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.)

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Johnson Company, Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, MD Events, and Advanced Health Media before joining MCI USA in 2017 to lead the Corporate Meetings & Events Division across multiple industry sectors. Martin before coming to the U.S. She had roles with George P.

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Canadian Special Events

AUGUST 4, 2017

Traditional events rapidly gave way to experience planning as more event planners and organizers started recognizing that events need to be more than just a series of workshops and speakers. Let’s take a look at what the rest of 2017 has in store. The economy is likely to continue to ride the wave of the bull market into 2017.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The programme for the 2017 Campfire Sessions has been revealed by Showman’s Show organiser, Lance Show & Publications Limited. Making a welcome return to Newbury Showground on 18th and 19th October, the dedicated stream of workshops and panel discussions will play host to a range of interesting topics and well-known industry speakers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2017

We want to exert control over their learning, so we focus on providing one-way didactic expert speakers who dispense information. This is important, considering that the large majority of our conference schedule is dedicated to pushing content to our audiences. How can you better engender trust among your attendees?

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BizBash

JANUARY 12, 2017

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BizBash

JULY 25, 2017

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR 2018 SXSW ANNOUNCED: On Monday, organizers of the South by Southwest Conference & Festivals announced that.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Sponsorship.com revealed that in 2017, sponsorship spending in North America on events reached 23 billion dollars. Notable speakers who will be headlining the event. Ticket sales rarely recuperate the expenses. Ticket prices also have to be kept affordable to ensure maximum attendance. What's an event planner to do?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

If you’re a meeting planner and you happened to book your next gathering in a small village in France, you’re in sync with the top meeting trends for 2017, according to Pacific World’s 2017 Annual Destination Index. ” The post Top Meeting Trends and Cities for 2017 appeared first on Smart Meetings. ” 9. .

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2017

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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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Types of Corporate Events Conferences: Large-scale gatherings focused on industry insights, innovation, and networking, featuring multiple speakers and breakout sessions. Source Quality Speakers : Choose speakers who can resonate with your audience. These events span a range of types, each tailored to different goals.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

To protect, update, and motivate your organization, the in-demand speakers for 2017 will be those who can shed light on the new administration, the changing workforce, and growing risks both online and globally. Who is apropos for your podium this year? read more.

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EventTechBrief

MAY 22, 2018

But unfortunately in the past, event organizers wanting to utilize an influencer marketing strategy have had to rely on manual processes like sending out one-off emails from speakers, exhibitors and other influencers to prospective attendees. The platform was awarded “Best Use of PR” among all of the exhibitors at ibtm world 2017.

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Gallus Events

MARCH 6, 2020

I have decided to help as many of those event organisers as possible by detailing some of the resources we have on online events: 17 Things I learned when I set up my first pure online event , written back in 2017. No one pays for online events right?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Nominated by Alison Milgram, CMP, DES, Senior Events Manager, PCMA, which held PCMA Education Conference 2017 at the New York Marriott Marquis — “It was a little after 10:30 p.m.on Not only did he go with the ow as speakers changed their minds on equipment, etc., Banquet Housekeeping Aide, New York Marriott Marquis, New York City.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Day 1 concluded with an inspirational session from motivational speaker Shona Hirons entitled ‘from Broken to Bionic’ with Day 2 closing with a keynote from Figen Murray on Martyn’s Law. Figen is the mother of Martyn Hett, who at aged 29 was tragically killed alongside 21 others at the Manchester Arena terrorist attack in May 2017.

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Marketo Events

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Did you know that 24% of global marketing budgets were spent on events in 2017? What kind of speakers/presenters do we need? You’ve shared the vision and have your internal teams buy-in for moving forward with your event strategy, you’ve created the agenda, identified speakers, and have all the sales and marketing assets ready to go.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2017

Will our submission process yield the highest quality sessions or will we need to invite speakers who we know can address our learning priorities? High-quality learning is worthy of investing time and money. Submissions or curation? Tip: Conference organizers are increasingly embracing a combination of curation and submission.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Case: 8 Northumberland Avenue 2017 Christmas Themes Launch, London. The screen and 18 additional LED panels served as a canvas for the presentation of each of the forum speakers. Projection showing scenery. Case: Panasonic Toughbook Innovation Forum, Liverpool. Carnival parade.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Attended by 670 delegates from 2 nd to 5 th September, the conference attracted 12 sponsors and 17 exhibitors as well as more than 60 keynote speakers from Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America. In all, 45 different countries were represented. www.meet-cambridge.com

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GEVME

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The conference is designed in tandem with the meetings and conference trends world-wide, bringing in expert speakers from around the globe to Penang to share their knowledge,” – Ashwin Gunasekeran , PCEB Chief Executive Officer .

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Being a speaker, there’s always a long story. How did you make the transition to private life, to being a speaker, and how did catching bad guys help you move into managing risk for meeting planners? Now, tell me, did you grow up dreaming of being a detective? How did you end up in your career? KC : Slowly but surely, yes.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Gone are the days of static schedules, where speaker after speaker shuffle on stage while attendees remain seated. As Janet Sperstad’s white-paper Purposeful Meetings: How to Plan With Deeper Meaning, Innovation, & Insight shows, the concept of “purposeful meetings” became the theme of IMEX America 2017.

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