Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In In the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.) But their inclusion looks good on the promotional materials.

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Evenium

AUGUST 14, 2018

Release your inner hero at IMEX America 2018. The Evenium team will be on site at IMEX America 2018. Our onsite Event Tech specialists will be helping planners design interactive meetings with the right tools and tricks. If you’d like to meet with one of our Event Tech specialists, you can schedule a meeting now.

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Hubilo Blog

JULY 23, 2018

Penned down by the event professionals themselves, it is an all-in-one book about meeting designing. The post Top 10 books Event Planners Must Read in 2018 appeared first on Hubilo Blog. Special Events: A New Generation and the Next Frontier by Joe Jeff Goldblatt. Would you like to request a demo with Hubilo? Click here.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 4, 2019

After a highly successful debut in 2018, three Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Chapters — MPI Toronto , MPI Montréal/Québec , and MPI Ottawa — have again joined forces to provide cutting edge, innovative, experiential education at The EVENT. I’m excited to present my Participate!

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After I talked about my meeting design work with pioneer tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference, the testing community somehow adopted the term peer conference for their get-togethers. Here’s another example from a software testing peer conference, TestBash Brighton 2018.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 9, 2018

Some meeting designers are starting to give up on speakers because speakers can’t seem to get interaction embedded in their presentations. The post FRESH Conference 2018: Pitbull Session sinks teeth into interaction appeared first on Event Industry News. Or are they just not skilled or capable in this kind of work?

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Instead, planners need to find a venue partner that demonstrates a willingness and ability to understand their meeting objectives and work with them to ensure the right experiences and bespoke touches are woven into their meeting design. 99% of delegates said they would recommend ISUOG Congress!

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Meeting Destination Trends.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

Jamie Murdock (left), vice president of sales at Experient, and consultant Donna Kastner lead a hackathon session at the 2018 Education Conference. A participant at the hackathon during the 2018 PCMA Education Conference gives his team’s pitch. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon. Jacob Slaton). Jacob Slaton).

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

But make no mistake, the networking is there: over 3,000 face-to-face meetings were scheduled at C2 2017 alone. Held annually, C2 2018 congregated 7,000 event professionals at the cross-section of commerce and creativity, dishing up a delightful event that’s part performance, part professional development event, and party party.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 27, 2020

Pre-pandemic, I traveled fairly frequently for my work as a consultant on meeting design and facilitator of meetings, and would try to run a couple of miles every day, wherever I was. For a trip to Australia in 2018 I splurged on some fancy Ably t-shirts. I see one or two cars a day, and two or three pedestrians a year.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

Awarded as one of the top 100 women who inspire and innovate in 2018 by Smart Meetings Magazine. She’s also the co-founder and the 2018 President of the Association for Women in Events (AWE). Jenn Artura : Jenn is the Head of Global Events for Veritas Technologies LLC & Vice President, Association for Women in Events.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The “Advanced Design Techniques” workshop — one of several — was described as “speed dating meets design education.” Participants were given the opportunity to cycle through six presentations within an hour, touching on topics such as floral-crown design, bouquet-making techniques, and leaf manipulation. “We

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

However, many proponents of modern meeting design recommend letting participants choose their seating to spur engagement and networking. The unfortunate realities of our modern world have made event security an imperative in contemporary meeting design and planning. increase in demand for nontraditional venues.

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Slido

JANUARY 30, 2019

In December 2018, we set out to explore the future of town hall meetings. The goal of our one-day event in partnership with Convene was to show how a successful all-hands could look in 2019 and beyond by using interactive technology and meeting design thinking.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 24, 2019

With attendees from all over the world, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) uses a variety of strategies to create new and valuable meeting experiences. At AAO 2018 , more than 23,000 ophthalmologists, health professionals and industry personnel from across the globe met in Chicago to learn, network and grow in their careers.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him?

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2019

Rachael Naylor, the new HBAA Venue Member Chair announced the launch of a Venue Members meeting, designed to forge closer collaboration between venues. Paul Hussey of Meetings Benchmark provided a review of the market in 2018 and valuable insight into forward bookings for early 2019. It’s OK not to be OK’.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

There are a number of meeting design elements that need to be accounted for, but the cost savings and expanded participation seem well worth it. For evidence, take Cvent’s big acquisitions in 2018 and the PSAV / Encore merger just this past month. Rising: Industry consolidation opens up space for innovators.

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2019 Event Tech Tech Food and Beverage 57

Converve

MAY 9, 2017

(updated 18 July 2018). For some time, more and more event managers have been concerning themselves with the topic of meeting design. There is still however no clear description of what meeting design actually means.

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Slido

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The Newlywed Game meets live polls At Pulse 2018 , we came across a creative panel idea that quickly pulled people in and enlivened the audience. The panel session , inspired by the American game show The Newlywed Game, stood out for its creative, interactive design.

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Endless Events

JULY 27, 2018

Gen Z Marketing Lessons from VidCon 2018. You can also ask the potential attendees to pay a sort of “attendance deposit”, which will be returned when their attendance has been confirmed. While both these strategies take more work, increasing your audience turnout would be a piece of cake.

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All Seated

MAY 10, 2019

After another strong year in 2018 for meetings and events, many predictions show the upward trends continuing this year: The Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) 2019 Meetings & Trends Report predicts a robust 5 to 10 percent growth in demand. in GDP in 2019. Insight #2: Increased demand for unique and flexible spaces.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2019

“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meeting designs that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.”

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

“Slowly but surely, the meeting industry is learning that the old lecture-saturated conference model is increasingly inferior to meeting designs that incorporate the active learning, connections, engagement, and outcomes that attendees actually want and need.”

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

Earlier this year, I talked to Tina Warren , director of trade show marketing with PMMI , The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, about its marketing efforts for PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2018. As a result of that effort alone, 1,890 abandoned registrations converted to completed registrations.

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