Eventmobi

JUNE 11, 2018

After spending the past week at MPI WEC 2018 (one of the largest annual gatherings for meeting professionals), I experienced what it’s like for an organization to pull out all the stops to create a truly memorable experience for events planners (who have seen and done it all). Check out 5 easy steps to prepare them here ! .

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Gary Hernbroth, Keynote Speaker. Gary Hernbroth, Keynote Speaker. Posted by Smart Meetings on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Suppliers and planners from around the country are meeting one-on-one as part of a jam-packed agenda at the event, which began Sunday at The Jung Hotel. MeetSmart pic.twitter.com/mATAj5WVOS.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

You’d think that, given that the Oxford Economics and Events Industry Council reports that “meetings generated $1,294 of spending per participant,” event and meeting planners would be given budgetary free rein to produce the kinds of events needed to generate these economic returns. Shrinking Budgets. Adoption of Advanced Technology.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s my article “ Five Reasons to Change Conferences “ , published in the December 2018, NSA Speaker magazine. But our conference programs still focus on lectures, where a few experts broadcast their knowledge to passive listeners.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 4, 2018

IMEX has a well-deserved reputation for keeping a finger on the pulse of current developments in the meetings and events industry. On May 15th – 17th, 2018, 9,000 visitors and 3,500 exhibitors from all over the world mixed, mingled, and discussed some of the hottest trends in the industry. Photo by © IMEX Group).

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. I’ll illustrate with the area where I have most experience: providing education at these meetings.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 16, 2018

G2 Crowd is the leading website for online business software and service reviews, where Event Mobi ranks as a High Performer on the Summer 2018 Mobile Event Apps Report. Event speakers are essential to a successful event marketing strategy. And, for attendees to learn, they need someone to learn from, aka — your speaker!

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Travel 130

Social Tables

JANUARY 4, 2018

Using a combination of research and survey data, we’ve rounded up the 18 most important trends set to hit planners, hotels and venues in 2018. According to CWT Meetings & Events, you can expect a spike in booking prices of about 3.7%. Because in 2018, consumers will want to experience the venue as much as the event itself.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

IMEX America’s biggest gathering ever propelled full-speed ahead on Day Three in Las Vegas, fueled by meeting planner and supplier energy and the usual steady supply of news and demos by properties and destinations. Smart Meetings kept pace with the biggest happenings. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 18, 2018.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Eventmobi

APRIL 12, 2018

Today is Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), which is an annual event that brings together leaders from across the meetings and events industry. Meeting professionals across the world participate in GMID’s international day of advocacy. They used EventMobi for their 60th annual general meeting.

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2018 Airlines Event Apps Trade Shows 151

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In her buoyant, unique style, prominent health advocate Zonya Foco urged participants at Smart Meeting South Central National in New Orleans to take a closer look at their dietary habits. ” Zonya Foco, Keynote Speaker. Zonya Foco RD – Wellness Speaker, Author, TV Host, Keynote Speaker.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Travel 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

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Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The report analyzed the gender diversity of more than 60,000 event speakers over a five-year period, from 2013 to 2018. Every event benefits from having greater gender diversity and balance across its speaker lineup,” said Alon Alroy , Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Bizzabo.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 2, 2019

rose above 300 in 2018, prompting event planners to reevaluate their physical security strategies. One day, a venue may be hosting a well-known speaker who attracts a large crowd. The next day, it could have several lesser-known speakers dispersed throughout the showroom floor. have become an all-too-common occurrence.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

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Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2024

Many of the speakers are inspirations from outside the meetings industry who will share their experiences to bring fresh ideas to the discussion. Smart Meetings sat down with some of the speakers to ask what they hope attendees will take away from the day.

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Fashion Speakers 2018 Sustainability 223

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Premium membership adds coaching, access to a new job board and inclusion in the speaker directory. Because ‘I couldn’t find any speakers of other genders, race, age, etc.’ Fox, AWE co-founder and 2018 president, put it. Related : A Legacy of Inclusion: Winning Meeting Tips From Beth Knox. Carrie Abernathy.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

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Sustainability Hotels Events Travel 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But recent years have seen an increasing number of event management applications, culminating in six of 2018’s nine finalists specializing in behind the scenes management or booking. More : 6 Free Apps to Keep Meeting Planners Organized. As part of the run up to IBTM World 2018 in Barcelona Nov.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

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Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

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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Speakers 2013 2018 Trade Shows 98

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Travel 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI. How and why are they connected?

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Hotels Events Meetings 130

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. As 2018 comes to a close, Dominguez shared some insights into what he sees for the future of the meetings industry.

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