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American Society of Hematology asked participants at its annual meeting to share — through art — their answers to the question, “What Keeps Your Heart in Medicine?”. For the 2019 World Tunnel Congress, organizer AIM Group International mined unusual off-site locations in Naples to create a personalized experience and strong sense of place.
PCMA EduCon took place in Los Angeles in June 2019 and I was lucky enough to be asked to mentor the attendees of PCMA’s Homeless Hackathon and to present a session on online events. . Slides from my session at PCMA EduCon 2019. And the best way to get a grip of texturising content is to look at the principles of meetingdesign.
This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. I was an amateur in the meeting industry, and that led to some mistakes, but it also gave me a fresh perspective at a time when meetingdesign wasn’t really a “thing.”
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William Thomson (center) will take part in PCMA’s hackathon on homelessness in June during EduCon 2019. One meeting professional, William Thomson, founder of Gallus Events in Barcelona, organized Homeless Hackathon Glasgow last year, after reading statistics about homelessness in Glasgow, Scotland, his hometown. Jacob Slaton).
Kate Fairweather (right) and Amy Blackman present results from “The Future of Meetings and Events” report at Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh. We believe they are going to be disruptive in every category, but have certain implications that will be important for meetings and events.” More Meeting Trends. Jacob Slaton).
A September 2019 research study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences clearly illustrates why switching to active learning is hard — and worth it! Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meetingdesign. Most meeting presenters still lecture. Conclusion.
And this is from 2019: Singapore FinTech Festival 2019. Same goes for meetings format. Most of the meetings today are still about people sitting down and listening to one or more speakers. Today, we see professionals from the UX & Design field apply design thinking to meetings to explore how to reinvent them.
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These are already finding their way onto show floors and into event meeting spaces, though these experts generally agree that current applications are just scratching the surface of what’s possible. ” — Christy Lamagna , CEO of Strategic Meetings & Events. ” — Corbin Ball , Founder at Corbin Ball & Co.
These are already finding their way onto show floors and into event meeting spaces, though these experts generally agree that current applications are just scratching the surface of what’s possible. ” — Christy Lamagna , CEO of Strategic Meetings & Events. ” — Corbin Ball , Founder at Corbin Ball & Co.
The multi-hub format, with multiple connected venues like this meeting with 18 hubs in Spain, combines the benefits of both. As efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus by restricting travel ripple across the globe, a growing number of event organizers are opting to move meetings online as an alternative to canceling them.
Tracking event industry trends is a favorite activity here at Meeting Tomorrow. In 2019, you should expect to see more event pros trying to find a way to bring this out of the novelty phase and into their events through content delivery, virtual site tours and gamification. Rising: AR/VR at events.
The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. In 2019, Fuson will produce the second iteration of Matter, a 100-person conference centered on creative placemaking.
Webinar live date: April 23, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Webinar live date: April 23, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Deepen engagement and increase retention at your meetings by embracing three fundamental shifts in the attendee experience. Moving from static to active meetings. Rethinking “attendees” as “participants.”
Five of the most promising start-ups in the meetings technology sector have been shortlisted for the 2019 Future of Meetings Award. They have all done brilliantly just to be shortlisted, and I look forward to announcing the winner at the show.”
With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. She’s a past president of Meeting Professionals International, Chicago and has been named as one of the 40 under 40 in the meetings industry by Connect magazine in 2015.
in the early planning stages of an internal meeting, designed to bring together two teams – Digital and Information Technology for the first time – prior to their merger into one ‘Digital Technology’ team. Networking and collaboration were the primary objectives of this all-hands meeting, held in Germany in January 2019.
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Thankfully, there are numerous valuable findings in the 2019 IACC Meeting Room of the Future report, a comprehensive study of how venues are or should be staying on top of trends in meeting space design, technology, food service and more. Food and beverage is key to meetingdesign and experience creation.
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Brian Solis, author of “X: The Experience Where Business MeetsDesign,” highlighted the importance of creating positive personal experiences that meaningfully connect brands with consumers.
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 meetingdesign thinking. Make sure the connection works on both ends.
To kick things off, Melissa begins by giving us some interesting facts: “With meeting planners, it’s predominantly… there are a lot more women than men in the industry. For an interesting chat about mentorship and sexual harassment, we welcomed Rhonda Brewer from BCD Meetings & Events.
If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. Christy Lamagna is the founder of and Master Strategist at Strategic Meetings & Events. Where to find him?
One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). In 2019 the ITB MICE Forum theme was ‘The Human Factor’. According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress.
If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. Christy Lamagna is the founder of and Master Strategist at Strategic Meetings & Events. Where to find him?
This leads me to the key learning I took away from Connect 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky, an event that arms us with the latest tools, insights and inspirations to do our jobs better: meeting architecture. It’s how they determine the value of an event, and whether they will return. From Process to Strategic-Level Planning.
The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. In 2019, Fuson will produce the second iteration of Matter, a 100-person conference centered on creative placemaking.
Here are a few lessons learned and implemented in MWC 2019. Meetings Net –. Gamification enhances the event experience of attendees at meetings and corporate events. He is a known meetingdesigner, facilitator of many conferences. To know more, click here. She’s an active member of PCMA since years.
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