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How Walmart and Sam’s Club ‘Connected Together’ at 2022 Associates Week

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The week culminates at Bud Walton Arena with the Associate Celebration , a live-streamed public production affectionately referred to internally by the Walmart Event Solutions team as the “mini-Grammys” and the “Super Bowl of Walmart.”. Associates Meeting, and the legendary Associates Celebration to wrap up the week.

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Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower

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According to the Corporate Finance Institute , Intellectual Capital refers to the value of a company’s collective knowledge and resources that can provide it with some form of economic benefit. The report also looks at the correlation between a destination’s intellectual capital and the number of international association meetings hosted.

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GMID 2023: Looking Towards the Future

Smart Meetings

How the industry is celebrating and what you can do to support March 30 th marks Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2023 and there is more excitement than ever. Progress continues to be a theme with the next session of the day—“association meetings: drivers of change and innovation.”

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Introduction to Association Meeting Minutes for Association Leaders

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This quick guide will help familiarize yourself with association meeting minutes and write minutes that are efficient, easy to read, and an excellent record for your organization. What are association meeting minutes? Meeting minutes are far from a record of everything everyone said in a meeting.

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How—and Where—to Pair Wine and Business in California

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings checked in with Nancy Light, vice president of Wine Institute , for some of the best group programs up and down the state. Often referred to as the wine country, Napa and Sonoma counties were made famous by besting the French in a 1976 blind tasting. North Coast. Buena Vista Winery. billion statewide industry.

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ATTENDING EVENT PLANNING SEMINARS TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER

Master the Event

Another reputable source are the industries associations. Meeting Professionals International (MP I) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) are two of the biggest associations in the meetings and events industry. And quite often the facilitator is a very well known name within the industry.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

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And while we didn’t ask respondents if they were considering webcasting their events — what’s now more commonly referred to as virtual and hybrid events — in 2007, our survey results this year show this remains a largely untapped opportunity.