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Mediocrity Is Your Biggest Conference Competitor

Velvet Chainsaw

As a conference organizer, you may even lose your soul to logistics, to-do lists and ever increasing detailed tasks. From registration to trade show to contracts to BEOs to room set efficiencies to audio visual equipment, your attention is on the perfected particulars, the stuff, the objects. It runs smoothly as planned.

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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

Conferences that Work

Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? If so, download.

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2019 40 Under 40: Heather Wakefield, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society

Connect Your Meetings

I have since worked for two additional medical specialty associations and have grown in my responsibility and understanding of all aspects of annual conference design and execution. My background in architecture has helped with the event design aspects, project management, and balancing budget, scope and quality.

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Event Jobs | February 2018

Event Leadership Institute

Global Events Coordinator – Contract | Bloomberg | San Francisco, CA. Conference Design and Attendee Experience Manager | Tableau | Seattle, WA. Technical Program Manager, Executive and Event Production | Google | Mountain View, CA. Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Washington D.C.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

You’ll find helpful info on a range of topics from staging inspiration and productivity advice through to real-world assistance in getting the most out of your AV contracts. Conferences That Work. Conferences That Work is the creation of conference design and facilitation legend Adrian Segar. Meetingsnet.