Socio Events

AUGUST 4, 2022

Anybody who has ever planned a conference knows the value of flexibility and engagement. And if that’s what you’re looking for from your next event, you might want to consider planning a virtual conference. That said, many event planners are still new to virtual event planning—and that’s ok.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With so many moving parts to juggle, planning a conference can seem like a daunting task. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through how to plan a conference from A to Z. What Does It Take to Plan a Conference? But how long does it take to plan a conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A number of our consulting clients have made social responsibility a cornerstone of their conference strategy — with the desire “to leave the host city better because we were there.” When you adopt a strategic objective like that for your conference, it leaves room for creativity in achieving that desired outcome. Choose Your Charity.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Overloaded account and project managers — Nearly every hotel, general service contractor, AV, and registration company had to lay off a significant number of client-facing team members. Room turnovers and refreshes — Many hotels have not been able to replace their setup crews to provide the same service levels as they did pre-pandemic.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Host Hotels & Resorts’ Sourav Ghosh (clockwise from top left), STR’s Amanda Hite, and Hotel News Now’s Stephanie Ricca participate in the online Hotel Data Conference. The Hotel Data Conference has been held annually for around 700 attendees in Nashville for the past 12 years. Screenshot by Rachel Daub).

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Are 50%-80% of your conference attendees in your programming at any given time? Or are they filling the hallways, hotel spa and lounge, local restaurants, coffee shops and bars conversing with others? Join me for our free Webinar the Highly Energized And Engaged Conference Experience , September 20, 2 pm Eastern. Register Now!

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

Marriott, Hilton and IHG have announced reductions in group-booking commissions from 10 percent to 7 percent for their North American hotels, to take place over a period of time this year and next. Most hotels would gladly pay a 10-percent commission to a third party that truly delivers incremental business. Let’s take a look at both.

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InitLive

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

With an excellent event team and a good strategy, you can plan and organize a successful conference for your organization. However, approaching conference planning with outdated methods can lead to a slow and exhausting planning process. Event Planning Automation. Event Planning Automation.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 20, 2022

IMEX initiatives and efforts in this domain may provide inspiration and a roadmap of ideas for those teams seeking to apply practices in their own conferences, meetings and events. When we apply this concept to the world of events, this would translate to venue and hotel fossil fuel emissions and supplier freight transport.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Our guide to the best virtual conference platforms helps you pick the right virtual solution. So we created this guide to the best virtual conference platforms to help you. So we created this guide to the best virtual conference platforms to help you. Virtual conference platforms. What is a virtual conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

If you want to breathe new life into your conference, and increase relevance for next-generation attendees, start with this kill/change list. Also, key cards will not exist at many hotels in a few years. Most annual meetings have used the same template agenda for decades. They just replace the filling each year. Bag Inserts.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 6, 2019

Delegates at the Australian Marine Sciences Association conference take a plastic-free coffee break. After creating a near plastic-free annual conference , the Australian Marine Sciences Association and event management organization Encanta created a tip sheet for other groups hoping to reduce the use of plastics at their meetings.

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EveryEventGuide

APRIL 2, 2019

Work conferences aren’t like any other event. Once you have a clear understanding of the conference’s theme, start planning the details. Here are some conference planning tips to make it epic. Here are some conference planning tips to make it epic. Hotels and Resorts. Pick a Date.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Today there always seems to be someone stating that they have they latest and greatest conference planning guide to help you do your meeting planning job. Of course, many of the larger conferences have planners that know their way around a convention center – or at least they had better know their way around.

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Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

Are you part of the meeting and conference planning world? So many of us in the conference and event planning world have found that using conference and event planning software solutions can enhance and improve the planning approach and progression. Conference Planning Software – Help is Here!

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2023

Contingency plan, A, B & C: iStock Credit: Andrii Dodonov Last fall, two of our consulting clients were scheduled to have their annual conferences in Orlando. Fortunately, this association had already planned a digital version of the conference to be held four weeks after the in-person event.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

In her new position as director of hotel sales at Visit Houston after 15 years in the hotel industry, Melinda Mintz spoke with Smart Meetings about her personal and professional journey. She helped push me into the conference planning role and it really helped me launch my career in the meetings and planning industry.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 10, 2023

You don’t have to look very far to find a conference planning checklist. And when you Google the term, there certainly is no shortages of websites where you can get conference planning checklist ideas. Which started me thinking about which items would be considered crucial for a conference planning checklist.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A conference planning guide is designed to help walk you through the various steps required when planning an event. Finding the right conference planning guide can be a task in itself. However be careful as many of these planning guides are actually a marketing tool designed to pitch a sale to you.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It should connect all the phases of conference planning, prevent unforeseen obstacles and set a solid foundation for the conference’s success. Procurement principles are useful tools for you to establish your own organization’s buying power for future conferences. It’s about ensuring quality.

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2018

Finding a conference venue is a lengthy and detailed process. The planning can begin up to a year in advance. From securing sponsors to organizing the AV and production needs, the planning process seems endless. From securing sponsors to organizing the AV and production needs, the planning process seems endless.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 12, 2024

A clear and concise conference planning checklist will not only contribute to the success of your event, but will also help keep you organized and sane…both definite musts in successful conference planning! The best way to an organized event is an uber organized event planning checklist.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Hotels are raising rates for both leisure and group business as they are currently experiencing strong demand in many markets. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8% Event venues are raising rates for basic services like electrical, internet, trash management and catering. increase in group air rates, in North America.

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Eventory

AUGUST 7, 2018

An app which serves as a conference guide makes event planning more pleasant and effective. Why you should bother with a conference map and other facilities for attendees. As a conference organizer, for once in a while you should put yourself in attendees’ shoes. So it is necessary to optimize this process.

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Bizzabo

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Whether you're organizing a corporate event , a high-profile tech conference , or a laidback networking meet up this list has it covered. This venue is a sleek and sophisticated getaway for all your attendees, and event boasts special rates for prestige hotels like the Le Meriden Hotel. Francis Suite at The Westin Hotel.

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Eventinterface

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Diane Tighe is the director of catering and conference services at Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning hotel, in Durham, N.C., What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at? In our hotels parking lot. located on the campus of Duke University. What was great? Twitter.

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Eventinterface

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Diane Tighe is the director of catering and conference services at Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning hotel, in Durham, N.C., What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at? In our hotels parking lot. located on the campus of Duke University. What was great? Twitter.

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Eventinterface

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Diane Tighe is the director of catering and conference services at Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning hotel, in Durham, N.C., What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at? In our hotels parking lot. located on the campus of Duke University. What was great?

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Humana decor 3_1.jpg. Gating level. Media Image.

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Canadian Special Events

MARCH 17, 2024

The Canadian Dam Association Annual Conference is a heavily volunteer-led initiative. Most of the 14-person Conference Planning Committee were based in the conference destination, St. The planning committee was excited to bring in new staff to help with their upcoming in-person conference.

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Boomset

AUGUST 5, 2018

If you are chosen to be a conference organizer, you should take it as an opportunity to give back to the society. In case networking is not your thing, conference planning should be a chance to share your talent with the guests. Do you want to know how to plan an efficient and effective conference event?

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Coterie Spark

JUNE 14, 2022

And it is, of course, a crucial element of successful event and conference planning. . And the most crucial tool in pre-planning? The conference website. Remember that conference emails and social media will always link back to the website as the information hub. Everyone knows the power of marketing.

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Eventinterface

JULY 6, 2017

Through ORRganized Events, Amy has coordinated a variety of multi-day educational conferences, golf tournaments, air shows and fundraisers. In addition to conference and event planning she has since expanded her business to include association management. However; it takes more time to engage in this way.

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Coterie Spark

JULY 25, 2022

It’s been a busy summer for Coterie Spark — our team is racking up the travel miles across North America for conference site visits. These trips are essential to producing a well-planned meeting or conference, which is why we often visit multiple times in advance of an event. We love hired drivers A true gamechanger in our book.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

They provide in-house AV and production at convention centers, venues, and hotels such as Kimpton, Hyatt, and Marriott, across the country. PSAV acquires Southern Audio Visual , with the acquisition came valuable partnerships with luxury hotels and strengthened their hold on key markets. Will this merger change that? Kelso & Co.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

One piece of advice stood out most: planning event security is not a task that should be accomplished in isolation. Planning for security involves a wide variety of stakeholders, and they should be engaged at the beginning of the event or conference planning process.

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Guidebook

JUNE 19, 2018

We can’t talk enough about the value of asking your prospective attendees for ideas about how the conference should be run. The last thing you want to do is throw a conference and find out that there’s no interest in the topic. Are you offering full travel and hotel plus a per diem? Send a survey to your email list.

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