Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Most annual meetings have used the same template agenda for decades. If you want to breathe new life into your conference, and increase relevance for next-generation attendees, start with this kill/change list. Annual Business Meeting. Publish committee reports and financials online. Annual Meeting Brand.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Conferences are an important learning and support resource for early career scientists. .

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 24, 2024

For annual conferences, this is best accomplished by identifying and adopting a combination of leading and lagging performance measures. That sounds like an easy metric to exceed, but you would be surprised how many annual conferences fall below this benchmark. Not all metrics can give you the insights you need right now.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

A well-planned and executed conference will do wonders for your organization. A conference can help you achieve these things—if you host it correctly. To ensure your conference is a smashing success, invest in conference management. Keep reading this comprehensive guide to learn: What is a Conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 3, 2016

Just like regular preventive maintenance for your car, your conference needs regular preventive maintenance. The first place to start with a conference check-up is collecting the right data. Are you guilty of touting feel-good conference vanity metrics? We repeatedly confuse our conference activity for healthy vital signs.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

IStock Photo by cyano66 Before the pandemic, one could argue that jobs with life-and-death consequences were surely more stressful than planning an annual conference. Exhibitors are being more selective about the conferences they will support. Annual conference budgets are usually finalized 12-plus months prior to the event.

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GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

The unique story of any conference should begin with the goal and then a detailed plan on how to reach this goal. In his article for Smashing magazine , the founder of HybridConf, Zach Inglis, states that the aim of every conference organiser should be to create experiences that reenergize people and fill them with new zeal for their work.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 12, 2021

One hotel exec’s advice for keeping an eye on the health of a conference venue. As meeting bookings resume, planners need to do their due diligence to ensure that their property of choice will be operating—and delivering service levels that meet expectations. Ask the hotel if all furloughed positions have been restored.

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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? The first key to success is to start early!

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 26, 2018

Conference and meeting professionals like action when planning their events. Herein likes one of their challenges when starting a conference improvement process. Herein likes one of their challenges when starting a conference improvement process. Thus the next-year’s conference gets caught in the straightjacket of today.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2021

Our roundtable of leading association event pros continues to discuss their challenges in applying solutions to these risk factors (financial, member affiliation and health and safety). I question if the synchronous hybrid meetings, as many envision now, are sustainable. Innovation and change require commitment and fortitude.

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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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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Many hospitality conferences and conventions were virtual or hybrid events , while others were forced to cancel altogether. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 13, 2025

Having registrants not show up has become a big problem for the meeting industry, especially for free events. For event conveners, this is at best dispiriting and at worst financially disastrous. Could no-show fees work for the meeting industry? Have you tried or experienced no-show fees at a meeting?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 13, 2020

Over the past few weeks in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, I’ve listened to hundreds of people share their feelings at online meetings I’ve led and joined. Here they are, from the perspective of the many meeting professionals I’ve heard. Yet I am also hopeful.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 21, 2024

This type of help from businesses can provide crucial support in the following forms: Financial: The most widely-known type of sponsorship is a company donating money to fund an event. They should genuinely care about your event’s success and want you to meet your goals. Does the main point of contact respond promptly?

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

. “The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) makes humongous amounts of money from its journal and meetings, but spends very little on helping its members, while treating overseas researchers with indifference bordering on disdain.” ” —Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, Has the Society for Neuroscience lost its way? No related posts.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent survey conducted by The Eastside Rooms clearly shows that travel-based financial incentives play a significant role in international and domestic destination selection for PCOs. When asked if “ travel-based financial incentives from destinations impact choice of destination?”:

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Here’s a brief overview of common examples of corporate events: Conferences and seminars Academic or professional conferences and seminars allow companies to share industry knowledge, thought leadership, and best practices. Corporate events require significant time, effort, and financial investment.

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Attendease

JULY 3, 2024

Sales kick-off meetings (SKOs) are vital for driving success in your company’s sales team. When done well, sales kick-off meetings foster unity, inspire confidence, and reignite the passion that fuels top performers. Keep reading for 13 creative event ideas to engage and inspire your sales force at your next sales kick-off meeting!

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Attendease

JULY 3, 2024

Sales kick-off meetings (SKOs) are vital for driving success in your company’s sales team. When done well, sales kick-off meetings foster unity, inspire confidence, and reignite the passion that fuels top performers. Keep reading for 13 creative event ideas to engage and inspire your sales force at your next sales kick-off meeting!

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An important aspect of event management is finding the right sponsors who can provide the right financial assistance needed to pull off a big event, in exchange for brand exposure. For example, the watch company Rolex was one of the first brands to support TED conferences. The scale of the budget needed to meet event tech requirements.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Who could have predicted a year ago that Zoom would be a major disruptive influence in the meetings industry? Now, conventional wisdom suggests that hybrid groups, which combine teleconferencing with person-to-person meetings, will be prevalent for the foreseeable future. But how will it affect 2021 budgets? But what will it cost?

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

. “The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) makes humongous amounts of money from its journal and meetings, but spends very little on helping its members, while treating overseas researchers with indifference bordering on disdain.” ” —Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, Has the Society for Neuroscience lost its way?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In recent years, many event organizers have observed a notable trend: despite offering enticing early bird registration discounts, many attendees are hesitant to commit to conferences well in advance. Economic Volatility Post-pandemic economic recovery has been uneven, leading to financial uncertainties for both businesses and individuals.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 4, 2024

That sounds like an easy metric to exceed, but you would be surprised how many annual conferences fall below this benchmark. Financial is the primary area where you need a good combination of leading and lagging indicators. Lagging indicators may include items like gross revenue or gross profit.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It didn’t always go by the name Leaders Conference. Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is hosting its annual 2023 conference at Nashville’s Music City Center with a change in how it approaches the in-person event. So that’s kind of where we started the conversation, and then everything about the meeting spun off of that.”

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When the lights went dark on the more than $1 trillion meetings and events industry in March, the call to shelter in place dimmed prospects not only for 26 million people whose jobs are directly or indirectly connected to bringing people together, but also for the 1.5 billion globally who attend meetings and $2.5 Out of the Shadows.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 16, 2023

Some examples of the more popular types of non dues revenue streams include: Events Conferences Fundraising campaigns Sponsorships Partnerships Merchandise Online fundraising Grants Whether your association is large or small, you can start with this list if you’re looking for non dues revenue ideas to diversify your revenue streams.

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EventMB

AUGUST 19, 2024

Meeting planners have been seeing more “Open to Work” badges on LinkedIn and hearing from colleagues who left in-house jobs to start their own firms. An Extension of a Team After 24 years as a financial event specialist with a top Fortune 100 company, Carlin Putnam is one of those planners.

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Coterie Spark

JULY 1, 2024

A commonly overlooked aspect of conference planning is your ability to include a philanthropic element. Big names also help your marketing team attract more guests to the philanthropic elements of your conference and help your charitable organizations reach much wider audiences. We recently hired a painter for an upcoming conference.

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GEVME

AUGUST 15, 2019

Rent a castle or a small island, hold a conference at the planetarium, or put an exhibition on at the beach. . It’s easy to fill in a site with digital panels and robots, but don’t forget that the use of the latest event technology trends just for the sake of fashion is ornamental only and unjustifiable from a financial point of view.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

A new survey from JD Power, US Travel and Tourism Economics (an Oxford Economics company), shows good news for meetings, albeit in tandem with a lag on behalf of corporate to allocate funds for meeting and business travel. One in four (26%) agree these events are critical to building awareness of my organization’s products or services.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Traveling for a conference is no longer an excuse to abandon your mental health and physical well-being goals. In fact, according to a trio of meeting professional experts, taking care of yourself is even more important when you are the one charged with caring for your attendees. The same thing should be true for a meeting.”

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 21, 2020

The forgotten industry sectors in the current crisis – Exhibition/Trade Expo’s and Conferences. Not everyone, including it seems the government, knows who the Exhibition/Trade Expo/Conference Industry suppliers are. OUR AIMS: Full furlough scheme extension for all workers in the exhibition/trade expo/conference sectors.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The meetings industry in particular provided much support to the communities devastated by the Hurricane Ian’s impact. Meeting groups at Naples Grande Beach Resort , which had a brief closure, expressed interest in how they could meet and leave the area better than when they arrived.

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Socio Events

AUGUST 4, 2022

Anybody who has ever planned a conference knows the value of flexibility and engagement. The more inclusive, agile, and captivating your event is, the greater chance you have of meeting your goals and reaching a wider audience. To help make that process easier, here’s what you need to know about hosting a virtual conference.

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