EventMB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Skift Take: Gary LaBranche, the CEO of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, shares what it was like to have to cancel the last day of its conference where close to 10,000 were gathered due to a nearby shooting. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

Insurance 196

Insurance Conference Management Meetings 196

Eventinterface

APRIL 24, 2018

Today’s postmodern consumer defies categorization, making it a challenge for event and meeting planners to market their projects. What does this mean in the context of the meeting and event planning industry. ·. How can meeting professionals needing to market a conference or event employ new strategies to be successful. ·.

Marketing 154

Marketing Conference Apparel Consulting 154

MeetingsNet

JANUARY 10, 2023

A new insurance product allows organizations to choose which costs and revenue streams are covered, and under which disruptive circumstances. The choices are wider than ever, but some circumstances remain uninsurable.

Risk Management 98

Risk Management Insurance Management Travel 98

Eventsforce

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The world of insurance today can be a jungle for many event professionals. At the same time, new trends like hybrid events are posing new challenges for insurance companies too. As a savvy event professional, you know how important it is to get insurance for your hybrid event. Does Hybrid Event Insurance Exist?

Insurance 98

Insurance Events Financial Event Tech 98

Eventinterface

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We are speaking with Ges on how you can prepare and effectively present, pitch and network during events and conferences. Listen to show host Al Wynant and guest Ges Ray discuss the following: As meeting and event professionals, we have to speak and pitch almost every day. What can they do to make you successful as a speaker?

Conference 124

Conference Insurance Speakers Financial 124

Quickmobile

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

When hosting conferences on cruise ships or other unique venues , one has to bear in mind that the daily things we take for granted are likely not going to be available to you. On cruise ships, you don’t have it unless you remembered to pack it for the meeting. What does this mean? Temptations. and unlimited drinks.

Conference 154

Conference Venues Speakers Travel 154

Planning Pod

JULY 1, 2024

Enter event insurance, which acts as a safety net to protect both your clients and your business. This article explores the different types of event insurance available, helping you understand how each policy can safeguard your clients and foster a secure environment for your business to thrive. Learn more today!

Insurance 88

Insurance Financial Transportation Venues 88

Event Industry News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Events (APPG) held its first meeting today following its re-establishment as an official APPG in Parliament, to elect its Officers and outline its objectives for the year ahead. This is a really encouraging start for the newly re-established APPG.

Meetings 134

Meetings Insurance Government Conference 134

Event Industry News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) is delighted to announce InEvexco as its new event insurance partner moving into 2022. Mark Clayton, managing director of InEvexco says: “InEvexco is very happy to support the AEO and its members as insurance partner.

Insurance 83

Insurance 2022 Events Management 83

GEVME

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, a huge number of international professional conferences are held throughout the world, where very important issues are discussed. Opportunities that open up at fintech conferences. Top 15 fintech conferences to attend. 14 November 2019, Convene Conference Center, New York. RegTech Summit . Seamless FinTech.

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Conference Banking Financial 2019 120

SmartMeetings

APRIL 5, 2022

3 mistakes getting in the way of insurance and financial incentive success. Professionals in the insurance and financial industry are no different. But if not done right, meetings and incentives can send the wrong message and negatively impact relationships between professionals and businesses. Alan Melichar.

Insurance 98

Insurance Meetings Financial Travel 98

SmartMeetings

APRIL 30, 2020

Temperature checks, reduced occupancy and increased physical distancing in shared spaces—these were some of the protocols floated by hospitality partners and meetings professionals as they sketched out what a return to travel after COVID-19 shutdowns will require. Sanitation Ratings.

Food and Beverage 125

Food and Beverage Meetings Airlines Insurance 125

SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

Financial 95

Financial Insurance Meetings Food and Beverage 95

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Water Quality Association staff used the Go-To-Meeting platform to deliver virtual sessions from their headquarters. The following is taken from a presentation by LyNae Schleyer, WQA meetings director and Wesley Bleed, marketing and communications director in the Nov.

Meetings 110

Meetings Insurance 2018 Speakers 110

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. After leaving her job, she pivoted to her own company, Page-One Meetings and Events , which she had previously started as an LLC to do charity work.

Meetings 111

Meetings Contracts Insurance 2007 111

Event Industry News

AUGUST 6, 2021

As the economy reopens with the lifting of Covid restrictions, getting the right kind of insurance is acting as a barrier for some events organisers. The scheme will see the government act as a ‘reinsurer’ – stepping in with a guarantee to make sure insurers can offer the products events companies need.

Insurance 72

Insurance Government Sports Financial 72

SmartMeetings

APRIL 7, 2020

When the going gets tough, the tough cut costs—at least in the financial and insurance conference sector, where budgets often are more likely to come under the scrutiny of regulators. More : Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less. Risk management is a team challenge and should be approached from every angle.”.

Financial 85

Financial Insurance Risk Management Meetings 85

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? Give attendees a discount code on the last day of the conference that is only good for the next 30 days. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. Create a zero-waste meeting.

Conference 111

Conference Sponsorships Trade Shows Insurance 111

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Three weeks after Hyatt Corporation confirmed that it would cut planner commissions, thereby following the lead of three other large hospitality companies, Meeting Planners Unite held its first conference in Washington, D.C. The post Meeting Planners Unite Sets 2019 Agenda appeared first on Smart Meetings.

2019 89

2019 Meetings Insurance Negotiating 89

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.

Meetings 143

Meetings Airlines Travel Hospitality 143

Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

If the last year has shown anything, it’s that event technology can help attendees stay connected, even when meeting in person isn’t possible. To meet this demand, event organizers need to balance carefully planned in-person meetings with year-round online engagement. Build Connections with Events & Meetings.

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2021 Event Technology Social Media Technology 325

Eventinterface

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We are speaking with Ges on how you can prepare and effectively present, pitch and network during events and conferences. Listen to show host Al Wynant and guest Ges Ray discuss the following: As meeting and event professionals, we have to speak and pitch almost every day. Hire Ges Ray to speak at your conference.

Conference 100

Conference Insurance Speakers Financial 100

Eventinterface

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We are speaking with Ges on how you can prepare and effectively present, pitch and network during events and conferences. Listen to show host Al Wynant and guest Ges Ray discuss the following: As meeting and event professionals, we have to speak and pitch almost every day. What can they do to make you successful as a speaker?

Conference 100

Conference Insurance Speakers Financial 100

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Chilling tales from the front and how meeting profs saved the day. Smart Meetings asked veteran convention center habitues for their real-life, unexpected encounters with such blizzards of doom and put together a handy guide for recovering with grace and charm. Senior Manager, Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Events, Tupperware Brands.

Meetings 131

Meetings Contracts Speakers Venues 131

Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2017

On this episode of Event TALK we are speaking with Christy Lamagna, Founder and Chief Strategist of Strategic Meetings and Events. Our discussion focuses on the need for the planning industry, and meeting professionals to be more strategic to insure long-term success. Why the industry is not as strategic as one might expect.

Meeting Planning 100

Meeting Planning Meetings Insurance Conference 100

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now approaching the end of a year of recovery across industries—and with no end to hybrid meetings and events in sight—we’re taking a look back to our favorite programs and platforms. Meeting professionals and hoteliers have insights to share on the future of meetings and how to continue making a hybrid recovery.

2021 98

2021 Meetings Event Tech Insurance 98

Eventinterface

JANUARY 3, 2019

Today’s postmodern consumer defies categorization, making it a challenge for event and meeting planners to market their projects. What does this mean in the context of the meeting and event planning industry. ·. How can meeting professionals needing to market a conference or event employ new strategies to be successful. ·.

Marketing 100

Marketing Conference Apparel Consulting 100

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2022

Just as virtual meetings can’t replace in-person events, the Metaverse won’t replicate real life. Both digital solutions bring advances that can teach real-world lessons to meeting professionals looking to improve their experiences. People are looking to participate in meetings in a more exploratory fashion,” she said.

Meetings 111

Meetings Insurance Fashion Travel 111

Eventinterface

JULY 25, 2016

Planning meetings is a hard. Ever-changing demands, a sellers’ market and unrealistic expectations add to the daily stress experienced by professional Meeting Planners. The demand for meeting space continues to increase, and hotel inventory is not keeping pace resulting in a strong sellers’ market. DATA ACCURACY.

Meetings 124

Meetings Hotels Insurance Transportation 124

Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2017

As a meeting organizer, you spend an exorbitant amount of time insuring that your program is the best possible. After all, isn’t the program the reason people paid to come to your conference? “Only 15 to 20 percent of possible attendees participate in your conferences and events. A CASE STUDY.

Insurance 157

Insurance Speakers Conference Education 157

Eventinterface

MARCH 30, 2018

about risk and crisis management and how this applies to the planning and managing of events and conferences. She is a result oriented professional with twenty plus years of accounting, small business development, event management and project coordination experience in the corporate, non-profit, insurance and engineering sectors.

Management 145

Management Insurance Consulting Event Management 145

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Meeting Type Research. According to the 2020 Global Meetings Forecast Report by American Express Meetings & Events, here is the breakdown of the types of meetings and the percentage of time they take place in North America. Meeting Type. Internal Meeting or Training. Senior Leadership or Board Meeting.

2020 103

2020 Technology Meetings Trade Shows 103

MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

After powerful Hurricane Ida swept through New Orleans on August 29, several meeting groups had decisions to make—and quickly—about whether to proceed with their events in the city in the days and weeks that followed. At that point, IASA canceled the in-person conference. The city bounced back quickly, however. In the Eye of the Storm.

Meetings 94

Meetings Insurance Contracts Hotels 94

Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

When is a user conference more than an outsized demo? When more than 2,000 meeting professionals gather in person in Las Vegas and 10,000 register to stream Cvent Connect to both learn about new products and experience the platform for themselves. Much of the conference insights are still available on-demand. Brian Ludwig.

Event Tech 105

Event Tech Tech Meetings Insurance 105

Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Meeting and event professionals are very much aware of the security challenges generated by bringing people together. In recent days, we have been confronted once again by televised images of terror being inflicted on participants at events, walking a bridge or attending a meeting.

Risk Management 196

Risk Management Insurance Government Venues 196

SmartMeetings

JUNE 8, 2020

In a Twitter chat hosted jointly by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals ( FICP ) and Smart Meetings on Tuesday, participants highlighted the resiliency of meeting professionals and shared how the community is coming together during these tough times. Here are key takeaways from the #MeetingsChat.

Meetings 82

Meetings 2020 Insurance Financial 82

Eventory

JULY 25, 2018

Reading Time: 20 minutes The benefits of attending top medical conferences are numerous, from educational values to employer branding. Medical Conferences in 2019. Next year will bring an abundance of medical events, summits and conferences. Read, enjoy and choose a conference you will not regret attending.

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Healthcare 2019 Conference Hospitality 112