Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The post Quiz: Which Conference and Convention Hotel is Right for Your Next Event? appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 29, 2017

Eventinterface in partnership with eventTALK podcast show is hosting an Event and Meeting Planning Master Class Workshop , a series of virtual workshops that address key tasks in the design and execution of events and meetings. This workshop is ideal for individuals who want to pursue a planning career. WHO SHOULD ATTEND.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 5, 2017

The new year has landed and its time again to explore the top meeting planning trends and considerations. Virtual and augmented reality implementation at conferences and exhibits will continue to grow. Food and Beverage Trends. It is now easier than ever to brand beverages at events. Event Technology.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2017

Our discussion focuses on the need for the planning industry, and meeting professionals to be more strategic to insure long-term success. Listen to show host Al Wynant and guest Christy Lamagna discuss the following: The definition of “strategy” as it relates to the event and meeting planning industry?

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Eventinterface

JUNE 27, 2017

We are speaking with Step on how companies and organization can implement hybrid strategies for their conferences and events. Please do us a little favor and share this post with others, for there’s a good chance that it will help them as they go about planning meetings and events. RELATED PODCAST SHOWS.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 12, 2020

COVID-19 is impacting the event and meeting planning industry. The virus has meeting and event planners very nervous. Some say the effect may surpass the damages to the hospitality and meeting industry resulting from the September 11 attacks. How to use alternative/virtual meeting tools to not lose momentum.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 12, 2020

COVID-19 is impacting the event and meeting planning industry. The virus has meeting and event planners very nervous. Some say the effect may surpass the damages to the hospitality and meeting industry resulting from the September 11 attacks. How to use alternative/virtual meeting tools to not lose momentum.

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Stova

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Successful virtual and hybrid conference sessions are creative, fun and worthy of capturing and keeping guests' attention. Are you in charge of planning your company's next conference session and aren't quite sure what you need to plan a lasting and memorable experience?

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Your conference strategy should include a plan to inject fresh content or experiences each year as part of an ongoing improvement process. There are a million ways to make these improvement plans. Working with one of our clients, we devised a simple framework to help develop innovative plans for meaningful and lasting change.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 28, 2017

Current trends in the conference and event industry, and what does the future look like? And please do us a little favor and share this post with others, for there’s a good chance that it will help them as they go about planning meetings and events. Planning the audience experience and PR for your events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Smart Meetings talked to Scott Schoeneberger, managing partner at Bluewater Technologies Group Inc., a multimedia design and tech company, to map out best practices for putting the technology to work in the conference center, and he shared experiences developed alongside event organizers who understood the possibilities. VR in F&B.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This isn’t to place blame at anyone’s feet; with the already chaotic nature of event planning—absent these four potentialities—it’s easy just to push these into the background, as there are simply more pressing matters at hand. And this goes beyond meeting planning. But it’s a big problem in the meetings industry.”.

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Eventinterface

MAY 10, 2017

Conferences should be more than just opening sessions and concurrent workshops, exhibit booths, and networking events. Conferences should play a role in the professional development of your attendees. Today we are sharing our top 3 tips on how you can add that value to your conferences and events. Donn LeVie Jr.

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Coterie Spark

AUGUST 19, 2022

Catch-22: Your conference ticket sales depend on the quality of your event, yet the quality of your event depends on what you can afford through your ticket sales! You might also allow them to pick which elements of the conference they want to sponsor. This year’s conference can directly impact next year’s in more ways than you think.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

QnA with Event Industry Influencer, Author and Founder of Conferences That Work – Adrian Segar. Amazed by the modern concept of organizing conferences and ideas that change the concept of corporate meetings planning; we approached Adrian Segar to discuss his work! as Postmaster at Merton College, Oxford.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Meeting planning always seems to have another trick up its sleeve no matter how prepared you thought you were. With this and ever-changing rules and regulations about Covid-19 safety, what is a meeting professional to do? Here we will touch on one aspect: post-Covid site inspection preparedness.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

“ —Quote from a meeting planner’s January 2022 conference report. I’ve heard reports of this natural but hazardous behavior at many conferences held over the last couple of years. Plan for future COVID-19 variants (and new pandemics). We all know this yet we are all still doing it for the most part.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Tell a Story.

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MeetingPool

JANUARY 14, 2021

I had my first experience presenting at a Virtual Conference and it was a success, as far as I’m concerned. For all of the organizations that have depended on trade shows, conferences, and other types of events to help generate business (sales […]. If this is the new reality going forward, I believe we’ll be fine.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

Run social media campaigns to promote meetings and compile hashtags for attendees to use. Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning. The reality of 2022, however, indicates that hybrid meetings are better attended and more inclusive, irrespective of distance or other factors.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 28, 2023

How emerging AI and other technology will boost event humanity by putting attendee needs at the center of conference design Attendees expect more from events today and emerging technology is helping to deliver on those demands. Read More : The Metaverse & Meeting Planning 3.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

One commenter asked to explain the difference between trade shows, conferences and conventions. Conference – A meeting for consultation, education, exchange of information, or discussion with a formal agenda. The post Trade Shows vs. Conferences vs. Conventions appeared first on The Social Tables Blog.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Planners in the United States expect all types of meetings to grow in attendance in 2019, noting an anticipated 1.24 percent increase in internal meetings. percent) is expected for conferences, trade shows, senior leadership meetings and board meetings. The smallest growth (more than 0.7 Experience.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Christian Savelli Hospitality industry watcher Chris Meyer, who recently returned from SISO CEO Summit Conference in Las Vegas, agreed that conference organizer executives who attended were largely upbeat even though they are looking at the same recession indicators—an inverted Treasury yield curve, shrinking manufacturing and buying power.

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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. . Sustainability is part of the plan. You can change the boring course of any event with carefully prepared program content and a sustainability plan. . The top 5 conference & meeting planning trends of 2019–2020.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2019

Date, venue and rates are critical and typically given priority in the earliest stages of the meeting planning cycle. Related: New Audiovisual Tech Boosts Meetings. Bill Johnson is a national account executive with SmartSource , specializing in the successful execution of conferences, large and small.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 6, 2020

The American Association of Suicidology’s annual meeting had been growing steadily in recent years. When their reimagined conference couldn’t take place in Portland, Ore., Conference Architects and Speakers: Colleen Creighton , CEO, AAS. This is not a typical story. Date: Thursday, May 7, 2020.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Site inspections are an important part of the corporate meeting planning industry. Corporate Meeting Planning – Site Inspections – Help… So work has begun on an annual conference, a couple of years down the road, with a short list of potential cities being considered.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2024

Mastering Professional Development Keys first entered the realm of meeting planning by volunteering at her church to organize meetings and events. She joined the Potomac Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI). It was there that a friend suggested she pursue event management professionally.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Pharmaceutical meeting planning is a complex task often requiring months of detailed preparation and immense pressure to rigorously respect compliance regulations. Whether it’s a small investigator meeting, a medium-sized medical standalone, or a large congress. We are creating a pharma meeting planning checklist.

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Conference event apps are a must for any conference in today’s world. Adding conference event apps to your next event will create accessibility with content, notifications, feedback, and everything else you will need to communicate with your attendees. But how do you incorporate a conference event app? Let’s jump in.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

No big surprise, but hotels will double-down on bringing local culture to the ballrooms and conference centers, in everything from pop-up action stations and food trucks to curated experiences led by local chefs and producers. We’ve culled the prognostications, and here are the top picks. Local and Immersive. Say Hi to Hal.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tarin Horan, CMP, knew that meeting planning was the industry for her when she began interning with sports teams. In this role, she planned their season ticket holder events. She attended several events, webinars and conferences. There, she learned of the CMP designation.

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Eventinterface

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Opportunities to build post-conference communities to expand reach, and increase overall engagement and long-term revenue of your conferences. This way, Eventinterface and Tap To Speak provide real-time audio and text communication, polls and surveys to the planners, speakers and attendees of the conference or event.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Innovative virtual language interpretation software is making attendee accessibility a reality for everyone involved in creating inclusive meetings. The PCMA Convening Leaders conference this January offered something no other annual mega-gathering of the association has: virtual interpreters.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2017

Conferences and other corporate events can be stressful and daunting. Remembering these key elements is vital, and to help you with that we have devised a simple checklist for conference organizing. A simple lapse in memory can be a professional conference organizer’s downfall. – Surveys to gauge overall satisfaction.

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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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