Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Read More : 5 Major Wellness Trends for Meeting Planners to Know Now. Look to breakout sessions or a wellness lounge between meetings where the spa provides mini sessions,” she says. For meeting professionals who have first-timers in the group, Matsumoto has recommendations. She offers some suggestions.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, travel stressors are typically the kick-off to the meeting experience and can leave attendees drained and exhausted by the time they arrive at the destination. Here are my top three tips for adding thoughtful, yet simple, wellness elements to your next meeting program. Don’t Over Complicate It.

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Attendease

JULY 5, 2024

Softrax’s definition of account hierarchy notes that this structure aims to ease financial reporting, analysis, and management. This type of organization and task assignment is easily completed using corporate meeting planning solutions. Event planning software streamlines productivity and helps lower costs.

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Attendease

JULY 5, 2024

Softrax’s definition of account hierarchy notes that this structure aims to ease financial reporting, analysis, and management. This type of organization and task assignment is easily completed using corporate meeting planning solutions. Event planning software streamlines productivity and helps lower costs.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In today’s market, meeting-planning companies are asked to do more for their clients with less. Leading a successful meetings business and running outstanding events are possible with less-than-generous funding but require a focus on the fundamentals of finances—which aren’t entirely about numbers. What is the potential upside?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

At several points of the day a long line could be seen stretched across the aisle with meeting professionals eager to have their headshot taken. In addition to this observation here at Smart Meetings, there were a host of other observations—as well as celebrations—we made on the second day of IMEX America 2024.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Site inspections are an important part of the corporate meeting planning industry. A simple site inspection can save you time and embarrassment and will definitely help with your bottom line. Corporate Meeting Planning – A Big Round of Applause for Site Inspections!

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Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. How to audit customer service behaviors.

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Eventinterface

MAY 11, 2017

He is also the Author of "Strategic Career Engagement: The Definitive Guide for Getting Hired and Promoted," which was the RUNNER-UP of the 2016 International Book Award and Silver Medal WINNER of the 2016 Global eBook Award. discuss the following: What is the definition of Return on Event? Where does a planner start?

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Having been on the destination management side of meeting planning, I’ve seen a definite shift in the budgets that planners and their clients are allocating for events. A Budget Can Be a Challenge With meeting planning, planners are constantly being challenged to make the next event bigger and better than the last.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 5, 2017

It can be challenging for those in the meeting planning profession, but looking on the bright side really does pay off. Plus, bleisure travelers know that stays can always be extended, either before or after meetings and events. Having such a gratifying measure of success is definitely something that’s worth appreciating.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. How to audit customer service behaviors.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

For the first fully hybrid National Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors meeting on May 14, the leadership met together in Chicago, while around 800 directors were remote. And that means that a lot of voting takes place — complicated enough to handle at an in-person meeting and challenging for an online meeting.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It seems that nowadays the words meetings and events are thrown around interchangeably. First and foremost: All meetings are events but not all events are meetings. All meetings are events but not all events are meetings Click To Tweet. Meetings serve an educational or business purpose.

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Eventinterface

MAY 10, 2017

Bringing in a speaker like that will definitely open up the minds of your attendees and offer alternative ways to address issues your attendees seek to solve. 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.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It combines a 55” touchscreen with a fantastic 4K display that activates meetings, training sessions, and presentations. Everyone involved in planning an event can have access not only to the project but to the meetings as well. There’s no better way to revolutionize the planning process!

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

You’ve got a friend in meetings! This announcement got us thinking outside of the toy box with creative ways to incorporate the toys featured in the films and park into meetings. Often, the finished product is definitely not the classic Mr. Potato Head. Toy Story Mania! Photo credit: Disney . Tinkertoys. Mr. Potato Head.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

My recent post on Events vs. Meetings got some good feedback but also opened the door to some other clarifying questions. I combined some of my favorite definitions and examples and here’s what I got for you. Conference – A meeting for consultation, education, exchange of information, or discussion with a formal agenda.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Think about it: We give to charitable organizations, so why not give with a meeting? First, it is for your original business meeting purposes, but also to make a difference by helping others and businesses when they are in need. Your team can make your own history by deciding to give a meeting.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Thankfully, Ron Fariss, sales manager for the internet services division of meetings and events company PSAV , and the most recent Smart Meetings webinar host, had several suggestions for how planners can ensure they know what they are paying for with hotel internet. That is, if your internet connection doesn’t crash. Ron Fariss.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 9, 2018

The survey is by no means definitive, but it’s a representative sample of the overall event-professional population. Some respondents took the opportunity to say that regardless of gender, the role of meeting professional is undervalued. The meeting planners serve as a cost savings/cost avoidance service to the organization.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 5, 2017

Cindy has grown the firm into delivering just that and more in meeting planning, event production, DMC services, and creative. What is the one tool/item you can't live without on a daily basis as you go about your planning job? Definitely my iPhone and iPhone charger; third would have to be my MacBook.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 30, 2017

Condensing meeting times can be one solution to this dilemma. Daniel Russell, founder of Attentiv, a time and meeting management tool, investigated studies on work meetings and made a few interesting observations. He found that the most common complaint attendees had about meetings was that they lacked decision-making.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

This preference should be considered when making event-planning decisions—anywhere from speakers to decor and overall ambiance. society has definitely witnessed a large-scale movement toward embracing wellness. Instead of taking a blanket approach, meeting planners are focusing on designing events that appeal to a specific audience.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

Breaking into the meeting planning business takes a mishmash of education, experience and passion. It seems almost everyone I meet lately appears to have an interest in meeting planning and a meeting planner career. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

As CEO of the OLC Education and Conference Center, Lisé Puckorius is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of this 14,000 square feet state-of-the-art conference and training center in Rosemont, IL, a venue that hosts conferences, seminars, educational meetings, and special events for participants from around the world.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

As CEO of the OLC Education and Conference Center, Lisé Puckorius is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of this 14,000 square feet state-of-the-art conference and training center in Rosemont, IL, a venue that hosts conferences, seminars, educational meetings, and special events for participants from around the world.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A veteran in the meetings industry, Puckorius brings extensive experience in event planning and education management to the Center. What is the purpose of your event or meeting? Keep a focus on those goals and make sure you are planning the event or meeting from your audience’s perspective.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I love thinking about meetings and events as a key strategic offering within our overall marketing and business development plans. First job: My first job within the meetings and events industry was an internship within the marketing and events department at the United States Olympic Committee.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 19, 2017

Meeting planners encounter many types of tasks in their work. To help ease this anxiety, the International Association for Venue Managers is working on establishing a safety and security guideline for convention centers to meet Department of Homeland Security accreditation. And this has definitely made its way to the events industry.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

When reports of sexual harassment start coming from industries as varied as Hollywood, politics and, most recently TED Talks , that is a sure sign that putting measures in place to protect against unlawful discrimination is now a requirement for every endeavor, including meetings and events. Establishing a stance on zero tolerance.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 5, 2017

What can Alexa do for the meeting planner? Event benefits were a big consideration in setting up Alexa, as the hospitality and meeting planning industries are closely intertwined. For instance, if coordinated prior to the event, a guest could ask, “Alexa, ask the Alexis where the Smart Meetings event is today.”

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 22, 2024

Discover the tie between the meetings industry and mushrooms (a mushroom leather conference booth? Sara Robertson Today we are here with Gary Diedrichs, our managing editor here at Smart Meetings, and we are going to dig into all of his industry knowledge and expertise. I mean, that’s the meetings angle! Sign us up.),

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For those in the event planning business, that means you and your clients are facing long wait times on the phone, longer lines for flight check-ins, constant schedule changes, sky-high car rental fees…and the list of challenges piles up. For the traveler, the labor shortage definitely adds up to headaches. Let’s count the ways.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Like most industries, the event and meeting planning business has its fair share of trials and tribulations. And while I Iove my job (yes I do) it can definitely be challenging and stressful at times. And with all that how could we not have rewarding careers, thriving friendships and a healthier, longer life.

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Eventinterface

JULY 6, 2017

With over 20 years of experience in the professional meeting planning industry, Amy Orr has planned events ranging from 30 to 10,000 attendees. In addition to conference and event planning she has since expanded her business to include association management. One of the worst trends is the AirBNB challenge.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 25, 2017

Here’s our summer list of stellar reading material for anyone in the meeting and event planning industry. Into the Heart of Meetings by Eric de Groot and Mike van der Vijver. Into the Heart of Meetings by Eric de Groot and Mike van der Vijver. However, that’s definitely not always the case.

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