Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2022

Running a trade show both an art and a science. Aligning all aspects of your show from getting the right venue, to publicity, to staffing is a job for professionals. You may only get the chance to get an annual show right once a year, so it is essential that you get it right. Business Growth. Team Morale.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Trade shows have been a crucial aspect of the business world for centuries. However, the negative impact of waste generated at events on the environment has been an ongoing concern and challenge in the industry. On average, events produce 2.5 pounds of landfill waste per person, per day.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 28, 2016

In a groundbreaking study that encompasses survey results from both show organizers and their attendees, CEIR has gathered data from thousands to gauge key characteristics of repeat attendees—who they are and why they become loyal visitors to an exhibition. Roughly 90% of event organizers perceived both attributes as important to attendees.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

Oakland event prioritized DEIB education MPI Northern California Chapter’s Annual Conference Experience moved to Oakland Marriott City Center from its traditional home in San Francisco this week with a new format. Consider religious holidays when mapping out event calendars. Picture the run of show, literally.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 17, 2025

The experiential zone strategy for AIAs show floor followed the same path as an architectural project from start to end inspire, innovate, design, build, and prosper. We knew that we needed an activation in each zone to drive people and keep them there, Preston said.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 25, 2025

Event Marketers 2025 B-to-B Dream has been unveiled. She was looking for a new opportunity after building a career as a graphic design contractor and consultant, producing work for clients in biotech, higher education, real estate and packaging. If you dont do the shows, you may as well be invisible.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 31, 2025

Just this month, Neutrogena joined forces with AIRE Health during the American Academy of Dermatologys Annual Meeting, activating a night market-style event that was part newsstand, part laboratory, and featured scientific demos and dcor, like product displayed in Erlenmeyer flasks. Talk about engagement at the cellular level.

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EventMB

MAY 24, 2022

And trade show organizer, Emerald , was listening and in May introduced its new accelerator division, Emerald Xcelerator. We believe in the value of events to connect new and emerging industries through authentic communities,” said Issa Jouaneh, executive vice president of Emerald Xcelerator.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 26, 2025

Around the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, 735 exhibits drew attendees in with crafts, paintings, photo ops, swag, animal meet-and-greets and relaxation areas, all mapping back to the shows Festival of the HeARTS theme. The Widest Aisles The first thing we noticed stepping onto the VMX show floor was how wide the aisles were.

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EventMB

MAY 22, 2022

In this extensive guide to trade show booths, we provide ten creative examples in each of the following categories: 1 Trade show booth ideas for small budgets. Trade show booth ideas that attract visitors. Creative trade show booth ideas. Trade show booth ideas: 10×10.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

UKEVENTS hosted a special exhibition in Parliament to highlight the vital contribution of the UK events industry to the national economy, 3-6 February. With over 700,000 people employed in the sector, the UK events industry plays a crucial role in economic growth. Expansion of the VisitBritain Business Events Growth Programme.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We recently convened a roundtable of senior-level conference organizers to discuss risk tolerance and the forces that are shaping their 2021/22 event strategies and decisions. Everyone agrees that planning hybrid events takes significantly more time, money and effort. Member considerations and communications. Hybrid is costly.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

I’ll illustrate with the area where I have most experience: providing education at these meetings. Meanwhile, it’s clear from a review of industry conference programs that large numbers of presentations are accepted from employees of sponsors or trade show exhibitors.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

The deficiencies of meeting planning textbooks and education. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements. I have little competition.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

2020 helped to accelerate the rapid development of enhanced virtual event technology, and adoption rates have never been higher. Despite this progress, many still aren’t taking full advantage of what may be event tech’s greatest asset — hard data, or the information behind informed decision making. The software does that for you.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 22, 2025

The EDPA has always had a great relationship with Event Marketer, says president Chris Griffin. As the lines blur between corporate event teams and corporate trade show departments, we know this partnership provides a win-win-winfor EDPA members, for end-user clients, and for the industry overall. The rules: RULE 1.

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Eventmobi

JULY 26, 2022

The organization provides tools, resources, and education to help association professionals and volunteers succeed. The event is three days long and focuses primarily on educational topics that equip attendees with the skills to be leaders in the not-for-profit sector. The CSAE Annual National Conference. The Challenge.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Corporate event planning is notoriously labor-intensive, with planners often reinventing the wheel for each new event. Yet, putting on a seamless, branded event experience is essential for driving sales, cultivating relationships, and elevating your company’s profile. What is Corporate Event Planning? The good news?

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Attendease

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Nothing beats the feeling of hosting an event that went off without a hitch—especially since planning, coordinating, and managing a successful event takes a lot of hard work, education, and resources. With this valuable data, you can enhance and refine the attendee experience and improve future events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

CHS Birmingham is expecting another increase in visitor numbers this year and, with attendees again asking for more variety, innovation, and education, the show’s organisers are already feeling confident for the event and the industry.

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Eventmobi

JULY 31, 2024

(That’s especially true once you hit the trade show floor.) By the time the event is over, an attendee is likely to feel pretty good about their association. What makes an in-person event so powerful—and how can you carry the torch of a great event throughout the year? The result?

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When you’re a sleep wellness brand vying for attention at a global technology trade show, sometimes you’ve got to make your own dreams come true. To introduce the 360 smart bed to attendees, Sleep Number built a sizeable booth featuring a 22-foot-tall, cylindrical LED screen broadcasting educational brand content.

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Exhibitor Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

Exhibitor Group, the award-winning leader in trade show and corporate event marketing education, announces that Valerie Kliskey has n. ROCHESTER, MN.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

IMEX America Moves Toward a Sustainable Events Future IMEX America 2022 was the greenest one yet. A detailed report prepared by MeetGreen explained how the largest industry event made progress toward its Net Zero Carbon Events goal while pointing to even more improvements IMEX and other event organizers can make in the future.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2024

The annual customer gathering and user conference for the largest event tech company on the planet, Cvent Connect, is moving to Henry B. We asked Rachel Andrews, senior director of meetings and events, what 3,500 anticipated attendees can expect in the new location and expanded agenda. The evening event promises Texas-style fun.

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CadmiumCD

DECEMBER 29, 2020

This year will be a big one and we’re so excited to see what you do with your events in 2021. ” Do yourself a favor and review all the pieces of your 2021 events platform. We put a page together that makes it easy to review all the pieces of your event puzzle for your 2021 conferences and trade shows.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 11, 2021

The new business model for trade shows is producing highly valuable, branded, multi-media content. online education) moved into our online competitive space during COVID and now realize they can use off-the-shelf software to produce events and compete for our traditional audiences. Francis Friedman.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. The MPI Meeting Outlook in Charlotte will be presented by Tara Liaschenko, creative executive officer of The Link Event Professionals Inc., Take a look at how our meetings industry friends are celebrating. Advocating Voices.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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Attendease

MAY 1, 2019

Events can be a great way to expand brand awareness, educate an audience on a given topic or even form important connections within your industry. But if you aren’t careful when planning your event, it can also lead to unanticipated environmental harm. Planning a Green Event. lbs of waste per attendee, per day (3.53

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

At the annual event, West Coast association professionals gather for an expansive tradeshow, business solution appointments, education programs and networking to close out the year with a festive twist. This year’s Seasonal Spectacular took place from Tuesday, Dec. 12 to Wednesday, Dec. in their official welcome. “Our

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Virtual events are great avenues for making connections, strengthening the brand, increasing company revenue or generating leads when it’s not always feasible to bring people together in the same space. Virtual Events Best Practices FAQs. What is a virtual event? What are the benefits of virtual events?

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Experiential Marketing Measurement Coalition Better event measurement builds credibility for your events. Event Marketer has a new media partnership with the industry’s leading authority on event measurement and analytics, the Experiential Marketing Measurement Coalition. We can help. As the official U.S.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In her role at BCD Meetings & Events, Hanzlik creates strategies for accommodating neurodiversity across the meeting experience for hundreds of clients. The winners are attendees as well as event hosts. It’s not often that a business-event planner has a formal education and professional background in change management.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

Meet Cambridge, the meetings and convention bureau for Cambridge and the surrounding area, is proud to be working with the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, helping it to attract events which bring in valuable income to fund patient care.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. Lifetime Achievement Educator Award went to dr. Eric D.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2025

By understanding these shifts and the clients evolving needs, hotels can position themselves as a go-to partner for smaller-scale events. Sales teams should prioritize: Reconfiguring event spaces to cater to small group sizes while optimizing space efficiency. Flexible Space Utilization A modern hotel venue must be versatile.

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