SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2020

Virtual meetings require careful design to keep attendees engaged and deliver value for the hosts. But how do you translate the energy and insights from a face-to-face meeting through a computer screen? When designing an online event, content must be both engaging and relevant —and rightsized, not too much. Make a Profit.

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

While this article is directed at speakers, meeting professionals can sneak a peek to better understand the preparation undertaken by effective speakers. From this, planners can learn to better ascertain the suitability of a specific speaker—and even do some advance prep to ensure things run smoothly. Who are they?

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Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

Such workshops routinely meet the outcomes they’re designed to achieve: creating useful and memorable learning experiences and connections. These workshops are not successful because of the: excellence of a speaker; beauty/novelty of the venue/F&B/entertainment; or extraordinary facilitation. It is one.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. Liz launched Liz King Events.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The UK’s leading platform for the world’s meetings and events community will be officially opened on Thursday 30 September by Tourism Minister Nigel Huddleston at ExCeL, London. Here are some of the highlights of The Meetings Show 2021: Inspiring exhibitors. Education, education, education.

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2023

While speakers shared proven tips and tricks, best practices and trends in sustainability, design, DE&I, tech and more, one theme in particular wove throughout several sessions: the importance of building one-of-a-kind experiences. The group also talked about growth strategies, including a smaller, but stronger, approach.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 6, 2019

PCMA has done a great job in live-streaming some of their best keynote speakers and creating a whole discussion online with the virtual audience of 1,000 or so participants. Many of the large tech conferences like Google I/O and Facebook’s F8 arguably have a greater response online than in the meeting itself.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 11, 2021

For example, a company may be concerned with how teamwork is affected by inclusion, meeting design or event experiences that simulate common issues and illustrate solutions. Before the conference, create a control group so you can monitor how learning is used post-meeting.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 6, 2021

We’ve confirmed that virtual events can be engaging and productive, but only if the meeting design is truly participant driven and takes into consideration the needs of that audience. Over the last 16 months, since the pandemic began, there was a huge rise in education being viewed online through webinars and digital events. .

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations for meetings and events, ultimately redefining the meeting industry entirely. Attendees want more control over the meeting agenda. Gone are the days of static schedules, where speaker after speaker shuffle on stage while attendees remain seated.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

The March conference, which brought the neurologist community together to discuss progress on diagnosis and early treatment of multiple sclerosis, was not the first of its kind that AIM has organized, said Barbara Sambugaro, business manager, AIM Education. Another multi-hub AIM event connected as many as 40 venues, she told Convene.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. Some speakers might be concerned about giving up the ability to manage the material.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations in regards to meetings and events, ultimately redefining the industry as a result. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Gone are the days of static schedules that shuffle through speaker after speaker while attendees remain seated.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

Other sessions will address positioning your company for post-COVID growth and how the work-from-home culture and decrease in business travel will affect in-person meetings. Look for more announcements to come with additional speakers, the full agenda, and more surprises. Register now for the Business, Design & Strategy Summit.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Search within blog categories like education, sustainability and team building or check out her opinion pieces for something different. Their blog, the “Event Leaders Blog” is packed with education, training and insights for event profs just like you. We love their focus on careers and education development. Plan Your Meetings.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For example, conferences and meetings usually focus on networking and professional development. Classes and seminars focus on education. So if a primary event activity includes a keynote speaker or performer, then your seats need to be directed toward the front of the event. Alternative: Classroom Chevron. Auditorium Setup.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. Some speakers might be concerned about giving up the ability to manage the material.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 13, 2018

Last month , we addressed how planners can become more hands-on in content creation and speaker preparation. Instead, content-involved planners must develop both on-site evaluations and post-event evaluations that determine how much the meeting furthered the specific goals and objectives of the executive stakeholders who own the meeting.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2017

IMEX America launched its 2017 event in Las Vegas with a full schedule of educational content—powered by MPI —for the 1,000 planners who arrived on Monday, a day before the show opened. Participants were able to take advantage of 43 sessions, focused on the latest in planning purposeful meetings.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 19, 2019

Additionally, they all went through many years of education to enter their chosen profession. First, HCPs like education. They just can’t get enough education, and meetings play a vital role in HCP’s career-long quest for education,” she says. Second, HCPs have a lot of experience with education.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

We asked some of the people creating meeting magic today alongside the massive influx of new meeting designers that have come to the industry since Covid for tips on what to ask your partners and when to get started. Together, we educated guests on the journey from farm or wildlife to the table.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. As you probably know by now, we are pleased to entertain today our guest speaker Adrian Segar. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. I define myself as a meeting designer and facilitator.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. Dahlia is an event technology evangelist, speaker and educator. Events Uncovered is an innovative space for event experts to meet, discuss, learn and share their knowledge of the event industry. TahiraCreates.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

We also offer educational PYM LIVE Events as well as and webinars and certificate programs through our association with the MPI Academy. Design program. Engage speakers and performers. Educational objectives should dictate the speaker-selection criteria. Determine event requirements for speakers and performers.

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The MICE

JULY 27, 2022

According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress. It was established based on the theory of meeting design, a well-known ‘tool kit’ used by planners worldwide. These elements — curiosity, openness, flow and willingness to learn – can be planned with the methods of ‘meeting design.’

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EventMB

MARCH 24, 2025

Skift Take: Planners put so much focus on the meeting experience that they sometimes overlook how much logistics have an impact on content. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

20 in Their Twenties is supported by the PCMA Education Foundation and Visit Seattle. Seeing it all come together was very rewarding; it was a truly educational and fulfilling experience for me. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Derek Anderson. Where would you like your career to go?

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I could have downloaded the podcast of [the speakers] talking for two days instead of having to drag myself all the way to Denver to go to this thing. I would advocate for meeting designers to understand where is the bleeding edge in terms of truly inno-vative and meaningful content. People still care about education.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I could have downloaded the podcast of [the speakers] talking for two days instead of having to drag myself all the way to Denver to go to this thing. I would advocate for meeting designers to understand where is the bleeding edge in terms of truly inno-vative and meaningful content. People still care about education.

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The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M., We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. These themed nights will be two hours long and will also include a keynote speaker, presentations and panel discussions. Why use gamification? And we really wanted to bring that online.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations and nonprofits, including PCMA, joined with the United Nations to work together to educate their audiences and influence global organizations to measure the impact of events on the environment. A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. Some felt that was a step too far. Curt Wagner.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

When you don’t get sick after attending your first meeting , then you start to let your guard down after the second one, and when it is no longer in the news every day, it won’t be such a big deal. Mark Herrera, director of education and life safety, International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM). 100 percent required.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 30, 2016

But it’s not too soon to be making plans to attend PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2017: Designing CoLABoration — Jan. This is your prime opportunity to experience new meeting design and innovations firsthand — remember, we take risks so that you don’t have to. 8–11 in Austin, Texas.

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