Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 24, 2019

Most meeting organizers invest a significant amount of time creating the educational programming for their annual conference. Help this group become even better by investing in speaker coaching/training. The post Education Committee: More Advising and Curating, Less Slotting appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Spanning 92 acres, the Biohub serves as an educational hub for both current and future generations of chefs and farmers, promoting sustainable farming practices. Levy uses the site to teach its culinary and operational teams and clients about precision agriculture, agroforestry, and regenerative farming techniques.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

Instead, speakers encouraged embracing experimentation and imperfection, trusting your instincts, and being willing to take riskswhether that means stepping into leadership roles or simply saying yes to new challenges. Discussions included understanding that success in business doesnt hinge solely on following a conventional path.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 7, 2019

Putting the participant at the center of your conference programming by becoming more learner-centric, that is planning and offering education sessions that go beyond surface learning, is one of the biggest challenges facing conference organizers today. You need to enable participants to find meaningful and mentally stimulating experiences.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 14, 2020

While this notion may seem a bit extreme, conference education systems need increased accountability, which in turn leads to a competitive advantage. Make the Most of Your Speaker Prep Calls. Let’s focus on the third bullet point above, speaker prep. Improving Your Speaker Portal.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 26, 2018

Professions that deliver conference sessions with a high level of sharing – not diluted or generalized from the stage – are often in fields linked to prevention, healthcare, education and philanthropy. Shift from speakers to facilitators of learning – Sharing is best achieved in small groups.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

SLEEP NUMBER Sleep Number was the official sleep and wellness partner of the NFL during Super Bowl LIV, and brought an educational experience to Miami that illustrated the importance of quality sleep for both athletes and everyday people while highlighting the brands 360 smart bed. Partner: George P.

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EventMB

JUNE 5, 2022

What do you do if your speaker goes off the rails? Let’s say the speaker goes off script and says things that don’t align with your company? What questions do you ask of the speaker to prevent this from happening? The speaker was very famous. Clarify Why You Want To Hire a Keynote Speaker. Nightmare scenarios?

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 19, 2025

Attendees want more than just another conference they crave immersive, engaging, and thoughtful experiences that are both educational and entertaining. Dan Gingiss is an international keynote speaker and customer experience expert who believes that a remarkable experience is your best competitive advantage.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 24, 2023

Last week I attended the National Speakers Association’s (NSA) Annual Meeting, Influence 2023. As a 25+ year member of NSA, I was eager to see how they would weave in their 50-year anniversary and deliver on a promise to elevate the education and main room experiences. They did not disappoint. This strategy worked.

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Eventmobi

JULY 13, 2023

Think back: what do you remember about the event speakers from your most recent event? Getting the right speakers for your event can make or break the success of your conference, trade show, or seminar. But finding the perfect speakers can sometimes feel like searching for a needle in a haystack! Motivational speakers.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

– Show to Produce Most Comprehensive ‘Live’ A-Z of Event Organising – CHS Leeds have announced speakers and content for its award-winning educational seminars which will take place at The Royal Armouries, 23 rd April. We’re really proud of our educational programme this year.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 4, 2019

Have you ever attended a conference education session because of the presenter and not the content? (I Quick—name one word you hear the most regarding conference education sessions. Then advisors, volunteers and staff review applications to select the content and speakers for their event. I think most of us have.).

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 18, 2020

Speaker coaching for virtual engagement. Professional speaker recommendations. Conference education development processes. Here are some of the priorities we can provide virtual, micro-consulting for: COVID-19 decision-making and crisis communications. Team or service provider reorganization or consolidation.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

The deficiencies of meeting planning textbooks and education. They assume that meetings will consist of sessions with speakers on a stage. In my opinion, meeting planner education is deficient. Planners could be educated so they can help their clients with meeting design. I have little competition.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Conference organizers know that the “main course” of their education offering and value proposition is in the concurrent education sessions. Don’t Leave Education to Chance Imagine what could happen if you invested in developing your conference committee members and speakers to increase the quality of their delivery and session design?

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

CHS Birmingham has announced the final speakers for its much-lauded educational programme this year. Carrying on the theme, this year’s educational programme will see talks and discussion focused on the changing demands of event planning, and the support needed to organise modern events.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Educational and breakout sessions during events like conferences, webinars, or panel discussions. Consider telling stories in: Event kick-off and wrap-up speeches by your nonprofit’s leaders, board members , sponsors, or grateful recipients of your services.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Event planners, speakers and attendees all saw their calendars cleared out last March, returning slowly with virtual events and only now showing a glimmer of hope for the return of live conferences. The best emcees energize the crowd, keep them attentive and get them excited for the next speaker. The Best Speakers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 21, 2020

Education Experience. One positive outcome of this crisis is a greater focus on quality over quantity of education sessions. Many are holding off on speaker invitations until there is more positive news of the country reopening. . The education content should be significantly streamlined and delivered in digestible bursts.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Though I don’t teach college anymore, I’m interested in educational class design because a class is a meeting. The speakers didn’t model what they were preaching during their talk! And much of what we can do to design great meetings is applicable to college classes too. ” Sadly, I was disappointed.

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StraussCA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Planning a multi-day trade show can feel like a balancing act—there’s a lot to manage, from educational sessions to networking and logistics. Educational content should be fresh, engaging, and packed with practical insights. But when everything falls into place, it’s incredibly rewarding.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The show included200 education sessions, new education tracks, a new People & Planet Village with a ‘misfit’ fruit and vegetable juice bar plus sustainability sessions; a Tech Therapy Area and a daily wellbeing program, which featured the traditional #IMEXrun on Wednesday morning.

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Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

Oftentimes, conferences include keynote speakers and workshop sessions, each designed to educate attendees. That said, conventions also aim to educate attendees via speeches, panels, and workshops. This kind of conference often features multiple speakers, who each present information on related topics.

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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. ” — Rachel Lyon.

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Attendease

MARCH 10, 2022

For example, registering for a webinar or an in-house educational seminar differs greatly from the registration process for a multi-day user conference. Your event registration platform of choice may also need to provide the flexibility to create separate, optional add-on sessions such as gala dinners or pre-conference education sessions.

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Attendease

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a webinar as a live, online educational presentation during which participants can submit questions and comments. Are you seeking to educate your audience and drive sign-ups to your product or service? Education and training. Live webinar execution It’s showtime!

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Event Marketer

JUNE 21, 2021

Hosts can send requests to listeners to become speakers, or listeners can request permission to speak by tapping on the “Request” icon. Hosts can mute a speaker or all speakers at once or remove them from the space completely. Stage moderators are special speakers who can set a topic on the Stage Channel and open it.

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Event Marketer

JULY 1, 2024

Here our professional pastry chefs personally worked with small groups to educate and help attendees decorate cakes. “It With that, we introduced our wellness menu—from speakers to activations, we make it easy for event professionals to WOW their attendees through wellness. It was engaging, interactive, and creative.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

Generally, we offer 10 tracks, but we are narrowing that down with lots of exciting speakers and topics to help give people more clarity,” she said. The education will still come in lots of different formats, including keynotes, seminars and campfires. That could be in the form of campfire talks and additional educational elements.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Meeting Professional Continuing Education Includes Sustainability Certification Meeting professionals are taking sustainability more seriously than ever before. Look to Events Industry Council (EIC), a leader in event professional continuing education. It includes education around social responsibility and inclusivity.”

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GEVME

MAY 27, 2021

With the launch of GEVME Studios, GEVME continues their dedication to education, community-building, and entertainment. . Our shows combine education with entertainment, to show — and not just tell — that virtual events don’t have to be talking heads on a screen. Virtual events are here to stay — but not as a static, unchanging format.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 20, 2023

More importantly, those attending your event probably expect a certain level of diversity in their speakers. “If If I go to an event and all the speakers are the same, they look the same, they sound the same, they all have very similar backgrounds. The onus is somewhat on my shoulders to start learning more.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Esports Summit presented by London & Partners, the business growth and destination agency for London, in partnership with the Science Museum will take place on Tuesday 27 th February 2024 and will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions that will share insights into esports in London.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 30, 2020

As you select speakers or session leaders, you’ll want to get their commitment that the topic they are addressing at your conference hasn’t been presented elsewhere. Your speakers must shift from deliverers of information to learning facilitators who deliver on the engagement needed to bring participants closer to their tribe.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

High profile confirmed speakers include renowned economist Thomas Pugh, design leadership strategist Neal Stone, who oversaw the design of British Airways’ world-first flatbed in business class, and Kate Nicholls, CEO of UKHospitality.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 14, 2025

Meanwhile, the JBL Sound Bodega experience hosted at 3TEN at Austin City Limits Live, functioned as an Austin-inspired corner store experience featuring live music performances by musicians like DJ Pee.Wee, artist interviews, festival swag and a first look at the new Flip 7 and Charge 6 speakers. gun policies to prevent mass shootings.

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