Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals rely heavily on the event servicing teams behind the scenes to execute on the best-laid plans for effective meetings. Read More : Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs. What ESPC Proves.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

There are countless best practices TED talks for general workplace improvements , but some are ideal for meeting planners’ particular pain points and needs. How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings, by David Grady. Design for all five senses, by Jinsop Lee. The power of meetings by Henric Ehrenblad.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Planning a meeting in December can be stressful. As the days grow shorter, draw inspiration from the season to design events that everyone will want to attend, and to help keep them engaged long after. Tina Hirshberg Novelo is a program manager and event producer, and has been with Taste since 2010.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Similarly, the chief indicators of the business-events industry continued to reflect a healthy economic environment, with mostly positive increases. Thinking ahead — The average booking window for large meetings is 2.2

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 16, 2020

For many event and meeting peeps, tech tools are an essential part of their planning toolkit. Below are several tech tools to help pivot your event and meeting planning in the COVID-19 era. This list isn’t comprehensive—just a small sampling of all the available event management and planning technology!).

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 20, 2020

But once these events begin again, event planners will need to meet the need guests have to reconnect with one another in this new world. The pause of face-to-face has created a void in human connection, and as social creatures, we crave connection.

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Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 7, 2020

But between that sense of nostalgia and everything that has changed post-COVID, it’s not only an excellent time to think about helping your event team learn – it’s imperative. Let’s face it – those in the events and meetings industry thrive when we’re together face-to-face. Invest for the Future. “An Build Camaraderie.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

And many of them use our fully compliant life science event platform and mobile event app to help pharma companies manage engaging HCP events. That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. It is not for commercial purposes.

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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 identifies meetings as a form of communication and details how events are contingent upon their Event Design.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 15, 2017

Jenkins and his firm are the recipients of the prestigious Gala Awards by Special Events Magazine for Best Event Produced for a Corporation - Budget $100,000 to $249,000 and Best Event Design - Budget $20,000. Jenkins recently served as Chair, and produced the 2017 Special Event (TSE) Opening Night Party.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 24, 2017

Call this my “I went sailing in the Caribbean and all I came home with were some goofy meeting-planning analogies that I feel compelled to share” post. read more.

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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. Through ORRganized Events, Amy has coordinated a variety of multi-day educational conferences, golf tournaments, air shows and fundraisers. Like to share your story?

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Meeting and event professionals gained a ton of insights in 2019. We countdown the favorites over the past year and how they can help your event move forward. From examining different options to spatial design, from social media to the over-50 crowd, there was a lot of accessible content that event professionals found helpful.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 13, 2018

But here’s a nice twist — when we asked what readers like best about their jobs, the most popular response, by far, was the people they work with and meet. The challenge of planning a successful meeting. One is six responses included some aspect of working with others. Here’s what you said you like most about your job.

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Maritz Global Events

JUNE 20, 2019

PS: In a recent post penned by Jeff Fugate, The “Why” is the Most Important Aspect of Event Design , he identified a fourth motivator: The Party. We’ll be digging into that design element a bit more in future posts to discern if/when it’s a decision-to-attend trigger versus an experience that amplifies networking outcomes.).

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 29, 2020

World-renown conference speakers, Heather Mason and Ed Salvato have had active roles in the events industry for years, participating and speaking at face-to-face meetings in the past as well as attending and presenting in the current online modality. Examine crowd-source best practices for approaching COVID-era meeting planning.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

What makes one meeting professional happy may not be another’s cup of tea. Which is pretty good news: There are a different ways to find fulfillment in the business-events industry. . Bringing my vision for an event to completion. Building relationships with sponsors to help them meet their objectives.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 28, 2020

To increase event attendance, yearly conferences must consistently achieve their goals for growth and evolution. Reaching new attendees remains a consistent challenge for 90 percent of meeting planners, and it is of critical importance. Exhibit at other events. The key is to look for parallel industry events. .

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Master the Event

APRIL 7, 2022

It is possible to enter the event planning sector from other fields, but it is more typical and preferable to have a bachelor’s degree to begin with, in fields like marketing, communications, business, public relations, or hospitality management. Another option for certification is the Certified Government Meeting Professional choice.

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Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Much like people sitting around a campfire listening to someone tell a story, a campfire session at a conference is an informal way of presenting and discussing topics with meeting attendees. Common features include: Location: Usually held in hallways outside of meeting rooms. There’s no need to rent an additional meeting room.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

It’s a very important topic for meeting planning companies because we are definitely not alone in something like this,” he said, “and the bigger the event is you need to be sure all the authorities who have the decision-making powers are involved.”.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. This is our fourth class,” said PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton, “and with each one, we are struck by the passion and insights these individuals bring to the business-events community.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Collins, CMP is the President & CEO of JDC Events , an award-winning Washington, DC area event design company, and author of the book, Events Spark Change, scheduled for release in early 2018. The post 6 Strategies for Large Event Contract Negotiations appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 16, 2019

The term “experience design” is thrown around a lot in the meetings and events industry. But does everyone who uses it truly understand how to apply the concept to their events? But that doesn’t mean overhauling your entire event. . Post authored by Jennifer George Lion, CMP, PMP. Common Misconceptions.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

During an event, the easiest way to keep the momentum going is to live tweet. Posts can range from takeaways from keynotes, photos of the event, or a heads up to your location in order to meet other event attendees. Join the movement for a better event. Room Design. Try Social Tables today. Radde, Ph.D.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In-person, virtual, or hybrid, start with a single event and expand your license when you’re ready to scale up. We can assist you with all aspects of event planning for any occasion. Request a demo From company meetings to global summits InvitePeople will work with […]

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

Rachel Stephan is one part creative, one part entrepreneur, a 4-time mom ( sensov/ event marketing , Charlie, award-winning #eventtech snöball event influencer marketing , and Grayson) and an event industry speaker. Rachel helps meeting planners grow their event attendance with results-driven event marketing strategies.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 3, 2020

At last year’s conference, PCMA opened itself up to outside observation from the team at Steelcase, led by Kim Condon, Event Strategist, and Tom Condon, Event Design Director, and their group of scientists. “Sometimes, you lose perspective on what’s really happening at your event,” said Kim.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 13, 2016

However, finding a balance between design, coordination and execution can take some fine-tuning to ensure that the event process runs like a well-oiled machine. Event design and planning go together like peanut-butter and jelly. Typically, we start our events with design – what does the client want?

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Maritz Global Events

JULY 3, 2019

There are a lot of meetings out there and we are rewarded knowing our hard work pays off in the incredible attendance our events garner.”. So how does Dan view success for events like e4 and EnVision? “Our challenges are no worse nor better than any other planner,” he said.

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Social Tables

MARCH 25, 2024

For larger events, like a community-wide holiday party , consider booking an event venue to make the party easier to manage. Look for unique and activity-friendly venues with characteristics that meet your party planning needs.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2017

Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. Van Deventer also spoke with Smart Meetings TV about change coming to MPI.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Regardless of their response, you owe it to your members to look at other meeting options. As a former meeting planner who has received Ohio MPI’s Planner of the Year award twice (2006 & 2012), she brings a unique perspective to these blog posts. Once you have a report compiled, please share it. Ask what they’d like to do.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 10, 2017

The post Getting Creative with Your Convention Layout appeared first on Smart Meetings. Her true passion is helping her customers bring their visions to life through their linen selections.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 17, 2019

As a self-proclaimed sports fanatic who has attended his fair share of games, I’ve found some intriguing ideas that meeting and event planners can use to create their own “die-hard” fanbases. So how can your event do that? Connection is Key.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 30, 2019

All right, so you’ve got kind of event strategy, we may circle back to that a little bit more. But the next kind of bucket is event design. And this is where I think our roles as event planners, meeting planners, even producers, tend to fall into this design bucket. But not a lot of event strategists.

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