Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

One of the report’s conclusions: “Closed-captioning content benefits many, especially non-native English speakers.” Here, an alternative hybrid form could consist of regional in-person meetings, to minimize travel, while still being connected to other regional meeting hubs via a shared online program.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The author of “Intentional Event Design” joined the IMEX team in June after leaving SITE Global where she was head of events for more than three years, to pursue a. Her role varied, however, including exhibitor, tech provider, speaker and tour guide. A Focused Approach. “We Tahira Endean.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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Expo Pass

JUNE 26, 2024

Creating a fantastic speaker lineup is one of the most crucial parts of planning a successful event! The right speakers can draw crowds and inspire your audience, all while electrifying your event goals. In this guide, we’ll walk you through six essential steps in curating an engaging and impactful speaker lineup.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s becoming increasingly important for events to adopt sustainable best practices, and people are more aware of this than ever before. As attendees become more interested in a more sustainable future, event planners must adapt and provide more regenerative and sustainable approaches to events.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We had the opportunity to talk recently with Tahira Endean, CITP, CMP,DES,CED , Head of Events at SITE (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence) , about the future of events. Tahira describes herself as the world’s biggest event nerd. She has worked in the meetings and events space for over 25 years.

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All Seated

MARCH 15, 2021

Instead, everyone is longing for fresh creative designs and environments that virtually take them to new locales and destinations. To provide a little inspo, Kristin Banta of Kristin Banta Events recently gave us a tour of some of her favorite virtual event designs and shared insights into how the virtual event designs came about. .

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2023

This historic and solemn event will be a singular challenge for them and other London hoteliers and the special event designers managing every detail. VIPs generally travel with their own protection teams and the Metropolitan Police Service assigns a team for each. And, there is a new aspect to the program.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 19, 2022

When designing your event, it is essential to step out of the organizer role and put yourself in your attendees’ shoes. Imagine where they might travel from, how they will arrive at your event, and what that first interaction with your event will be.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 4, 2021

People were yearning to be together,” said Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder of Web in Travel (WiT), a multimedia platform focused on travel, technology, and Asia. Unsatisfied with the industry conferences and events she attended for years as a business events journalist, she decided to start her own event — Web in Travel (WiT).

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Social Tables

MARCH 17, 2021

Most event goers travel in groups of 2 or 4, so using this technique will minimize the chances of people getting split up from their companions. Church seating layout design made easy. You can also assign seating to VIPs, guest speakers, and attendees. . Pro tip: Keep an even number of seats in each row. Get Started Free.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations for meetings and events, ultimately redefining the meeting industry entirely. The Boston event, now in its fifth year, has countless moving parts.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 13, 2020

Would love to hear from planners about how we might better integrate the ‘content designers/speakers’ into the engagement conversation. I thought it might be helpful to share an outline of how we blended content and connection throughout the event. Playing on…. Sharon Fisher.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

Moving forward, we’ll likely see an increase in the volume and availability of live translation tools for digital events that will truly make companies global. . What this trend means for event planners. Event planners can invite non-English speakers to their mostly English-speaking events. Get Started Free.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Years ago, when tech executive Brian Prince was making the rounds as a speaker and attendee at industry conferences, he had a realization: These events were simply out of reach for many of his colleagues near his home in the Great Lakes region. Why not, he thought, bring a conference to them instead?

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations in regards to meetings and events, ultimately redefining the industry as a result. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For internal stakeholders: Create a core event committee with reps from legal, marketing, facilities, IT, etc. Schedule planning meetings at least monthly leading up to the event. Designate team leads for registration, catering, production, etc., Pssst, event marketing software can help with this.) based on expertise.

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SpotMe Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A comprehensive event budget template takes into account all of the costs associated with an event. From planning and staff to onsite vendor fees, travel expenses, marketing and promotional costs, audio/visual needs, and more. Management is also an important factor to consider when planning these types of events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 12, 2024

It’s split across four key themes: INFORM – INSPIRE – INNOVATE – IMPACT, with a stellar line up of expert speakers covering topics including event security, AI, inclusivity, wellness, experiential design, contract negotiation, sustainability and legacy.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 16, 2023

I think the corollary to that for the events industry is it used to be assumed that everybody was going to travel to a conference to be face to face. How can events be designed from a more empathetic perspective? As fantastic as many speakers are — Heather included — that’s not enough.

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Gallus Events

JANUARY 14, 2020

A throw-away trend or something that will shape our events, how should we view flight shaming in the events industry? In December 2019 I travelled to Madrid to attend the Sustainable Innovation Summit, an official side event at the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference. degree Celsius increase,” he said.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Besides access to great networking opportunities and innovative content, the following 35 events will also provide attendees with great speaker lineups and the chance to travel to amazing locations! Event Name. The conference where events professionals can extend their reach. Event Design Certificate.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2018

When FRESH18 — which bills itself as the first annual conference focused exclusively on meeting design — gets underway Feb. 27-28, it will be showcasing its own solution to a common event-design problem: getting the audience to participate. The speaker is encouraged to remain on hand to join discussions and answer questions.

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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.

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SevenEvents

MARCH 13, 2025

Venues that can accommodate both indoor and outdoor spaces are most effective, as there is more flexibility when creating the content, customer journey and entertainment elements, as well as providing a contingency for event organisers in the case of bad weather.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We must re-evaluate our pre-COVID event design models and constructs through a new lens and restructure them to meet audiences where they are today. We have been taking a fresh look at one of our core event design models, the Four Dimensions, which are: Intellectual — everything that stimulates thinking.

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Event Industry News

MAY 7, 2020

PlanetIMEX launches today with an invitation to everyone in the global meetings, events and incentive travel industry to register free of charge for EduMonday Live on 11 May. . Also taking place on EduMonday Live is She Means Business, a joint event by IMEX and TW Magazine supported by MPI. She Means Business panel discussion.

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Eventtia

MAY 11, 2022

Speaker session. You can then start planning for the target sponsors, event speakers, and exhibitors. Don’t forget that there are various other variables that depend on the venue like accommodations, catering, layout, travel arrangement for attendees, and so forth. Step 7: Confirming Speakers, Exhibitors, and Sponsors.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2023

So often in planning events, it’s the organizer really functioning from a position of how do we get butts in seats? Then I’m going to get terrific speakers to come and I’m going to put them up on my site as the marquee reason why you should come to this event and pay the entry fee. I’ve got to attract an audience.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Logistics management: From booking the venue to arranging travel and accommodation for attendees and speakers, experienced pharma event planners handle all the logistical details. Content development: The content, from presentations and panel discussions to interactive workshops, is the heart of any pharma event.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Could businesspeople be persuaded to stop traveling to meetings, to sit instead in comfortable local studios hundreds of miles apart, handsomely equipped with cameras, microphones, screens, and speakers that magically allowed them to meet as well as if they were all in the same room? There are, however, some downsides.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The sessions for the first day of the global travel industry forum were for the most part interviews with hospitality, destination-marketing, and restaurant leaders, conducted by Skift editors. Nearly 1,200 professionals from more than 40 countries participated in Skift Global Forum 2017 , Sept. Wooden said that L.A.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

To determine the efficiency of a PA system, you’re actually looking at the efficiency of the speakers and the amplifiers and the positioning of the equipment. It’s also good to think about how suppliers and attendees are getting to your event.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

Create a long-term event planning timeline to ensure that each part of the planning process gets the focus it deserves. Ignore competing events Clients often approach planners with specifics in mind for an event, such as the date, location, or event design. Will the area be busy in general due to holiday travel?

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

It was a move made out of sheer necessity, following the World Health Organization’s classification of COVID-19 as a pandemic and a cascade of travel restrictions, Cassandra Strupp, PDPW’s program manager told Convene. You may be looking at the speakers, but somebody else is asking questions for you — you’re at a remove.”. Yeona Jang.

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Expo Pass

JUNE 13, 2024

Ensure your registration form’s style matches the overall event design, including font, color combinations, imagery, etc. Keep your event experience title visible at the top of the page, and if you have space, include event sponsors , vendors, and other exciting tidbits. Is the event title clearly visible?

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