Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Hologram technology can increase engagement and attract hard-to-get speakers Meetings may be a mostly in-person experience but—as we learned during Covid, with the use of Zoom, Teams and other online video platforms—the use of communications technology has its place in the world of meetings and events.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Event Marketer’s 2025 B-to-B Dream has been unveiled. Valerie Strehle, Senior Director-Global Events, Workiva When an event organization operates under the code name GSD, or Get S**t Done, you know it has some serious momentum behind it. “We often talk about whats really driving people to events, Strehle says.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Smart Meetings made history by convening top meeting professionals in an iconic location fresh off an almost $200 million renovation to experience the best motivational practices employed today. of historic and modern conference center space offered something for attendees and their guests while they were meeting.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Although these other event aspects can happen without security, if attendees safety is in question, its questionable if things will. Alan Kleinfeld, senior director of meetings and safety at Arrive Management Group, shared a few tips about what meeting profs could do, which can apply to this specific scenario and event safety in general.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Fake women event speakers? Meeting professionals: this is a golden opportunity! Yes, friends, it’s now obvious that what our industry needs is… fake events! Fake speakers Creating fake women speakers is just one tiny step in the right direction. How hard is it to make all your speakers fake?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. And you also know—because of what you do—that, in their wake, untold numbers of long-planned events were cancelled. More than 40 speakers and industry leaders were also expected to attend. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2025

Creating unforgettable events starts with understanding how to connect with attendees from every generation. Understanding and respecting these differences is key to creating events that genuinely resonate. Understand Your Audience Every event brings together people with wildly different life experiences.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2024

Amid the whirlwind of a high-powered CEO or celebrity’s life, many still find time to speak at corporate events, but what happens when these A-list event speakers’ busy lives get the best of them and they need to bow out of their speaking commitment, or they don’t arrive at the anticipated time?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Becoming a sustainable event planner is a marathon, not a sprint. As the events industry continues to evolve in its sustainability journey, there are a lot of accomplishments to celebrate. Smart Meetings’ October webinar, From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices , breaks it down.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

My work at a pre-con is different from that of a typical meeting planner since I focus on the meeting’s design and facilitation. I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2025

Meeting planners have many options when choosing a city to host their next corporate event. This unforgettable meeting destination is equipped with everything planners need for a successful meeting or convention. Read on for the reasons why meeting planners fall in love with Boise.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

Most of the event industry and our clients continue to assume that if you can make the meeting bigger it’s a good thing. The massive disruption of in-person events since March 2020 has shaken our industry to the core. Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. It ain’t necessarily so.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 21, 2025

Avoid pitfalls and protect your event Contracts are the lifeblood and backbone of the meetings industry. Negotiating contracts is the first step before confirming speakers, color themes or catering options. Warner also suggests adding a frustration of purpose clause if the reason the event was planned is no longer viable.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 19, 2025

A truly great event doesnt just meet expectationsit exceeds them at every turn. Successful events make participants feel valued, engaged and eager to return. By incorporating elements that are Witty, Immersive, Shareable, Extraordinary and Responsive, events become memorable experiences that leave lasting impressions.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 9, 2022

About Meeting Expectations. Meeting Expectations specializes in designing and executing strategies to achieve event and association management goals. The Event Goal. Meeting Expectations learned from the prior year’s Event App execution and decided to invest in the following tactics: 1. The Back Story.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Let’s learn more. Is the carpet too thick for rolling a wheelchair?

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Award winning central London venue 30 Euston Square has joined Unique Venues of London (UVL), the marketing association of over 80 unusual event venues from around the capital. CJ Alves, Head of Sales, Events & Marketing at 30 Euston Square, comments: “We’re really pleased to be joining Unique Venues of London.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 14, 2025

– Shonali Devereaux named as new podcast host – New in Events , a podcast from IBTM World, has returned for a much anticipated second season with Shonali Devereaux as its new host. From the show floor at IBTM World 2024, we hear from Bo Krger, speaker and meetings designer at Moving Minds.

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EventMB

JUNE 27, 2024

Business events professionals are asking if celebrity speakers are even worth it. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Jason Sudeikis, the creator of Ted Lasso, was a no-show at a recent convention he was to speak at.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

BCD Meetings and Events G uide helps make events more sustainable BCD Travel released a sustainability guide for meetings and events earlier this year, offering planners global sustainability trends and best practices. SM Your guide addresses a wide variety of topics in meetings like DEI.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Smart Meetings Elevate Experience at the newly renovated Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego activated the principles of audience engagement by putting the emphasis on engaging both the “experiencing self” and the “remembering self” as IMEX Head of Programme Tahira Endean described it in her Science of Happiness Finale.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

IBTM has revealed human connection specialist and award-winning author, Simone Heng , will be a keynote speaker at its flagship IBTM World event. Simone is part of an electrifying line-up of speakers at the leading global trade show who will amplify the unparalleled power of events to offer personal experiences.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

What are the fairest rules to use when running meetings? ” I think it’s reasonable to concentrate on fairness to participants : the majority of those involved with the meeting. All meetings have rules, whether overt or covert, conscious or unconscious, that influence how they proceed. Status and power at meetings.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 2, 2025

Shoptalk 2025, a global event for retail and ecommerce, owned by Hyve Group, took over the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, March 25-25, bringing together more than 10,000 attendees and more than 225 senior-level speakers from top retailers, including Macys, Inc., Mattel, Canada Goose and P&G.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2025

Inside IACC’s vision for a smarter, greener future in meetings and hospitality Attendees at this years 2025 IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange in College Station, Texas, were in for an exciting experience. The annual event offered a wide range of education sessions on sustainability, connection, F&B, leadership and so much more.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Lime Venue Portfolio and Levy have partnered with the UK & Ireland Chapter of ICCA, the global association for the international meetings industry, as the lead sponsor for the 2025 annual conference, set to take place in Leeds from 2628 February 2025.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Maybe it was that one conference you attended, where a speaker spoke to a part of you that you never even knew existed. As event professionals, we know we are gifted in serving others and making incredible, unforgettable moments a reality. I transitioned from restaurants to hotel management, focusing on meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2024

An exciting addition to this year’s event, titans of industry will engage with delegates on the power of AI, the importance of audience collaboration, the value of brand-building, the merits of harnessing key data, and the benefits of developing a marketing strategy around face-to-face interaction.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2025

7-10, might give meeting professionals a few ideas about how to create engaging activations that have lasting effects. Timekettles booth featured a Spanish speaker and an English speaker having a conversation in real time while their words were translated live.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s no secret that event costs are on the rise. You no longer need to do everything manually nor rely on a large suite of costly digital tools to achieve a great event. In fact, modern corporate meeting planning software can help you optimize and automate processes so that you and your team can save time and resources over time.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 30, 2021

Having an emcee at your event was a nice-to-have prior to 2020. Talk to any meeting owner who has managed a large virtual event this past year using a skilled emcee and he or she will tell you it made all the difference. An emcee’s role often extends well beyond hosting the event itself. Now it’s a must-have.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Planning and executing a corporate events program is no simple task. From managing registration lists and building an event website, to scheduling sessions and marketing the event… the logistics never end. The truth is, implementing the right event software saves your team significant time and money in the long run.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 15, 2024

Bring your meetings to destinations that go above and beyond Looking for a meeting space that is versatile, unique and nails top-notch hospitality? of meeting and event space. of meeting and event space span the building’s 22 nd and 23 rd floors. But it doesn’t forget refinement either.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

From screen to scene, elevate your next event Finding the perfect meeting space is a process. To get a better sense of what is possible when you host your event at the movies, Smart Meetings took a look at Galaxy Theatres Grandscape in The Colony, Texas, and chatted with Frank Rimkus, CEO of Galaxy Theatres , to find out.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

The Business of Events , the leading Think Tank and Advocacy Network for the business events sector, has announced a stellar line up of politicians, policymakers and leading industry figures for its signature Global Policy Forum, which this year is sponsored by RX Global. The programme can be viewed here.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Planners must understand their attendees’ wellness needs and intentionally incorporate them into events. Meeting planners can use wellness as a vital tool for their teams and attendees. By embedding wellness into their work environment and events, they can drive engagement and satisfaction on a larger scale.

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