SmartMeetings

AUGUST 18, 2021

Virtual meeting platforms are buying, acquiring, partnering and otherwise conjoining with in-person meeting producers to offer full-service, integrated hybrid capabilities. What will that mean for meeting professionals? Acquired features include calls for speakers and match-making, speaker management. “It

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

There are different options to consider when understanding how to plan hybrid events. We’ve listed 3 types of hybrid events for you to choose from. Live hybrid events. These are events where all speakers are physically present at the event venue. Others watch a recording of the event online.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Webinar session, Joanna Pineda, CEO and chief troublemaker of Matrix Group International , and Jennifer O’Grady, senior director of Design Studio of Maritz Global Events , tackled the Secrets for Engaging Platform-agnostic Association Meetings. Time management and wellness is also a major factor for meeting guests today.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 23, 2019

Booking keynote speakers is a high-impact event decision that’s loaded with risk. Over the past few months, I’ve been conducting my own informal best-keynoter poll, reaching out to dozens of fellow event organizers to get their nominations. 9 Keynote Speakers You Want at Your Event. Lisa Bodell Speaker Reel.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Pharmaceutical meeting planning is a complex task often requiring months of detailed preparation and immense pressure to rigorously respect compliance regulations. And keeping HCP engagement high at the thousands of global events your pharmaceutical company runs every year is becoming ever more challenging.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What does it mean to be a part of the events industry in 2019? Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends.

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Event Farm

MAY 5, 2021

For this panel, Ryan invited two event planners who, like him, are passionate about bringing events back safely: Ari Nisman, president and CEO of Degy Booking International and Degy World LLC , and Margaret Launzel-Pennes, CEO and co-founder of TBX: Total Brand Experience. Event risk assessment planning tool.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 5, 2020

Meeting planners also learn by watching others doing. That is why, in this time of repackaging grand destination programs to fit onto confined computer screens, a great way to avoid mistakes is to study how our peers are shape-shifting to meet COVID-era standards. That left Artura no choice but to reinvent her plan.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The return to in-person meetings has been trending over the last year. This is expected to continue well into 2023, according to a new report, “ 2023 Global Meetings and Events Forecast ,” by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT). More Meetings. Greater Meeting Spend.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

Smart Meetings talked to three meeting professionals tasked with figuring out how to achieve company goals and engage their geek audiences and their evolving expectations and learning styles in ways that are meaningful and effective, regardless of how content is distributed. The Day the Meetings Stopped.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Smart Meetings reached out to our esteemed editorial advisory board to ask what they are grateful for during this transition year and how they demonstrate it personally and professionally. Global General Manager, Maritz Global Events. Director of Meetings, MGMA. Eduardo Chaillo. Megan Finnell.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

From unique venues to prominent speakers, take a cue from one of 2018’s high-profile industry conferences when planning your next global event. So, what made the event such a huge success? With 600 speakers and 10,000 attendees coming in from 100 countries around the world, the right space is essential.

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Glow Global Events

JUNE 19, 2024

Effective communication and thorough preparation ensure a seamless and impactful keynote and speaker presentation. A pre-event call with your speakers is an invaluable step in the event planning process. Here are eight critical elements to cover during these calls to guarantee a successful event: 1.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This digital venue which played host to 200 sessions with over 650 speakers provided not only broadcast-quality live streaming of the events, workshops and panel discussions but also interactive chat sessions and Q&A with the speakers and panellists. . Registration through GEVME. Village communities. Credits: Switch 2020.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 23, 2020

The ability to bring multiple attendees from across the world together virtually and still achieve the goal of the event is one that we as event professionals cannot deny. Many of the more experienced tech teams, online speakers, moderators, hosts, and panelists are booking up well in advance.

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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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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 10, 2020

You and your team have been trying to book a big-name, big draw keynote speaker for years. You shared the news the day the contract’s signed via a press release, your event website, and social media. Dos and Don’ts When a Big-Name Keynote Speaker Cancels. Can the speaker be available for live streaming? What do you do?

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Eventmobi

MARCH 6, 2024

Whether you need an all-in-one solution or a tool for specific event needs, you can use event software for any aspect of managing your next conference, trade show, association meeting, workshop, or fundraising event. We’ll cover: What Is Event Management Software?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Convene has written a lot about groups that are consolidating their meeting portfolios—the American Society for Microbiology combining two annual conferences into one, the Consumer Bankers Association going from eight down to one—but the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) is going in the other direction.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 19, 2022

Virtual Event Technology. Mambu used EventMobi’s: Event Space Full-Service Registration. Meet The Person Behind The Magic. Event Objectives. Planning The Event. They’d never run an event of this scale virtually and, as a team, looked at a total of 40 platforms before selecting EventMobi. .

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Fasten your seatbelts, it may be a bumpy ride: Meeting professionals who have been forced to deliver their award-winning programs digitally are getting a crash course in the right and wrong ways to design a virtual event. Content at the meetings that did happen had to be dialed back, too. What impression needs to be made?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

With more hundreds of platforms out there and more being launched every week, planners are finding that they can mix and match to meet their specific event goals. ExVo : this live expo, meeting or event platform from Allseated integrates a virtual dimension for an immersive experience that resembles a convention floor.

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Quickmobile

AUGUST 29, 2017

Subscribe to the blog to stay up to date on event tech trends and best practices, or contact us to see how your next event app can be suited to any variety of attendees. When you’re planning on hosting global events, there’s one key element that you simply cannot overlook: not everyone speaks the same language.

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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. Her father had cerebral palsy, which brought its own needs.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 20, 2020

Justifying the Cost of Digital Events. “As As are most others, we are transitioning in-person events to virtual events and will be charging a registration fee,” Nicole Mattar , meetings specialist, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, wrote on the PCMA Catalyst forum. Are all the sessions live?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Smart Meetings’ October webinar, From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices , breaks it down. Creating more sustainable events is a journey, and it comes down to breaking it up into bite-size bits. She is also an FICP board member. She is also an FICP board member.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Projected job growth rate for events industry from 2014-2024. Amount of time preferred by attendees for a presentation (single-speaker event). Percentage of total event revenues that come from registration/ticket sales (on average). Percentage of meetings that will be virtual/hybrid in 2017. 4 – 46%.

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Event Planning BluePrint

JULY 6, 2019

Event CEO focuses on business strategy, innovation and event technology and is a podcast for CEOs and Event Executives who are looking to maximize their event ROI. Listen to How a World Class Event Design Company Creates the Best Experiences. Meetings Podcast. Turn of Events. Event Industry News.

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 26, 2021

Born out of dozens of focus groups and interviews with leaders of event teams from every sector of the industry, during the inaugural Business, Design & Strategy Summit, we’re tackling all the top issues, including health pass legalities, boycotts, experience marketplace disruptions, and more.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

As an exploration of how the COVID crisis has impacted the business events industry, “ Events UnPaused ” — Maritz Global Events’ five-part podcast hosted by President David Peckinpaugh — is chock-full of insights and most definitely worth a listen. It’s no longer about the content “or the snazzy speaker,” she said.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

The Event Leadership Institute’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit , held virtually on June 3, invites meeting and event professionals to chart their course for the future. We will also take a meaningful look at diversity, with Antwone Stigall advising how to make DEI principles part of your event DNA.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2024

At a private event in Las Vegas, a group of researchers found a hacking technique called Unsaflok, allowing hackers to open several models of Saflok RFID-based keycards, putting meeting planners and their attendees potentially at risk. Event Crisis Communication Templates Worth Copying What do you do when crisis strikes pre-event?

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 10, 2020

You and your team have been trying to book a big-name, big draw keynote speaker for years. Finally, the stars align, and their bureau and booking agent say yes! But at the last minute, they're out. What do you do?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 20, 2020

That meant coordinating — and recording — a packed 24-hour schedule of 70-plus speakers from around the world. It was not without a lot of sleepless nights,” said Kristin Copley-Mirabal, director of global events for ACAMS. It needed to be a truly global event,” Mirabal said.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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