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Best of 2024: Event Safety and Security

Smart Meetings

Event Crisis Communication Templates Worth Copying What do you do when crisis strikes pre-event? What to Expect When Booking A-List Event Speakers Gathering people in a 9,000-square-foot ballroom comes with risks. Introducing an A-list speaker to said event ups the risk ante a little.

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B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Valerie Strehle

Event Marketer

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. The team, created in January 2023, consolidated resources from marketing, sales, and EMEA to form the first-ever global events team at Workiva.

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Holograms Beam into Events

Smart Meetings

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. How do they learn?

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IBTM World confirms speakers from Amazon, TikTok, Canva and more for Exceptional Experiences programme

Prestige Events Magazine

Claudia Hall , Exhibition Director at IBTM World, said: “This may be Exceptional Experiences’ inaugural outing at IBTM World but, with our array of pioneering speakers and our dedication to alleviating the challenges faced by in-house event professionals and marketers, we know it’s one that delegates will love.

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New in Events from IBTM World returns for second series

Prestige Events Magazine

In the first episode of this new season, Shonali talks with Mike Ford, Owner of Grateful Lemon, who shares powerful insights on burnout and how events professionals should approach stress, recovery and sleep. From the show floor at IBTM World 2024, we hear from Bo Krger, speaker and meetings designer at Moving Minds.

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Sustainable Event Planning: Action Steps to Lasting Strategy

Smart Meetings

In addition to overseeing Visit Denver’s sustainability initiatives, she has served as a member of the EIC Sustainable Event Standards Committee and is a former Event Services Professional Association board member. Action Plan With so much to consider, as the speakers addressed, deciding where to get started is the most difficult part.

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How Four Major Global Events Pivoted from In-Person to Virtual

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The novel coronavirus outbreak has had a significant impact on the events industry, from venues and vendors to speakers and sponsors. We feel great sympathy for all affected by COVID-19 and the ripple effects this global pandemic has caused.”. This year, the city of Austin canceled SXSW the week before it was supposed to begin.