Conferences that Work

AUGUST 29, 2016

Whenever I’ve had the pleasure of meeting David (not often enough!) However, one recurring theme in David’s magazine irritates me, because it perpetuates a common misconception in the events industry. There is nothing in the 2016 BizBash Design Issue that explores the heart of event design: what will happen at the event?

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

“The average person in 2009,” reports the science magazine Nautilus , “was less empathetic than 75 percent of the people in 1979.”. One meeting professional, William Thomson, founder of Gallus Events in Barcelona, organized Homeless Hackathon Glasgow last year, after reading statistics about homelessness in Glasgow, Scotland, his hometown.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Attendees who want more from their meetings don’t want to sit and listen passively to a formal presentation. Welcome to the era of disrupted meetings, in good company with other industries and institutions whose established norms are being taken down to the studs. They have expectations of involvement.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Oklahoma City is using influencer marketing in the form of a travel-writing team who will highlight the city’s leisure attractions — and is also bolstering its meetings portfolio with a new convention center. But despite all of these shiny new additions, the one thing the CVB keeps hearing from meeting planners is, why Oklahoma City?

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. She’s a past president of Meeting Professionals International, Chicago and has been named as one of the 40 under 40 in the meetings industry by Connect magazine in 2015.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Amazed by the modern concept of organizing conferences and ideas that change the concept of corporate meetings planning; we approached Adrian Segar to discuss his work! He is a meeting designer, facilitator and has also been acknowledged as one of the most innovative Events Professional by BizBash Magazine.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 22, 2018

Say the word “meetings” to business people outside the events industry and probably what comes to mind are those small staff gatherings that happen on a daily basis in offices all over the world. In Where the Action Is: Meetings That Make or Break Your Organization , author J. Know the meeting’s purpose and desired outcome.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2022

Sustainability, diversity and experience have been established as the three founding principles of the network, which has been founded by professional emcee and meeting designer, Samme Allen.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Connect are dedicated to providing content that helps you reimagine today’s meetings and look into the future. There are plenty of insights into venues and how to improve meetings, but we want to give a shout-out to Connect for their continued insights into the ever-important topic of event safety. The Meeting Pool.

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Slido

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Here are some of our favorite blogs that bring the best from our industry, as well as some amazing companies that have inspired us on our journey toward better meetings. PCMA Convene This award-winning magazine by Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) is our hidden gem in the events ecosystem.

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2022

Award-winning events and meetings space provider, Warwick Conferences , has announced the appointment of Christine Jones as Business Development Manager. In her new role, Christine will be using her extensive experience to manage client relationships to ensure events are designed to meet wider business objectives.

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Gallus Events

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

IBTM session was all about Meeting Design and the venue is about 5 miles from my office, so attending that one was much easier! It is run by Event Industry News an online magazine. For some reason I feel that the meetings industry should be driving that. Details of my session at IBTM World. What do you think?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. She is the first female engineer on the cover of MAKE magazine and is recognized by Forbes, Inc, and Quartz as a top female entrepreneur. Where to find him?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

There’s a blizzard of white papers and trend reports that seek to help meeting professionals understand what to expect in the future — including research conducted by the German Convention Bureau (GCB) as part of its Future Meeting Space initiative. For example, what makes a person a ‘networking’ or ‘knowledge-sharing’ person?

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

Imagine if individual meeting planners could get together and talk about their mistakes and learnings,” said Stephan. “It Omnichannel events are here to stay, which is about meeting customers where they are, not where you want to be. It would be interesting to collaborate in this way.”.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. She is the first female engineer on the cover of MAKE magazine and is recognized by Forbes, Inc, and Quartz as a top female entrepreneur. Where to find him?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Now you have been tapped to plan an offsite for the executive team, a quarterly all-staff meeting or a new product activation. We asked some of the people creating meeting magic today alongside the massive influx of new meeting designers that have come to the industry since Covid for tips on what to ask your partners and when to get started.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Meetings & Events. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. meetingsnet If you’re looking for thought-provoking articles and news related to all things meetings and events, look no further than MeetingsNet’s Twitter. TahiraCreates. EventsUncovered.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2019

These are already finding their way onto show floors and into event meeting spaces, though these experts generally agree that current applications are just scratching the surface of what’s possible. ” — Christy Lamagna , CEO of Strategic Meetings & Events. ”— Travis Stanton , Editor of EXHIBITOR Magazine.

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

These are already finding their way onto show floors and into event meeting spaces, though these experts generally agree that current applications are just scratching the surface of what’s possible. ” — Christy Lamagna , CEO of Strategic Meetings & Events. ”— Travis Stanton , Editor of EXHIBITOR Magazine.

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

Here’s an alphabetical list of our go-to resources for event management professionals, including blogs, magazines, and podcasts. It also includes rankings of top meeting hotels and destinations. Event consultants and meeting designers, Gallus Events uses its blog to offer advice and tips on the industry. Smart Meetings.

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Converve

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Nonetheless, however practical these things may be, at one point or another you need a good old (printed) book or magazine. X: The Experience When Business Meets Design / Brian Solis. Into the Heart of Meetings / Eric de Groot, Mike Van der Vijver. Why not then with one of these reading tips for event managers?!

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Converve

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Nonetheless, however practical these things may be, at one point or another you need a good old (printed) book or magazine. X: The Experience When Business Meets Design / Brian Solis. Into the Heart of Meetings / Eric de Groot, Mike Van der Vijver. Why not then with one of these reading tips for event managers?!

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EncoreAPAC

MAY 14, 2024

Realise your event's full potential and deliver maximum impact with Encore's award winning creative strategy, event design and production expertise. As Time magazine notes, our attention span is now shorter than a goldfish’s. Experiential meeting design, as highlighted by PCMA, is vital for fostering connections at events.

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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. As a “government” meeting planner, I am con-stantly challenged with limited budgets, outdated technology, and long-lasting traditions. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In collaboration with the Joint Meetings Industry Council, PCMA is funding a study on the professional, business, academic, and economic outcomes of business events and how they can best be communicated to affected communities and governments, a project that is being managed by the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Packard shared how “conference refugees” — who find the hallway more appealing than the breakout room — are pointing the way for meeting professionals to adapt. I would advocate for meeting designers to understand where is the bleeding edge in terms of truly inno-vative and meaningful content. People still care about education.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected. Having said that, I think the return to meetings will be both slow and fast.

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