EventMB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

It’s time to embrace design-driven project management. The post Design-Driven Project Management for Event Planners by Christina Green appeared first on [link]. Do you want to run your event, team, and suppliers more effectively? Here’s how: Event planners juggle a lot of roles and responsibilities.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Management have desired outcomes for the meeting: e.g. developing new products and services, communicating changes in company strategic goals, training and incentivizing sales teams, implementing successful product launches, etc. So when should you use the Conferences That Work design? Many corporate events have a tight focus.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 21, 2024

JT Long, vice president and content director of Smart Meetings, has an insightful conversation with Edward Perotti, an award-winning meeting designer and principle of EP Events and Experiences. On this episode of What One Thing?

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

That observation is at the heart of a new study that Sperstad, program director of the meeting and event management degree at Madison College, is writing with Amanda Cecil, Ph.D., CMP, associate professor and chair of Indiana University’s School of Physical Education and Tourism Management. EVENT DESIGN. “My

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SpotMe Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Strategic meetings management is a concept that’s over 20 years old but has recently taken on a new form. The meetings and events industry has evolved, and planners now have a seat at the omnichannel table, where data-driven insights and attendee experiences are top of mind. The time for strategic meetings management is now.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

As an experienced facilitator and designer of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings, I love to share what I’ve learned during my four decades in the meeting industry. A freewheeling Ask Me Anything about meeting design that delivers optimal learning, connection, engagement, and action outcomes?

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 12, 2024

Religious meetings are a small, fascinating subset of the meeting industry. I learned about them when I presented at The Religious Conference Management Association annual conference in 2014, and I’ve written about what meeting designers can learn from religious services.

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Gallus Events

MAY 2, 2017

Too many venues, especially hotels, are still designed and to house traditional conferences. If you want to run a creative conference, one that uses Meeting Design you have to find a venue that will really support your conference. In this post I thought I’d add a little Meeting Design Venue Check List!

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. My 1977 Ph.D.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Whether it’s a meeting designed to galvanize the salesforce or a beach retreat that rewards staffers for their achievements, companies are leaning on team-building events to support—and retain—employees. And there’s one strategy that solves for each of those objectives: internal events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The acquisition’s resulting new product, twine for Zoom, will allow meeting organizers to build and manage dynamic interactions using a trusted platform with an interface reminiscent of gaming platforms. The founders of DoubleDutch event management software that was sold to Cvent in 2019 raised $4.3 The Players.

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Gallus Events

MAY 11, 2020

meeting design institute: Design interactive online and hybrid meetings, conferences and events. The meeting design institute have been pioneering hybrid events for as long as I have. Event Leadership Institute – Virtual Event & Meeting Management Program. COST: $500.

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EventMB

JUNE 3, 2022

Egurrola-Wienke, strategic accounts executive at Cvent Roel Frissen, co-Founder at Event Design Collective Krzysztof Celuch, associate professor at Vistula School of Hospitality Antonio Ducceschi, chief commercial officer at Starhotels Group.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Now that events are going back to in person, how can meeting professionals deliver the same level of detailed success metrics to the executive team about the range of value delivered on the investment? Two veteran meeting designers joined Smart Chat Live! Meet the Experts. Watch the entire webinar here.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

Implement a customer relationship management system for my veterinary circus animal practice? Since 2016, I’ve been participating in the annual, invitation-only Meeting Design Practicum conferences that have been held all over Europe. For example, how can I: Unify my business’s unique branding and marketing needs?

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 4, 2018

When consulting, one of my biggest meeting design challenges is to get boss buy-in. To improve the relevance and effectiveness of social structures, organizations, and meetings, it’s crucial for leaders to understand and accept the potential and value of decentralized influence.

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Capterra Event Management

AUGUST 30, 2016

While I was scrolling down my Facebook newsfeed, I noticed an advertised shirt that said “Event Manager: Because ‘miracle worker’ doesn’t sound professional on a résumé.” Event managers organize staff, decide on event management software , act as idea marketers, and bring guests together in a miraculous fashion. Rating: 4/5.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In They are, in my opinion, fundamental education; certainly on a par with the sessions we see at the annual conferences every year on “hot event items”, F&B trends, and meeting management.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At a traditional meeting, however, perceived status roles rarely change significantly during the event. This leads to a number of problems, which I described in my first meeting design book: Conferences That Work. A mid-level manager shares their difficulties working with their boss.

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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. They were incredibly professional and flexible and helped us pivot from an in-person event to a virtual one seamlessly.

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Gallus Events

JULY 1, 2019

And the best way to get a grip of texturising content is to look at the principles of meeting design. I know that the idea of scaling the “meeting design” mountain can seem daunting. If you are designing a physical or an online event these simple tips will set you right. All in all it was a great event.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Managing and incentivizing event and meeting teams. For this trip, the first time I’d been back to Europe since an Estonian meeting design conference in 2020, I decided to spend a week in Rome. Generative AI: How do we use it and benefit from it in the world of events? The next day we held these sessions.

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Gallus Events

MAY 18, 2017

This is something very different from the networking that we casually think about: you know, the random meetings over coffee or picking up the delegate pack. So first, a definition of structured networking at conferences: “Using the environment, meeting design or technology to ensure that the right conversations happen”. .

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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. Supporting organisations in the pharmaceutical, finance and legal sectors, Christine has worked at Warwick Conferences for more than 12 years as a Sales Manager.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2023

We are actors, impresarios, meeting designers, diplomats, teachers, musicians, creative directors, facilitators, management experts, sports team owners, fundraisers, journalists, experiential marketers, retreat leaders, event producers, philanthropists, coaches, and dealmakers!

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1978: I join the management of Solar Alternative , a solar energy manufacturing business founded the previous year. I quickly discover the size and interest of the meetings industry. Due to interest and demand, I become a meeting designer and facilitator of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In large organizations, I often work with middle managers who are enthusiastic about what we create. But then we have to sell our approach to upper management. Senior staff typically expect to hear from their middle managers rather than me. These meetings involve hundreds of countries and thousands of NGOs and people.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 6, 2021

It’s not a “one size fits all” kind of process, as each occasion presents its own set of challenges and opportunities to be addressed, managed and executed. Keep reading to find out how today’s event specialists are making events work for them from planning and organizing, to design and production.

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Gallus Events

MAY 11, 2020

Meeting Design Institute: Design interactive online and hybrid meetings, conferences and events. The meeting design institute have been pioneering hybrid events for as long as I have. Event Leadership Institute – Virtual Event & Meeting Management Program. COST: $500.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 29, 2021

He was kind enough to tell me I possessed this quality when I spoke to a class he was teaching at the Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. He also said he thought it was essential for good meeting professionals.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. How does your educational content align with targeting that most important segment? Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 24, 2017

The list is a useful list to have ‘on call’ should your manager has some concerns, and an expectation that you have to come up with some suggestions. The key is to fully embraced an experiential approach, and use meeting design to run a less traditional style conference.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2024

PSFG has a deep appreciation for the importance of meeting design. .” Its members include over fifty well-known international foundations, non-profits, and collectives.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

The panel members — a corporate planner, two association planners, a meeting-design expert, and a hotel executive — discussed the viability of hybrid events. The huge number of potential delegates attending virtual meetings and showing support is key in financial terms,” he said. “If

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

Even before the hotel opened in Brooklyn last September, management invited 175 local residents to handpick 10 books that now sit on a shelf in each of the hotel’s 175 guest rooms. More Meeting Trends. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design. Download “The Future of Meetings and Events” report.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I first designed and convened what I called a “ peer conference ” in 1992 for a group of IT managers at small schools that eventually became known as edACCESS.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 5, 2016

From books that take an irreverent approach to meeting planning to comprehensive guides on everything from meeting design to green events , this reading list has everything the modern meeting planner needs for a relaxing day of poolside reading. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design.

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