Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The VR programming gave participants the ability to virtually explore the interior and exterior of Ford’s vehicles and watch the on-demand virtual Ford stage for speakers and presentations. It can bring properties and destinations for events-in-planning to the table with virtual 3-D rendering.

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Tech Food and Beverage Social Media Entertainment 279

Meeting Tomorrow

MAY 12, 2022

That’s why some planning teams have a secret weapon to manage this new reality: A flexible, scalable meeting planning partner who plugs in only when and where needed. This helps internal meeting planning teams stay lean while meeting today’s demands. Add a Temporary Meeting Planning Team.

Meeting Planning 91

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

With technological tools like computer programs and equipment more readily available at a fraction of the cost than they were decades ago, you have more presentations and events looking and sounding like a multi-million dollar Vegas show. More : Five Video Binges Just for Meeting Planners. sound amazing.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

What do they hear between the formal presentations? Food is another way to keep the audience in front of your presentation, instead of getting up to go to the fridge. Beyond having the presentations available on demand, which has become fairly standard, what about sharing supporting documents? What greets them when they sign in?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 30, 2025

These simple joys can ground you in the present moment and remind you why you love what you do. Celebrate Small Wins In the fast-paced world of meeting planning, we often move straight from one task to the next without pausing to celebrate. Take a moment to appreciate a sunrise on your way to the venue.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 23, 2018

Securing a speaker’s presentation before the event is difficult as it is. Involving those presenters in a pre-conference marketing process to drip out their content is even more challenging. The conference content presented and co-created is the highest form of content marketing. Atomizing Your Conference Content.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Despite the armies of talented event professionals who buoy our industry, meeting planning is still viewed as a profession that requires little to no formal training. What’s changing as a result of the content that was created for and presented at the meeting? Host a discovery session for each meeting.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

Run social media campaigns to promote meetings and compile hashtags for attendees to use. Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning. Meeting planners will be able to track which PDFs were downloaded and how many times. They can identify which user profiles attended which presentations.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It could even be a walking presentation where attendees follow the presenter out of the ballroom as he or she continues the session for an interactive, fun and engaging experience. One fun example was series of a pop-up mini workouts throughout the program. Be Inclusive. Wellness means something different to everyone.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 28, 2023

After an eight-hour session, a chat service can record and summarize the main points of a presentation in a handy event recap. Read More : The Metaverse & Meeting Planning 3. It can turn that conversation into a training module and create blog and social media posts. “We

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2024 Event Technology Technology Social Media 277

Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

Customized – Canned presentations and stories don’t move audiences. Onsite Optimization – Captured or streamed keynote, concurrent session presentation, sponsor recognition, book signings, social channel engagement and VIP sessions/experiences. Current – The speaker’s expertise must be fresh; not the same shtick they did 10+ years ago.

Speakers 278

Speakers Conference Food and Beverage Negotiating 278

Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2022

While the lure of bourbon tasting at historic Evan Williams Bourbon Experience and photo ops with an oversized Louisville Slugger bat during the team building were a draw, being truly present with partners navigating the same “coronacoaster” of contingency planning was the reason for the stay.

Tourism 264

Tourism Banking Contracts 2019 264

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Attendees at Smart Women in Meetings Awards Gala were treated to an opening medley by The Water Coolers crafted to remind them that they are not alone. Work is a shared experience and it’s not divisive—it’s unifying. There is a feeling of, we’re all in this together and it’s an inside joke,” Allen said of the reason for the office focus.

Entertainment 246

Entertainment 2023 Meetings Meeting Planning 246

Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2022

Your event can include mood lighting and a multimedia presentation all about SUE’s life back in Jurassic days. View a media presentation about SUE’s life—all under SUE’s watchful gaze. Enjoy a cocktail reception or intimate dinner in a Late Cretaceous forest.

Meetings 246

Meetings Corporate Meetings Trade Shows Venues 246

Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2022

While the lure of bourbon tasting at historic Evan Williams Bourbon Experience and photo ops with an oversized Louisville Slugger bat during the team building were a draw, being truly present with partners navigating the same “coronacoaster” of contingency planning was the reason for the stay.

Tourism 246

Tourism Banking Contracts 2019 246

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. Whether it’s a small investigator meeting, a medium-sized medical standalone, or a large congress. We are creating a pharma meeting planning checklist.

Event Planning 147

Event Planning Meetings Meeting Planning Tech 147

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

With technological tools like computer programs and equipment more readily available at a fraction of the cost than they were decades ago, you have more presentations and events looking and sounding like a multi-million dollar Vegas show. More : Five Video Binges Just for Meeting Planners. sound amazing.

Automotive 153

Automotive Marketing Technology Meetings 153

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Convenience and flexibility can attract more influencers, presenters and attendees. However, Array points out that “creating a synchronous and engaging event presents a number of unique challenges.” There are many reasons for the residual digital.

Meetings 276

Meetings Food and Beverage 2021 Speakers 276

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The common thread with the products is that they drive efficiency in the meeting planning process, deliver data and insights, and focus on the attendee experience. More : AMEX M&E: Meetings App Usage to Rise by Almost 3% in 2019. “No

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Eventinterface

JUNE 27, 2017

She founded Minneapolis-based Hybrid Events Authority to share her hybrid meeting expertise with organizations and companies that would like to extend their content to audiences beyond the meeting room. She was named a Top 20 Changemaker, and has been the recipient of nearly a dozen awards from the meetings industry for her work.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 3, 2022

All these things are going to be critical to be able to keep up this illusion that you are…fully present in this world,” Zuckerberg said. The last one, though, is being worked on, with gloves that have haptic feedback (think squeezing a virtual object and actually feeling the pressure).

Meetings 279

Meetings Social Media Tech Technology 279

Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

The 10th NYC Experience Wellness and Travel Media event presented by Organic Spa Media on June 17, 2022 highlighted five major wellness trends that meeting planners should be aware of in booking spa experiences or resorts with wellness-centered offerings. These trends have relevance for planners in a variety of ways.

Meetings 246

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Eventinterface

MARCH 12, 2017

The organization had guaranteed - in writing - the presenting sponsor a specific exhibit location in order to receive sponsorship funds. Each one-and-a-half-hour virtual workshop will address a topic in depth and be presented by experienced event and meeting planning professionals.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2019

Date, venue and rates are critical and typically given priority in the earliest stages of the meeting planning cycle. However, leaving audio visual (AV) equipment services to the end could be a costly mistake, especially when negotiating these services with a hotel.

Negotiating 206

Negotiating Hotels Contracts Food and Beverage 206

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

. “The first thing we came up with was Hilton Meeting Packages. The thought is, just as we want to do it for individual travelers, planners, especially for small and medium events, they want frictionless meeting planning experiences as well.” It’s about fitting into the environment and being able to meld into the group.

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2024 Food and Beverage Hotels Tourism 246

Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

Fiona Volmrich Since then she has expanded the number of cities to 12 with help from associates in each location who keep offerings current and are always searching for fresh, seasonal ideas.

Transportation 246

Transportation 2022 Tech Hospitality 246

Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. How to audit customer service behaviors.

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Consulting Speakers Marketing Events 150

Smart Meetings

JULY 1, 2022

I was afraid that if I gave up my business that I would be perceived as a failure, when in reality I knew I was taking a bigger step in my career and practicing what I preach—giving myself a better work/life balance and doing something that presented me with the challenges I thrived on.

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Consulting Insurance Meetings Transportation 317

MeetingsNet

MARCH 31, 2023

A far greater reliance on technology has come to the meeting-planning task, producing a new role that many planners don’t realize has an actual name: event technologist.

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Consulting Financial Technology Meeting Planning 98

Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

This year’s popular Global All-Stars presentation looked at programs in three destinations—Los Angeles, the Netherlands and West Virginia—that considered the needs of locals when building creative programs to appeal to post-Covid visitors.

Tourism 242

Tourism Meetings Hospitality 2022 242

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In the virtual space, this could involve XR avatars “meeting” in virtual breakout rooms, or communicating through a multi-participant instant messenger or video chat. Present unique and thought-provoking content. In the physical event space, this could look like cafe areas, networking receptions, or themed discussion zones.

Social Media 246

Social Media Advertising Events Meetings 246

GEVME

AUGUST 15, 2019

The top 5 conference & meeting planning trends of 2019–2020. Alongside the hot trends in the event planning industry, meeting and conference niches have also transformed and require new forms of engagement. Sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, kombucha, miso, tempeh, yogurt…the list is endless! Engaging technology.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. How to audit customer service behaviors.

Consulting 133

Consulting Speakers Marketing Events 133

Eventinterface

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Participants should submit the full text of their presentation prior to the conference. Ensure that the title of a session or the meeting is very clear so interpreters can correctly prepare themselves and accurately translate the session. All documents should be ready in all the languages needed for the meeting.

Meetings 113

Meetings Negotiating Social Media Conference 113

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Aside from speeches and award presentations, corporate dinners often lack in entertainment. Everyone has been to the traditional corporate dinner. If you want to shake things up a bit, try incorporating an eating competition into your next one. Competitive eating is a perfect way to incorporate some much-needed entertainment into your event.

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Entertainment Corporate Events Events Sports 249

Eventinterface

MAY 10, 2017

Many association and corporate conferences are held by specific industry groups, and most sessions are presented by experts in that industry. Generally, that results in fairly one-sided presentations. Top trends in meeting planning by trend expert Daniel Levine. RELATED POSTS.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 17, 2020

The event featured speakers representing each of the five venues presenting live on location, with NCBMP president Marlinda A. Each session of the digital event included a live Q&A between attendees and presenters hosted NCBMP president Marlinda A. Henry and vice president Nicholas I. Henry and vice president Nicholas I.

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Meetings Speakers Education Tourism 114