Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2022

Stanley Field Hall lets you plan an event with one of the museum’s top dinos, Maximo the Titanosaur, as well as some pterosaurs, in 21,000 sq. Read More : How to Produce Museum-Quality Trade Shows. of dino-friendly space. The American Museum of Natural History. Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We chose to meet potential clients at trade shows or at their office. Often, companies facing difficult financial times cut back on travel, as they somehow view it as a discretionary expense. The reality is quite the opposite. We saw this as an investment in building a lasting relationship.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

Inspired by lessons learned from the successful American show at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, look for a nature-inspired decor with education areas embedded in the trade show floor, a More than Experience theatre by DRPG and Maritz and a new look for the Hosted Buyer Lounge, Media Zone and food court.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

On the meetings side, regardless of what happens in the larger economy, conference executives are seeing that they need to change the makeup of events they are producing because the audience that is returning is both younger and screen fatigued. Just don’t call it a trade show,” he advised. They have a bad reputation.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Seriously— Coffee Fest , the B2B trade show for coffee professionals, is coming to Indianapolis in May 2019. As for the industry that most relies on the coffee industry (that’s us, meeting profs!), there are plenty of opportunities to get your attendees buzzing.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

According to recent Smart Meetings webinar hosts Elaine Williams and Sallee Pavlovich, however, the answers are right at planners’ fingertips. Morial Convention Center , while Pavlovich is director of corporate and trade show sales at New Orleans & Company ; together, they have more than 60 years of industry experience.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2022

Yes, business-to-business trade shows and site visits are back for some, but virtual communications are now normalized and pervasive in a way that wasn’t true before the pandemic. Even as in-person events return, many planners will find that building supplier relationships remotely is more necessity than ever.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

If they have a live meeting planned in 2020, Colangelo said, they see that they must take it down — like a house, brick by brick. In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. What is the plan: Hit pause? Punt to fall?

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MeetingPool

JANUARY 14, 2021

For all of the organizations that have depended on trade shows, conferences, and other types of events to help generate business (sales […]. I had my first experience presenting at a Virtual Conference and it was a success, as far as I’m concerned. If this is the new reality going forward, I believe we’ll be fine.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Las Vegas Will Always be a Meetings Mecca and Will Always Be Reinventing. Countless trade shows, association events, corporate events, and even retreats and incentive trips happen every year in Las Vegas, and so many of those groups are returning customers, because you can never visit the same Las Vegas twice. Las Vegas No.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Tech Trends for Your Next Trade Show. Standing out in a trade show means getting lots of different factors right, and one of them is the technology. These technologies might be pricey now but since they are popping up in trade shows they’re likely to be more accessible to you in the near future.

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G2Planet

JUNE 29, 2018

the longest-running site about meeting planning , tradeshow and events technology. As an event and trade show technology analyst, he is an internationally renowned expert on helping clients to save time and improve productivity. This week we sat down with Corbin Ball , of Corbin Ball & Co. ,

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 3, 2017

While the health of any trade show is dependent in large part on the health of the business sector it serves, there are three things show organizers can do now to help boost their business. read more.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 21, 2016

For example, the annual meeting of an association can have an awards dinner as part of the multi-day agenda. What’s the difference between an expo and a trade show ? Expos are open to the public while trade shows have a business to business purpose where commerce takes place.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 8, 2019

. “Every meal, every break, every opportunity is something where we will have an exhibitor or a sponsor who is launching or introducing a new opportunity for our attendees,” says Melissa Aldrich, Director of Meetings & Trade Shows at NACUFS.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

For scientific conferences with trade-show components, attendees can meet with exhibitors in one-on-one virtual appointments. We would have had 400 people” at the in-person meeting planned for Auckland, she said, “and we had more than 1,300 people watching on day one.”

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MeetingPool

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

When planning a trade show or conference, most event professionals are focused on booking large spaces for a significant duration. You may need to meet with companies, vendors, or sponsors for quick presentations or to handle negotiations, […].

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

of meeting and exhibition space, Las Vegas hosts approximately 22,000 meetings, conventions and trade shows annually. Las Vegas Convention Center. With nearly 150,000 hotel rooms and more than 11 million sq. million sq.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 13, 2020

As attendees started second-thinking travel and meeting plans due to fears about COVID-19, meeting professionals across the country scrambled to switch to a hybrid or virtual format for their gatherings. Group video meetings are one way to bring the “serendipitous hallway” back into the equation.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 16, 2018

Anya-Anyielle Reed, trade show operations manager for Solar Energy Trade Shows, said her anxiety inspires her. These visionaries, entrepreneurs, innovators, industry leaders, trailblazers and rising stars praised their fellow hospitality superstars, families and, in one case, cowgirl of yesteryear Dale Evans.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Read books about meeting planning and career advice, subscribe to e-newsletters and listen to free podcasts for planners. Take a few minutes to enroll in free event planning webinars that can teach you the finer points of contract negotiation, event technology and more. In 2017, do yourself a favor by making learning a priority.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Trend reports such as Circuit are already forecasting the growing impact this ubiquitous technology can have in real-time conference planning, attendee outreach, educational programs, product demos and speeches. And though augmented reality is rapidly becoming a more accessible technology, virtual meetings are also advancing.

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Maritz Global Events

JUNE 20, 2019

For quite some time, we’ve marched to the beat of the same drum – namely, the top three reasons why people attend professional conferences and trade shows: Education. At the end of the day, isn’t that what professional conferences and trade shows are all about? Networking. Business Leads. (PS:

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SmartMeetings

JULY 21, 2017

Comprised of more than 50 members, Meetings Mean Business is an industry-wide coalition that showcases the undeniable value of business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences and conventions. The post Meetings Mean Business Roars Again appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

But that didn’t happen, said Janette Harper, vice president of meeting planning for Cambridge, a for-profit conference and trade-show company for the life-science and energy industries, based in Needham, Mass. Janette Harper, Vice President of Meeting Planning, Cambridge Innovation Institute.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the 2016 Center for Exhibition Industry Research Index Report, trade shows will sustain a yearly 3 percent growth for the next few years. “We Also, earlier this year SmithBucklin—a leading association management and services company —released an even better outlook in Circuit , its 2017 trend report.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

I also stay on top of industry trends and attend event-industry trade shows all over the world. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 2, 2017

city for meetings , conventions and trade shows for many years now, Atlanta has no intention of resting on its reputation for its excellent variety and quality of hospitality offerings for groups. Some of the larger citywide conventions and trade shows could use the stadium in tandem with GWCC.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 25, 2019

Inter-generational collaboration is something we need to foster at conferences and trade shows, because when you unleash that kind of diversity of perspectives in a brainstorming session, that’s when the breakthrough ideas are found.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Smart Tip: Another measure planners can take to prevent the spread of germs is handing out bottles of anti-bacterial hand gel in swag bags or at a trade show booth. The post Essential Guide to Feverishly Planning a Flu Vaccine Clinic at Events appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Corbin Ball

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. Or helpful business or meeting planning links? 6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites: ebook from Julius Solaris: The Future of Event Marketing. Kapow: very interesting new "meeting experience" booking engine. Microsoft adds live event tool - Glisser - to PowerPoint.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Since 1988, they have worked with a wide range of trade and professional associations, individual membership societies, foundations, nonprofits and other membership-based organizations. Notable clients: Corporate Housing Providers Association, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and Indiana Commercial Board of Realtors.

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Event Planning BluePrint

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Canadian Tourism College – Their event and meeting planning training program offers 9 modules and prepares you for a career in business meetings and conferences; exhibits, fairs and trade shows; or fundraising galas, weddings, festivals and concerts.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In the event space, it’s a way of coalescing all the various components of a meeting plan to serve a set of business objectives. In other words, events are literally “designed” to meet specific customer-focused goals. The post The Rise of ‘Design Thinking’ in Event Planning appeared first on Cvent Blog.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2017

– Workshops, trade-show expos. In other words, if you think a presentation is going to take 60 minutes, make it 70 on the timeline. Consider the following activities: – Introduction/icebreaker. – Guest speaker lecture. – Breaks/lunch. – Product launch presentation. – Closing statement.

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Stova

MAY 4, 2023

As a result, you enjoy flexible meeting planning technology that streamlines operations and reduces costs. Stova’s Lead Retrieval tool also tracks critical performance metrics, such as meetings scheduled, booths visited, dwell times, questions, comments, and downloads. No need to invest in lots of different tools.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 5, 2016

While some trade shows in the meetings industry are cool about including third-party planners, other organizations, from convention and visitors bureaus to our own Smart Meeting Events , prefer to recruit corporate planners who are often favored by suppliers looking to sign contracts for future events.

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