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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

How can we provide new experiences at meetings? Providing new experiences at meetings can be as simple as this. This universal fear is the reason the meeting industry continues to struggle with incorporating new experiences into events. How to provide valuable new experiences at meetings. Not new F&B, decor, or glitz.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Technology continues to transform the way we conduct our lives, and one result is the rise of hybrid meetings — that is, meetings that include people attending both in-person and remotely.

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JULY 31, 2024

An annual meeting is many things—a gathering, an experience, and a way to build connections. But an annual meeting is only three days out of the year, maybe four. Many organizations are producing better meetings than ever. Connecting with actual people is, of course, one of the best parts of attending an annual meeting.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

They’re often built around specific locations or causes, with a narrower focus than you might get at an annual meeting. Meanwhile, Region 3 is based around Toronto, Canada’s largest city, making it possible not only for regular chapter meetings, but frequent regional meetings. In some cases, they’re even walkable, per Hoff.

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JULY 25, 2022

Event professionals: it’s time to talk about COVID, duty of care, and the meeting industry. Yet the meeting industry seems to be abrogating its traditional responsibilities to keep attendees and staff safe. Actually, we should all have been talking about this for the last couple of years, but better late than never.

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MAY 15, 2023

It’s time for a “sound of silence” roundup of meetings industry pet peeves.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

About Meeting Expectations. Meeting Expectations specializes in designing and executing strategies to achieve event and association management goals. For their annual ‘Spotlight on HR’ conference, the Meeting Expectations management team wanted to set a new record for member adoption and engagement on their Event App.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

10 years ago, I pointed out that most meetings are small meetings. It seems the meeting industry is finally catching on to this reality and its benefits. Smaller meetings, known by industry experts as micro events, continue strong growth. These are smaller (< 100 attendees) meetings, often held offsite.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Earlier this year, Eventbrite put out a call to entrepreneurs, innovators, trendsetters, and anyone else interested in building or growing an events business.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Skift Take: Predicting the future of the meetings industry is tough, but we do it every year. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings As we look back at 2024, here's our honest look at what we got right, what we got wrong, and what's still percolating.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Many meetings still focus on creating audiences rather than community. And not just at meetings. Damon Kiesow , @dkiesow@social.kiesow.net, Mastodon toot on Nov 06, 2022, 10:37 Kiesow concisely sums up why the news business and the meeting industry concentrate on audience rather than community.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In fact, modern corporate meeting planning software can help you optimize and automate processes so that you and your team can save time and resources over time. Here’s how choosing the right corporate meeting planning software can help. One of the best ways to reduce costs is to streamline your existing processes.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

Skift Take: The Skift Meetings Awards are once again celebrating the business events industry’s most respected and innovative suppliers. Discover the final results and meet the 2024 winners. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry.

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JULY 29, 2024

” You can learn the what, why, and how to run a Fishbowl Sandwich from my book Event Crowdsourcing: Creating Meetings People Actually Want and Need. That’s why Jerry Weinberg described The Power of Participation as “a catalog of tools for designing meetings” For each format, the book includes: A descriptive overview.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

A [MARKETING PERSON] has invited me to share my expertise at a meeting industry event. I’m regularly asked to speak, present, or run a workshop at meeting industry events. ‘Attendees to [MEETING INDUSTRY EVENT] genuinely need the help and expertise of companies and advisors just like yourself. No, you pay us!

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design! Meetings were held among botanical, zoological and fossil collections as well as at the university and the botanical garden. Cross-disciplinary. New insights-oriented. Participant-centred. Impressive!

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JULY 3, 2024

Sales kick-off meetings (SKOs) are vital for driving success in your company’s sales team. When done well, sales kick-off meetings foster unity, inspire confidence, and reignite the passion that fuels top performers. Keep reading for 13 creative event ideas to engage and inspire your sales force at your next sales kick-off meeting!

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JULY 3, 2024

Sales kick-off meetings (SKOs) are vital for driving success in your company’s sales team. When done well, sales kick-off meetings foster unity, inspire confidence, and reignite the passion that fuels top performers. Keep reading for 13 creative event ideas to engage and inspire your sales force at your next sales kick-off meeting!

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Forever changing the lives of front-line hospitality workers – one person at a time – is Mary Jo Blythe’s mission as founder of The Above and Beyond Foundation.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Skift Take: As the world's geopolitical landscape shifts, the meetings industry finds itself again navigating uncharted territory, making it more critical than ever to speak the language of politics. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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JANUARY 6, 2025

Skift Take: Meeting planners are often challenged to provide exceptional experiences on limited budgets. Add in sector-specific field trips and strong EDI credentials, and this Silicon Forest is a meeting destination on the rise. A city with ample leisure appeal, such as Portland, Oregon, can give people a compelling reason to attend.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Skift Take: A recent Cvent webinar revealed top trends for meetings, including choosing booking patterns that allow attendees to extend over a weekend and warm-weather destinations so they can be outdoors. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Skift Take: It’s not always possible to take time after a meeting to get back to equilibrium, but many planners consider it a must. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Ten event organizers share their relaxation rituals.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Skift Take: Devastating wildfires in parts of Los Angeles forced the closure of tourist attractions and meeting venues. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Multiple events have been postponed, and one convention center has been converted into an evacuation center.

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JULY 17, 2024

Skift Take: The combined platform promises to be a new type of all-in-one offering combining meeting and travel management with venue and vendor sourcing. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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DECEMBER 31, 2024

Anh Nguyen is the founder of Spark Event Management, a full-service event management firm. She is also the founder of the Spark Event Collective, a

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DECEMBER 30, 2024

Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: With a career steeped in strategic event leadership, Kastners focus on data-driven decision-making sets a high bar for industry leadership.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Skift Take: Planners are leaving big bucks on the table by not adopting strategic meetings management or at least leveraging the spend of their smaller meetings. Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Why is that?

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Skift Take: Who better to ask for packing tips than meeting planners who are constantly on the road? Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings From the 5-4-3-2-1 rule to a portable Nespresso machine, they have all the tricks.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Colette Edenborough Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Completing registrations, collecting sponsorship materials, and communicating updates to exhibitors adds time and resources to planners with already-filled plates. Stova’s new platform aims to improve the experience for exhibitors and planners.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

If you are serious about improving your conferences, my meeting design workshop can be the game-changer your organization needs. My meeting design workshops equip event professionals with the tools and techniques to create truly participatory and impactful experiences. Why choose a participatory meeting design workshop?

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JANUARY 7, 2025

Skift Take: Did you know that Skift Meetings has a variety of downloadable reports available for free, on topics ranging from event tech to developing purpose-centered events? Barbara Scofidio Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Monique Ruff-Bell exemplifies leadership at TED rooted in strategic vision, emotional intelligence, and bold thinking. She balances vision with empathy, inspiring others.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Learn how to utilize the Hungarian capitals culture to spark innovation at your next meeting. Colette Edenborough Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Budapests rich history and modern amenities make it an ideal location for planners, particularly for large conferences.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Matt Swenson Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: The sooner planners engage with a host destination’s DMO, the more opportunities they have to create meaningful and unique experiences that will allow attendees to thrive.

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