The Castle Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

As a result, meeting planners are experiencing short-staffed partners and/or less experienced personnel servicing their meetings. Can you host smaller meetings regionally or invite certain audiences – such as international guests – to attend virtually to save on travel costs? So how can you prepare? Supply Chain. Sustainability.

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Meeting Planning Meetings Food and Beverage Travel 52

PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

And it’s a potential loss of sharing the knowledge and experience of speakers.” When it comes to site selection for future events, Gal-Yam is adding visa processing times to his checklist. “We If they get their travel [funded], they won’t be able to attend a conference because of visa issues,” Gal-Yam said.

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2023 Travel Site Selections Conference 97

PCMA Convene

JULY 9, 2021

Ke wrote: “It has now become clear that meeting the needs of our society without breaching the earth’s ecological boundaries will demand a paradigm shift.”. For most associations, hosting meetings and conferences fall into their regular operations. Laura Kate Bender. We Have a Great Responsibility’. An Eco-Friendly Events Ecosystem.

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Tourism Government Sustainability 2030 105

Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. Rachel Stephan is one part creative, one part entrepreneur, a 4-time mom ( sensov/ event marketing , Charlie, award-winning #eventtech snöball event influencer marketing , and Grayson) and an event industry speaker.

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Social Media Sustainability Site Selections Travel 90

Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

Breaking into the meeting planning business takes a mishmash of education, experience and passion. It seems almost everyone I meet lately appears to have an interest in meeting planning and a meeting planner career. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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Meetings Site Selections Meeting Planning Contracts 40

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

I’m not very visible to you for most of the year; you only see me at the annual meeting and perhaps a couple of quarterly meetings. I’m a meeting professional with your trade association, working year-round to ensure that your time and monetary investment in being a member pays off for you. Making the numbers work.

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Conference Site Selections Airlines Speakers 53

Coterie Spark

MAY 29, 2020

Just like our site selection process for in-person events, we’ve evaluated an obscene number of virtual platforms so that we can advise our clients on the best “venue” (i.e. Consider an in-person meeting or special event. The only thing that has changed is the locale and venue. platform) options for their virtual event.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Entertainment Conference Speakers 52

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

In participating in the nominating process for our Best in Show awards program this year, DeBolt, director of meetings and events for PLM World, singled out Roberta Tisdul, CMP, senior convention services manager for Visit Indy, in our Convention Services/CVB category. Then she had more to say. Teamwork seemed to be a theme this year.

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2017 Trade Shows Insurance Food and Beverage 76

Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

The conference and meeting planning world has become one of the more important commerce producing sectors. One of the keys to the success in this industry are the conference and meeting planners that organize, plan and deliver the ultimate in meetings, tradeshows, conferences, seminars and product launches.

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Conference Planning Conference Site Selections Negotiating 40

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Sometimes it’s hard to fit a site visit into your schedule, but our site selection experts at Smart Meetings 360 always emphasize that site visits should not be skipped. Planner’s takeaway: When selecting entertainment and keynote speakers for your next event, do what Lady Gaga did: make the audience a priority.

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Entertainment Medical Meetings Site Selections Healthcare 40

Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you’re asked to make a list of everything you do, chances are you’ll include functional tasks: budgeting, site selection, menu planning, contract review, etc. Likewise, an internal sales meeting or incentive designed to motivate sales reps to hit new revenue target is much closer to the revenue stream than a company holiday party.

Contracts 55

Contracts 2009 Site Selections Insurance 55

Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

ELI runs a 10 week online course on Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Yes, the course will cover all the things you might expect, such as site selection, event design, hiring speakers and entertainment, food and beverage, registration and the like. That about sums up where we are in event education.

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Management Event Management Food and Beverage Site Selections 40

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

On an ongoing basis, Plan Your Meetings holds industry-challenges-and-solutions roundtables to give planners and suppliers a chance to talk honestly (and anonymously) about their challenges and brainstorm about potential solutions. And 50 percent of them had been planning meetings for more than 15 years. What about other CVBs?”

Site Selections 28

Site Selections Negotiating Hotels Contracts 28

Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2017

In second-tier cities, convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) will help you increase attendance at your convention and make your meeting planning easier. A more intimate airport also can work with meeting planners and airlines to ensure your conference travelers are looked after. Help marketing your event.

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Airlines Hospitality Travel Advertising 38

SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

Much of the meeting and event planning industry only recently began evaluating its impact on the LGBT community. Even though you might assume that your meetings and events are free of LGBT influence, there’s always an effect. Also, hosting an LGBT-identified keynote speaker is empowering even if they don’t touch on an LGBT topic.

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Meetings Site Selections Negotiating Speakers 92

Eventinterface

APRIL 5, 2017

Site selection can make or break a meeting. Site selection checklist. We are finding that some of the most successful meetings we have helped manage were the result of a collaborative effort with the client. Demographics are huge in site selection. Think like your attendee.

Corporate Events 100

Corporate Events Food and Beverage Site Selections Insurance 100

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master. J: Marketing.

Meetings 62

Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2024

Most meeting planners have likely discovered the benefits of ChatGPT and other generative-A.I. While touted as a time-saver, generative A.I. requires some “collaboration” between the user and the technology to generate content that’s unique to the target audience. Read about her persistent approach to interacting with A.I.

Site Selections 52

Site Selections Education Conference Planning Speakers 52

Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The swimming pool of meeting and event safety has a variety of items floating in it, from physical safety and health concerns to climate change and political upheaval. Meeting planners have very full plates these days. When it comes to handling crisis communication, the meeting planner won’t be doing it alone.

Social Media 112

Social Media Site Selections Healthcare Speakers 112

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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2022 Meetings Site Selections Hotels 264

Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

They’re getting much better data, reaching a broader audience, getting high-level speakers more easily and cheaply, and are realizing the impact of having so many people out of the office for several days traveling to and from events. Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should. Reverse Hybrids.’

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2021 Site Selections Contracts Venues 109

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 12, 2025

Space projects are all international and that community needs to travel, meet, and share. Major actors in the world of events, like PCMA and ICCA, have helped me a lot in enabling meetings and brainstorming with other cities. Each group will have regular meetings to progress the aims of the network.

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2025 Sustainability 2016 Conference 52

SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2020

What to Expect When Booking A-List Event Speakers Having an a-list event speaker can be great for attendees to witness but what does it take to book them? Meetings safety expert Alan Kleinfeld lets planners know what they can expect. Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees.

2022 52

2022 Hotels 2019 Site Selections 52

SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2017

It will be an event people will be buzzing about for years to come, which means it surely offers some important lessons that meeting planners will appreciate. Meeting and event planners probably don’t need a strategy that elaborate, but having a plan in place is paramount. Have a backup plan for speakers and entertainment.

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Transportation Travel Contracts Site Selections 40