Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Jacqueline Whitmore As the frequency of business events continues to expand, many meeting professionals may find themselves in an uncertain social limbo navigating what is now acceptable to do at a cocktail party. What are the current expectations of a dress code for business meetings? How long should a normal Zoom meeting be?

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal. In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. Holding in-person meetings: what do we now know? It’s time to take another look. .”

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Smart Meetings

MAY 8, 2023

What the impact of a younger generation means for the future of the meeting industry No two generations are the same. Smart Meeting spoke with Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of strategy at the event management company Freeman, to pinpoint how data can be used to enhance the event experience for all ages.

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EventMB

MAY 29, 2024

Skift Take: Bleisure travelers don’t want the same old travel experiences they see on social media; they want to be the first in their friend group to explore and adventure somewhere new. Here’s how meeting planners can organize professional gatherings that fulfill that dream.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2023

And they must be social media shareable. Nine Ways to Meet Attendees Where They Are It shouldn’t surprise you that 25% of the average meeting budget is spent on food and beverage. Have a meeting with the banquet manager to determine your options. Conclusion Food is an essential element of every meeting.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Take a moment to improve your mental health and your meetings will reap the rewards Meeting professionals are some of the busiest people out there. If you’re a hardworking meeting professional, chances are that you experience stress more than you’d like to. Do you stay at your desk and look at social media?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Smart Meetings Florida Experience elevated the gathering at every turn. Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright The precise mixture of authentic connections, elevated experiences and innovative ideas is Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright’s recipe for making everyone feel at home when they come together to get business done.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

focused on training advocates to meet with congressional offices and advocate for legislation. One of the advocacy options is sending personalized messages to po licymakers on social media. Read More: How to Harness the Lasting Power of Virtual Meetings. Post Event Pluses.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, if you planned for 500 attendees and only 200 showed up, you likely will want to seek areas of improvement for the next time around so you can meet your targets and “wow” a larger crowd. Foster interactions by featuring interactive polls, Q&A sessions, and social media hashtags throughout your event.

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Attendease

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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Smart Meetings

JULY 24, 2023

Zillow Executive Producer of Live Content and Smart Women in Meetings Award winner Karen Hartline (@khartline) is one of those. You could post that you were going to be in downtown Los Angeles and would anyone want to meet up? When asked the best way for meeting professionals to use this new tool, she saw it as an investment.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

Mentorships, transparency and white whales For meeting planners new to the industry, experience and connections are the glue that holds the universe together and ultimately provides the tools for current and future success. Everyone wants a meeting right now. We asked meeting planners whether they saw any value in their connection. “As

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

Meet Cambridge, the meetings and convention bureau for Cambridge and the surrounding area, is proud to be working with the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, helping it to attract events which bring in valuable income to fund patient care.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2023

audience the message he delivered at a Smart Meetings Experience in Ventura County Coast of how serving others can benefit meeting planners. The Details For meeting planners, details are everything. Do Your Best Meeting planners have an uphill task of making sure everyone at their event walks away with an amazing experience.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Avoiding wellness washing and incorporating holistic well-being into meetings Wellness is on every planner’s mind these days—with it, come concerns of “wellness washing.” A group of professionals with expertise in wellness—its nuances, scope and impact—gathered for a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “How to Avoid Wellness Washing.”

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hybrid events—whether they are conferences, expos or training courses—are meetings that can be accessed in person at a physical location, or remotely via an online platform. The secret to facilitating meaningful social connections is to provide spaces and channels for formal and informal interaction to flourish. Good luck and enjoy!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Events, meetings and conferences today are supported by digital event platforms that make it possible for companies to seamlessly connect with people across the globe and deliver more engaging and immersive experiences than ever before. She is also an advisory board member with Zschool and Plumlogix.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2022

It seems like not so long ago that everyone was talking about the death of meetings and conventions. But as we begin to inch ever closer to a new normal, it’s clear that meetings are making a comeback in 2022—with a few changes of course. How Covid-19 Impacted Large-Scale Meetings and Conventions. Let’s dive in.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2022

To survive pandemic-related disruptions in the midst of a turbulent economy, associations have to incorporate constructive feedback from stakeholders about the quality of their meetings product. Members often suggest changes to meetings that make executives uncomfortable. The meeting atmosphere was initially tense.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

So, they pivoted to extend the life cycle of the previous PlayStation 4 console past its original expected discontinuation in 2021 to try and meet consumer demands, and continued to produce both PS4 and PS5 in tandem into 2022. In the weeks prior to your product launch, run countdown campaigns across your brand’s social media channels.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 25, 2022

A key component of driving traffic to the walking tour was TBS’s partnership with social media sensation Buddy the Rat , a performance artist that dresses up as a rat and interacts with the public. With help from Buddy the Rat, TBS teased the series with a block-wide billboard. We wanted to be provocative and fun, like the show.”.

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Eventmobi

JULY 9, 2024

Commonly referred to as “Zoomers,” these tech-savvy digital natives grew up with mobile phones and social media apps and, therefore, learn, think, and communicate differently from older generations who did not grow up with mobile technology. Social media is their preferred form of entertainment.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 15, 2022

People cover things on social media; there are a lot of different perspectives in the world. It’s being thoughtful about the places that we can be in the world, in addition to the “always-on-ness” of marketing on social media and continuing to drive people back to our site.

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Attendease

MAY 25, 2022

Thanks to social media, online videos have become the most popular form of media by a landslide. Social media has amplified this human tendency, making sharing information effortless. If the event has a conference followed by other events, make sure that they are all mentioned on the agenda. Use videos.

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Attendease

MAY 5, 2021

With the sheer amount of virtual activities every person is putting up with currently, any additional webinar, conference, or online meeting can seem like a daunting task, rather than a reason for excitement. . The profile includes their photo, job title, company, social media profiles, and email address.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

As we move into pandemic recovery, virtual and hybrid events will remain top of mind for many marketing teams, with 92 percent of companies planning to host a digital event, conference or meet-up at some point in the year. Hashtags across social media platforms for cohesion and to aggregate conversations. How to Spread the Word.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

ECOsmart by Greengage is the leading certification system for hotels, meeting venues, short stay apartments and pubs with meeting rooms. The Wesley hotel has also set up with EVENTsmart,Greengage’s carbon calculator, which lets venues track the carbon footprint of all meetings and events happening on their premises.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 1, 2022

” Read More : Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Tech Updates You Need Now. Once your audience’s surprise and delight is captured, “help them share your message, reward them for posting on social media and make it easy for it to go viral,” says Dahlia. “No ” “What are you binging on Netflix?” Fill It Forward.

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Attendease

APRIL 4, 2023

Across the board, corporate meetings and events aren’t usually employees’ favorite workplace activities. 90% of employees feel that meetings are “costly” and “unproductive.” But there are many scenarios where internal meetings are inevitable. Keep your meeting concise and to the point by just covering the main ideas.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

London Hotel Group, The Wesley, has two sustainable hotels based in Camden and Euston, that serve as the perfect location for delegates looking for a corporate event, training, conference or meeting space in Central London. Bloomsbury – An intimate meeting space with a large LED screen. This room can also be partitioned.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 26, 2022

To learn what meeting professionals value most as the industry emerges in the post-Covid world of gathering, Caesars Entertainment launched its Caesars Entertainment Remastered Tour— showcasing the company’s largest reinvestment year having spent hundreds of millions in 2022 on upgrading their venues across the U.S. Extending Digital Reach.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 20, 2023

In the absence of storefronts and capturing passersby, e-commerce brands rely heavily on social media influencers. But keeping a social media community engaged and loyal in this competitive space is driving online retailers like activewear brand POPFLEX to explore experiential marketing. Agency: In-house.)

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EventMB

APRIL 26, 2024

Skift Take: Tourism New Zealand is taking a novel approach to leveraging the power of social media to attract more event delegates to the destination. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 5, 2020

It was a unique and unexpected twist to what would have been a pretty typical meeting and it’s also a great way to get some social media buzz going. Last, but certainly not least, is to have a social media strategy in place and ready to go. Heather Sharpe, Sherpa Group Events Inc. Vancouver, B.C.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

Moreover, attendance rates for online sessions can be low: Registrants are less likely to show up, as they may get pulled into meetings or simply forget to add events to their calendar. Build excitement for your speakers and sessions by creating a buzz on your social channels.

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