Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2024

Changes in the work environment and in the next generation’s mindset mean that in-person corporate meetings must be different—but still must happen. In addition to online training, GE will now hold more regional meetings at hotels and other venues that are near the company’s production facilities around the country.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 22, 2024

Badge scanning tech is common at meetings. But we still think it is morally a good idea to do so in the spirit of transparency and education. But I’d be happy to meet in a public moderated discussion with Zenus. I’d describe this section of Moutafis’s response as deliberately misleading.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2023

How the industry is celebrating and what you can do to support March 30 th marks Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2023 and there is more excitement than ever. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is giving a live broadcast from 6 a.m. The future of meetings is also the focus of events PCMA chapters are producing for GMID.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2017

ABTS is laying the groundwork to prepare associations, so they don’t encounter massive losses to meetings with high numbers of international medical-technology sponsorships. We are currently working on a process to manage sponsors, who may want to use allowed educational grants. Andrade says this won’t be the case for 2018.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As conference education trumps the exhibit hall experience at many association meetings, or creeps into your trade show experience to create a solutions-driven, holistic experience for your attendees, upping your game with session titles, descriptions, and learning objectives has become more important than ever. You should too!

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Master the Event

JANUARY 11, 2024

Well, while that is one way of getting your name out there, it may not necessarily be the most effective way to promote yourself in the meetings and events industry. Join major industry associations (Meeting Professionals International, Professional Convention Management Association, CVB’s, for example). Networking.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 3, 2023

For the hiring wave of 2023, it’s taking longer to find the right meeting planning candidate—it’s not always a clear fit in today’s workplace environment. Meeting and convention departments powered through these macro workplace trends. In Penfold’s experience, 90 percent of meeting planning applicants want that flexibility.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 27, 2023

. — Charles Papa , Senior Director Education and Events, Eventive Solutions LLC One Catalyst community member recalled how an association celebrated its anniversary by throwing a block party with food trucks. What are some budget-friendly ways to celebrate a big milestone like an association’s anniversary?”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The holiday spirit took over Sacramento’s renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center last week as 400 association meeting professionals came together during the return of CalSAE ’s Seasonal Spectacular event Dec. The gathering was equal parts hosted-buyer appointments, educational content, trade show and reunion.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

Each year, meeting planners who are members of PCMA and an additional group of Convene meeting planner subscribers receive an extensive Meetings Market Survey, which requests proprietary information and budget projections for their organizations. More Meetings Market Survey. 1 Challenge Facing the Meetings Industry?

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 22, 2023

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) the global community and knowledge hub for the international association meetings industry, has appointed business events communications, content and advocacy specialists, Davies Tanner, as their global communications partner.

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Master the Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Are you looking to further your education? Another reputable source are the industries associations. Meeting Professionals International (MP I) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) are two of the biggest associations in the meetings and events industry.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

In her prior career, she was executive director for Meet, a South Carolina company, director of sales at Visit Myrtle Beach and convention sales manager for Kingston Plantation Resort. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Daniel Gibson.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. percent in the 2016 survey.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Whittlebury Park luxury hotel, conference centre and golf course in Northamptonshire, experienced a robust growth in enquiries and bookings for corporate meetings and events in August and September this year, 95 per cent more than in May and June. Whittlebury Park now offers an enhanced variety of outdoor meetings and events options.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 23, 2019

Corporate and association meetings often leave a positive impact across a destination that goes beyond simple financial benefit. If a meeting host hopes to build a lasting legacy in a meeting destination, it can bring about a strong brand reputation across a city even if it doesn’t return for several years.

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All Seated

JUNE 9, 2021

(Scottsdale, AZ) — The Wedding International Professionals Association (WIPA) and Allseated are pleased to announce a partnership to develop planning resources in preparation for reopening the events industry in a post-pandemic landscape. . Additional information can be found on their web site at [link] or on Facebook at [link]. .

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Nasdaq: CVT), a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. The Business Combination was approved by Dragoneer shareholders at a special meeting held on 7 December 2021. Cvent Holding Corp.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

Education. I received my bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in music education where I studied flute and percussion. I interned with the National Medical Association in their meetings department from age 15 to 22 years old. I have a passion for association work because of the members. What I Do Now.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2019

Meetings held in these laid-back locales pair well with team building. Smart Meetings checked in with Nancy Light, vice president of Wine Institute , for some of the best group programs up and down the state. Wine educators guide attendees through the art of blending in the winery’s Cave of Curiosity. North Coast.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 29, 2021

It’s no secret that the global pandemic has had a transformative effect on the live events industry, forever changing the way we meet and communicate. The historic venue provides a sleek and luxurious backdrop well-suited to all kinds of virtual and hybrid events, including panel discussions, major presentations, and educational talks.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 4, 2021

It was a hybrid meeting, in a way, because we had an audience at the hospital, but at the same time we livestreamed all the sessions,” Buongiorno said. “It We organize association meetings, corporate meetings, incentives, incentive travel, business travel, education and training, communication, marketing,” Buongiorno said. “We

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Heather Wakefield, 39, works remotely in Nashville, Tennessee, as a s enior manager of education and events at Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. What I do: I am a results-oriented, event and education professional with more than 10 years of experience in healthcare nonprofit associations.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Located in the heart of Downtown Cleveland, the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland offers more than 390,000 square feet of flexible exhibit and meeting space for conventions, tradeshows, meetings, conferences, and special events. of meeting and event space, 30 breakout rooms and a 32,000 sq.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Every year, when we compile the latest Meetings Market Survey results, we compare them to the previous year’s survey. Those disclaimers aside, Convene ’s annual Meetings Market Survey continues to be recognized as an important piece of benchmarking research in the meetings industry. In last year’s survey: +2.9 percent. ›

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 24, 2019

During Convening Leaders last month in Pittsburgh, I — along with about a dozen others, mostly medical meeting planners and a few industry suppliers — witnessed an open-heart surgery. There’s no direct connection between this program and medical meetings. Michelle Russell. Lawrence Convention Center.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 20, 2018

ESTRO’s 35th gathering was a success both in terms of its growth in delegates — attracting more than 6,000 delegates across six days — and also in its educational program. However, it became clear to the association that more breakout content was needed for a number of specialties. The new meeting would follow a similar model.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? But job sites that aren’t specific to the meetings industry lump event planners and event coordinators together. Fifty-six percent of respondents are age 40 and older; 61 percent have more than 10 years of meeting-management experience. Convene Salary Survey 2017.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? But job sites that aren’t specific to the meetings industry lump event planners and event coordinators together. Fifty-six percent of respondents are age 40 and older; 61 percent have more than 10 years of meeting-management experience. Convene Salary Survey 2017.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? For the meeting planning industry, smartphones provide an easy way to keep clients engaged and deliver content.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Are you one of the more than 1,000 association meeting professionals attending the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) Holiday Spectacular at Sacramento Convention Center this week? You can even go online to meet the farmer providing the eggs, tomatoes and lamb shanks that will end up on your plate.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

The numbers are in: Slightly fewer meeting professionals received raises compared with last year’s survey, and those increases were significantly less than those received in the prior year. . According to our survey results this year, the overall average salary for meeting professionals is $80,505. And even at 4.35

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. Among the initiatives that IMEX America has introduced to meet this need is the EventTechTours.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 28, 2016

Activities of a temporary nature — such as meetings and events — are to be registered with Chinese partner entities that agree to serve as sponsors. based associations will rethink their activities in China. My current understanding is that foreign associations that have no presence in China will need to find a local partner.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 27, 2016

Meetings are up, and so are demands for cutting costs, according to a session livestreamed from PCMA's Education Conference. read more.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Meanwhile, here comes PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties program — supported by the PCMA Education Foundation and Visit Seattle — to once again blow away whatever generational stereotype you’re nursing. Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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