Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

In order to design relevant education and networking experiences at our conferences, we need to be focused to the point of obsession with our target audience. Over the past 18 months, we’ve carefully scrubbed and analyzed the attendance of 20 major conferences. Who has the professional development budget to attend every year?

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Conference Education 2017 Speakers 288

Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A number of our consulting clients have made social responsibility a cornerstone of their conference strategy — with the desire “to leave the host city better because we were there.” When you adopt a strategic objective like that for your conference, it leaves room for creativity in achieving that desired outcome. Choose Your Charity.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2023

Contingency plan, A, B & C: iStock Credit: Andrii Dodonov Last fall, two of our consulting clients were scheduled to have their annual conferences in Orlando. Fortunately, this association had already planned a digital version of the conference to be held four weeks after the in-person event.

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Speakers Banking Conference 2023 195

Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

While these numbers look dismal for hotels, similar forecasts would apply to AV companies, exhibit service contractors, DMOs, exhibitor and attendee participation, conference-organizer revenue, and nearly any other product or service you can link to the live events industry. Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s difficult to determine what to include — and not include — when collecting attendee data at the time of conference registration. In the spirit of making it easy to say “yes,” session sign-up should be delayed until 30–45 days prior to the conference. One best practice for conference registration?

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Airlines Trade Shows Conference Consulting 295

Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 17, 2019

As conference organizers this leads us to bad decisions when selecting speakers and programming where we promote sharing success stories over asking questions, verifying validity and understanding context. See Michael Shermer, editor in chief of Skeptic magazine, The Belief Module, Skeptic 5 , no. Our Misguided Trust In Stories.

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Government Speakers Conference Management 336

GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

The unique story of any conference should begin with the goal and then a detailed plan on how to reach this goal. If you understand your target audience, it’s not a challenge to build such a conference vision. If you understand your target audience, it’s not a challenge to build such a conference vision.

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Conference Planning Conference Speakers Advertising 200

Core-apps

MARCH 7, 2018

She has been featured in: top 50 smartest women in the meetings industry by Smart Meetings Magazine, the top 25 women in the meetings industry list by Meetings & Conventions Magazine, the top 20 of the #eventprofs US & Canada Power 100 List, and the top 5 Women in Event Tech List. plannerwire.

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Healthcare Social Media Event Apps 2015 107

Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 25, 2023

Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. Create an environment where the vendor feels like an extension of your team. Better yet, become their favorite client. Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene.

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Negotiating 2023 Financial Management 195

Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

If you want to breathe new life into your conference, and increase relevance for next-generation attendees, start with this kill/change list. Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. Most annual meetings have used the same template agenda for decades.

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Meetings Trade Shows Financial 2017 308

Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For most conference committees (and next-gen participants), they’re a snore. Elements of your conference should always put the participants and the profession ahead of the volunteer leaders. Opening on a high note is an important part of setting the tone for a successful conference. Here are the next 10 elements to knock off.

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Meetings Fashion Speakers Advertising 218

MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Gating level. anonymous user. DataTable subpages.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 21, 2018

Reprinted with permission of Convene, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. What are some ways we as conference and meeting professionals can maintain our trusted-advisor relationships within the hospitality industry and continue to gain trust from others?

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Marketing Hotels Negotiating 2017 231

SmartMeetings

APRIL 17, 2019

Conference planning is a complex and intense task, with a whole host of ways in which things can go wrong. Attending a conference can prove to be quite disorienting and complicated and a lot of that has to do with specific event descriptions. More : 8 Essential Email Writing Tips. Get Your Title Right. Conclusion.

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Conference Planning Speakers Conference Management 57

Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Naveen, who has worked in conference and events at Whittlebury Park for five years, will focus on identifying and advising the IACC board on emerging trends, particularly around the millennial market, and contribute to the annual conference planning group.

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2024 2023 Conference Planning Conference 52

Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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The Planner's Lounge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

My hotel management experience included event and conference planning. Originally I did a lot of advertising in the bridal magazines and in fact, my first couple found me in an Irish bridal magazine and those same clients brought me seven weddings through word of mouth friends, family, and even one stranger they met on a flight!

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Food and Beverage Hotels Sustainability Fashion 64

Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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Speakers Healthcare Consulting Financial 98

Planner WIre

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Be warned, if you (or they) are found to be treating attendee or member data poorly, you better get an umbrella, cause those nifty new enforcement powers are gonna come raining down on your little conference planning parade. How the GDPR will Impact Event Planners (Meetings and Conventions Magazine).

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2018 Conference Conference Planning Event Apps 43

PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

It was March 31, 2016, and ACA’s Governing Council was meeting in Montreal as part of ACA’s 2016 Conference & Expo. Making matters more urgent, the ACA 2017 Conference & Expo was scheduled to take place in Nashville the following March. ACA moved the 2017 Conference & Expo. Earlier that year, on Feb.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2018

When Dr. Leslie Kernisan, a geriatrician who practices in San Francisco, first attended the Stanford Medicine X conference at Stanford University in 2013, the most remarkable innovations she encountered, she later recalled, weren’t in tech advances or brilliant breakthroughs in research. on Sunday, Sept. All photos courtesy of Medicine X.

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Medical Meetings Meetings 2001 Conference 72

Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Kongres Magazine. This is the Central and Southeast Europe Meetings Industry Magazine blog but has plenty of articles about events taking place across the globe. Meetings & conferences. Conferences That Work. Conferences That Work is the creation of conference design and facilitation legend Adrian Segar.

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Trade Shows Food and Beverage Tech Education 133

Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 12, 2018

City planning? Meeting and conference professionals? Go back and read that last phrase: meeting and conference professionals! Do you see yourself as a conference, meeting or event designer? As someone who creates, plans and constructs human interactions at your meetings and events? Fashion Designers? Wikipedia].

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Healthcare Conference Education Fashion 248

Certain

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Read about blogger burnout, find out a good recipe for simple Halloween treats for that Halloween party you’re planning, or a DIY cactus ring toss game that can be placed around the venue you are setting up at. This blog is great for some event planning inspiration no matter the industry you’re planning for! Special Events.

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