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How have you adjusted your business to be ready when events begin to open back up?

Eventmobi

I truly believe we will see some sort of digital/hybrid component for in-person events into 2021 and beyond, and I want my clients’ meetings to be as effective, engaging, and inclusive as possible. I have done a lot of reading on what the new look will be for meetings, parties, conferences, food, etc.

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2019 40 Under 40: Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, The Solid Waste Association of North America

Connect Your Meetings

Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, 33, works in Silver Spring, Maryland, as senior manager of meetings and events at The Solid Waste Association of North America. I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. My interest in meetings and expo grew very quickly.

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Code Red! Your Fix-It Guide for Today’s Event Emergencies

SmartMeetings

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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You Can Negotiate Away Annoying Hotel Fees

SmartMeetings

Does this mean meeting planners, or their attendees, are stuck paying them? Wolfe follows chatter on hotel fees on Twitter, and watched as the members of a national nonprofit group recently “went ballistic” over the daily fee charged when they booked at their convention hotel in Maryland. The room rate was renegotiated, she says. “It

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Demystifying Covid Testing: The Differences, Access and What It All Means for Travelers

Smart Meetings

Check your airline’s and your destination’s government or tourism bureau travel restrictions website to ensure your negative result meets every qualification. If you’re unvaccinated and coming from Maryland or Virginia, or you’re only staying the day (under 24 hours), you are not restricted by testing.

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Smart Women 2017: Innovators

SmartMeetings

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Tracy Blair. Annie Senatore.

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Unique Experiences - Volume 4

Unique Venues

The fully capable campus can provide state-of-the-art facilities that feature over 20 meeting spaces to accommodate up to 2,000 guests with the help of the exceptional conference services team guiding the way. Their certified One Stop service assures that you have one contract and one invoice to keep things simple.