SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The travel, hospitality and meetings industry has been one of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 slowdown. Independent planners are facing gaping holes in their calendars as meetings continue to drop off. Many organizations, including Smart Meetings , have turned their events virtual.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 7, 2024

When meeting professionals gather and commiserate, the perspective and wisdom in the room is priceless. After covering the meetings industry for 32 years, one of the few things I know for sure about this business is that nobody would hire me to be a meeting planner. Are you putting yourself out there?

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The last 2016 issue of Plan Your Meetings is now online and, for the first time ever, includes the complete Meetings Outlook report of MPI’s quarterly survey. Plan for it, but let’s avoid it, OK? In those pages, you’ll uncover valuable findings for your work-life and career. can be impacted by local gun laws.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

While there will always be a place for those who specialize in experiences in person, the fast and the flexible who can produce quality attendee experiences no matter the venue, physical or digital, have a golden opportunity before them as the world reevaluates what it means…to “meet.” Rise of the Technical Producer.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

How can meeting planners be part of the solution in the movement to defeat unconscious bias? See more : Hack Your Incentives: The Meeting in Your Attendee’s Head. It’s incumbent for meeting planners both to understand and to overcome unconscious bias. Magazine , Entrepreneur and Fast Company.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 28, 2023

What to do in advance and in the moment to meet your room block budget It seems simple. Book a block of rooms for meeting attendees based on the number of people and the times of the meetings. For example, does everyone sign up with enough advance notice to meet the hotel’s deadline? Just follow the formula, right?

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

There are countless best practices TED talks for general workplace improvements , but some are ideal for meeting planners’ particular pain points and needs. How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings, by David Grady. The power of meetings by Henric Ehrenblad. Here are five of our favorites: 1.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

Here’s what some organizers are asking for and getting: Pre-Event Content Marketing – Customized promotional video or interview, webinar, article contribution for newsletter, blog, podcast or magazine, social channel engagement. Reprinted with permission of Convene , the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 31, 2020

Faced with a haze of uncertainty, the meeting planner has to make the “go” and “how to go” decisions, but the responsibility to do the right thing is shared by venue, community and guest alike. A Pandemic Plan. Many meeting planners are looking to someone else to tell them the right way to plan a successful and safe event.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

With a beautiful and somewhat busy summer in the rear view mirror; these days the name of the game is annual meetings, incentive programs and fall events and meetings. Our meeting of the minds professionals share their know-how, experience and savvy. Security, transportation, meeting space, oh my. Meeting new people.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2023

. — Bert Guy, Bishop-McCann senior program manager, has more than 30 years of experience in corporate meetings, events and incentive programs. You can subscribe to the magazine here. The post 4 Ps and 3 Tips for Inspiring Incentive Travel appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

November 11, 2016 – Smart Meetings, the leading media company and most trusted resource for meeting professionals, was awarded two Eddie Awards and two Ozzie Awards at the 2016 Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio in New York City. 1 resource for meeting planners,” says Marin Bright, CEO and founder of Smart Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. View the magazine version of the report in MeetingsNet’s September issue or read it on MeetingsNet.com. Humana decor 3_1.jpg. Gating level. anonymous user. DataTable subpages.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. Magazine, CNBC, Home Shopping Network (HSN), and in many other media outlets.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. Magazine, CNBC, Home Shopping Network (HSN), and in many other media outlets.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 8, 2022

How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. Pair this with a short turnaround time for healthcare meetings (back to the lack of predictability), plus the surge in live meetings put on pause from 2020 and 2021. Top Tips for Navigating the Healthcare Meeting Landscape.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Robby is a frequent contributor to several regional and national magazines and has over one hundred published articles. What is the best advice you have ever received as an event or meeting planner? What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at? Robby is a local and nationally known speaker.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Robby is a frequent contributor to several regional and national magazines and has over one hundred published articles. What is the best advice you have ever received as an event or meeting planner? What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at? Robby is a local and nationally known speaker.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Robby is a frequent contributor to several regional and national magazines and has over one hundred published articles. What is the best advice you have ever received as an event or meeting planner? What is the most unique location you have ever planned an event at? Robby is a local and nationally known speaker.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Discover Potter magic abroad at the world’s top meetings destinations. It doesn’t have meeting space, but provides overflow rooms. Universal's Aventura Hotel Loews Royal Pacific Resort The Loews Meeting Complex Bridge Loews Portofino Bay Hotel Hard Rock Hotel. of meeting space.”. By 2020, there will be 295,000 sq.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 15, 2017

Jenkins and his firm are the recipients of the prestigious Gala Awards by Special Events Magazine for Best Event Produced for a Corporation - Budget $100,000 to $249,000 and Best Event Design - Budget $20,000. He has also served for several years on the editorial advisory board of Event Solutions Magazine. Submit them here.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 23, 2018

Reprinted with permission of Convene, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. What additional obstacles stand you your path hindering your ability to use conference content marketing techniques? Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

Harris Schanhaut, CME has been managing conferences, meetings and events in diverse industries, including automotive, medical, travel, technology, financial, pharmaceutical, wellness, and manufacturing. He has been published numerous times in trade magazines, and has been a speaker at industry events since 2003. John’s University.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

Harris Schanhaut, CME has been managing conferences, meetings and events in diverse industries, including automotive, medical, travel, technology, financial, pharmaceutical, wellness, and manufacturing. He has been published numerous times in trade magazines, and has been a speaker at industry events since 2003. John’s University.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

Harris Schanhaut, CME has been managing conferences, meetings and events in diverse industries, including automotive, medical, travel, technology, financial, pharmaceutical, wellness, and manufacturing. He has been published numerous times in trade magazines, and has been a speaker at industry events since 2003. Instead he stormed off.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

But that didn’t happen, said Janette Harper, vice president of meeting planning for Cambridge, a for-profit conference and trade-show company for the life-science and energy industries, based in Needham, Mass. Janette Harper, Vice President of Meeting Planning, Cambridge Innovation Institute.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As director of Bishop-McCann ’s travel services team, Mary Johnston and her team bring a combined +100 years of experience in corporate, leisure, incentive, group and meeting travel. You can subscribe to the magazine here. The post Five Tips to Manage Travel in Turbulent Times appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 9, 2017

Most of the top 10 properties are also awesome boutique meeting hotels located in popular convention destinations. of meeting space. of galleries and meeting space. The Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, was featured in the April 2016 issue of Smart Meetings magazine. 1 pick among USA Today readers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Make plans to visit Smart Meetings in booth F933 and get yourself on the magazine cover. The People and Planet track will highlight tangible steps meeting professionals can take to reduce their events’ carbon footprints. The post Focus on Sustainability at Largest IMEX America Yet appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Make plans to visit Smart Meetings in booth F933 and get yourself on the magazine cover. The People and Planet track will highlight tangible steps meeting professionals can take to reduce their events’ carbon footprints. The post Focus on Sustainability at Largest IMEX America Yet appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Amazed by the modern concept of organizing conferences and ideas that change the concept of corporate meetings planning; we approached Adrian Segar to discuss his work! He is a meeting designer, facilitator and has also been acknowledged as one of the most innovative Events Professional by BizBash Magazine.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

To understand how data analytics can transform meeting planning, forget about meetings and consider how UPS saved $320 million. It’s because systems like Orion represent huge possibilities and potential for associations and meeting organizers. PREDICTING BEHAVIOR. But why are they coming from those places?

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. Meetings Podcast. Eventful: Th e Podcast for Meeting Professionals. Meeting Minds with Charles Eide. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast. This is a bi-monthly, thirty minute podcast about all things event planning. Meetings Podcast. Turn Of Events.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

That’s the word from Lodging magazine. The post Dishing 2019’s Hot F&B Trends for Groups appeared first on Smart Meetings. Say Hi to Hal. It was a hot button in last year’s strikes against hotel companies in several major U.S. cities, but, ready or not, automation is already here in hospitality.

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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.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Connect are dedicated to providing content that helps you reimagine today’s meetings and look into the future. There are plenty of insights into venues and how to improve meetings, but we want to give a shout-out to Connect for their continued insights into the ever-important topic of event safety. The Meeting Pool.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 31, 2018

Most recently, Spaulding, who was named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Travel” by Travel Agent Magazine, served as director of sales and marketing for Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate. of meeting and event space. Grauso’s role includes overseeing operations across the property’s 839 guest rooms and more than 20,000 sq.

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