SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Smart Meetings has rounded up the best event planning resources of this year, in order to help planners face challenges in 2017. 7 Books Every Meeting Planner Should Read. Planners Confess Their Biggest Mistakes (and Lessons Learned).

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

When you do the planning on the front end, you’ll be more likely to make quality connections once you’re at the event. Room Design. Room diagramming is the cornerstone of meeting planning. of The Thrival Institute studied the conundrum of meeting design and found that there isn’t a one size fits all set up.

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2014 Food and Beverage Social Media 2015 60

SmartMeetings

MARCH 31, 2017

. – The top standard preferred food & beverage wellness inclusions for meetings and events were healthy snacks (83%), water and reduced calorie drinks (82%), and fish, chicken and lean meats (80%). – Offering water and reduced calorie drinks as the default (77%) had the lowest expected impact on F&B budgets.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Sustainability 2016 67

Capterra Event Management

AUGUST 30, 2016

Each chapter details all aspects of event planning and prompts you to think about how you can apply the suggestions to your own events.”. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design. Have you ever been stuck in a dull meeting that would never end? Author: Mike van der Vijver. Rating: 5/5.

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Event Management Management Sustainability Event Planning 75

Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 24, 2019

With attendees from all over the world, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) uses a variety of strategies to create new and valuable meeting experiences. At AAO 2018 , more than 23,000 ophthalmologists, health professionals and industry personnel from across the globe met in Chicago to learn, network and grow in their careers.

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Meetings 2018 Marketing Meeting Design 72

Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Let’s face it, there’s a lot of paperwork involved in the meeting planning process. Transportation plans help planners identify how they’ll manage the movement of participants from the airport to hotel to meetings and offsite venues and if additional requirements, such as visas, might be required for attendee travel.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Boomset

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Photo by Jakob Dalbjörn on Unsplash You should never underestimate the importance of a well-designed conference room. In order to realize why, you only need to stop for a moment to consider just some of its many functions.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Prior to going down the consulting road, Dave was with Experient for 22 years where he served as president of both the Meeting Planning and Registration divisions. Areas of expertise include conference business models, strategy, attendance marketing, sponsorship programs, and meeting technology. What is he known for?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Prior to going down the consulting road, Dave was with Experient for 22 years where he served as president of both the Meeting Planning and Registration divisions. Areas of expertise include conference business models, strategy, attendance marketing, sponsorship programs, and meeting technology. What is he known for?

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Speakers Healthcare Consulting Financial 98

Cvent: Event Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2018

What is “design thinking”? In the event space, it’s a way of coalescing all the various components of a meeting plan to serve a set of business objectives. In other words, events are literally “designed” to meet specific customer-focused goals. This piece summarizes some of the findings of that report.

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Event Planning Trade Shows Meeting Design Entertainment 47

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career. At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. Meeting planning is very exciting because of the variety it offers.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

Faulder: I think though, building up your point, Alicia, is that poking holes is such an important part in design. And I don’t think people really aware that we were designers in this process. We’re meeting designers in a hybrid experience. You have to start with the basics and plan from there.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

You’ll find information for: association conventions and expos, corporate meetings and events, and medical and pharma meetings. Start with the “Meeting Planning Toolbox” for an enormous collection of how-to articles on meeting planning. Creators of Q&A and polling platform Sli.do

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Trade Shows Food and Beverage Tech Education 133