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Smaller Cities Cater to All the Senses

Smart Meetings

The latest Smart Meetings webinar explored Virginia Beach, and was led by Sally Noona, director of convention sales and marketing for Virginia Beach CVB, and Carey Goryl, CEO of the Association and Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment (AAPPR), who shared tips from their experience planning an event in a second- or third-tier city.

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Solving for Pricing, Sponsorships, and Skills Challenges When Going Digital

PCMA Convene

Joe Colangelo, CEO and cofounder of Arlington, Virginia–based Bear Analytics , a consulting and tech firm for associations and events, said that associations realize that they must pivot faster. As for pricing sponsorships: This appears to be the Wild, Wild West right now.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Tarin Horan, CMP

Smart Meetings

After working at two startups, she joined Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) as an event coordinator. Now, she serves as NVTC’s vice president of events and sponsorships. senators to Virginia governors to supreme court justices to CEOs of big tech companies,” she explains. “My “I was hooked,” she says.

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2018 40 Under 40: Class Acts

Connect Your Meetings

33 • Director of Exhibits and Sponsorships. Arlington, Virginia. Leesburg, Virginia. Alexandria, Virginia. Reston, Virginia. Learn how they got here and imagine where they, our industry and our world are going. Melinda Borucki. 39 • Director of Marketing. LMI Solutions. National Defense Industrial Association.

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2018 40 Under 40: Diane E. Kovats

Connect Your Meetings

Kovats, CAE, CMP, 36, works in Leesburg, Virginia, as executive director at International Society for Computational Biology. As a 2018 40 Under 40 honoree, Kovats discusses her passion for the events industry. What I do: I am responsible for the strategic and operational management of the organization.

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Top Meeting Profs Share Stories of Gratitude

Smart Meetings

Tarin Horan, CMP, CSEP Tarin Horan Vice President, Events and Sponsorships, Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) What are you grateful for in your life? I look for these opportunities, and it seems like I’m always the one who is blessed through them! I am grateful for my family and my health.

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2016 App awards: who made the cut

Guidebook

Best Use of the Social Feed – U niversity of Virginia. In order to meet students where they digitally live, University of Virginia created a Summer Orientation guide that used Guidebook’s Interact feature to provide students with a native social media network. It’s a mobile world, so kids live on mobile platforms.”.

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