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Anniversary Stories: Get to Know Maureen Ryan Fable, 20-Year CEO at FIRST

Event Marketer

Maureen has served as the organizations leader since 2004, when she merged her company, Ryan-Fable Productions, with First Protocol, thus opening their New York office. operations since 2004, and as group cep since 2018, I always think about the journey and how it continues to evolve. In an aspirational way. As ceo of the U.S.

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A free guide to creating peer conferences

Conferences that Work

I believe the software testing community adopted my term “peer conference” for their get-togethers after a conversation I had with pioneer software tester James Bach in 2004.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004. In 2004, the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) became the first convention center to be LEED-certified. Anaheim Convention Center (ACC) offers up 1.8 million sq. With over 475,000 sq.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

Smart Meetings

Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004. In 2004, the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) became the first convention center to be LEED-certified. Anaheim Convention Center (ACC) offers up 1.8 million sq. With over 475,000 sq.

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Grand Designs Live, how it started

Prestige Events Magazine

The idea emerged organically after the launch of Grand Designs Magazine in 2004, as the team identified a demand for a fresh and innovative home build, renovation, and design show. At that time, the event was a groundbreaking venture for a newly established publishing company with no prior experience in exhibitions.

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Olympic Venues: Abandonment, Decay and Renewed Life

Smart Meetings

Many stadiums have been left to sit and decay, such as the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro , which hosted in 2016; Beijing, in 2008; and Athens, in 2004; others, such as that in Lake Placid , in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, and Munich Stadium, are being used to host more sporting events and meetings.

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How Soma Intimates Uses Pop-ups to Inform Future Product Designs

Event Marketer

Since its establishment in 2004, intimates apparel brand Soma has built more than 250 boutiques and outlets in locations nationwide, but New York City isn’t one of them. Soma’s top regional bra-fit specialists were enlisted for the pop-up experience.

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