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Obsessed with conferences

Conferences that Work

Hey, meeting planners! Are you obsessed with conferences? Yet no vice bedevils me like my one desperate fixation, my shameful ravening itch: I simply must attend conferences. So, are meeting planners obsessed with conferences? Yes, you , you know who you are. Well…hopefully not to the same extent as George Meyer.

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Meeting Professionals International Experiments with Annual Meeting

MeetingsNet

With the post-pandemic environment for meetings and conventions allowing organizations to try some different ideas, Meeting Professionals International did just that with its World Education Congress, held from June 13 to 15. Previous MPI conferences had fewer general sessions and keynotes. WEC has taken place outside the U.S.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. I don’t want to go to another traditional conference again.”

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START Summit injects innovation into Europe’s startup conference scene

The MICE

START Summit offers an innovative take on entrepreneurship conferences – entirely student-run it gives a fresh perspective on Europe’s startup landscape. START Summit was later established as one of the Global Projects and had its first event in 2007. It’s scheduled for March 21-22, 2024, in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Blackpool Conference & Exhibition Centre Celebrates 12 Month Milestone

Prestige Events Magazine

The Blackpool Conference and Exhibition Centre has announced today that in its first 12 months of operating, it welcomed 55,000 delegates through its doors and generated, alongside Winter Gardens Blackpool, in excess of £70m in economic benefit, contributing to Blackpool’s overall visitor economy which is valued at more than £1.58bn.

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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Slower Growth Ahead

PCMA Convene

Sacks emphasized that the report did not make a direct correlation between the decline in international tourists and international conference attendees traveling to the U.S., I expect the industry to improve again this year,” one respondent wrote, “as meetings become more innovative.”. “I as a destination overall. percent vs. +1.4

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Meet What is Possible in California

Smart Meetings

That message of diversity, abundance and welcoming is even more applicable for groups looking to return to in-person meetings safely and dynamically. Marketing conferences is more complicated now than it was two years ago. They are inventing new virtual and hybrid solutions that will lead to more productive meetings everywhere.