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Agency Spotlight: Meet Events

Event Industry News

name: Meet Events Ltd Date formed: July 2019 (8 months before Covid!) Leadership: Des Mclaughlin, Managing Director of Meet Events previously owned HBI which he sold in 2009, (2 weeks before the financial crash. Des was then MD of Grass Roots Meetings and Events which was subsequently bought by BCD.

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

PCMA Convene

William Thomson (center) will take part in PCMA’s hackathon on homelessness in June during EduCon 2019. The average person in 2009,” reports the science magazine Nautilus , “was less empathetic than 75 percent of the people in 1979.”. The duo will be back at this year’s Educon. Jacob Slaton).

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Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019

Smart Meetings

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. As 2018 comes to a close, Dominguez shared some insights into what he sees for the future of the meetings industry.

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Event Fuel wins ‘Best Event Team’ at Event Industry Awards 2019

Event Industry News

Dublin-based events agency, Event Fuel , came away from the Event Industry Awards (EIA) 2019 with more than just happy memories of a glamorous night after bagging the award for the Best Event Team. Launched in 2009, the EIA aims to showcase and celebrate the very best in Ireland’s event industry. Areas of interest. Brand Events.

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Big Plans for the Meetings Mean Business Initiative

MeetingsNet

As it reaches its 10th anniversary, the industry-wide coalition details its 2019 strategy. The other two elements of the 2019 plan for Meetings Mean Business are focused on gaining a higher profile in three critical industries: healthcare, high-tech, and banking/finance. For more information, visit MeetingsMeanBusiness.com.

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Smart Moves in New York, Panama City Beach and More

Smart Meetings

He has been with the organization for a total of 10 years, joining as program manager for IAAPA Europe in 2009. She had been the interim director of sales since August and worked on the sales and events management team since 2019. The post Smart Moves in New York, Panama City Beach and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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How to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom — Part 2

Conferences that Work

You can find the most detailed implementation in Chapter 18 of my 2019 book, Event Crowdsourcing. Frequent and well-designed small group work is the key to creating active learning and connection at any meeting. Zoom allows facilitators to speedily split a meeting into up to 50 separate sessions. Learn about The Three Questions.