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Renegotiating Live Event Agreements When All Parties Are Innocent Victims

Velvet Chainsaw

The previous low for occupancy was during the financial crisis in 2009 when occupancy was 55 percent. However, from past experience, any time that there has been a shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market, those contracts signed during a seller’s market just flat out had to be updated. Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic.

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From Skeptic to Sought-After TEDx Speaker Coach

PCMA Convene

And by 2009, TED was offering independent licenses for anyone who wanted to try to organize a TEDx event. Vilarino illustration) TEDxNASA became the first-ever large-scale TEDx event, Foster said, held in Newport News, Virginia, in 2009, and attracting 1,450 in-person attendees and 78,000 online participants from more than 10 countries.

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What’s the Economic Impact of the Meetings Industry?

PCMA Convene

These are among the takeaways of “The Economic Significance of Meetings to the US Economy” report, which updates the 2009 report by the same name, from Oxford Economics, the Events Industry Council, and the Meetings Mean Business Coalition, released in February. for events and conferences. can enter the country with ease.

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Q&A: Inside Google’s New ‘Inclusive Event Design Guide’ for the Industry

Event Marketer

Michelle Rosen Sapir: We put out the very first set of guidelines, which focused on accessibility, in 2009 on our company’s intranet and in a Google Doc, really simply. A live experience could be a sporting event or a b-to-b conference, which are two totally different animals.

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COVID 19 Business Impact Study – Global Perspective

Event Industry News

It takes account of the COVID-19 environment and global economic contraction predicted by the International Monetary Fund and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development over the rest of the year. The research involved 675 survey respondents from 59 countries. This includes redundancies and business closures.

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Recession-Proofing Your Job: Do You Know Your VORP?

Event Leadership Institute

The last recession ended in July 2009, well over ten years ago. This looming economic threat is the impetus for a webinar I gave recently for FICP (Financial & Insurance Conference Planners) titled Recession-Proofing Your Job: Strategies for Improving Your Value. We are more than due.

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A Guide to Serving F&B on the Exhibit Floor

PCMA Convene

During the Alzheimer’s Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in Vienna, discarded cups became such a nuisance that AIM chose to ban F&B samples at all of its future shows. Every flat surface was covered with those cups,” Herlitz said. “For HOW TO LIMIT LITTER.

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