Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). I decide to write a book about it, and in… 2009: I self-publish Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love. IBM introduced the PC in 1981. Now it’s the most common way authors publish.)

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Becoming a Community Interest Company in 2009, we have been organising conferences, events, dinners, meetings, exhibitions and network events. We’re different. Unlike most event management companies, we are a not-for profit organisation. We look after more than 7500 delegates every year.

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Decibel Management

MARCH 27, 2021

Welcome to Decibel Event Management’s Talent Spotlight series where we highlight great keynote speakers, presenters, performers and other talent to enhance your in-person or virtual event. Michael Brenner is a globally-recognized keynote speaker on leadership, culture, and marketing. Looking for a great speaker?

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 28, 2019

Since 2009, we’ve been making a lot of noise in the conference industry, without making a sound. Host multiple conferences, multiple languages, multiple speakers in the same room, at the same time. When we started, the concept of using headphones at a conference was barely feasible. Silent Conference will revolutionise your event.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 6, 2024

Hayley Foster is a designated TEDx speaker coach with a coaching business as the Short Talk Expert. 12 Mistakes Professional Speakers Make. And by 2009, TED was offering independent licenses for anyone who wanted to try to organize a TEDx event. 12 Mistakes Professional Speakers Make.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

Victoria Fanning, CMP, DES, senior manager for online events with MGMA, the Medical Group Management Association, has worked in the digital meeting space, producing online content, since 2009. You may be looking at the speakers, but somebody else is asking questions for you — you’re at a remove.”. Is virtual going to take over?’

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Event Industry News

MAY 10, 2022

Everything else on set, including speakers and lighting are either waterproof or protected with a weatherproof cover, making it a truly robust and versatile touring stage. With no roof to the stage set up, each arrow has a small roofette to protect the musicians from the rain.

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TicketBud

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketing for the event touted celebrity guests, top-level speakers and a highly anticipated ball pit. Somehow, they were able to crowdfund the debt; but then, speakers who were left unpaid began to drop from the conference. Take it from the organizers of DashCon , a convention hosted for Tumblr fans in 2014.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Since 2009, hotel room occupancy has increased steadily and is now breaking records with average occupancy at 65.5 Along with writable walls, chairs are raised a foot higher to put participants on an equal level with the speaker, increasing engagement. Transient Room Stays Rising Fastest. percent in the United States. “We

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2017

The class of Fellows receive coaching and mentoring, public-relations guidance for sharing their projects, and hands-on speaker training, as well as access to the Fellows who came before them — 400-plus individuals doing remarkable work in more than 90 countries. ”

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

He has been published numerous times in trade magazines, and has been a speaker at industry events since 2003. He was on the Board of Directors of the Trade Show Exhibitors Association until July 2009, where he received the President’s Award for service.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

He has been published numerous times in trade magazines, and has been a speaker at industry events since 2003. He was on the Board of Directors of the Trade Show Exhibitors Association until July 2009, where he received the President’s Award for service.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Logistics management: From booking the venue to arranging travel and accommodation for attendees and speakers, experienced pharma event planners handle all the logistical details. Things like target audience, messaging, venue selection, and budget are all part of the planning process.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

He has been published numerous times in trade magazines, and has been a speaker at industry events since 2003. He was on the Board of Directors of the Trade Show Exhibitors Association until July 2009, where he received the President’s Award for service.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. Liz launched Liz King Events.

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Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2018

After launching in Australia in 2009, iVvy now has over 12,000 users across 13 countries and has established corporate partnerships to allow for global distribution of inventory.Made up of three essential elements, iVvy connects the meeting planner with the supply chain in a bid to bring together the entire events ecosystem.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

JULY 24, 2019

JSConf EU was founded in 2009 by Holger Blank , Jan Lehnardt & Malte Ubl. JSConf and CSSconf have anonymised speaker applications for their conferences. We were also thinking about how we could reduce bias in our speaker search. They met at JSConf US six months prior. Are they involved in a local community?

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Hubilo Blog

JANUARY 17, 2022

Her blog about the right to education launched her into the spotlight as an education activist in 2009. They want to interact with speakers and leaders. Gen Z’s have used online media to give momentum to several social causes. A case in point is 23-year-old Malala Yousafzai. She later went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. .

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2019

In response to that, they have developed 4 key areas of expertise: Events, Marketing, Design and Speaker Management. Finally, speaker management is where they apply their curatorial skills to suggest and secure appropriate talent that drives content strategy. Together the departments create a seamless offline and online journey.

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Conference Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Simon is a British / American author and motivational speaker who for the last decade has been helping organisations find their “Why”. His TED talk in 2009 is the third most watched in the world. What’s your raison d’etre? I was pointed towards Simon Sinek by a colleague.

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The MICE

JULY 27, 2022

The Falling Walls conference first took place in 2009 and now occurs yearly on the day of the fall of the Berlin Wall — 9 November. For example, Falling Walls has a juggler on stage who is also a time keeper for speakers. Falling Walls ‘translated’ this issue into the real world, placing an example of such plastic before the speaker.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I also was the beneficiary of great leadership in Reint, and I think [business author and speaker] Simon Sinek sums it up the best: “Great leaders are idealists. What I learned from Reint is that his perspectives and ONNAGIs were derived from listening and learning from others. They are optimists.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 29, 2016

For the first time (since Uber was founded in 2009), business travelers expensed more Uber rides in total dollars compared with car rentals or taxis. Get a sneak peek of featured speaker Dan Goods on p. How is it, then, according to one survey, that 52 percent of event strategists have never used apps for their programs?

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2023

Speaker and author Donna Serdula has always believed that LinkedIn is “a place where you can network in your pajamas,” and that sentiment rang true during the pandemic, especially at the onset of the Great Resignation.

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Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The last recession ended in July 2009, well over ten years ago. Whether it’s contracts, wines, A/V, social media, speakers, software/apps, expertise in international meetings, or any other specialty, you want to be known as the go-to authority in your organization. We are more than due.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Mike Butcher founded The Europas in 2009. Brandon: From 2009 to today, what are some of the biggest ways that The Europas has changed? There are interesting deep-dives a curated set of attendees and speakers without needing to wade through thousands and thousands of people. Also, identifying the right speakers is critical.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 21, 2018

In 2009, University of Illinois psychology professor Alejandro Lleras, along with Laura Thomas of Vanderbilt University, conducted a study on problem-solving and body movement. Prior to being a successful author, speaker and trainer, Steve Sisgold applied the principles he teaches in the business world.

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The MICE

JULY 26, 2021

It had world-class online entertainment by Drag Taste, prominent industry and non-industry speakers, with the headline speaker Gary Vaynerchuk. In 2009, Myspace was the first company in the social media space to begin stealing a real share of marketing budgets, such as from television and radio.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In 2009, having a website that could register attendees was really all you needed from your event management software. Data unification in reporting and analytics so that planners can quickly gather insights about how attendees are interacting with each other, speakers, and sponsors before, during, and after their events.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In 2009, having a website that could register attendees was really all you needed from your event management software. Data unification in reporting and analytics so that planners can quickly gather insights about how attendees are interacting with each other, speakers, and sponsors before, during, and after their events.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 1, 2018

Then, one day in 2009, I saw a job offer from Eventoplus to develop the technical companies segment as a Sales Executive… I accepted. I mean headphones, PC-speakers, Bluetooth receiver connected to my Home-Cinema… whatever I am there is a device playing my playlists…. Also I’m obsessed by any gadget controlled by my phone.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 21, 2018

In 2009, University of Illinois psychology professor Alejandro Lleras, along with Laura Thomas of Vanderbilt University, conducted a study on problem-solving and body movement. Prior to being a successful author, speaker and trainer, Steve Sisgold applied the principles he teaches in the business world.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

“It’s true of Omaha, but also the rest of the Midwest, that we tend to get really heads-down and focused on our work, so we’re not as PR- or marketing-driven as some of the other areas around the country,” said Caleb Ulffers, who joined SPN as a speaker manager in 2013. About 400 attendees showed up. “[The ambassador to Germany.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The conference now has specific prongs that it must provide in terms of content,” said Heflin, who has served as the first and only executive director of ICON since 2009. One particularly impressive design involved large bats, arranged like they were flying out from behind the speaker, to represent the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The conference now has specific prongs that it must provide in terms of content,” said Heflin, who has served as the first and only executive director of ICON since 2009. One particularly impressive design involved large bats, arranged like they were flying out from behind the speaker, to represent the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin.

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Bizzabo

MAY 25, 2018

Since 2009, Gainsight’s customer success software has enabled organizations to do just that. Some event management systems even enables attendees to provide feedback on speakers and sessions directly from within the event app or digital agenda. 5) SolarWinds - Sometimes you need to bring the event to them.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Since its concert series began in 2009, JetBlue has welcomed superstars such as Taylor Swift and Sarah McLachlan for performances exclusive to JetBlue customers and contest winners. Pods also include a privacy visor with built-in speakers to drown out surrounding noise, while internal storage bins lock away items. Terminal 5-JetBlue.

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