Conferences that Work

JULY 9, 2018

Although you’d never guess it from reading meeting industry trade journals, most meetings are small meetings , and this is a good thing if you want effective and relevant connection and learning to take place. Sources for additional information.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 18, 2018

Experienced meeting planners know that every meeting has its share of unexpected surprises. Minimizing surprises like CoffeeGate is default behavior for meeting planners. Surprising Meetings But not all meeting surprises are bad.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Smart Meetings spoke to event spaces within the United States that were ranked by WiseVoter as top recyclers in the country. of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. Eventually, when the local farmer retired, Inn by the Sea started working with Garage to Garden, a community driven organization founded in 2012.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 27, 2018

This happens all the time As a facilitator of conferences and meetings, I meet and talk with hundreds of people every year. I don’t want to forget the people I meet — but my aging brain is less cooperative. So here are three ways to minimize embarrassment when meeting people whom you might have met before.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Smart Meetings spoke to event spaces within the United States that were ranked by WiseVoter as top recyclers in the country. of meeting space and also has a 19-year-old food compost program. Eventually, when the local farmer retired, Inn by the Sea started working with Garage to Garden, a community driven organization founded in 2012.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 2, 2017

As 2017 begins, take a moment to think about meetings in a wider context. While our primary relationships are usually with family and friends, professional relationships are also important, and meetings are typically the most effective way to form and develop then. OK, a very wide context. “Who am I?”

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 21, 2023

How can we maximize the real value of a meeting? By maximizing how participants “connect the dots”—what they actually learn from their experiences at the meeting—rather than documenting what we or they think they should have learned. We know that these kinds of meeting evaluations are unreliable ( 1 , 2 , 3 ).

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Event Industry News

APRIL 12, 2022

Olympic medallist and World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe will deliver a keynote at the 10th edition of The Meetings Show , the UK’s leading platform for the world’s meetings and events community. The legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is a testament to the power of sport,” Coe said. “I

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 6, 2017

Many believe that meetings are an unpleasant evil that sucks time and energy away from getting things done. That’s unfortunate, because meetings — when done right — are one of the most powerful business tools for creating the action outcomes that stakeholders and participants want and need. Sources for additional information.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Becoming a certified meeting planner professional, CMP, is a designation that many meeting planners, that are serious about their industry, are obtaining. According to the CIC, Convention Industry Council, there are roughly 14,000 meeting planners in 36 countries that have earned the CMP designation since it began.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Meeting professionals can make an even greater impact by increasing their focus on the other two other Rs: Reuse — Ask your convention center or hotel if they have a green purchasing program and eco-friendly items like bamboo plates. Louis as meeting destinations. Reuse and Reduce.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. I’ll illustrate with the area where I have most experience: providing education at these meetings.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 22, 2019

Designing Participation Into Your Meetings No, that’s not me up on the stage, and that’s not the kind of session I’ll be leading next Tuesday, May 22, at the MPI New England 2012 Northeast Education. The notes at the.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here’s how Wikipedia defines an unconference: “An unconference is a participant-driven meeting.” ” “Typically at an unconference, the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. Jeremy Lin and the myth of the conference curator , February, 2012.

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zkipster

MARCH 8, 2022

“My other loves are art, culture and events, so my next role was a dream come true: volunteer and workforce management for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. “At London 2012 I organized and project managed a marathon test event that simulated and tested every detail in advance of the real thing.

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Event Industry News

MAY 8, 2020

The judging panel for the inaugural awards is a stellar line-up of experts and we’d like to introduce them to you in our Meet the Judges series, this week we present Raquel Noboa, founder of Fifty Shades Greener. Back in 2012, I was the Sales & Marketing Manager at Hotel Doolin in the West Coast of Ireland. Best (and worst?)

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SmartMeetings

JULY 21, 2020

It appears the average meeting is messed up. Meetings occur too infrequently or too often. And since even Zoom and Skype meetings are where business is getting done right now, these virtual meetings must have the essential ingredients attendees are craving. Each meeting is generally less than 4 hours in length.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 13, 2016

Well, the most effective aspect of China’s online censorship regime illustrates what happens when you don’t incorporate covenants into your meetings. When such freedoms are agreed to individually and as a group at the start of a meeting, ambiguity about meeting behavior dissipates. to say and do.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Sustainable Event Report, which the firm issued based on its 2015 conference, outlined a number of goals for the event: promote zero waste to landfill from the conference by 2018, reduce 2012 onsite emissions by 50% by 2018, give back to local charities, and inspire attendees to adopt their own CSR postures.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich in person meetings — aka peer conferences — for almost thirty years. Because participants love these meetings ! Now the covid-19 pandemic has forced meetings online. Zoom has rapidly become the dominant platform for online meetings.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 8, 2022

This growth has the potential to further impact the environment as a considerable amount of resources are used to create large events, so much so that there are claims that the industry is “wholly unsustainable” (Tinnish & Mangal 2012). So how do we get there?

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 19, 2016

“Intel’s annual meeting was entirely virtual. ” — Steven Davidoff Solomon , New York Times, Online Shareholders’ Meetings Lower Costs, but Also Interaction. Forty years later, “group telemedia”, now known as virtual meetings, are firmly established and increasingly popular.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 7, 2022

PCMA and CEMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat celebrated the achievements of Patrizia Semprebene Buongiorno with the Global Meetings Executive of the Year award. The award recognizes a business events strategist who has demonstrated a vision, commitment and passion for the advancement and education of the global meetings industry. “I

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2023

Three meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 80 guests reception-style also come with a convenient catering menu. A lodge-inspired lobby, front desk area, corridors and meeting rooms compliment the warm color palette of the redesigned guest rooms. of meeting space. The hotel offers over 1,000 total sq.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 22, 2024

In fact, technology is centrally related to one commonality, according to the report: “We all want to be seen, accommodated, and valued for our individuality.” “When it comes to networking, they are less interested in discovering new career opportunities or finding/providing mentoring,” the report says.

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Event Industry News

MAY 1, 2020

The judging panel for the inaugural awards is a stellar line-up of experts and we’d like to introduce them to you in our Meet the Judges series, kicking things off is Rick Stainton, Founder & Group Executive Director at Smyle Group. The Sustainable Event Awards Celebrate Excellence in Event Sustainability.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2019

Related posts: Scenes from a peer conference—part 2 Since 2012, I’ve had the privilege of designing and facilitating the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Why I love conference facilitation and design appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

has announced that he will retire as executive chairman of Marriott International ’s board of directors, effective in May, following the company’s annual meeting. In 1972, he served as CEO before he stepped down and was succeeded by Arne Sorenson in 2012. to Retire appeared first on Smart Meetings. Marriott Jr. Marriott Jr.,to

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

Before this, he spent time overseeing the event venues outside London for the 2012 London Olympic & Paralympic Games. She joined the team in 2012 as sales manager of national accounts, and was later promoted to director of citywide sales in 2019. The post Smart Moves in Qatar, London and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Meeting Type Research. According to the 2020 Global Meetings Forecast Report by American Express Meetings & Events, here is the breakdown of the types of meetings and the percentage of time they take place in North America. Meeting Type. Internal Meeting or Training. Senior Leadership or Board Meeting.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 16, 2019

A 2018 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that the popularity of meditation increased more than threefold from 2012 to 2017. But, as is often the case, the meetings industry is lagging. A recent Fast Company article estimated that half the time spent in meetings is wasted due to mindless chatter and a lack of focus.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 21, 2021

Meetings Could Look Like [Way Outside of the Box]. When it comes to meetings in the Asian market, they look vastly different. There are three glaring ones—no real social distancing at tables, it’s impossible to wear a mask when you are eating or drinking, and people are meeting outside of their community.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 25, 2019

meeting planners was initiated, not by ECPAT-USA, but by Nix Conference & Meeting Management, a St. In 2012, Nix was asked by a client — the Federation of the Sisters of St. That was the first time that we identified the meeting and events industry as a potential ally of ours,” Guelbart said. A Potential Ally’.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

.” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity. Though millions of meetings take place every year, thousands of meeting organizers know how to create truly create conference designs.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 13, 2017

How do we get people to participate at meetings? Seth Godin describes a desirable meeting mindset: What would happen… if we chose to: …Sit in the front row. Ask a hard question every time we go to a meeting…. They are also far more likely to make valuable connections with their peers during the event.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Kranzle joined the Hilton Hotels team in 2012, serving as general manager for Hilton Mexico City Reforma; most recently, Kranzle was the opening general manager of Hilton Guadalajara Midtown in Mexico. Scalia joined the organization in 2012 as senior director of marketing and was later promoted to vice president of marketing.

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