Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2016

In this case, “there” was a wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast. In this two-part article I’ll share a little of my experience and takeaways, followed by their relevance to event design ( red ).

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, a suite of galleries and meeting rooms opened as part of the growing MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology). The attic of the former Armenian church in Amsterdam’s Nieuwmarkt neighborhood has been converted into meeting space by MMousse, a genre-defying Amsterdam design collective — and it certainly inspires.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, a suite of galleries and meeting rooms opened as part of the growing MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology). The attic of the former Armenian church in Amsterdam’s Nieuwmarkt neighborhood has been converted into meeting space by MMousse, a genre-defying Amsterdam design collective — and it certainly inspires.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

The man responsible for reducing Utah’s homelessness is Lloyd Pendleton, and the article summarizes his TEDMED 2016 talk, which took place in Palm Springs, California, on Nov. A conference in 2003, where he heard about some of Housing First’s positive outcomes and decided to develop a similar initiative in Utah.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. She even launched her own events agency DAHLIA+. Tahira Endean : She has been a part of this immense events industry for a little more than 2 decades.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 27, 2016

So, as we — Convene ‘s five on-staff writers and editors — looked back over 2016, we asked ourselves this question: What’s one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . I expect that high-tech events themselves will help transition the rest of the events space into using next-gen tools.

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Plan Your Meetings

MAY 29, 2019

Meetings are necessary. But what is not a given is an effective meeting. But often, we are faced with meetings that are either poorly managed, unnecessary or a huge time suck. But often, we are faced with meetings that are either poorly managed, unnecessary or a huge time suck. How much time do you spend in meetings?

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Decibel Management

MAY 24, 2021

Apple spent a whopping $50 million on its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. $50 Yes, we know Apple is a billion-dollar company, and yes, we know they use their week-long conference to announce their shiny new gadgets (of which we’re big fans), but it’s still just. Event logistics can cost up to $3.4 50 MILLION. .

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2016

More of my experiences and takeaways for event professionals from the wonderful five-day improv and mindfulness workshop Mindful Play, Playful Mind , held June 8-13 2016, at Mere Point on the beautiful Maine coast — followed by their relevance to event design ( red ). Here’s Part 1.). The YOU game. I’ll.

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Canadian Special Events

AUGUST 18, 2016

When the International Live Events Association (ILEA) throws a party and invites the world to attend, you can count on Canadians to represent and this year, at ILEA Live we were out in full force, proving once again, Canadian event planners are among the best on the planet! ILEA Chapter: Toronto. ILEA Chapter: Calgary.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

What makes attending conferences worthwhile? As I described in Conferences That Work , the two most common reasons for attending conferences are to learn useful things and make useful connections. But there are numerous other ways that conferences provide value to stakeholders. Obvious problems. Complicated problems.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

The underlying philosophy of the storytelling-technology conference “is to celebrate the changing nature of the audience,” Melcher said. “In To set the stage for collaboration and the exchange of high-level ideas, Melcher found that he had to think about reinventing not just storytelling but conference design. “We

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 22, 2018

When ASAE President & CEO John Graham, FASAE, CAE, announced a bold, new registration-payment model for next year’s Experience Design Project (XDP) event during the Opening General Session of ASAE’s Annual Meeting in Chicago this past Sunday, the audience of around 6,000 attendees erupted in applause.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Johnson (GPJ) partners on marketing campaigns and flagship events for IBM, including its Think conference. After taking Think to the Australia and New Zealand market in 2016 and 2017, GPJ wanted to kick things up a notch for 2018. In 2016 and 2017 we had done a reasonable job of capturing the basic data profile of attendees.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Gaining new knowledge from face-to-face conference relies on one fairly basic principle: You have to actually get to the destination first. Wingenter is giving some of those precious hours back to travelers with Lufthansa’s FlyingLab, a conference that takes place — you guessed it — in the sky. CLIMBING HIGHER.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

I have a combined deep industry knowledge with experience design and project management, while maintaining excellent stakeholder relationships to elevate customer engagement in my company’s annual conference. When I moved to the Washington D.C.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

Humber, CGMP, GVEP, is no slouch when it comes to meetings. As special-event coordinator for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) at Harvard University, Humber has access to some of the most technologically advanced venues in the United States. I was scared out of my mind when this first dropped in my lap,” she said.

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Capterra Event Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Hosted by Toby Goodman and James Eager, these two consistently bring on interesting guests from all across the event planning spectrum, including wedding planners, conference experts, event speakers, and caterers. Recommended Episodes: Episode 20: How to Stand Out in Front of the CEO of a Top Event Tech Company.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 13, 2016

It took just a few steps onto the show floor at the Collision technology-startup conference to see where its name comes from. Morial Convention Center — which hosted Collision 2016 on April 25–28, right in the middle of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — was nothing but collisions. Hall H of the New Orleans Ernest N.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

The educational workshops at the 2016 Phocuswright Conference didn’t begin until Tuesday, Nov. With three tiers—Battleground, Summit, and Launch—the 2016 pro-gram included 67 startups along with more-established companies that are developing technologies to disrupt the travel industry. In 2016, 24 companies qualified.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Convene has written a lot about groups that are consolidating their meeting portfolios—the American Society for Microbiology combining two annual conferences into one, the Consumer Bankers Association going from eight down to one—but the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) is going in the other direction.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 16, 2016

More than 2,000 meeting professionals met in Atlantic City, New Jersey, earlier this week for MPI’s 2016 World Education Congress , three days of education and networking at the Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center. How many times have you ever had anything major happen in a convention center?” Herrera asked. “A

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

Lawrence Convention Center to host the returning conference, National Society of Black Engineers, in 2018. “This is precisely the kind of meeting group that we want to attract in Pittsburgh. Throwback to @NSBEconvention Our volunteer recruiters had a great time meeting with all the potential employees!

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. From more engaging, holistic experiences to the the bold new expectations of “bleisure,” event planners and suppliers are racing to adapt in an industry that’s as dynamic as it’s ever been. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

And yet the most recent show—IBIE 2016, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Oct. We all work in the industry,” said IBIE 2016 Commit-tee Chair Michael Cornelis, vice president of American Pan, “and are heavily invested in the success of our show.”. 8–11—was the biggest yet. They want to be engaged.”. GLOBAL FLAVORS .

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

When the Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) bought land adjacent to its Las Vegas headquarters about 10 years ago, the purchase was regarded as an investment. In 2016, the center hosted 3,500 people in 80 medical labs—including rentals to groups working in human medicine. And meetings are still the primary way to do that.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2016

For Michael Massari, senior vice president of meetings and events at Caesars Entertainment, creating a backup plan became increasingly tricky in the days leading up to MPI’s World Education Congress in Atlantic City on June 11–14. And because one of Atlantic City’s strongest assets is its beach, rain could be a major killjoy.

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Social Tables

APRIL 15, 2019

We’ve rounded up 20 of those innovative event theme ideas here, so you can spice up corporate events and social get-togethers alike — all summer long. Choosing a theme for corporate events? Corporate meetings such as conferences, trade shows, and other professional networking events are far from stuffy these days.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? Convene Salary Survey 2017. Ninety percent are female; 10 percent are male.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Winners received complimentary PCMA membership along with registration to both PCMA Convening Leaders 2018 this month and the 2018 PCMA Education Conference in June. Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Alexandra Adsit. Washington, D.C.,

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? Convene Salary Survey 2017. Ninety percent are female; 10 percent are male.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

And their searches are taking them to many digital destinations outside the “Hotel & Travel” section of the typical conference website. Experient launched a partnership with Airbnb in 2015 designed to provide additional options in situations with high levels of compression. EMBRACING ALTERNATIVES.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. Similarly, the chief indicators of the business-events industry continued to reflect a healthy economic environment, with mostly positive increases. percent in the 2016 survey. percent in the 2016 survey.

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Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

Update: 7/19/2016: This piece has been updated to reflect comments and new software options since the article first went live. You’re an event planner. Your clients, your staff, your friends looking for favors – they all turn to you for help pulling off a fantastic event that everyone will be talking about for years to come.

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