Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Last week I shared five ways explicit communication improves meetings. The meeting schedule changes mid-event. As a facilitator I sometimes change the processes I’m using to meet uncovered participants’ needs. Not surprisingly, many attendees got lost and were late for sessions during the meeting.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 28, 2016

American Accounting Association 2016 Annual Meeting Aug. 6–10, 2016 New York Hilton Midtown and Sheraton New York Times Square New York City. CHALLENGES   This year’s meeting doubled as a centennial celebration for AAA. Jones, AAA’s senior director of meetings and programs. The bar has been raised significantly.”.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

American Accounting Association 2016 Annual Meeting Aug. 6–10, 2016 New York Hilton Midtown and Sheraton New York Times Square New York City. Our Annual Meeting attendance growth leaves us faced with sourcing ample space,” said Erlinda L. “Our

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 9, 2017

In 2016, the Windy City experienced a record number of visitors. million travelers visited the city in 2016. “We had an incredible and record-breaking year in 2016, but we are not stopping there. . “We had an incredible and record-breaking year in 2016, but we are not stopping there. The increase of 1.5

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Featured Guests: Elizabeth Ambacher is the Vice President, Meetings and Expositions for the National Apartment Association (NAA) and oversees the strategy, planning, logistics and execution for all NAA meetings and events. Elizabeth holds a CEM from IAEE, DES from PCMA and is certified in the Neuroscience of Exhibitions & Events.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2023

meeting space. Inspired by his mother’s Kentucky-style Southern cooking, DC native Roger Sherman’s passion for BBQ is evident in every mouth-watering detail of the smoked meats served up by The District Pit BBQ Catering Company since 2016. The post Immersive Meetings at The Smithsonian appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2017

Ashfield Meetings & Events, a full-service global event management company that specialises in serving the healthcare sector and part of UDG Healthcare PLC, has announced its results for the financial year ending September 2016.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

There’s no question that the meetings industry is constantly changing. Smart Meetings has identified some of the most important tips, tricks and trends from this year, in order to help meeting planners become better prepared for 2017. 20 Event Industry Trends Shaping the Meetings Landscape.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 15, 2023

When the $520 million opened the first week in May, it was hailed by the meetings industry as a “game-changer.” Smart Meetings : Which came first: the PGA move to Frisco or the resort opening? How is Omni PGA Frisco Resort a game changer for meeting planners both in and beyond the world of golf? They are experts at that.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 17, 2017

At Convening Leaders 2017 in Austin, Texas, Amanda Marijanovic interviewed Stephanie Brown, vice president of education and conferences for the American Wind Energy Association , where Brown talked about how she reinvented the organization’s 2016 trade show.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

During 2016, Smart Meetings shared lots of tips for healthy meetings and personal self-growth. Our motto here is healthy meetings equal healthy ROI. Here are 8 strategies for healthy meetings and a healthier you in 2017. In order to perform at their peak, meeting planners must be sharp and well-rested.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

You’d think that, given that the Oxford Economics and Events Industry Council reports that “meetings generated $1,294 of spending per participant,” event and meeting planners would be given budgetary free rein to produce the kinds of events needed to generate these economic returns. A Look Back at My 2016 Predictions.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2022

In 2016, the Montreal-based entrepreneur created Piccles, an interactive online platform where users create and share computer-generated drawings, as an outlet for his own creativity. “The drawings are great,” Piccles founder Chris Bent has said, “but the stories are gold.”.

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

They used Meeting Design. The post Event Review: Event Strategy, London, May 2016 appeared first on Gallus Events. I would like to commend the organisers in their desire to do things differently: doing things differently is so much harder than following the crowd. They had a gender balanced speaker programme.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 7, 2017

The most recent report, released last month, compares the 2016 results against those from 2015, and helps identify three key opportunities. . Respondents to the 2016 survey indicated that streaming content with an emcee is particularly effective in engaging the virtual audience. Tracking the attendee journey. More takeaways: .

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

Meeting and event planners need to be aware of the values their organizations, companies, and clients want to demonstrate to their stakeholders. The venue continues to launch new initiatives with its goal to make meetings as responsibly sustainable as possible. Are you doing your part to lighten the carbon load? The best part?

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Coming off of two wins for Best eNewsletter and Best Trade Publication (for our October 2015 issue) at the Western Publishers Association’s 2016 Maggie Awards in June, Smart Meetings has racked up two more trophies at the 2016 Digital Nichee Awards, which were announced during the Niche Digital Conference 2016, held Sept.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

IMEX 2016 breaks attendee records, Event Pro Update launches and Bermudian returns to lead BTA in 2016. This and more in our latest news update for Meeting and Conference Planners. IMEX 2016 America Breaking Records Once Again. Should Meeting and Conference Planners Care About Event Technology? See the studie here.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 17, 2017

In the interview, Brown talked about how AWEA integrated education and exhibitions for the organization’s 2016 meeting. And for more about managing sound at meetings, see Convene’s “Complete Guide to Noise at Meetings.”. .

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

They used Meeting Design. The post Event Review: Event Strategy, London, May 2016 appeared first on Gallus Events. I would like to commend the organisers in their desire to do things differently: doing things differently is so much harder than following the crowd. They had a gender balanced speaker programme.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Group gatherings in conference meetings spaces are great. Group gatherings in meeting spaces with a haunted, scary story behind them are better—or, at least, more adventurous. Meeting profs need not deal with spiritual maids or gamblers when planning an event in the property’s 11,000 sq. Congress Plaza Hotel. The Stanley Hotel.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2016

We’ve been looking forward to Connect Marketplace 2016 all year, and now it’s finally here! And don’t forget to download the app: It will provide answers to many of your questions (search “Connect Meetings” in the app store). The post Thursday Preview: Connect Marketplace 2016 appeared first on Connect Association.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 30, 2016

Botany 2016 July 30–Aug. 3, 2016 Savannah International Trade & Convention Center Savannah, Georgia. CHALLENGES  Botany 2016’s organizers were looking for new ways to avoid holes in their education programming. 2016: Savannah. There was an abundance of food, and the band was really great.” 1,200 a ttendees.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2016

&Meetings are proud to be the UK’s leading provider of flexible meeting room & training room solutions, with a portfolio of venues across London and Southern England. The post &Meetings shortlisted at the 2016 London Venue Awards appeared first on Event Industry News.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners 2016 Annual Meeting Nov. 13–16, 2016 La Quinta Resort and Club La Quinta, California. Malloy, CMP, CAE, NARUC’s director of meetings. “We To keep attendance stronger, we changed Wednesday’s start time from 9 to 8:30 a.m. We now plan to end at 11 a.m.,

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 30, 2016

National Association of Medical Examiners 2016 Annual Meeting Sept. 7–13, 2016 Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota. CHALLENGES   In spite of what prime-time television would have you believe, the world of forensic pathology is a relatively small one — which can mean slim pickings for academic sessions.

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Socio Events

MARCH 14, 2023

Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) sixth annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) is the event that has meeting and event professionals all over the world buzzing with excitement. On March 30 from 6 a.m.

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Capterra Event Management

APRIL 26, 2016

Lucky for you we have compiled a list of event statistics and trends that will be important to your events and attendees for 2016 and beyond! Airfare prices are estimated to be about 15% lower in 2016 compared to 2015 due to drops in oil prices and increased competition. A large new supply for meeting planners.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Meeting and event planners across any industry are looking for new and exciting venue types. Here are our top five best event venues and top five best overall set design at New York Fashion Week 2016. . The post Fashion Event Design: What We Learned from New York Fashion Week 2016 appeared first on The Social Tables Blog.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Brexit Will Not Stop Innovative Meetings in London. Brexit will, eventually, have a substantial impact on European travel, but that’s not to say it will halt meetings there. In fact, London is more equipped than ever to handle high-tech meetings, marketing itself as the Silicon Valley of Europe. 15 Items Hotels Could Eliminate.

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Corbin Ball

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Corbin's November/December 2016 TechTalk Newsletter. 18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. 18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. Or helpful business or meeting planning links? 6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites: ebook from Julius Solaris: The Future of Event Marketing. Volume XVIII, Issue 6. NEW ARTICLE: xx.

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zkipster

MARCH 8, 2022

She joined zkipster as the first client-facing hire – Head of Client Relations for EMEA – in 2016, ascended to Global Head of Client Relations in 2019, and was promoted to Chief Revenue Officer in 2021. Olivia Robinson is a native Londoner and English speaker. Olivia, tell us about your career before you arrived at zkipster.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Two groups, the Genetics Society of America (GSA) and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), increased the audience size of their 2020 scientific meetings that went virtual. The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) also switched its live meeting to an all-virtual one last spring. Targeted Audience Extensions.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The travel, hospitality and meetings industry has been one of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 slowdown. Independent planners are facing gaping holes in their calendars as meetings continue to drop off. Many organizations, including Smart Meetings , have turned their events virtual. According to a 2016 report from U.S.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2017

No doubt bolstered by the Super Bowl, which took place in the Bay Area last February, San Francisco achieved 2016 tourism records for the seventh consecutive year, according to San Francisco Travel. million visitors in 2016 for an increase of 2.3 million day visitors, setting 2016 tourism records with increases at 2.3

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 9, 2018

In terms of jobs, the meetings and events industry creates more direct jobs than large manufacturing sectors such as automotive, chemicals, and food. For every dollar spent on face-to-face meetings and business events in 2016, it generated an additional $1.60 In 2016, six million international attendees came to the U.S.

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