Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 20, 2017
Most annual meetings have used the same template agenda for decades. If you want to breathe new life into your conference, and increase relevance for next-generation attendees, start with this kill/change list. Annual Business Meeting. Annual Meeting Brand. They just replace the filling each year.
Velvet Chainsaw
JANUARY 18, 2017
In the conference arena, conference choice architects frame their programming based on solving the needs of their target audience. How could you get your planning teams to partner with you to embrace one or more of these trends? Choice architects influence choice by changing the manner in which options are presented to people.
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Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
We outlined the first 10 things you need to kill — from making your annual business meeting part of your general session to promoting invitation-only events — in order to bring your meeting up to speed. Everyone knows what meeting they’re attending, and those templates tend to contribute to more blah decks.
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. According to a recent survey by The Exhibitor Advocate, exhibitors are seeing increased labor rates and material handling and shipping costs between 20-30% since 2017.
Endless Events
JANUARY 25, 2019
If you are an event or meeting planner you’ve heard of PSAV. The news makes for shaky ground and uncertainty for meeting and event planners nationwide. October 2017. So why should event and meeting planners care?What It could also mean a lack of choice for event and meeting planners and more. January 2018.
Velvet Chainsaw
MAY 21, 2018
It’s even tougher for those independent meeting companies that survive on commissions. Meanwhile, corporations and associations have increasingly outsourced non-core business functions, like hotel sourcing and meeting logistics. Marriott’s has already begun for most intermediaries. Who Really Calls the Shots?
Connect Your Meetings
AUGUST 3, 2018
Through conference planning, I work to keep adult education interesting and relevant so my attendees continue to fight HIV in and for their communities. How I got here: I worked at NMAC for nine years, starting as the meeting registrar. When I was promoted to meeting planner, I honed my event management skills.
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