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5 Trends That Are Changing Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

Kate Fairweather (right) and Amy Blackman present results from “The Future of Meetings and Events” report at Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh. Marriott and the PCMA Foundation worked with New York City–based global consultancy firm Fahrenheit 212, where Kate Fairweather works as an innovation consultant.

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

PCMA Convene

William Thomson (center) will take part in PCMA’s hackathon on homelessness in June during EduCon 2019. Bombas also serves as an example of what can happen when, in search of new ideas and growth, business owners don’t turn away from, but instead include painful realities in the innovation process. Jacob Slaton).

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Participant experience design — moving from the old to new event world

The MICE

One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). In 2019 the ITB MICE Forum theme was ‘The Human Factor’. According to Felix, the term ‘participant experience design’ is a work in progress.

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The Future of Panel Discussions: Top Tips for Hosting Remote Presenters

Slido

The goal of our one-day event in partnership with Convene was to show how a successful all-hands could look in 2019 and beyond by using interactive technology and meeting design thinking. It was a new experience for everyone, and the audience loved it. Here are some of our key learnings.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

His books include the long-running New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. Bo Krüger is a speaker, facilitator and meeting designer. What is he known for? Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

His books include the long-running New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. Bo Krüger is a speaker, facilitator and meeting designer. What is he known for? Where to find him?

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Bringing a ‘Sense of Place’ to Meeting Design

PCMA Convene

“This won’t be news to anyone, but millennials don’t really care about material things,” said Amy Blackman, a strategy consultant for Fruition in Los Angeles, at a Convening Leaders 2019 session in Pittsburgh last month, where the research was released. No, Don’t Give Them the Generic.