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Taking Meetings and Exhibitions on the Road

PCMA Convene

Halfway across the world in Santa Monica, California, the team behind the Progressive International Motorcycle Show (IMS) announced the cancellation of their indoor shows for 2020, which have traditionally taken place inside convention centers, and their plan to replace them in 2021 with outdoor shows. Courtesy of Progressive IMS Outdoors).

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Code Red! Your Fix-It Guide for Today’s Event Emergencies

SmartMeetings

Epoxies could range from repurposing florals for sterile rooms to finding gluten-free meals for the dozen VIPs who didn’t RSVP, to filling in for the speaker who missed a flight. Almost three out of four (72 percent) had produced at least one in-person meeting between March 2020 and August 2021. Physical Limitations.

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3 Trends and Events: Rewilding Spaces, Foraged Cocktails, and Metawork

PCMA Convene

Attendees can see where their food comes from “when they walk in the door” of Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center. The site offers food preservation methods such as pickling and fermentation, and innovative recipes. Foraged Cocktails. Who knew foraging is part of the Swedish identity? What’s come out of it is — ‘I want local.

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Budget Financial Meetings: Doing More with Less

SmartMeetings

According to the Fall 2019 Pulse Survey, conducted by Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP), only one-third (33 percent) of planners planned to grow the size of their meetings in 2020, and just 14 percent planned to expand their incentive programs. Work with Partners—and Haggle. Maybe a three-hour event is 2.5

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State of Virtual Meeting Tools

Smart Meetings

When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said. a digital agency that developed its own streaming platform, BeSpeake, from the ground up in 2020 to serve clients who were scrambling to achieve their goals. “We Plus, you can measure it.”. Flexibility as a Constant.

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Virtual and hybrid event trends for 2021 and beyond: Events Reimagined by Hubilo

The MICE

In March 2020, when they had to shut down due to COVID-19, five days later, they developed the virtual experience. Virtual event tech helped to scale the business, ‘The virtual world started for us in March 2020, in a big way.’. ‘We Our concept is Portuguese authentic food, fabulous drag queens and breathtaking performances.’.

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33 Questions to Ask When Planning for the Return of In-Person Events

Event Leadership Institute

What are effective strategies for communicating expectations and policies to all those involved in the event – including attendees, the venue, and all supporting vendors and suppliers? What kinds of waivers or indemnification clauses should be in place – for attendees, speakers, suppliers, and contractors? Share below. LEARN MORE.

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