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2023 in review—and a book sale!

Conferences that Work

I’m looking back on 2023. 2023 in review I slowed down in 2023. Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. After COVID decimated the meeting industry, I focused on the design and facilitation of online meetings. In 2023, in-person is back!

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Meeting-Budget Woes, by the Numbers

MeetingsNet

Maritz Global Events released its Industry Trends Report at IMEX America with some eye-popping data on the rising cost of hotels, airfares, F&B, and other event-budget elements. If your meetings budget has kept up with price increases over the past few years, you’re among the lucky.

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New Privacy Regulations for Event Data Coming in 2023

MeetingsNet

If the way you handle attendees’ information doesn’t meet the EU’s GDPR standards, it may not meet some U.S. state’s standards being enacted in 2023. meeting professionals changed their data practices if there was any chance an EU citizen would be among their attendees. RELATED: The Meeting Professional’s Guide to GDPR.

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Pain Point Number 1: Rising Costs

MeetingsNet

A recent survey takes the pulse of meeting planners, asking about budgets, contracts, airfares, virtual meetings, and more. If higher costs are your challenge when executing events, one thing is for sure: You’re not alone. Contracts: The survey asked planners about their number-one concern when negotiating a contract.

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Should You Break the Bank to Hire a Celebrity Speaker?

PCMA Convene

Olympic track-and-field medalist Allyson Felix related her advocacy of contract protections for pregnant athletes to equal employment opportunities for all women during Convening Leaders 2023. But in my general sessions, I want content that is hitting me between the eyes with where I’m at as a professional,” he said.

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10 Can’t-Miss Education Sessions at IMEX America

MeetingsNet

discussions to a “Belong-a-palooza” to a filmmaker workshop, fresh topics will complement evergreen sessions such as event contracting and meeting security, for a lively educational agenda. IMEX, Encore, Maritz Global Events, Cvent, DRPG, and PCMA are among the organizations sharing new ways to use technology.

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Top 10 Sustainable Event Suppliers

Event Industry News

Soon afterwards on 4 th March, SAP announced its intention to become carbon-neutral in its own operations by the end of 2023 – two years earlier than it had previously hoped. BMA House – Modern events with heritage. Actavo Events puts Sustainability centre stage. Click here to read more. million litres per year.