Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That brutal attack was fresh on Lauren Parr’s mind as two protesters from the audience rushed and jumped on the stage as a plenary session was about to get underway at last year’s Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for Earth and planetary scientists at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Samuel Thomas Jr.

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Event Industry News

MAY 29, 2020

Over five days, there will be a series of free-to-attend digital aerospace events, including a full virtual conference programme focussed on topics leading industry and featuring high profile speakers, as well as range of business growth opportunities. Meet the Buyer is to run free-of charge on Tuesday 21st July.

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Quickmobile

MARCH 14, 2018

So, I wondered, what would we be doing at the conference? Here are a few signs that you should get onsite support for your event tech: Your attendees/speakers want to know how to use the event app. A lot, as it turned out. Which often means that they’re too busy with other things to be on hand to run polls!

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

Third-party provided tech : airline and hotel loyalty rewards program transactions will be easily accessible and recorded. Tech Whisperer with DAHLIA+ AGENCY and Speaker. She was featured in the Connect Meeting Intelligence Magazine’s article, entitled “How I Work: Tess Vismale on Executing Events.”

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The history of Penta Hotels goes back to 1971 when it was founded as a joint venture of five airlines, providing accommodation for crew members to stay when on duty. The hotels were located in major airline hubs, guaranteeing high occupancy rates. Meeting spaces at Pentahotel Leipzig. Lifestyle is for everyone’.

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2017

In second-tier cities, convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) will help you increase attendance at your convention and make your meeting planning easier. Memorable conference spaces: move beyond a convention center and choose more unique space such as a historic home or (in the case of our experience in Lexington, Ky.)

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Event Industry News

MAY 28, 2020

Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) held an online MICE Tourism Update attended by around 740 industry partners on 25th May 2020 (Monday) to introduce a multi-pronged recovery plan for the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. Rebuild Hong Kong’s image as the World’s Meeting Place. Image Rebuilding.

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Master the Event

APRIL 6, 2022

A meeting and event planner is one busy person. When you sit back and look at what’s required to plan and execute a program you really start to understand why a meeting planner would hire a third-party for assistance. It’s these next steps that many meeting planners find frustrating, yet vital in determining their event’s objectives.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In recent years, many event organizers have observed a notable trend: despite offering enticing early bird registration discounts, many attendees are hesitant to commit to conferences well in advance. As a result, many are cautious about allocating funds to nonessential activities like conferences.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 30, 2017

Having organized over 100 conferences across the country, the North American tourism promotion firm NAJ Group spends weeks planning every last detail of its events—except what to do if a surprise winter storm were to hit the East Coast. By the time I landed five hours later, it appeared that 17 out of 43 speakers were not going to show.

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New year, new conferences! Whether you’re looking to meet influential planners, improve networking skills, learn about emerging technologies, or simply reconnect with planner besties, this list of 2024 conferences and trade shows has something for everyone. It’s the event planning conference to attend in North America.

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Eventsforce

MARCH 11, 2020

Within the term audience, think not only of delegates, but also of VIPs, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, contractors and other stakeholders that come into contact at the event. Senior leadership members or keynote speakers may be reluctant or unable to come. All that they need is an internet web link to the conference (event).

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The MICE

JUNE 3, 2022

Incentives are the most exciting part of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibition) business. Also, we need to check which COVID-19 vaccination has been approved by each destination and meets their entry requirements and how they have to travel with a stopover. And that’s a really, really big workload.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2020

Meeting professionals are left wondering about the very foundation of their missions. That sense of comfort will require meeting, or even exceeding, health guidelines , so attendees can be confident they are as safe, maybe even safer, on a planned and tightly managed incentive trip than they would be at home.

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Converve

AUGUST 23, 2017

The ‘smart speaker’ has only been on the market since June 2015 in the USA and here in Germany since October 2016. Here is an example chat with the IMEX bot: A chatbot was also used by BizBash for their conference in Fort Lauderdale. Several airlines also offer flight booking via WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. Bottom Line.

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Converve

AUGUST 23, 2017

The ‘smart speaker’ has only been on the market since June 2015 in the USA and here in Germany since October 2016. Here is an example chat with the IMEX bot: A chatbot was also used by BizBash for their conference in Fort Lauderdale. Several airlines also offer flight booking via WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. Bottom Line.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 15, 2019

At the beginning of April, we spoke with Richard Lindner—President and Co-Founder at DigitalMarketer—about how the DigitalMarketer team scaled their annual flagship conference from 190 attendees to over 6,000. Finding the Right Speakers. Cost-benefit Analysis for Speakers. Meet the Panelist. Finding the Right Speakers.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

For example, Alaska Airlines offered airplane simulations. With an event as large as Dreamforce, it is critical that there is a breakdown of the agenda into speakers, breakaways and tutorials so that nothing feels monotonous. Featuring strong leaders as speakers makes the podium more powerful. Keep it Hands-on.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

W hile serving on the executive committee responsible for creating the educational content for the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) annual Travel and Tourism Conference over the last three years, Malcolm Griffiths has focused on “shaking up the way we do professional development.” WARMING UP.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Meet the Panelists. This year, she’ll be producing SEMrush’s first user conference. Really what we want to do is use technology in similar ways that, everything from airlines and hotels, to shopping malls to dating sites is doing so. You can also watch the 2019 Event Trends video for the full discussion.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. That order gets even taller when it comes to reflecting diversity in a speaker lineup. Why I Have My Eye on AI.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. That order gets even taller when it comes to reflecting diversity in a speaker lineup. Why I Have My Eye on AI.

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2020 Meetings 2019 Sustainability 98

Bizzabo

APRIL 7, 2020

In this article, we'll look at VICE's event strategy and pinpoint specific things that you can use to host better conferences, training seminars, and trade expos for your own company. Broadly Astrology Conference. In 2018, the brand hosted the first-ever Broadly Astrology Conference for 150 astrology enthusiasts. Source: Pulsd.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2018

On top of standing out, you also need to mind your own business goals by closing deals and meeting people across the floor. Conference lectures used to be the bomb, but nowadays they can get incredibly boring and rarely capture attendees attention. Spearhead Your Event Planning Meeting. This Checklist Could Save Your Trade Show.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Conferences. The goal of any great conference is to organize a group of people with a related interest and provide them with helpful information on topics they care about. Conferences usually schedule multiple sessions spread out over days, weekends, or in some cases entire weeks. Most Popular Event Types.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The blue Twitter checkmark meets its demise. Hot Tip: Join the growing list of brands offering pickleball lessons during downtime at their b-to-b conferences next year.) Pope Francis “wears” an AI-generated puffy coat. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé add billions to the U.S. economy with record-breaking tours. Agency: George P.

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Attendify

OCTOBER 23, 2017

From small meetings to multi-day conferences, no one puts on an event alone. Key stakeholders might include the venue sales team, stage production, caterers, musicians, guest speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, photographers, videographers, decorators, graphic designers, and an app provider, just to name a few. Don’t Freak Out.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

During a Main Stage presentation at PCMA Education Conference 2017 in New York City in June, Robb O’Hagan — who was recently named CEO of fitness studio Flywheel Sports — will talk about the countercultural revolution she hopes her Extreme You platform starts in the workplace, and what she’s learned about failure and leading extreme teams.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

So it’s really almost interesting that our conversation is pushing that envelope so hard, when does it really have an impact for a large percentage of the people that would be interested in, what can I use today to make my job, my conferences, my events better?” And you have telepresence projecting a speaker on stage.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Last month, Daniel Levine , executive director of the Avant-Guide Institute , editor of the trends website WikiTrends , and a regular conference speaker, sent Convene a guest contribution for consideration. “The near future of meetings and events will look quite similar to meetings in the recent past,” Daniel Levine writes.

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EveryEventGuide

MARCH 1, 2018

They are tasked to organize several meetings & conferences throughout the year. They are familiar with their own companies needs and employees and likely have preferred vendors to assist them with Audio Visual, Hotels, Transportation, Airline tickets etc. Each type of meeting calls for a different venue.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 17, 2021

Until then, let us get back to work on shows with lots of booths and conferences with tons of breakouts, like we’re all used to.”. For example: Until the mid-to-late 1990s, being a travel agent was a valuable gated business opportunity because they were the only ones with access to airline booking systems.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected. Having said that, I think the return to meetings will be both slow and fast.

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