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A s, potholes, and black holes

Conferences that Work

The trick is to anticipate potentially serious potholes while not trying to plan for every possible eventuality, which leads to analysis paralysis. Meeting designers and facilitators like me get plenty of practice at this balancing act.) .” Sometimes, anticipating a potential upcoming pothole will help you avoid it.

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How to Build Better Attendee Evaluations to Determine Event ROI

SmartMeetings

Yes, most every meeting has after-the-fact attendee evaluations. Instead, content-involved planners must develop both on-site evaluations and post-event evaluations that determine how much the meeting furthered the specific goals and objectives of the executive stakeholders who own the meeting.

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Why Your Conference Should be Target-Audience Obsessed

Velvet Chainsaw

Here are the steps involved: True Attendee Definition — Certain attendance categories should be removed from the core audience analysis to get to what we refer to as “true attendees.” Using the insights of Fader, we’ve come up with a process that yields a clearer understanding of each event’s audience.

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Webinar Provides Tips for Boosting Medical Meetings

SmartMeetings

Cote bases most of her claims on a 2016 study in which 16 health-care professionals across America and Europe gave in-depth interviews regarding their preferences at, and opinions of, medical meetings. Related: The Ground Shifts Yet Again for Medical Meetings. Meeting Design and Regulations.

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Try New Event Ideas For 2018: Create a Roadshow, Book Underrated Venues, Create a Unique Event Experience

Endless Events

For us on the event execution side, data collection and analysis will become a must-havee for successful events. You’ll also see more of last year’s top tech trends gain mainstream adoption, from AI to VR and a host of acronyms in between. This will help planners measure ROI as well as manage activities better on site.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

He is interested in the analysis of such algorithms and the development of new learning methods for novel applications. Rob Kitchin is a professor and ERC Advanced Investigator in the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis at Maynooth University, for which he was director between 2002 and 2013. Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

He is interested in the analysis of such algorithms and the development of new learning methods for novel applications. Rob Kitchin is a professor and ERC Advanced Investigator in the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis at Maynooth University, for which he was director between 2002 and 2013. Where to find him?