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CVBs and DMOs: A Hidden Resource for Meeting and Event Professionals

Eventsforce

As a meeting and event planner, do you ever feel a little stuck? Q: How should meeting and event professionals utilise CVBs and DMOs to enhance their planning capabilities? Q: How can meeting and event planners and CVBs and DMOs work together more effectively? Sounds great, doesn’t it? Cara Frank, Chief of Staff, Simpleview.

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The Crisis of Connection

Velvet Chainsaw

There has never been a more important rally call for the work we do: to design meetings to welcome and accept people as they are and consciously bake in opportunities to expose them to people not like them. To obtain true belonging, real connection and real empathy requires meeting real people in real spaces in real time.

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Why Your Conference Should be Target-Audience Obsessed

Velvet Chainsaw

Organizational Roll-up — Company loyalty can provide insight into organizational vs. individual participation. For example, at some conferences, 25–50 companies could represent 20 percent to 50 percent of total attendance. Some companies will rotate the team members they send from year to year.

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Leveraging Team Learning at Conferences

Velvet Chainsaw

Yet conferences are lagging in meeting the needs of team learning. Doing business—especially buying and selling—has become more of a team sport. Overall, we are becoming flatter organizations. The concept of team collaboration is growing, particularly in progressive organizations. Planners know it exists, but are not designing for it.

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TOP 25 best marketing conferences in Europe to attend in 2019

Eventory

You get the chance to meet fellow specialists, discuss the new trends and share experiences. There are many benefits of regular event attendance. creating your personal brand and promoting your company. However, there’s often a problem of choosing those events that can bring the most value to you and your company.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth renowned for his writing and speaking, Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!) Nir is an expert on product marketing and development. Seth Godin Who is he? Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. What is he known for?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth renowned for his writing and speaking, Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!) Nir is an expert on product marketing and development. Seth Godin Who is he? Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. What is he known for?