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Keep Meetings Caffeinated: 3 Coffee-Forward Destinations to Wake Up Your Event

Smart Meetings

29, is International Coffee Day—an unofficial day of worship for many meeting professionals. Cause the best part of waking up is with three new coffee destinations in your meetings cup. A Double Shot of Novelty in Austin, Texas. A Double Shot of Novelty in Austin, Texas. This Saturday, Sept. View this post on Instagram.

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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

Smart Meetings

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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SXSW selects Grip as the event technology partner for its first in-person event since 2019

Event Industry News

This year’s SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas (11 – 20 March 2022) is a hybrid event focused on connecting people from all over the world, bringing together a diverse range of forward-thinking exhibitors – from promising startups to established industry leaders.

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Keeping Convening Leaders Fresh

PCMA Convene

“Keep Austin Weird” is the quirky slogan for the Live Music Capital of the World—our location for Convening Leaders (CL) 2017 last month. We don’t have a permanent slogan for our annual meeting, but if we did, it would be something like “Keep Convening Leaders Fresh.” The Social Media Hubs were popular, as was the Disruptive Tech Zone.

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5 Ways to Make Connections at SXSW

TicketBud

South By Southwest ( SXSW ) is a week of awesome parties, concerts, tech, and expos. SXSW is in a great location because Austin is a diverse city with dozens of start-ups in different niches sprouting up every month. I'm done hemming and hawing over how great Austin is, so now for the important stuff.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

PCMA Convene

Feeling overwhelmed by technology is a common sentiment expressed by meeting-professional respondents to Convene surveys, who say that they struggle with the fast pace of change, the latest tech tools and up-to-the-minute applications, and the shiniest new things. What about meeting organizers themselves?

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The Top 8 Conferences Event Professionals Have to Attend

Capterra Event Management

The chance to go somewhere, meet like-minded people, and learn new things is so thrilling, especially if the lineup of speakers is stacked with interesting figures. Location: Sheraton Hotel – Austin, Texas. GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference. Besides that, I love going to conferences! Next Date: January 6-8, 2017.