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Should You Break the Bank to Hire a Celebrity Speaker?

PCMA Convene

(Whatever Media Group) Event organizers who are considering straining their budgets to hire celebrity speakers — or who feel pressure to do so — may want to think again. Ken Holsinger The takeaway, Holsinger said, is that meeting attendees want to hear from their peers, to be inspired, and maybe go to a concert or a standup-comedy act.

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Strategic Meetings Management: How a Small Team Can Do Big Things

MeetingsNet

Three corporate-planning leaders weigh in on how to create an internal “center of event excellence” that draws interest from other departments and captures a critical mass of meetings. What does it take to build a dedicated meetings team that can be both cost-efficient and ROI-driven?

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Smart Moves: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC Appoints Sustainability Concierge

Smart Meetings

Miller is the founder of Zero Waste in DC and author of “ Zero Waste Living, the 80/20 Way: The Busy Person’s Guide to a Lighter Footprint ,” as well as the former director of Climate Business at the World Bank Group. She has served as an ardent steward of climate-positive business.

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Case Study: Mambu Turns Virtual Kick-Off Event Into a Global Celebration

Eventmobi

These all describe Mambu’s market-leading banking and financial services platform. Virtual Event Technology. Mambu used EventMobi’s: Event Space Full-Service Registration. Meet The Person Behind The Magic. Event Objectives. Planning The Event. About Mambu. Cloud-native. Participants.

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The Best Association Software: From AMS Tools to Event Planning Solutions

Eventmobi

For example, a project management tool to help you balance all your tasks across your team, or an event management tool like EventMobi to drive engagement at your annual events and throughout the year. Over the past 12 years, we’ve served over 30,000 global events with virtual, hybrid, and in person event solutions.

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

Smart Meetings

Working with the United Kingdom-based sustainability consultant isla , a total of 92% of event waste was recovered by diverting it into recycling, composting or donation channels, meeting the threshold for a zero-waste event. The post New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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The Everlasting Power of Philanthropy

Glow Global Events

But you don’t need a billion-dollar bank account balance to participate. A check for $100,000 could certainly help a local food bank, but smaller grassroot donations are just as important. It’s through this lens that we bring our expertise to two powerful events this month. Let us help plan your next event.

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