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Finding a creative venue and what to look for

Gallus Events

Clients often ask me, what should they look for in a venue that will support a creative conference? Too many venues, especially hotels, are still designed and to house traditional conferences. If you want to run a creative conference, one that uses Meeting Design you have to find a venue that will really support your conference.

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Conferenceemcees.com launches with host of international clients

Prestige Events Magazine

Conferenceemcees.com , a global network of professional conference emcees, moderators, and facilitators working across virtual, hybrid and in person events, was officially launched today, January 17 th , 2021.

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Holding a workshop and need some best practice

Gallus Events

I attended a workshop in Barcelona last week. Digital Sapiens workshop in Barcelona. Workshops are a very popular format for getting people stuck into a topic. But not all workshops are created equally. It was a very good event. These types of events can be tricky. We were set an investment challenge and a business challenge.

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

PCMA Convene

Convene ’s own look at the attitudes toward homelessness in the meetings industry show that a number of meeting professionals are bucking that trend: Thirty-five percent of those who responded to a survey last August reported they had organized CSR activities to benefit homelessness in the destinations where they hold meetings.

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Fresh formats for conferences

Gallus Events

I spoke at IBTM in Barcelona ( you can read the “review” here ) at the end of November on one of my favourite topics, Meeting Design or fresh formats for conferences. I then picked out five key things to consider when you thinking about designing fresh formats. And I was so glad I did. Sound familiar?

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A few thoughts about events for the event industry

Gallus Events

Those three are Event Tech Live in London , EUBEA World Festival , which this year took place in Coimbra in Portugal and IBTM World in Barcelona. IBTM session was all about Meeting Design and the venue is about 5 miles from my office, so attending that one was much easier! conferences don’t pay for content.

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10 Awesome Event Concepts That You Will Want to Duplicate

Slido

Those who sign up, receive only vague advance cues about the film, dress code, and a meeting point. Silent conferences Have you heard about silent discos where people equipped with wireless headphones dance to what the DJ is playing in their ears? However, packed conference agendas rarely leave enough time for Q&A.