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Behind the Conference That Opened Doors for Airbnb

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Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, had joined Airbnb as the company’s head of global hospitality and strategy in 2013 — a role with a wide range of responsibilities, and one focused on something that might have seemed surprising for what many considered a tech company: cultivating the value of face-to-face connections among hosts.

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Here’s What Makes for a Successful Hackathon

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At Campus Party Brasil 2017 (CPBR10) — an 8,000-attendee technology festival program — registrants for “The Big Hackathon,” a 100-hour event devoted to finding tech solutions for the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, had to be pared down to 300 active participants. “We But tech needs can go beyond internet access.

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12 Imaginative Events from Cisco

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Cisco webinars happen frequently and cover a wide range of tech topics such as digital network architecture, APIs, and data center analytics. But the tech company does sponsor the conference and will be showcasing its products during the event. A strong event strategy will include sponsorship opportunities as well as in-house events.