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MPI NCC ACE: Less Trade Show; More Idea Exchanges

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Oakland event prioritized DEIB education MPI Northern California Chapter’s Annual Conference Experience moved to Oakland Marriott City Center from its traditional home in San Francisco this week with a new format. The post MPI NCC ACE: Less Trade Show; More Idea Exchanges appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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California Lifts F2F Meeting Restrictions, but Not Completely

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ECA noted that in California, business events support about 290,000 jobs. A recent study conducted by Oxford Economics estimates that for every month that trade shows and conventions are not happening, the state is losing $1.4 billion in direct spending and $130 million in state and local taxes. In Reno, Nev.,

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7 Tips from Smart Meeting Northern California Speaker Eileen McDargh for Partnering at Your Next Trade Show

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Want to gain added exposure at a trade show? Smart Meeting Northern California speaker Eileen McDargh says, “don’t settle for just a banner on the stage with your company’s name.” Mail it after the trade show to everyone who attended the conference. Here are some of her must-do tips: 1.

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12 Perfect Venues in Los Angeles for Your Next Holiday Party

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California Science Center Location: Downtown Los Angeles Capacity: 3,000 ¨Located three miles from downtown Los Angeles, the California Science Center is a premiere destination for hosting private social, nonprofit and corporate meetings and events. .¨ – The Langham Huntington, Pasadena, Los Angeles.

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Five Trade Shows and How They Grew

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These are interesting times for trade shows. Earlier this year, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reported that the industry finished last year on a down note — with the performance of B2B shows declining in the final quarter of 2016 after 25 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth.

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Time to Adopt a Barrister Pricing Model?

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We are usually grouped in the broad category of “hospitality,” which can include anything from small weddings to large-scale conferences. The disconnect extends to insurance companies as well, since trying to insure a business conference still often comes with a form asking if we are providing bouncy castles or other party accouterments.

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Epistemix and the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance announce partnership to safely reopen conventions and tradeshows in the U.S.

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Epistemix, a computational modeling software company that develops simulations to fight disease and inform policy, and the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance (ECA), a coalition that represents the common interests of the U.S. That makes the exhibitions industry such a foundational element of how business gets done. “The