SmartMeetings

JUNE 5, 2020

Meeting planners also learn by watching others doing. That is why, in this time of repackaging grand destination programs to fit onto confined computer screens, a great way to avoid mistakes is to study how our peers are shape-shifting to meet COVID-era standards. Good Event Design Still Matters. The biggest challenge?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. Morgan plans her tours using some of the same skills and insights that event designers employ — her events just happen to be mobile. No, Don’t Give Them the Generic.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Planning a meeting in December can be stressful. As the days grow shorter, draw inspiration from the season to design events that everyone will want to attend, and to help keep them engaged long after. Tina Hirshberg Novelo is a program manager and event producer, and has been with Taste since 2010. Hygge Inspiration.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 30, 2021

it carried more weight than a simple announcement of the next year’s meeting location. If the meeting couldn’t actually be at the Old Post Office, it could still appear to take place there. How can we anchor it in the location and still broadcast it?” she said. “We The solution?

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SmartMeetings

MAY 1, 2024

Originally it had a real campus on Disney World property in Orlando, but since 2003 it has existed as popup programming in Orlando and at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, throughout the year. And how might these be of value to meeting profs? All of them are applicable to event design and being a meetings prof.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 21, 2018

But from where we sit — from a meetings-industry perspective — we like that the guy who keeps reinventing the online marketplace relies on a face-to-face event to move a slice of the high-tech space forward. Meet the women of the @Amazon #MARS2018 retreat. Taking my new dog for a walk at the #MARS2018 conference.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. Right now, those sorts of challenges are popping up at events all over the world.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. Besides access to great networking opportunities and innovative content, the following 35 events will also provide attendees with great speaker lineups and the chance to travel to amazing locations!

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2023

Adler, who founded the event media company BizBash, and his coauthors profiled musicians, artists, diplomats, event designers, and thought leaders, organizing them individually into six thematic buckets — awareness, belonging, creativity, curiosity, and empathy. After that, a meaningful experience follows.

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Meeting Tomorrow

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

WATCH NOW: Freshen Up Your General Session Design: Corporate Stage Design Ideas for 2024 Aaron Barlow , Meeting Tomorrow’s Event Designer, kicked off with fresh stage decor. One of his examples highlighted a recent event we produced for a client who wasn’t interested in a tech-y feel.

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Event Industry News

MAY 9, 2019

“In our fast-paced and demanding industry, it is important to take a breath, acknowledge and celebrate those who go the extra mile to elevate their organization and the business events industry,” said Meredith Rollins, Chief Community Officer for PCMA. The 2019 event was held in partnership with Visit Austin and Austin Convention Centre.

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Eventinterface

JULY 6, 2017

With over 20 years of experience in the professional meeting planning industry, Amy Orr has planned events ranging from 30 to 10,000 attendees. Through ORRganized Events, Amy has coordinated a variety of multi-day educational conferences, golf tournaments, air shows and fundraisers. "Will this be remembered in five years?

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EventMB

JUNE 28, 2022

According to Gabe Bigger, senior director of account management at Hubilo, many event organizers and exhibitors are overlooking one of the most essential elements to effective data capture: streamlining and incentivizing the sharing of personal information. Figure Out What Event Strategies Deliver the Best ROI.

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Event Leadership Institute

JUNE 22, 2021

Michelle Manire opened the meeting and event planning company Coast to Coast Conferences & Events (CTC), based in Long Beach, California, in 1994 following a career in the hospitality industry. She has pivoted to adjust her business through numerous recessions and catastrophic events.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. Morgan plans her tours using some of the same skills and insights that event designers employ — her events just happen to be mobile. No, Don’t Give Them the Generic.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Event Details. 21–22, 2017 Fox Theatre Redwood City, California. Sometimes called “the United Nations for startups,” the Startup Grind Global Conference is an annual event designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Startup Grind 2017 Global Conference.

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All Seated

AUGUST 17, 2020

As we make our way through this unpredictable year, it feels like the first half of 2020 has flown by — likely because we don’t have weekends upon weekends of events to look back on. Instead, we’ve been spending weeks working from home, jumping on Zoom meetings, and keeping a close eye on the news.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The way we see it, collaborative learning spaces should be a part of every event. After all, a conference or a professional meeting is often one of the few opportunities for adults to gather somewhere, purely with the purpose of learning and growing as professionals. Upcoming events. Where in the world is Endless?

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Connect Your Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2016

This year’s Allie Awards in Atlanta incorporated turf-covered love seats, ottomans and rugs from AFR Event Furnishings’ Grass Collection. Rafanelli Events used grassy centerpieces as a natural complement to the unfinished wood tabletops at Goodwill’s The Good Party in Boston.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 30, 2019

Interested in planning an event in the San Francisco Bay Area? This diverse list of 20 Palo Alto event spaces will help you narrow down your many options. The history of Palo Alto, a city in Northern California, is rich and varied. Sorry grownups — this is one of the few event venues in California that’s just for kids!

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | April 2018. Freelance Event Producer | AlliedPRA | Phoenix, AZ.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 10, 2021

Tips for calming yourself, your team and your attendees’ meeting jitters. “We Yes, you have to make sure everyone is physically protected, but now it falls to meeting professionals to throw them a lifeline, as well, so they feel emotionally safe. Think through what your attendees’ lives are like beyond the event environment.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 15, 2017

Greg Jenkins, partner and co-founder of the award-winning Long Beach, California-based Bravo Productions, holds an impressive list of credentials and has earned a high reputation in the field of special event planning – a career spanning more than three decades. Interviews With Planners Jasmine Eldeen. Submit them here.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 5, 2017

Today, you’re going to learn how to be in an indie rock band,” announced Brooke, a twenty-something California hipster and lead vocalist of indie-pop group Good Graeff, after I arrived in Echo Park — by Uber, of course — and knocked on the door. . An Instagrammed photo of the members of Good Graeff, Brooke and Brittany.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Fundraising Event Management. Technical Meeting & Event Production. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Meeting & Event Job Openings. Freelance Event Producer | AlliedPRA | Phoenix, AZ. Special Events Coordinator | Hospice of the Valley | Phoenix, AZ. California .

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

Humber, CGMP, GVEP, is no slouch when it comes to meetings. As special-event coordinator for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) at Harvard University, Humber has access to some of the most technologically advanced venues in the United States. Hackathons are a good way to accomplish both.”. “We

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

The man responsible for reducing Utah’s homelessness is Lloyd Pendleton, and the article summarizes his TEDMED 2016 talk, which took place in Palm Springs, California, on Nov. According to the article, there are 500,000 homeless people in the U.S. And this inspiring story came to Fast Company readers because of another conference, TEDMED.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | February 2018. Events Manager | Creative Circle | Scottsdale, AZ.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Hundreds of startup founders met face-to-face with potential investors during prescheduled “investor office hours” or met more casually in “investor lounges” or at networking events. MoneyConf’s organizers describe the conference as “a space where technology meets money, money meets people, people meet ideas, and ideas become reality.”.

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QC Event School

JULY 7, 2023

Meet QC Event School graduate, Ayla Otto! I received a full ride scholarship to pursue music from California State University, San Bernardino. Meeting and working alongside other wedding vendors; some of whom have now became really good friends of mine! The creative freedom my couples give me to help design their wedding!

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

But what began as a mere elbow-room expansion became a bona-fide conference facility of its own in 2009—the Oquendo Center, with nearly 70,000 square feet of meeting space, with the capacity to train up to 250 veterinarians at once. And meetings are still the primary way to do that. We were outsourcing meetings around the country.”

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

Gender-neutral signs posted at public bathrooms in West Hollywood, California. ” Group shall have the right to terminate the contract without liability in the event that any discriminatory law in the state, county, or city in which the Hotel is located is passed or in the legislative process prior to or during Group’s meeting.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This event invites the best and brightest hackers in the ever-expanding Swift community to explore new horizons. DGI has military, civilian and industry geospatial intelligence leaders at this year's meeting in London to discuss new policy developments and the latest in technology. East Meets West. San Francisco, CA.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

In addition to conference sessions, the program included a hackathon and a film festival. .

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | January 2018. Events Manager | Creative Circle | Scottsdale, AZ.

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Bizzabo

MAY 8, 2019

Every year the brand hosts TwitchCon, a collection of live stream training, streamer meet and greets, and opportunities to test out the latest and greatest video games. Key Takeaway: Host events that help your customers better use your products. Key Takeaway: Yes, attendees go to events to learn. AWSome Day.

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