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Blow-The-Bugle-Awesome 21st Century Conferences Emulate These Core Beliefs

Velvet Chainsaw

Your conference-slip is showing! I once worked for a Texas elected official. Well conference professionals, your conference-slip is showing. Their event becomes unremarkable. Six 21st Century Conference Core Beliefs. Conferences are for people. They are for our event’s stakeholders and participants.

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Grit, Mentorship and H-Town with Melinda Mintz

Smart Meetings

Smart Women in Meetings: Innovator Awards 2022 winner Mintz discusses her gratitude towards mentorship and her desire to pay it forward, the ways in which grit and resilience have been catalysts in her successful career and the aspects she loves about working for Visit Houston to help meeting profs have a stellar event.

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Your Favorite Meeting Venues in the South

Connect Your Meetings

Congratulations to all involved for ensuring the events business continues to grow. Brown Convention Center in Houston hosts some huge events, making it a perennial favorite. Hammons Convention Center Northwest Arkansas and the Alpharetta Conference Center, home of Connect Georgia 2018. Galveston, Texas. Frisco, Texas.

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10 Smart Moves in the Meetings Industry: August 16, 2016

SmartMeetings

Plano Centre named Karen Fey as sales representative for the convention center in North Texas. She has also worked for Texas Instruments, Texas Health Resources and Travelers Insurance. “We Bailey develops programs and events for new and existing clients, as well as managing the program development department. “I

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Where to Host Your Next Conference: 8 Best Locations

Endless Events

And that all starts with a great conference location. . A conference is more than just the convention center. Most professionals are invited to dozens of conferences a year and have to choose the most desirable and convenient events to attend. Cities can start to run together on the conference circuit.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.