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Time Capsules, Time Machines And Evolution Of Traditional Meeting Planners

Velvet Chainsaw

Ultimately, our conferences should be where the present and future collide for the benefit of our customers! Meeting Planning Evolves. Many conference organizers have spent their careers in the rhythms, beats and melodies of meeting planning. Today, our jobs are evolving.

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Fostering a Winning Conference Culture

Velvet Chainsaw

Her boss apparently thought she should spend all her time out “doing meeting planning” and not hanging out in a hotel conference room. Event pros often augment their department group with staff from other parts of the organization to form an expanded logistics or operations team. Open Up that Tent.

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Event Planning Conferences – Nuts & Bolts…

Master the Event

The moniker doesn’t matter and whether you call it event planning, conference planning, meeting planning or meeting management, the facts are the facts. Significant business decisions, undertakings and solutions will transpire during meeting and event planning conferences that occur outside of work.

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The 2020 CMI 25 in Pictures

MeetingsNet

A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Published: Bishop-McCann Image 1_1.jpg.

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Is paid influencer marketing ethical in the event industry?

Conferences that Work

Brand X’s Property in Somewhere, USA is a client of ours, and I am working on an influencer campaign to help promote Property Z’s event spaces as ideal venues for conferences and corporate meetings. Brand X would love to have you–a known industry expert on event/meeting planning–involved in this campaign!

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Apple’s Tim Cook Thinks Augmented Reality is the Next Big Thing

SmartMeetings

According to SmithBucklin’s annual trend report Circuit , Groupe Spéciale Mobile Association’s real-time mobile-device tracker found that the number of mobile devices is multiplying five times faster than the world’s population. For professional meeting planners, mobile devices put the power of augmented reality into their hands.

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50 Must-Read Event Industry Blogs

Bizzabo

Event blogs are chock full of goodies to help organizers and attendees get the most out of their conference planning and event going experience. The Bizzabo Blog has been listed by Capterra as the number one event planning resource for organizers, let alone the best blog. Smart Meetings. Source: The Halo Group.