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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. That means training and supporting all association staff who will be working on site at your events and ensuring they have the resources and information necessary to do their jobs well.

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Five-Step Framework for Effective Collaborative Design

Velvet Chainsaw

The tactics could be: to train and deploy a staff and volunteer team to greet, wayfind and facilitate at the arrival points. The feeling you want to create is inclusion, anticipation and appreciation. A model for this might be the arrival experience at a Nike store. The challenge is sustaining and developing this concept throughout the event.

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Organizing A Conference?Here Are Some Practical Tips That Can Help

Boomset

If you are chosen to be a conference organizer, you should take it as an opportunity to give back to the society. In case networking is not your thing, conference planning should be a chance to share your talent with the guests. Do you want to know how to plan an efficient and effective conference event?

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

Their blog, the “Event Leaders Blog” is packed with education, training and insights for event profs just like you. Penned mostly by Jeff Hurt, their in-house expert in Conference Experience Design, you know you’re going to get insightful tips. Plan Your Meetings. Event Leadership Institute.

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

SmartMeetings

Hart was also dual director of sales for White Lodging Services, where she hired, trained and mentored sales teams for Courtyard Denver West/Golden in Golden, Colorado. Jana McGee joined The Chattanoogan hotel as conference planning manager, where she is responsible for planning meetings and conferences at the upscale hotel in Tennessee.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. an organization he founded to professionally train people on the art and science of selling. Brian Tracy Who is he? What is he known for? Where to find her?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. an organization he founded to professionally train people on the art and science of selling. Brian Tracy Who is he? What is he known for? Where to find her?