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Do Not Be Seduced By Meeting Fads Or Conference Trends

Velvet Chainsaw

Most conference and meeting professionals want the coolest, hippest, latest ideas and trends for their events. We are on the hunt for the next meeting, seating, session format, technology, and food and beverage fad. We want to know what unique things other conferences are doing so we can borrow their ideas.

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A Cautionary Word From Research About Personalization

Velvet Chainsaw

Personalization—it seems to be the 2017 buzzword for nonprofit associations and conferences. It means more than our past purchases or posts in social media. Nonprofit organizations and conference organizers can learn a lot of what’s working, what’s needed and how to contextualize personalization for their customer experiences.

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Webinar for Healthcare Event Organizers

Core-apps

With more than a decade of experience in the meetings industry working both on the planning side and with associations to improve their events, Dahlia is known as the ‘go-to’ source for trend-setting solutions, tech news, and social media advice. dahliaelgazzar. dahliaelgazzar. plannerwire.

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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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Everything you must know about hosting a successful virtual conference

Hubilo Blog

Organizing a virtual conference is an intricate process that involves many layers. Let’s peel off each layer and find out how to organize the perfect virtual conference. . What is a virtual conference? A virtual conference is an online meeting that connects people with similar interests.

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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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Creating The Best Conference Agenda

ePly

Sometimes underestimated, the conference agenda is a primary planning and coordination tool for the event organizer, suppliers, and vendors or sponsors who use the conference for business development purposes. The conference agenda is the plan upon which attendees build their personal conference plans and itinerary.