Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2022

A lot has changed in two years since the actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had contracted what was then known as novel coronavirus on a film set in Australia. At Outlook Forum, Visit California’s recent conference for travel industry professionals, research showed that the Golden State continues to appeal to attendees.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 10, 2023

Event planners are responsible for organizing and coordinating events such as weddings, corporate events, conferences, and fundraisers. Corporate event planners work with businesses and organizations to plan and execute events such as product launches, conferences, and trade shows. Learn how to negotiate contracts.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2017

” The Great Recession is at least partially to blame for this new norm. That was a period when conferences were being cancelled, meetings dramatically cut back and weddings put on hold, and since then clients and promoters have generally taken a more judicious and measured approach to event budgeting and spending.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 20, 2018

Although the community started online, it has since grown into the world's hottest conference for business software in the world. Some of those contract sizes are quite large and they do follow more of that typical B2B sales cycle where we are generating long-form content, putting folks into lead nurture tracks, running targeting ads to them.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. Fontainebleau Development offered a glimpse of the new 50,000-square-foot stand-alone events center at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. at the iconic resort. “At

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 22, 2019

The study, conducted by Kalibri Labs and Prism Advisory Group — with funding from the PCMA Foundation, Hilton Worldwide, and NYC & Company — analyzed a mix of citywide conventions in Houston, New York City, and San Diego. But these people were where they were expected to be. Organizers just may not have known it.”

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 25, 2019

That changed when, as a graduate student earning a master’s degree in social work at Columbia University, Guelbart encountered ECPAT-USA, an anti-child-trafficking nonprofit based in New York City and the first U.S.-based meeting planners was initiated, not by ECPAT-USA, but by Nix Conference & Meeting Management, a St.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 8, 2020

Weeks ago, Metrock, the CEO of Nashville, Tennesse–based Score Publishing , a media company focused on voice technology and AI, presented that list of health and safety protocols to the city’s Joseph B. Martin Conference Center. The virtual event, he said, attracted double the number of expected attendees to the in-person conference.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2018

He will cover the basics of contracts, how the staff is AV union staff is hired, shadow labor and more. This is probably my number one asked question whenever I’m at conferences. Unions have contracts with the venue. Number one is that unions, if you didn’t know, always have their contracts with the venue.

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 3, 2020

The fully capable campus can provide state-of-the-art facilities that feature over 20 meeting spaces to accommodate up to 2,000 guests with the help of the exceptional conference services team guiding the way. Coastal Adventures await your next conference or event in beautiful Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Launched in July 2019, Cadre is compliantly simplifying event staffing and management from onboarding to contracting to payment. A fee is only applied if staff is contracted. This is their first-ever time participating in the ETA and what is more exciting is that the category is also new.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

We asked experts to help deconstruct the complexities of the AV world to equip event coordinators of all experience levels with new information to employ at upcoming conferences. A lot of our clients are interested in virtual and augmented reality,” says Lindsay Meck, director of production at Sequence Events in New York City.

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Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 17, 2021

Until then, let us get back to work on shows with lots of booths and conferences with tons of breakouts, like we’re all used to.”. For all the talk this year of virtual events being a whole new animal, the core technology has actually been around for at least 15 years. Increased Competition Brings Lower Prices.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. I love the hugs and high-fives we get at our tech bars and social media lounges, and the “shut the front door” moments during the sessions I do at conferences. Job title: Founder and CEO Company or organization: Glow Global Events in New York City.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. Fontainebleau Development offered a glimpse of the new 50,000-square-foot stand-alone events center at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. at the iconic resort. “At

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. I love the hugs and high-fives we get at our tech bars and social media lounges, and the “shut the front door” moments during the sessions I do at conferences. Job title: Founder and CEO Company or organization: Glow Global Events in New York City.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 23, 2019

20, 2018, hosted the inaugural All Tech Is Human: A Summit on Ethical Tech in New York City. And yet, despite this breadth of background, even he didn’t plan for the best way to reconcile data collection and ethics when setting up the All Tech Is Human conference registration process. “I The 21st-Century Oil’.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Global Events Coordinator – Contract | Bloomberg | San Francisco, CA. Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Senior Shows Administrator | National Marine Manufacturer’s Association | New York, NY. Special Events Coordinator | Hermès | New York, NY.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Javits Convention Center, New York City. Banquet Housekeeping Aide, New York Marriott Marquis, New York City. Nominated by Alison Milgram, CMP, DES, Senior Events Manager, PCMA, which held PCMA Education Conference 2017 at the New York Marriott Marquis — “It was a little after 10:30 p.m.on

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Capterra Event Management

JUNE 4, 2018

New York City, and Boston metro rail system maps ( Source ). Catering : If you plan on providing food to your guests, you can either contract with an outside catering service or take advantage of your venue’s catering, if available. Ridesharing availability (Uber, Lyft, Fasten, Sidecar, etc.). Washington D.C.,

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SpotMe Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

Sound Investment offers virtual event/livestream event studios in New York City and Chicago. With other hybrid event solutions spread across New York City, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, Sound Investment brings clients’ visions to life no matter where they are located. Chicago, IL.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Global Events Coordinator – Contract | Bloomberg | San Francisco, CA. Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Events Planning Associate | Guidepoint | New York, NY. Senior Shows Administrator | National Marine Manufacturer’s Association | New York, NY.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Winners received complimentary PCMA membership along with registration to both PCMA Convening Leaders 2018 this month and the 2018 PCMA Education Conference in June. All of the project management and multitasking required to balance projects and budgets, contracts, and details keeps me engaged and looking forward to coming to work.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

A few months before this announcement, I had a large conference where I pushed attendees further than they wanted to go by incorporating QR codes, iPads, and social media throughout the entire program. Opening morning (and the follow-ing days, too) of a conference in Las Vegas for 10,000 super-excited hair-dressers. Derek Anderson.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 24, 2019

of event revenue and as high as 25%, and some event marketing reports peg conference marketing budgets around 6-12% of revenue. In fact, when you are negotiating your contract with the venue, you can speak with them about including marketing responsibilities such as: Displaying signage for your event in designated places in/around the venue.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 24, 2019

of event revenue and as high as 25%, and some event marketing reports peg conference marketing budgets around 6-12% of revenue. In fact, when you are negotiating your contract with the venue, you can speak with them about including marketing responsibilities such as: Displaying signage for your event in designated places in/around the venue.

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