Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

I developed The Three Questions in 1995 as a fundamental opening process for peer conferences. Conferences That Work [2009] (Chapter 25, pages 260-265). This will depend on: the number of attendees; the duration and scheduling of your conference; and. What is The Three Questions, and why use it? Ten minute break.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

I think for large conferences, in rooms full of people traveling from all over … yeah, mask AND vaccinations ought to be required,” replied Robert Mahon, Should our professional organizations have vaccination and masks requirements at our fall in-person meetings? The poll results, she tweeted, “are not what I had hypothesized.”.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 29, 2017

Until I notice what’s really upsetting me, I typically and unfairly blame my irritability on innocent culprits, for example: The tediousness of gardening because insects are swarming around my head. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. The delay in waiting for my food to arrive in a noisy restaurant.

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Event Guru

MARCH 6, 2023

If you can’t make it to meet the team at the CaterSource event in Orlando, Florida in March, don’t worry! Our very own Mark Williams will also be running an exhibiror booth at the ACCED-I Conference located in Chicago, Illinois. This conference and expo will be held from March 12-15, 2023. You have another opportunity.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 15, 2020

Part 3 describes how to run them using Zoom breakout rooms, and Part 4 covers how to create an optimum conference program. This post, Part 5, the last in this series, explains how to run your peer conference using Zoom breakout rooms. You’ll use the same procedure for every conference time slot.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 25, 2020

Each facilitator needs a countdown timer with a visual display: usually, a phone timer app — for example, Apple’s Clock. Here’s an example of a topic list created at a technical conference. Displaying remaining time on the facilitator’s webcam is a simple way to keep sharing on schedule. Conclusion.

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

Chief Strategy Officer of Membersuite and Co-Founder of Event Farm, Jennifer Ross, the Founder and CEO of JHR Global Events, and Amanda Gayle, Director of Conferences and Meeting Services for the American Nurses Association. Here are the takeaways from the panel discussion. Fairly, though, in some of these cases, the environment matters.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In addition to annual member meetings, certification training sessions and countless webinars, Ricker facilitates gatherings such as CompTIA DC Fly-Ins and annual industry conference ChannelCon. For example, we did a session and had companies pitch the audience. For the fly-ins, members meet in Washington, D.C.,

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

Though it’s clearly sensible to keep a conference running on schedule, we’ve all attended meetings where rambling presenters, avoidable “technical issues”, incompetent facilitation, and inadequate logistics have made a mockery of the published program. I can’t think of any situation where this is a plus.

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Event Leadership Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For over 20 years, the Florida Festivals & Events Association (FFEA) has promoted large community events in Florida, including festivals, food & wine events, and state and local fairs. Each year the association hosts an annual conference for members featuring three full days of in-person networking and education.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 31, 2016

For example, when I facilitate The Solution Room , a session that provides just-in-time peer support and answers to a pressing professional challenge, I ask participants to place themselves in the room to show how risky it feels to share the challenge they have chosen. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. It is one.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2022

As destination and corporate conferences and meetings are making a comeback, I have noticed that the trend of incorporating wellness into events is proving to be more popular than ever. For example, as many attendees are often up late with receptions and networking events, an hour-long, 6 a.m. Center the Mind and Encourage Creativity.

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Endless Events

JULY 18, 2020

Is it enough especially when the virus is so prevalent in Florida right now? More examples of hybrid events! Even though hybrid events are relatively unexplored ground, there are some great examples of successful experiences put together by some big names. Is what Disney is doing enough? CDC Guidelines For Events.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 28, 2017

Here’s a real-life example of how to crowdsource a conference program in real-time. Every peer conference has an arc that includes and integrates three elements: a beginning , middle (the program itself), and end (reflecting, evaluating, and developing individual and group outcomes & next steps).

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In addition to annual member meetings, certification training sessions and countless webinars, Ricker facilitates gatherings such as CompTIA DC Fly-Ins and annual industry conference ChannelCon. For example, we did a session and had companies pitch the audience. For the fly-ins, members meet in Washington, D.C.,

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Eventbase

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Here are four of our favorites: Select attractive destinations Negotiate extended conference hotel rates Offer companion or family passes for your event Use the event app to highlight bleisure information 1. For example, SXSW offers a ‘Guest Pass’ option for access to free events during the conference.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 30, 2019

Petersburg, Florida, CreativeMornings chapter events typically attract about 200 people. It was a little breakfast, a 20-minute talk, and then you go off to work,” Eisenberg said in a talk she delivered at the 99U conference in New York City five years ago. “It Petersburg, Florida, and St. Stephen Zane). Rachel Jolley).

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 5, 2016

For example, I have arrived at presentation venues to find, despite a written contract agreement to the contrary: The room is full of furniture that prevents participants from moving around. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. ” I can’t post materials on the walls.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2020

Uneaten food from a buffet, for example, is not eligible for donation. officially recorded its first death from COVID-19, Zendesk was less than three days away from kicking off its global user conference, Relate, at the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC). Uneaten food from a buffet, for example, is not eligible for donation.

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

One approach is to choose the least stringent areas—for example: Florida, Texas and Arizona, who have looser mandates than other areas of the country—and have an open space in which to set whatever protocol you feel is necessary. “I Here are the takeaways from the panel discussion.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Attendees are all ears at the 2018 NPAPW conference at the New World Center in Miami Beach, Florida. In 2018, the program welcomed 80 participants from 28 countries to the New World Center, an immersive concert hall and arts instruction laboratory in Miami Beach, Florida. Phillip Pessar/Creative Commons).

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

I’m in San Antonio, Texas, having just run two 90-minute “panels” at a national association leadership conference. At the conference sessions I design and facilitate, everyone is “up there” instead of “down here.” Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Body voting.

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QC Event School

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

For example, you’ll need to help your clients book hotel rooms, transportation, and activities for their guests. For example, Mexico and the Dominican Republic are both popular destination wedding locations that won’t break the bank. For example, you can often find great deals on venues and vendors.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 25, 2022

And if it’s egregious enough, attendees might think they walked into the wrong room in the conference hall. . If you’re in Florida, maybe you plan a “Fun In The Sun Soiree.” For example, if you provide a boxed lunch, you can add logo stickers to the boxes. If you want attendees to trust you, you need consistent event branding.

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Following are some examples of available scholarships from the MPI Foundation. Conference Scholarships, only available to MPI members, cover costs to attend events such as the World Education Congress (WEC), IMEX America and IMEX in Frankfurt. Following are some examples of available scholarships from the PCMA Education Foundation.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 11, 2016

For example, The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs is designed for meetings even though it has an elegant, diverse expanse that caters to both leisure and business travelers. Grand Hotel Mackinac Island in Michigan has its two-story own conference center that offers 16,000 sq. Pete Beach, Florida. The Broadmoor, which ranked No.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Planning for security involves a wide variety of stakeholders, and they should be engaged at the beginning of the event or conference planning process. This insures that you will not operate in isolation, and it will assure that you have a cohesive security plan in place for your conference or event.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Despite the increasing number of events held yearly, many still feel like copycats of other successful conferences. Workshops are fast becoming the preferred activity for many conferences and meetings. Orlando, Florida. Furniture That’s Both Social And Empowering. Your Audience Craves Authenticity. San Diego, California.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 4, 2021

It’s still a great example of this,” she says. The planning team can “associate points to behaviors” to help determine who really deserves an incentive reward—especially in organizations such as associations, for example, where engagement is the success driver more than sales. Cruising Incentives Are Back.

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Eventinterface

JULY 26, 2017

With over a decade of experience, she has planned and executed various corporate meetings and conferences, galas, golf tournaments, concerts, community fundraisers, festivals for Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, start-ups and nonprofits. Chivonne believes in the fusion of intelligent decisions and stakeholder expectations.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For example, an aerial artist might also need a structure they can perform from, lighting so the crowd can see them, and speakers so the crowd can hear the music. Below we have compiled a list of our 20+ best corporate event entertainment ideas from small events to huge conferences. Entertainment can be expensive. Escape Room.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

During a year marked by natural disasters across the country from wild fires in California to hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, more families than ever before are in need of warm coats for their bodies, food for their rumbling tummies and gifts to put under their trees. million coats.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Therefore, if you are able to do so, I encourage you to talk to your boss, board of directors, constituents, members and/or suppliers to let them know that you are proactively taking a meeting to an impacted venue, such as southeastern Texas, Florida, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mexico or the Bahamas. These are just a few examples.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 4, 2020

Featuring examples from brands like Adobe, Google, and Qualtrics. One of the medical offices will be dedicated to addressing both flu and coronavirus symptoms and will be staffed by a trained medical professional with direct access to the Florida Department of Health and an Epidemiologist. COVID-19 has landed.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 9, 2021

This coalition is the culmination of industry-wide collaboration around the world, for example through the recently formed Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance (ECA).

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Conference Center Hotel. This resort features five distinctly different, onsite hotels and two much-beloved theme parks—Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure—as well as the brand-new Universal’s Volcano Bay. of meeting space and a state-of-the-art conference center. Best Conference Center Hotel.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

based strategy consulting firm for the events industry, Rankine said that he and coauthor Giberti — founder and CEO of Miami, Florida–based consulting company Vesuvio Ventures — were “freaked out” about the timing. Hopin, for example, raised money in what’s called the unicorn category or multiple unicorns,” he said.

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