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The Conference Owner’s Guide: From Conference Touchpoints To Journey Experiences Part 1

Velvet Chainsaw

Too often conference and meeting professionals assume that their role is best suited to planning and executing the conference. I get that from the education section or the conference technical teams.”. They own designing the conference customers experience journey. From Touchpoints To Customer Journeys.

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Have festive work parties gone out of fashion?

Prestige Events Magazine

Julia Green, Sales and Commercial Manager at Center Parcs Conferences and Events With hybrid working here to stay for many, there has been less of an emphasis in recent years on the festive season, and that extends to hosting a traditional ‘Christmas work party’.

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The mechanics of explicit communication at meetings

Conferences that Work

Last week I shared five ways explicit communication improves meetings. The meeting schedule changes mid-event. As a facilitator I sometimes change the processes I’m using to meet uncovered participants’ needs. I remember a maze-like conference center that had a totally inadequate printed floor plan.

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20 Ways to Remake Your Annual Meeting – Part 2

Velvet Chainsaw

We outlined the first 10 things you need to kill — from making your annual business meeting part of your general session to promoting invitation-only events — in order to bring your meeting up to speed. For most conference committees (and next-gen participants), they’re a snore. Here are the next 10 elements to knock off.

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How Major Fall Conferences are Betting on the Return of In-person Attendance

Event Marketer

This fall, major user conferences, trade shows, music festivals and other gatherings are banking on attendees being ready to return to in-person events. The show floor will have wider aisles and organizers are building more spaces for networking in anticipation of attendees’ desire to catch up with colleagues and meet with new prospects.

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Boutique Hotels Riding Mid-Size Meeting Wave

Smart Meetings

One of the long-tail effects of the pandemic could be a downsizing of average meeting attendee lists as some big events go hybrid and bring parts of their audience together in person while larger audiences access content online. of meeting space and 196 guest rooms near Union Square) and Hotel Emblem (1,885 sq. Hotel Zetta (3,010 sq.

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Review of Butter, a smooth meeting platform for facilitators

Conferences that Work

Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. The usual caveats. Butter is less than a year old.

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