PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

has a larger and more secular audience in his sights: conference-goers. Packard shared how “conference refugees” — who find the hallway more appealing than the breakout room — are pointing the way for meeting professionals to adapt. I was just at a religious conference, and it was incredibly dissatisfying.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture. And most meeting session presenters resort to lecturing as their dominant session modality. . The majority of college STEM teachers choose traditional teaching methods.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) See the post for full details.)

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PCMA Convene

JULY 6, 2020

We’ve long talked about how technology connects us, points out designer and researcher Pamela Pavliscak , a panelist at the technology conference Collision@Home , held online June 21-24. Putting users’ faces on the screen, alongside with everyone else, as the default setting “was a very strange design decision to make,” Pavliscak said.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2022

Conferenceemcees.com , a global network of professional conference emcees, moderators, and facilitators working across virtual, hybrid and in person events, was officially launched today, January 17 th , 2021.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 6, 2021

We’ve confirmed that virtual events can be engaging and productive, but only if the meeting design is truly participant driven and takes into consideration the needs of that audience. 7) On using an always-on content strategy to support events… “The prominence of editorial has been proven ten times over in the last year.

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Gallus Events

MAY 15, 2017

If you run are running a one day conference, it is very likely that you will see a slight tailing off of attendees as your day draws to an end. When I ran event departments for several associations we always expected a bit of a drop off by the final part of the afternoon at our conferences. Developing an online events strategy.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Korea Tourism Organisation, VisitDenmark and Gibraltar Tourist Board are just a handful of the international destinations ready to help planners find the perfect location for their next meeting or event while a large number of UK destinations, including Conference Leeds, Meet Leicester and London Convention Bureau will be doing the same.

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Event Industry News

JULY 1, 2021

She was formally head of membership services at the Meeting Design Institute. Adam will become director of strategy and moving the organisation’s global presence. Gordon is an influencer marketing and membership specialist and brings a lot of experience in the association sector, wide users of online and in-person meetings.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

Re-Think MS, a multi-hub, one-day medical conference organized by AIM Group International, was broadcast from a main studio to 13 sites across Italy. Courtesy of AIM Group International). Yet at the same time, the small group setting gave them a chance, she said, “to have a very informal relationship with the experts.”. Adrian Segar.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

Kate Patay : Kate brings 20+ years of rich experience in business travel, tourism and event marketing strategy. Kate runs “Patay Consulting” as Chief Strategy Officer. She is the founder of Strategic Meeting and Events which produces mid to large scale corporate events. Pauline also consults business owners and clients.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 11, 2021

When planning something like a sales meeting, it’s obvious the key measure is to drive sales. But if you’re running a conference on diversity and inclusion , the measurement might not be as clear. Before the conference, create a control group so you can monitor how learning is used post-meeting.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We’re tapping the talent of PCMA’s staff so they can share the design thinking and process behind the innovative experiences they create for PCMA events. Most meeting designers know that beginnings and endings matter, but struggle to craft meaningful experiences that resonate with attendees. How did that session come together?

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Gallus Events

JULY 19, 2018

I had a brilliant day at the Event Strategy Conference in London on the 16th July. However, attending a conference like this allows organisers to do exactly that. Almost all of the attendees across my two sessions organised conferences however almost half of the attendees didn’t run shorter formats.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

I admit it,” said Blackman, a principal strategy consultant for Fruition, based in Los Angeles. “I What they did was seamlessly integrate Pittsburgh into the entire fabric of the conference every step of the way.”. More Meeting Trends. What the ‘Sense of Place’ Travel Trend Means for Event Design. Ben Petchel).

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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Slido

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Its website has a whole section dedicated to the meetings and events industry and it also sends out a weekly newsletter called Meetings Innovation Report, which features disruptive strategies and updates on the future of meetings, conventions and other events. Meeting design and interaction tips 11.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 5, 2016

From books that take an irreverent approach to meeting planning to comprehensive guides on everything from meeting design to green events , this reading list has everything the modern meeting planner needs for a relaxing day of poolside reading. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design.

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Plan Your Meetings

JANUARY 15, 2018

Use the company colors, words, values and logo as effects in and outside the space but also before the meeting to create the links. Here is an example in which the invitation to a strategy-meeting with the theme “Growth” was written on a can consisting a seed. Make small areas that indicate a room, simply by making a door.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Now that events are going back to in person, how can meeting professionals deliver the same level of detailed success metrics to the executive team about the range of value delivered on the investment? Two veteran meeting designers joined Smart Chat Live! Meet the Experts. Watch the entire webinar here.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. If you don’t let the Millennials have input, they’ll opt out.”. FLIPPED LEARNING.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2018

Meetings may cover the simplest of topics, but mixing things up to break the mold can go a long way. From uncommon games and giveaways to choose-your-own-adventures and unique conference breakout sessions , it’s possible to make any meeting interesting. Here Are the Latest Event Marketing Strategies.

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2019

Both on Event Tech Podcast and #EventIcons , we shared a lot of good stuff from this fantastic conference. And of course, some very important titans from the event world, who shared their insights, strategies, and opinions with us. If you’ve been paying attention, you know we already covered IMEX Frankfurt.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

And in Long Beach, California, which has pioneered a turn-key approach to meeting design, the Long Beach CVB has launched “Long Beach Live,” turning the entire Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center into a multi-camera, multi-space broadcast facility. “You In Washington, D.C.,

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 4, 2019

Every attendee expects and experiences different things at exhibitions and conferences. Conference News – It’s a fact suggested based on research that event marketing generates 25% of the revenue for the event industry. He is a known meeting designer, facilitator of many conferences.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. If you don’t let the Millennials have input, they’ll opt out.”.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

in the early planning stages of an internal meeting, designed to bring together two teams – Digital and Information Technology for the first time – prior to their merger into one ‘Digital Technology’ team. Networking and collaboration were the primary objectives of this all-hands meeting, held in Germany in January 2019.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

Next month, Thomson again will be looking for innovative ways to address the issue, this time as part of “ Hackathon: How the Events Industry Can Help the Unsheltered/Homeless ,” at PCMA’s Education Conference in Los Angeles on June 25. A participant at the hackathon during the 2018 PCMA Education Conference gives his team’s pitch.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

A conference rolled out plans for an all-women speaker lineup. And the Twittersphere erupted in fury and demanded change after a speaker shared how she was denied entry to a conference because she arrived with her still-breastfeeding baby. If most attendees are taking flights to and from an event, those numbers add up quickly.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. She’s a stellar resource for the latest event tech news, and also shares her take on industry conferences. If you’re active on the event and hospitality conference circuit, you might bump into her. @TahiraCreates.

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Slido

JANUARY 30, 2019

The goal of our one-day event in partnership with Convene was to show how a successful all-hands could look in 2019 and beyond by using interactive technology and meeting design thinking. As a part of that strategy, we asked two of our speakers to become virtual panelists at our event. Here are some of our key learnings.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. So much so, that she predicts that the days when business travelers see only see the inside of their hotels, moving from conference room to hotel room and back again, will soon be history.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

In less than two months, we went from a four-and-a-half-day conference in Vancouver to an eight-week extravaganza called TED2020 Uncharted by launching a virtual platform that is in many ways even more engaging than traditional theater-style gatherings. Overall, we might be having more meetings, however. The future is hybrid.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Meetings & conferences. Smart Meetings. In fact, you’ll often see Smart Meetings articles featured in our Einsteins’ Favorites series. Conferences That Work. Conferences That Work is the creation of conference design and facilitation legend Adrian Segar. Our recommendation?

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

That decrease in daily face-to-face interactions could result in increased demand for team and company gatherings that previously happened informally or in the conference room. We will have an intentional mix of physical and virtual presences with in-person gatherings driven by purpose and designed for collaboration.”.

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Endless Events

JULY 27, 2018

While both these strategies take more work, increasing your audience turnout would be a piece of cake. There are several strategies you can use to promote event networking. And good news: this works for both massive events and small conferences. Gen Z Marketing Lessons from VidCon 2018. Click To Tweet.

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