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ASAE-DI Partnership to Focus on Security and Diversity

Smart Meetings

A partnership born out of a long-term friendship is how ASAE President and CEO Michelle Mason described the agreement to work together with the association for destinations announced at Destinations International’s Sales and Services Summit in Washington, D.C., during Business Events Industry Week.

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Virtual Events 2020: The #1 List of Virtual Events and Conferences

Bizzabo

The most authoritative list of 2020 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Virtual Events & Conferences in 2020. The digital experience conference has gone digital. And don't miss the Partner Pavilion, Okta Hub and Ask the Experts area within the conference with great opportunities to interact with others online!

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Do One Thing: Your 2019 Plan for Safer Meetings

MeetingsNet

Typically, the hardest part of preparing for a safer conference is Developing an Emergency Plan , but there are many resources to draw on and some tips and reminders on creating a plan that covers all your staff and attendees. No, but you can begin to assemble the knowledge and tools to prepare for a safer event.

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How to Take the Risk out of Planning Events with the Federal Government

SmartMeetings

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. Government agencies are frozen, afraid to make decisions that will land their events on the front page of the Washington Post.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

SmartMeetings

Louis Escoto Washington Park Hotel in Miami appoints Louis Escoto director of sales and marketing to maintain relationships locally and regionally, drive guestroom sales for the leisure and corporate markets and manage the property’s amenity partnerships.

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Lessons Learned From Combining Two Meetings

PCMA Convene

The first-ever ASM Microbe program — the American Society for Microbiology’s grand experiment in combining its General Meeting and Interscience Conference on Antimicrobrial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) into one new annual conference — wraps today. Look for my article about that in our September issue.). .”

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

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. He lives in Washington, DC, with his family.

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