Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

After working at two startups, she joined Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) as an event coordinator. I love working with our members and designing great event experiences with fantastic speakers and content.” She attended several events, webinars and conferences. We have had incredible speakers from U.S.

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Unique Venues

APRIL 21, 2021

Maryland, Virginia corridor (also known as the DMV) making it one of the most sought-after areas to meet. Here you will find the conference services team combines convenience, value and service with a wide selection of large and small meeting and event spaces making for the perfect urban venue. For the best value in D.C,

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Arlington, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia. Woodbridge, Virginia. Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Roanoke, Virginia. Burke, Virginia. 37 • National Conference Coordinator. National Speakers Association. 35 • Conferences and Meetings Manager. Ogechi Anyanwu. 36 • Manager of Events.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2019

Jennifer “Jen” Hoff, president of Taffy Event Strategies, a full-service trade show and management company in Arlington, Virginia, says she loves the “melting pot of skills and personality” it takes to make the show happen. My college roommate got a job as an accountant at an association in Northern Virginia when we graduated.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

The PCMA Capital Chapter, which includes Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., As part of GMID, Myrtle Beach CVB is providing meeting planners is providing planners in areas like Richmond, Virginia and Atlanta with a Day of Appreciation. Greater Philadelphia Chapter held an event titled Meetings Matter: Trends and Tactics.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

That is the real talk delivered by Robert Bronstein and John Harris, partners behind Prevent , a Lynchburg, Virginia risk mitigation company created to help meeting professionals cross the unknown to return to meeting responsibly. After the event, one person reported a Covid infection a few days after the conference, meaning 99.4

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

This year’s popular Global All-Stars presentation looked at programs in three destinations—Los Angeles, the Netherlands and West Virginia—that considered the needs of locals when building creative programs to appeal to post-Covid visitors. Read More : California: A Shining Diamond.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 15, 2021

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and Hyatt came under fire earlier this year because of the event stage at the Hyatt Regency Orlando. When the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) met at the Hyatt Regency Orlando, Feb. Video screen grab).

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 30, 2021

Top meeting professionals and dignitaries met this week at Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Loudoun County, Virginia, to celebrate the return to business at Smart Meetings’ first face-to-face event of 2021, Mid-Atlantic Experience. Author, keynote speaker and optimist extraordinaire Annie Meehan, shared tips for living “The Pineapple Poem.”

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Capterra Event Management

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Besides that, I love going to conferences! The chance to go somewhere, meet like-minded people, and learn new things is so thrilling, especially if the lineup of speakers is stacked with interesting figures. This incoming year is chock full of conferences and expos for event managers to explore. Next Date: March 5, 2017.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 15, 2024

But as I write this: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia have privacy laws currently in effect; Florida, Montana, and Oregon will have privacy laws in effect by the end of 2024; and Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee, and Texas will have privacy laws in effect by January 1, 2o26. Privacy protections in other U.S.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

In November 2019, during what turned out to be the final weeks of a pre-COVID-19 world, the European Biological Rhythms Society (EBRS) and the Institute of Medical Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) jointly held a conference to test the use of virtual technology. The ‘Best Future Strategy’?

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SmartMeetings

MAY 16, 2017

Janet Sperstad, program director for event management at Madison Technical College in Wisconsin, is seeing more meetings where sessions aren’t necessarily shorter, but speakers and topics within a session change every 20 minutes. At one session she attended, each changeover to a new speaker came with a five-minute break.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Could businesspeople be persuaded to stop traveling to meetings, to sit instead in comfortable local studios hundreds of miles apart, handsomely equipped with cameras, microphones, screens, and speakers that magically allowed them to meet as well as if they were all in the same room? Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The 20 conferences, seminars, and festivals listed below will help keep you informed and up to date on the all the latest trends, news, and laws. The conference/expo/consumer showcase hybrid promises a lot opportunity for both education and fun. Discover must-attend cannabis events that are shaping a fast-developing industry.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As Stacy Bare paced the stage at the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education’s (AORE) 2014 Annual Conference, he observed the crowd. AORE’s Annual Conference reflected the industry’s homogeneity. Coming out of that 2014 conference,” Wolowiec said, “we said, ‘There needs to be a change.’”. Illustration by Ping Zhu.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

Joe Colangelo, CEO and cofounder of Arlington, Virginia–based Bear Analytics , a consulting and tech firm for associations and events, said that associations realize that they must pivot faster. Meeting planners are under a lot of stress because right now it’s not about getting one thing — the in-person conference — right.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Lawrence Convention Center to host the returning conference, National Society of Black Engineers, in 2018. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, NSBE is one of the largest student-governed organizations based in the United States. Pittsburgh and the David L. Photo credit: JP Diroll Photography. We had a great time at #NSBE43 !

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

“It’s true of Omaha, but also the rest of the Midwest, that we tend to get really heads-down and focused on our work, so we’re not as PR- or marketing-driven as some of the other areas around the country,” said Caleb Ulffers, who joined SPN as a speaker manager in 2013. This year’s conference was held at KANEKO on May 4–6.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Keynote speaker Janet Sperstad, program director at Madison College in Wisconsin, explained that human-centric experiences deliver lasting impact by tapping into behavioral science, meeting design, technology, health and well-being , and CSR in new and interesting ways. How People Think is as Important as What They Think.

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Bizzabo

MAY 22, 2019

Ready to host more engaging and creative conferences? They also host amazing conferences. The 2019 conference featured three full days of product training, certification opportunities, keynote speeches from top industry professionals, and plenty of chances to network with folks from all over the globe. But that's not all.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

For some of them, that’s meant TED-style talks and roundtable sessions; for others, it’s higher-profile speakers, enhanced networking opportunities, and even a rock concert. Conferences and trade shows “shouldn’t simply be boring education, a famous keynote speaker, a cocktail party, and a golf outing,” Neal said.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

That data can reveal which speakers and sessions most engaged your attendees, whether it’s through bookmarks or saved slides or, of course, ratings. At its 2017 Annual Conference in Denver this past April, ALA offered an app-based treasure hunt that sent attendees to 13 VIP exhibitors. If that’s making your head spin, you’re not alone.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Bryan Panhorst , Director of Event Services, Greater Richmond Convention Center (GRCC), Richmond, Virginia Nominated twice, including by Karen Surmacewicz, Virginia Chamber of Commerce “Bryan is an outstanding professional representative at the GRCC. Debbie Heckler, Conference Services Manager, Radisson Austin Downtown.

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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. I’ve had many great moments, but if I have to mention one in particular, that would be the last day of our conference in Japan this year. Arlington, Virginia, USA.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Event Manager, External Speaker and Production | SpectraForce | Stamford, CT. Conference & Technical Event Producer | Precon Events | Rockville, MD. Event Manager – B2B Conferences | GreenPearl Events | New York City, NY. New York City, NY.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Since March, Connie has been answering questions about the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, in McLean, Virginia, as well as about where to eat and what to do in the Washington, D.C., I’m a public speaker,” Jones said. You’ve probably seen 3D projection mapping in action at a conference or trade show before. at the sushi joint.’”.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

American Society of Healthcare Engineering Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition. The government has adopted new requirements for health-care facilities, and our conference provides education on these regulations. ASHE works to capitalize on that growing interest by adding new offerings to the conference every year.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

We traced MOC back through the decades — from first introduction to physician response — and found out how Paschall and other meeting professionals have successfully added it to their conference offerings. That’s where MOC programs come in — and, by extension, the meetings and conferences where those programs are offered. CASE HISTORY.

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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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