Conferences that Work

JUNE 12, 2017

I love my meeting design clients, but there is one mistake I see them making over and over again. Clients invariably ask me to help design their meeting after they’ve chosen a venue! Related posts: Help Wanted—Venues for my participation techniques workshops! Please help me (and hopefully yourself)!

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

” — Jessica Connolly , Head of Global Events, Meltwater The above program was interspersed with interesting visits to venues and fun activities (e.g. For this trip, the first time I’d been back to Europe since an Estonian meeting design conference in 2020, I decided to spend a week in Rome. Typical Participate!

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SmartMeetings

JULY 4, 2020

Operationally, your favorite venues may be much different as well. Smart Meetings asked industry leaders from the front lines of hotels, event venues and creators, transportation, travel, networking, wellness and sustainability to share their commitments and challenges for keeping everyone safe and connected.

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Food and Beverage Hotels Travel Contracts 119

Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

You’ll find helpful info on a range of topics from staging inspiration and productivity advice through to real-world assistance in getting the most out of your AV contracts. We recommend you check out Bizbash for the ultimate in event planning news, trends, inspiration and venue discovery. Event Leadership Institute. Loving their blog?

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Trade Shows Food and Beverage Tech Education 133

The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. The idea: One trade fair, unfair rules, one contract, one winner takes all. The contestant or team with the highest stock index valuation and most points wins the trade-unfair contract. And we really wanted to bring that online.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

Manage contracts. Manage implementation of meeting or event. Depending on your meeting location, it may be necessary to travel with or contract security teams. Then communicate expectations, set deadlines for deliverables and secure contracts. Secure contracts and communicate expectations. Identify risks.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. Meanwhile, venue respondents reported that important pieces get lost in endless email chains and cross-functional work can get confusing due to a lack of alignment on priorities across departments.

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Hotels Food and Beverage Negotiating Venues 149