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How to Create Highly Effective Sales Conversations at Events

Attendease

While holding an exhibition, leading a seminar, conducting a session, or giving a presentation accomplishes more of what you need to generate initial interest, you need to maximize every interaction, whether active or passive. Attending and expecting leads and sales to blossom out of thin air is a pipe dream, at best.

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2019 40 Under 40: Natasha Stamper Pedigo, The Asphalt Institute

Connect Your Meetings

and Canada for the Asphalt Institute, as well as several smaller seminars and workshops. From site selection with our meetings task force to contracting, logistics planning, execution and post-event wrap-up—if it has to do with one of our meetings, I am there. I am responsible for every aspect of the event.

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Top onsite trends for exhibitions in 2019

Event Industry News

For many organisers it can be a challenge to provide seminar content, networking facilities and meetings space live on the show floor. Improving visitor dwell time is priory for exhibitions and as a result, organisers are becoming more creative with their contracted hall space. Playing with venue infrastructure.

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What is Corporate Event Planning?

QC Event School

These events can be anything from conferences and trade shows to holiday parties and team-building exercises. Trade shows. Trade shows. A few examples of hybrid events include: Seminars. Trade show coordinator. The Answer! What Does a Corporate Event Planner Do? Product launches.

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How Did You Get Started in the Events Industry?

Endless Events

I transitioned into the trade show world for technology events,” she says. It was the best first job because the events I worked on were little seminars. I managed the contracts, food and beverage, marketing, and speaker acquisition from start to finish. After some time in catering, Arianna moved into event logistics. “I

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How to Become a Corporate Event Planner: The Ultimate Guide

QC Event School

Trade shows. Alternately, would you prefer to be a freelance corporate event planner and contract your services out to multiple different clients? Contract development. Another way to stay informed about changes in the corporate event industry is to attend relevant conferences and trade shows. Conferences.

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Coming to Grips With GDPR

PCMA Convene

Recently, Cvent held a seminar for more than 2,000 MICE professionals and put together a checklist: Start by conducting a data audit to identify all personal data you store across your organisation, so you know everywhere it is held or processed. How do you prove consent with an exchange and no written contract?