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Emergency Event Maneuvers

SmartMeetings

High-tech Approach to Old-world Venue Conflict: Imagine a beautiful old building with vaulted ceilings gilded molding, polished hardwood floors and gleaming chandeliers in the heart of Washington, D.C. Read More : Contract Clauses You Need in 2024 Solution: “The challenge is tricking the ballroom,” said Goodman.

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Why A Popular Tech Gathering Might be Heading to Canada Soon

PCMA Convene

Collision , an annual tech gathering that Forbes called “the best technology conference on the planet,” has welcomed tens of thousands of attendees to New Orleans for the past three years, but that audience may move north of the border in 2019. Exhibitors have already signed contracts, and people have made their travel arrangements.

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Day in the Life of a Wedding & Event Planner with Madison Hummel

The Planner's Lounge

We are excited to feature Madison Hummel, from Washington DC. I will create wedding design decks, create floor plans, correspond with vendors, review contracts, email clients, and so much more. If you would like to be featured, download our questionnaire here and email your responses and photos to info@plannerslounge.com.

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Interviews With Planners - Mia Monroe, CSEP, CGMP, CMP

Eventinterface

Mia Monroe is an award-winning certified special event, meeting and government meeting professional, speaker, author of trade articles and the conference and event manager for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Institutional Management contract for Florida-based AllPoints, LLC. Mia Monroe, CSEP, CGMP, CMP. AllPoints, LLC.

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How Redesigning a Hybrid Event’s Physical Space Led to Other Changes

PCMA Convene

The in-person floorplan for the hybrid Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum 2021 will look a lot different than the ECEF 2019 space (above) at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C. The site, he added, is “unique in that it gave me all of the room I needed to spread out or contract as needed based on COVID realities a year in advance.”.

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Convene Investment Targets Small Meetings

SmartMeetings

Bizly was launched three years ago to offer an end-to-end solution for sourcing, contracting, payments and full-service personal support, and to provide a platform every employee can use to book events. of meeting, event and workspace in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, D.C., Convene has leased nearly 1 million sq.

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Why Seeing Shows That Compete For Your Audience As Rivals is an Outdated Approach

PCMA Convene

It struck a chord, since our cover story this month showcases five trade shows that are expanding, at a time when many are contracting. During ECEF (Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum), which I attended in Washington, D.C., on May 31, two other association CEOs spoke about the benefits of cooperation.

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