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The Best Event Planning Books Ever Written

Guidebook

Sure, you can get all your event and meeting planning information from the internet like most of us do these days. (We We gathered all of the web’s best event planning blogs.) Of course, reading books is great too. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design by Mike van der Vijver.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum. Sadly, few clients know any better.

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The Top 10 Books Every Event Manager Should Read

Capterra Event Management

Each chapter details all aspects of event planning and prompts you to think about how you can apply the suggestions to your own events.”. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design. Have you ever been stuck in a dull meeting that would never end? Author: Mike van der Vijver. Rating: 5/5.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Together with Fei-Fei, Andrej designed and was the primary instructor for a new Stanford class on Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition (CS231n). The class was the first Deep Learning course offering at Stanford and has grown from 150 enrolled in 2015 to 330 students in 2016, and 750 students in 2017. Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Together with Fei-Fei, Andrej designed and was the primary instructor for a new Stanford class on Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition (CS231n). The class was the first Deep Learning course offering at Stanford and has grown from 150 enrolled in 2015 to 330 students in 2016, and 750 students in 2017. Where to find him?

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career. At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

That’s right – by reading insights shared by industry experts on their blogs, of course! After all, event industry blogs are accessible, provide information about events from around the globe and cover every aspect of event planning. In fact, you’ll often see Smart Meetings articles featured in our Einsteins’ Favorites series.