Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. Emotional Data: How do we measure feelings to get a truer ROI on events?

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2021

That could be good news for meeting professionals looking for new features and end-to-end solutions. Or, as Abhay Kulkarni, vice president and general manager of Webex Meetings explained, it will “enhance Cisco’s ability to offer new levels of inclusive audience engagement across both in-person and virtual experiences.”

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Event Marketer

MARCH 27, 2023

As experiential marketing degree programs crop up, professors outline how the industry can better support students Florida International University recently added event-focused specializations and tracks. I can throw in photos, an event preview or recap, how we’re using data to measure ROI and how consumers are responding.”

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 8, 2021

Health passes do not store personal health data. Here’s what you need to know now about health passes at meetings and events. Instead, it will advise on what criteria the new solutions will have to meet. Other large states like Florida and Texas are fully open and do not require health passports. In the U.S.,

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Profiles on five woman chefs of color leading the culinary industry Chef Alice Seo, DM of Wolfgang Puck Catering in Seattle, was one of five incredible woman chefs of color in a leadership position who spoke to Smart Meetings about their careers. According to Zippia , a website that displays data cross-compared across the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

SITE Classic, Society of Incentive Travel Executives Foundation’s annual fundraiser at The Boca Raton in The Palm Beaches, Florida, unveiled the latest trends according to new research and demonstrated to the 230 attendees from around the world how effective a personalized approach to giving can be—all while raising almost $240,000 for the cause.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

There’s much to consider legally to get in-person meetings truly get going again. Smart Meetings got in touch with an expert about what meeting professionals should be thinking about when face-to-face meetings resume. Who keeps that data? What if someone paid to attend but fails the test?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 27, 2021

The most recent tool being embraced by meeting professionals looking to safely bring groups back together while protecting sensitive data is third-party health verification. But meeting professionals are still tasked with designing the level of screening required and communicating expectations appropriately.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

There’s much to consider legally when in-person meetings truly get going again. Smart Meetings got in touch with an expert about what meeting professionals should be thinking about when face-to-face meetings resume. Who keeps that data? If so, you’re not alone. What if someone paid to attend but fails the test?

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Cartotto is complex director of security and risk management for Caribe Royal Orlando in Florida. Smart Meetings spoke with Cartotto about what new security trends next year may have in store. With more and more virtual events, the importance of meetings professionals being proactive against cyber threats has only increased.

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

Chief Strategy Officer of Membersuite and Co-Founder of Event Farm, Jennifer Ross, the Founder and CEO of JHR Global Events, and Amanda Gayle, Director of Conferences and Meeting Services for the American Nurses Association. Here are the takeaways from the panel discussion. Watch the Replay #1. “It But is that actually a valid concern?

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 6, 2021

State of the Industry: The summit’s opening session will set the tone with a “State of the Industry” report that uses data to show where we stand with regard to the return of in-person events. She will present an overview on the current status and how meeting and event professionals can use data to chart their course ahead.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Travel Association and The Downtown DC Business Improvement District, has seen that associations are getting 30% or more attrition and it is more difficult to have in-person, one-on-one meetings when many are working from their kitchen in the suburbs and some from second homes in the Caribbean.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Weather experts are expecting the hurricane will narrowly miss Florida and the East Coast, but the storm is increasing in wind speed and rain volume to classify it as a Category 3 or 4 as it heads towards Bermuda and the Bahamas before eventually hitting the eastern tip of Canada. 21, 11 a.m. Pillar 2: Plans and Programs.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 8, 2020

The conference program group can meet in a variety of ways. Perhaps participants are listening to a presentation while your small group meets in a Zoom breakout room. If attendees are taking a meal break, you can use the current Zoom meeting, and restrict attendance to the conference program group. Tools for in-person meetings.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 15, 2020

At the end of each session, participants return to the main Zoom meeting, and indicate their choice for the next set of sessions. At an online conference using the Zoom platform, once participants are in a specific breakout room/session, they can only leave the room and return to the main Zoom meeting. Moving between breakout rooms.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 12, 2017

“Planners push the need for event technology, even though the technology they onboard may not be solving any issues,” shares Sarah Sebastian, Owner of Rose Gold Collective in Miami, Florida. Now you can push out messaging to all your attendees simultaneously through apps and SMS, directly from your meeting management platform.

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Event Leadership Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For over 20 years, the Florida Festivals & Events Association (FFEA) has promoted large community events in Florida, including festivals, food & wine events, and state and local fairs. Before Suzanne made a rash decision, she started with data. But attendees took the networking even further. Results + ROI.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 21, 2022

Previously, Oney was director of sales at RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida and has held additional sales leadership roles at several companies, including Hammock Beach Golf Resort & Spa and more. and The James Royal Palm in Miami Beach, Florida. Jaclyn Dawson. Jane Cunningham.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 28, 2024

But Orlando’s outdoor convention space presented the perfect opportunity to spread out and exhibit in a new Florida market after having outgrown three venues in Miami. BMW With the promise of a complimentary branded portable charger, attendees flocked to BMW’s booth to fill out a data-capture form.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 31, 2018

Seven steps you need to take to safely decide whether or not to cancel when your meeting destination is hit by a hurricane or other devastating event. After the epically awful 2017 hurricane season wreaked destruction from Texas to Florida to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Consider the viability of holding the meeting with fewer attendees.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Workshops are fast becoming the preferred activity for many conferences and meetings. Aside from the traditional conference format and the more immersive workshops, another event format is taking center stage: “brain dates”, one-on-one meetings that foster a new level of knowledge exchange. Orlando, Florida. Phoenix, Arizona.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As a result, some of the people who come to your meetings are “otherized.” Blalock recalled a meeting that a friend of hers held in Minneapolis in 2016, soon after Philando Castile, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by police during a routine traffic stop outside St. Like they belong somewhere else.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 4, 2021

More business elements: Combining a meeting and the incentive to share business messages. Janet Traphagen, immediate past chair of IRF and president of Creative Group, an award-winning designer of incentive programs as well as other meetings and events, has seen it all in her 25 years in the industry. ROI: Elephant in the Room.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Communication is key during natural disasters and meeting plannin g. As Florida braces for Hurricane Irma, Zello has seen a surge in downloads. Hotels can set up a dedicated channel for a meeting professional and their team for an event. It allowed first responders and volunteers to connect with people who needed to be rescued.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

One approach is to choose the least stringent areas—for example: Florida, Texas and Arizona, who have looser mandates than other areas of the country—and have an open space in which to set whatever protocol you feel is necessary. “I Here are the takeaways from the panel discussion. But is that actually a valid concern?

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2018

Some regions are more at risk of unexpected weather, like Florida for example. Leah Urbano of Crimson Management put it best “ I think for any event, a meeting should be had with your venue and discuss preparation/plans. It’s also about looking after any data that relates to the event and event-goers.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

For scientific conferences with trade-show components, attendees can meet with exhibitors in one-on-one virtual appointments. Besides gaining access to new data insights, Sukthankar was pleased about seeing a significant bump in attendance. “We In March, it became obvious to Gita Sukthankar, Ph.D.,

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 25, 2021

It wiped out the town of Islamorada in the Florida Keys and took 408 lives, affecting a swath of states, including Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. And the meetings industry could be evolving to an even more powerful, effective and valued role in the global economy, too. Are you still looking for your own higher ground?

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In addition to annual member meetings, certification training sessions and countless webinars, Ricker facilitates gatherings such as CompTIA DC Fly-Ins and annual industry conference ChannelCon. For the fly-ins, members meet in Washington, D.C., The app originated from our exhibitors needing to meet and set appointments with attendees.

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InGo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

As the exhibition industry’s worldwide revenue continues to grow, the value of person-to-person meetings has also skyrocketed. AfricaCom CTICC, South Africa November, 12-14 AfricaCom is the place to meet everybody who’s anybody in African telecoms and technology.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

This next step in preventive maintenance uses sensor data to recognize hazardous trends and alert the appropriate maintenance engineer before the issue escalates. Personal data can be used to provide a special touch to hotel guests and make their stay special. Predictive Maintenance. Mobile Engagement. Hyper-Personalization.

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Meeting Tomorrow

MARCH 3, 2020

One time, our Event Support team discovered FedEx was going to deliver 10 Macbooks late due to extreme weather in Florida. What happens to my data and files once I return my laptops? For added protection of critically sensitive data, we can also wipe hard drives through the US Department of Defense’s DoD 5220.22-M

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Hidden Barn Venue, a relatively new, rustic-themed wedding venue in Florida, found themselves in that exact scenario – hindered by time-consuming processes, tools and applications that they quickly outgrew. How all-in-one wedding venue software helped Hidden Barn hit the ground running.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

JULY 26, 2019

As added context, the facilitator will provide data around industry benchmarks to help attendees compare their strategies with those in their verticals to measure success and room for improvement. Location : Florida, USA. Date : October 18th, 2019. Tickets : Available now for $499. World API Banking Dialogue. Location : London, UK.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The study analyzed data from federal agencies, Google Maps and other sources. Orlando International, Florida (MCO). The post 20 Best and Worst Airports in America appeared first on Smart Meetings. Which are the easiest to get to from the city center? A new study from ThePointsGuy.com can help you find the answers.

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