Management Events

MARCH 28, 2024

The Rise of Remote Collaboration In recent years, the landscape of corporate meetings has undergone a significant transformation. The convenience of connecting with colleagues across the globe without leaving your desk has made virtual meetings a popular choice for many organizations.

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StraussCA

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Virtual Meeting and Webinar Tools In an increasingly remote and digital world, virtual meetings and webinars have become essential for associations. Tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams facilitate online meetings, webinars, and video conferences. These tools help associations stay active and relevant on popular social platforms.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Meeting Profs Travel: Over Half of Passengers on Flights from China Test Covid-positive Hong Kong has announced the lifting of all mandatory PCR test requirements for inbound travelers; however, travelers coming to the U.S. from China will still need to show a negative Covid-19 test or document of recovery.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a meeting planner? Especially a world meeting planner. At first glance the life of the meeting planner, especially one that travels the world, might look glamorous. However talk to a seasoned meeting planner about their travel schedule and you might not get the answer you thought you would.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. ExCel plans to hold a minimum of 12 meetings with local stakeholders annually to support crime reduction. At over 100,000 sq.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. The usual caveats. Butter is less than a year old.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2023

Experiencing Afrofuturism Created through an act of Congress passed in 2003, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and is home to over 40,000 artifacts that document and celebrate the contributions made by African Americans. meeting space. Located in the heart of downtown Washington D.C.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Sustainability is now required at meetings as attendees are demanding an environmentally conscious event. Curbing pollutants has become part of the meeting professional job description, but how does one to do so at in-person and virtual events in a meaningful and cost-effective way? Tips and methods for producing greener events.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now approaching the end of a year of recovery across industries—and with no end to hybrid meetings and events in sight—we’re taking a look back to our favorite programs and platforms. Meeting professionals and hoteliers have insights to share on the future of meetings and how to continue making a hybrid recovery.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Sheridan President and CEO of Meet Boston and co-chair, Meetings Mean Business Coalition What does the official end of Covid mean for the meetings industry? Read More : Event Safety PSA: Failing to Prepare Could Cost You Mark Cooper CEO of IACC What does the official end of Covid mean for the meetings industry?

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 28, 2023

With incentive and meeting teams continuing to experience post-pandemic staff shortages, the Incentive Research Foundation went to work to find out more about the challenges of hiring and retaining talent. The study documents a known hurdle to bringing on newcomers: The career has a low profile. Another 20 percent answered “low.”

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

It seems that most meeting planners get into the business by accident, rather than spending their grade-school years thinking, “When I grow up, I’d sure like to organize professional-education conferences.”. In September 2021, he moved over to Talley Management Group as a meeting and event coordinator.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Meetings Industry Association has updated its contract and cancellation guidance to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on future bookings and ensure all parties are protected. Alternatively we suggest that operators work with their own legal teams to ensure they have an appropriate clause for their business.”.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 23, 2019

Every organization has to figure out how to make meetings more effective. Instead of embracing this complexity, many leaders fall back on simple blanket rules that no one really follows—like the leader that declared all meetings in the company could last no more than 20 minutes. Document and share meeting results.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In honor of President’s Day, we couldn’t resist sharing some of our favorite “presidential venues” to host professional meetings and trainings, corporate functions, and team-building experiences. Corporate social events, parties, galas, and meetings are the perfect event types that can be hosted at this national treasure.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 1, 2021

Travel Association believes professional meetings and events (PME) suffer from being lumped in with other gatherings—and is working to change that. Travel Association has kicked off its “ Let’s Meet There ” campaign, unveiled at MPI’s WEC 2021 , to further propel the comeback of PMEs. Currently, about 35 percent of U.S. The post U.S.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 21, 2023

How can we maximize the real value of a meeting? By maximizing how participants “connect the dots”—what they actually learn from their experiences at the meeting—rather than documenting what we or they think they should have learned. We know that these kinds of meeting evaluations are unreliable ( 1 , 2 , 3 ).

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 12, 2023

inding a good meeting planner template to assist you with your meeting or event can, in itself, take a little bit of time to find the right one for you. We’ve talked a lot about meeting and event planning templates here in the past. It gets very easy to customize your own template once you have done a few meetings or events.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

When the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) went virtual for ANESTHESIOLOGY 2020, ASA’s Annual Meeting, one pain point the society made a significant effort to address will likely ring familiar to most organizations similarly challenged — the exhibit hall. 13-17 in San Francisco.

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StraussCA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

One thing all associations have in common is the recording of meeting minutes. Minutes are an official record of actions that the board or committee took at a meeting. Minutes are taken at all meetings whether they are board, committee, or member meetings. Don’t wait to type up the meeting minutes. The Don’ts.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Meeting and convention planners are always looking for new and exciting destinations to take their groups. Meeting and Convention Planners Avoid Controversial Destinations There are currently many provisions of the law that are under review by the state legislature. These jobs will be hard to replace during the current economic crisis.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 27, 2023

This article from Hotel News Now documents how properties of various sizes across the country are creatively deploying their people, their public spaces, and their technology offerings to fulfill the needs of group customers.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

The final step in the event management process is a follow-up meeting after the event to discuss the event’s overall ROI, attendee and sponsor feedback, and make the necessary readjustments to the overarching event strategy. Event professionals have to come to follow-up meetings after events well-prepared. Event apps.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Five months following the announcement of the Vienna Meeting Fund which welcomed €4 million to support national and international organisers host meetings in the city, it has become clear that the Vienna Tourist Board’s scheme is a huge success to date, with overwhelming demand. RESULTS TO DATE. million promised in aid.

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StraussCA

JULY 15, 2021

The transition from in person meetings to the virtual space was not easy. Now that the pandemic is winding down, we will begin to plan 3-6 months ahead for in-person Fall and Winter 2022 meetings and events. How do we take the most optimal pieces of virtual collaboration and carry them forward as we begin meeting again in person?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In 2023, Smart Meetings released a stream of multimedia resources for planners to learn about sustainability in the world of events. Read on for a list of the best of Smart Meetings’ sustainability publications from the past year. You Can Go Net-Zero You want to pave the way for green meetings. But where do you start?

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Endless Events

AUGUST 4, 2022

Cross-training sometimes means you include people that don’t have to do anything for a particular event or meeting. “The upside is you have someone in a meeting that isn’t directly impacted by the outcome,” Nick says. If you have someone that isn’t impacted by the meeting, they don’t hold back.”

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Net-Zero Carbon Events has published seven new best-practice documents for organizations working to reduce the environmental impact of their meetings and events. At a press conference on December 11, NZCE announced the publication of seven workstream guidance documents, and its new priorities going forward.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I belong to a couple of small groups that have been meeting regularly for decades. The men’s group meets biweekly, while the consultants’ group meets monthly. Each group spent several meetings working through this exercise. Tidying up and documenting my complicated life before I die. Meditating daily.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

An effective legal document is one that clearly outlines roles and responsibilities and keeps all parties out of court, arguing over vague wording. Read More : Why AI Might Mean Salvation for the Meeting Industry Payne believes in creating a custom contract for each client that addresses all hotel fees and surcharges.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 25, 2020

Although less critical, I’d encourage participants to join the meeting on a PC too, if possible.) At the start of the meeting, make the facilitators Zoom co-hosts , so they can manage participants (mainly mute/unmute) in their Three Questions breakout room. Any online shared document can be used for this.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2024

Planners: Do not sign venue contracts for event production, electrical services, internet access, and support services until you read the full document—especially if you are bringing in an outside audiovisual company for the event, which usually results in extra conditions and raises prices for certain elements.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2023

What makes change requests so difficult and tips to resolve Most meeting planners have experienced the need to make last-minute changes to an upcoming event. The study recommends creating effective strategies like a centralized, comprehensive document management system that allows for easy sharing and editing.

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Eventmobi

JULY 9, 2020

Nothing beats the power of in-person meetings to create long lasting relationships or enhance learning, but a well executed online event will allow you to foster your community in different ways. Consider upgrading to EventMobi’s Multi-Event App if you run meetings throughout the year, and use this as your community’s main information hub.

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StraussCA

AUGUST 4, 2022

So, follow me as I share a few options to help you manage your tasks to meet association needs. You may see that you need to send an email to association members or prepare for a board meeting that afternoon. For example, while reviewing your task list, you see that board meeting minutes are due by the end of the day.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The 20-page document is a free, downloadable guide intended to help hotels, convention centers, convention bureaus, and special-event venues serve meetings and events in more equitable and inclusive ways. The guide also includes a resource list that can be customized to include local businesses who cater to event groups.

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Nunify

JULY 29, 2021

Something that involves both the parents and teachers, indeed, it’s the parent-teacher meeting (aka PTM). Importance of virtual parent teacher meetings. Virtual parent-teacher meetings are much simpler to conduct because there is no additional hassle of travel or queuing. Today we discuss one such part of the curriculum.

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