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March Wrap: Woman Empowerment, Event Tours, WBENC, and more!

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DEI, women empowerment, event series, brand activations… we couldn’t be happier for all the amazing events we did in March. Feels great when you can help celebrate all these amazing women in our community and also help our clients reunite, reengage and build connections across the Americas. What a busy and invigorating month! We love our clients and we love what we do.

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Putting Plan B into Play for Your Main Stage

Velvet Chainsaw

Contingency plan, A, B & C: iStock Credit: Andrii Dodonov Last fall, two of our consulting clients were scheduled to have their annual conferences in Orlando. In late September, Hurricane Ian pummeled central Florida, triggering a significant number of flight cancellations. Group No. 1 had no choice but to cancel its in-person event. Fortunately, this association had already planned a digital version of the conference to be held four weeks after the in-person event.

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How Online Communities Can Ignite Live Events

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Skift Take: Vibrant online event communities may be difficult to build, but many can help create successful in-person events. They can help drive content, tap into new audiences, and keep conversations real.

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8 Influencers Every Event Pro Should Be Following on Social Media

Planning Pod

#Eventprofs – get your Instagram stories ready, because you’re about to see some seriously share-worthy content! Whether you’re looking to amp up your organic social media strategy, gain inspiration for your next event, or just stay ahead of the curve on industry news, these 8 accounts are worth following and engaging with across social networks.

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Unlock the Secrets of Event Marketing Masters

The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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5 Reasons a Connected Destination Is the Secret to Event Success

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Skift Take: At a time when event organizers have to work harder than ever to prove they're really delivering value to everyone from attendees to stakeholders, it's essential to choose a host city where the right connections are easy to make. Discover five ways that a connected destination can make your most ambitious event goals a reality.

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Freeman Acquires Tech-Focused Strategic Event Company

EventMB

Skift Take: Cisco, Atlassian, and DocuSign are some of Impact Point Group’s clients that will now be part of Freeman’s agency team.

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Tips to Create a Truly Engaging Virtual Event

Event Industry News

Learn how to enhance connection with participants, improving their experience and increasing their engagement. Creating an engaging audience experience is a priority for all event professionals. This is especially true in today’s virtual world characterized by noise, but this needn’t be the case.

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What a View!

Special Events

Leading Caterers of America treated to three-course dinner

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Choose 2 Rent to be Equipment Rental Partner and Exhibit at Event Tech Live Las Vegas 2023

Event Industry News

Choose 2 Rent is thrilled to announce our sponsorship and exhibit at Event Tech Live Las Vegas, taking place at The Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas on April 26 & 27, 2023.

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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video

In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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Marko Sarstedt: Why is Sensory Marketing Important?

Management Events

As the retail industry faces the challenges of a weakened economy and rising inflation, consumer confidence and spending power are decreasing. This shift in consumer behavior requires a strategic approach to product differentiation through effective marketing strategies. However, in a highly competitive and unpredictable market , maintaining a strong brand image is no easy feat.

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Re-designing Rutland: Local hotel features on BBC Interior Design Masters

Prestige Events Magazine

A resort hotel in Rutland has starred in a popular BBC programme that seeks to find the UK’s best interior design talent – seeing two of its lodges being transformed into unique wedding accommodation. Rutland Hall Hotel & Spa featured on this week’s episode of BBC Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (8pm, BBC, 11/4/23), where contestants were tasked with revamping two of the luxury hotel’s self-catered lodges into ‘the night before’ accommodation for brides and grooms.

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WEC23: Volver a humanizar el entorno de trabajo

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Hamza Khan, uno de los principales ponentes del WEC23 de la MPI, que se llevará a cabo del 13 al 15 de junio en el Caribe mexicano, está convencido de que los líderes deben desaprender las lecciones obsoletas y adoptar un enfoque en el que “las personas sean lo primero.

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Making the Most of Event Management System Software

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If you polled a group of event planners, most would agree that event technology can significantly impact the success of an event. There are many reasons for this, including the fact that event management system software provides organizations with a central hub to handle all aspects of their event.

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B2B Events in 2023 - What You Need to Know

Get ahead of the curve and stay informed with Zuddl's industry report on the future of B2B events in 2023. Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from leading experts in the field. Make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.

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WEC23: Rehumanizing the workplace

MPI

WEC 2023 keynote speaker Hamza Khan envisions re-centering decision-making around the needs of people and the planet.

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AGM best practices: Ensuring fair and transparent meetings

Lumi Global

The annual general meeting (AGM) is a key event for companies and shareholders, it provides an opportunity for stakeholders to learn about the company's performance, ask questions, and vote on important matters. To ensure that the AGM is fair and transparent for all attendees, it's important to follow best practices for conducting the meeting.

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WEC23: Ver más allá de lo visible

MPI

Gaby Natale, una de los principales ponentes del WEC23 de la MPI, que se celebrará del 13 al 15 de junio en el Caribe mexicano, recomienda utilizar el entusiasmo como brújula cuando hay falta de claridad.

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Hotel WiFi and the Meeting Planner

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Hotel Wifi cost is something that can be difficult for meeting planners to understand and for good reason. It doesn’t make any freaking sense. I can find no logical rhyme or reason for the cost or how it is applied. You will find one hotel where Wifi is free in all spaces, another where it is $9.95 in the guest room but free in the lobby and 9k in the ballrooms, or free in the guest room but 15k in the ballrooms, and yet another where you can pay $19.95 in the room but if you sign up for t

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Download Now: 2022 Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template - Enterprise Edition

Download 200+ new RFP questions for hybrid and virtual event technology success. After 10,000 downloads, the SpotMe Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template is the ultimate procurement tool for event technology. This template is ideal for companies looking for a vendor to fulfill their specific virtual + hybrid event platform needs and requirements!

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Carreras para profesiones de reuniones en 2023: La capacidad de adaptación es enorme

MPI

Dawn Rasmussen hablará sobre los cambios que han experimentado los objetivos profesionales, las habilidad esenciales de los profesionales de reuniones en la actualidad y la evolución del equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida personal.

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National Stress Awareness Month: Our Top Tips to Relieve Stress

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6 Best Brella Alternatives And Competitors In 2023

Eventtia

Brella is a popular event management software widely used by many businesses and professionals, and not without its reasons. Brella is an all-in-one solution offering a suite of tools for handling various aspects of event management: creating websites, managing registrations, attendee tracking, facilitating networking, and more. These features are delivered in a simple and intuitive interface, making it a favorite among many event planners.

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LG’s Director of General Operations: A New Model for Future-Proofing Supply Chains

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Supply chain leaders are emerging from a difficult couple of years plagued by various global crises with a renewed determination to build resilience in a volatile landscape. The question on everyone’s mind: What actions can be taken from the recent lessons learned? During our insights session with supply chain business leaders, LG’s Director of General Operations, Gabriel Mesas Paton , walked us through the secret of the multinational electronics company’s collaborative supply chain strategy whi

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The Ultimate Guide to Hosting Hybrid Events For Your Association

For associations, the hybrid model is the future of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry. Hybrid events provide increased reach and scalability, improved engagement with association members, and insights from real-time analytics, making them an absolute necessity. This ready-to-use playbook presents a framework for event organizers embarking on the hybrid events journey.

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6 Best Brella Alternatives And Competitors In 2023

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Brella is a popular event management software widely used by many businesses and professionals, and not without its reasons. Brella is an all-in-one solution offering a suite of tools for handling various aspects of event management: creating websites, managing registrations, attendee tracking, facilitating networking, and more. These features are delivered in a simple and intuitive interface, making it a favorite among many event planners.

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