Conferences that Work

JULY 2, 2018

Great — a client who doesn’t know what they want! Recently, a client asked for help designing a new conference. Thirty minutes of discussion with three stakeholders revealed they hadn’t yet settled on the event’s specific purpose, scope, and format. From my perspective this is actually a great problem to have. Why? Because most clients engage me after they are committed to programs and logistics that are not optimum for what they’re trying to accomplish!

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BizBash

JULY 2, 2018

With a pop-up community space opening today through August 19, HBO is bringing seven weeks of L.G.B.T.Q.+ cultural programming to.

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Caterease

JULY 2, 2018

It's important to understand why and how your customers are coming to you to purchase your catering services. Without it, you are missing a huge volume of factors that come into making a sale. Mostly every aspect of your catering business could hinder whether someone decides to hire your company to cater their event. Even. The post Factors That Influence Purchasing Decisions for Catering Customers appeared first on Caterease.

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BizBash

JULY 2, 2018

Known for its spectacular Fourth of July fireworks display in New York City since 1976, Macy’s brought more than just.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Bob Priest-Heck , CEO of Freeman. Life is growth,” Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, wrote in his recently published memoir Shoe Dog. “You grow or you die.”. To avoid the dark side of that equation, some companies are doing more than forecasting annual revenue growth. They’re adding a role solely focused on driving bigger results: chief growth officer (CGO).

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Event Planning BluePrint

JULY 2, 2018

Have you ever wondered whether or not you need an event planning certification? If you’re anything like me, you have! With more and more online information, it’s getting harder and harder to know who to trust and who’s advice to take – making a decision such as this, more difficult. Today we are going to discuss the truth about event planning certifications.

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BizBash

JULY 2, 2018

As one of the most festive days of the year, Independence Day calls for outdoor barbecues, starry decor, and plenty.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Bear Analytics CEO Joe Colangelo. In the last months, there’s been a scramble, says Bear Analytics CEO Joe Colangelo, as organizations and companies that do business with the European Union have focused on making sure that their internal data practices were positioned to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect May 25.

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BizBash

JULY 2, 2018

1. 600 "KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER" MARCHES TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE U.S.: Thousands of people gathered for marches across the U.S.

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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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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Bestselling author — and frequent speaker ‚ Daniel Pink talks about how experience with the traditional format of following a presentation with Q&A and how — and why and when — tweaks it: . “If I’m talking to a group of say, 100 or 150 people, I don’t like ending anything on Q&A — especially if I’m either the first or the last person in the conference.

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BizBash

JULY 2, 2018

Here's a look at new Houston eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces for all types.

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Event Industry News

JULY 2, 2018

Manchester Central has added to an already impressive list of recent industry successes by fighting off competition from all over the UK to be crowned ‘Best Conference Venue (over 1,300 theatre style) at the 2018 Conference Awards. The iconic city centre venue was also named ‘Best City Centre Venue’ at the National Venue Awards last month, whilst Duncan Leavitt, Technical Services Project Manager, scooped ‘Unsung Hero’ at the AEO Awards.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Walk into any boardroom in 2018, and there’s a good chance you’ll hear a conversation about blockchain. Not everyone, however, may be clear about what it means. Blockchain is a digital ledger in which transactions made in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency are recorded. Exchanges between two users belonging to the same network are stored in a secure, verifiable, and permanent way, inside cryptographic blocks.

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Caterease

JULY 2, 2018

Wrapping Grid Rows and Column Headings Caterease Version: 18 Category: Reports & Queries Date: 07/02/2018. The post Wrapping Grid Rows and Column Headings appeared first on Caterease.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangle of our days. Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics, and health. Anesthesia is one example. Researchers at Duke Medical Center reviewed about 90,000 surgeries at the hospital and identified what they called “anesthetic adverse events” — either mistakes anesthesiologists made, harm they caused to patients, or both.

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Event Industry News

JULY 2, 2018

A completely new motorsport event aimed at drivers & spectators of oval racing, autograss, speedway and other grass roots motorsport, will debut at the East of England Arena and Events Centre (EEAEC), 16-17 February 2019. The event will comprise a full-size exhibition across two halls, a live stage, and demonstration races around the oval track.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Cognitive science acknowledges the powerful role that emotions play in shaping our understanding, our ways of thinking, the decisions we make, and the habits we adopt. In fact, if logic and emotion are at odds, most people act on their feelings when making a decision. Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio proved how critical emotions are to decision making several years ago in a groundbreaking study.

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Event Industry News

JULY 2, 2018

Provision Events (PVE) is delighted to announce that it has been commissioned to provide the fan experience at the up-coming Special Olympics USA Games on behalf of official presenting sponsor of the golf events, KPMG. Simon Jones, Head of Sales and Business Development at PVE is delighted with the appointment as he comments, “To get the opportunity to help KPMG showcase golf at the Special Olympics USA Games is a real honour.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Convene talked to six business-event professionals about the “bystander effect” — the tendency for people not to take action when they see a wrong taking place — and how organizations can counteract it. According to a Harvard Business Review article cited in the story , bystander training involves four steps: Make observers aware of the problem so they can identify it when they see it.

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Event Industry News

JULY 2, 2018

ROE Visual LED screens are an essential eye-catcher on the two main stages of this oldest running festival in the Netherlands. Using a combination of Carbon CB5 panels and an Air Frame support system, Faber Audiovisuals premiers this product on the European market. Held for the 49 th consecutive year, Pinkpop Festival took place this weekend. The festival boasts a line-up of Pearl Jam, Bruno Mars, Foo Fighters and many, many more.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

For more than half an hour, 38 respectable, law-abiding citizens in Queens watched a killer stalk and stab a woman in three separate attacks in Kew Gardens.” So began The New York Times article about the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964, a crime that gave rise to research on the psychological phenomenon known as the “bystander effect.”. Today, the bystander effect has become part of the vocabulary of the Me Too movement, where people witness incidents of sexual harassment and inappropriate behav

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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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The Expo Group

JULY 2, 2018

Thanks for listening to The Exposure Podcast from The Expo Group. This month, Todd and Dana talk with Jason Falls about digital marketing, influencer campaigns, and some takeaways from Jason's upcoming session at the TSNN Awards in August. We also congratulate the 2018 The Expo Group Show Manager of the Year Award honorees and discover where in the world Dana Freker Doody is headed to this month.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Espace C2 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth in downtown Montréal. C2 MTL — now known as C2 Montréal — was launched seven years ago, sparked by the desire of two friends, Jean-Francois Bouchard, co-founder of the Montréal-based Sid Lee creative agency, and Daniel Lamarre, CEO of the Cirque du Soleil entertainment company, to reimagine business meetings.

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a2z Innovation Insider

JULY 2, 2018

This article first appeared on CEIR’s Blog. One cannot help but conjure the voice of Ben Stein when reading a title that discusses methodical approach. My hope is, with a bit of storytelling, I can help guide you along this journey to grow your attendance. In this series of three (3) posts you will learn the Methodical Approach, Marketing & Sales Multi-Prong Approach, and Referrals & VIP Programs Approach on how to grow your event attendance.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

On the opening night reception at PCMA’s Education Conference last month, I bumped into Julia Richardson, director of conventions & marketing at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. I’m a big fan of Julia’s, and am always impressed by her enthusiasm for her work and this industry. That night, at Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, she was excited to tell me that her team had won the PCMA hackathon earlier in the day.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 2, 2018

Layovers can feel like the bane of your existence. All you want is to get from point A to B , but sometimes budgets require a stop halfway to your destination. There are ways to make the most of your layovers—ways that don’t include flipping through the same four applications on your phone for hours at a time. Try the following to shake yourself out of the layover blues. 1.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 2, 2018

Hello Tomorrow Global Summit. Event Details. March 14–15, 2019. The Centquatre-Paris, Paris, France. First, What Is Deep Tech? Deep technologies are innovations that have the potential to advance technological frontiers. They are disruptive solutions built around unique, protected, or hard-to-reproduce technological or scientific advances and have the potential to impact all industries and improve the human condition.

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GEVME

JULY 2, 2018

With the meetings industry getting more sophisticated, the costs of event production are quickly increasing. From advanced check-in technology to high-tech VR/AR entertainment, there are numerous areas that require extensive investment. This means smart budgeting is crucial for you to master if you expect your upcoming event to rack up a lot of expenses.

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