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SmartMeetings
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
The meetings industry is not so simple anymore. Today’s intense focus on key performance indicators, event-tech stacks and designing brilliant experiences has made the need for advanced education—from a university, association or DIY commitment—almost a requisite for getting hired…and for thriving. Jessie States.
MeetingsNet
DECEMBER 2, 2021
A meeting professional’s expertise can go in any number of directions: marketing, adult education, event design, site selection, contracting, event technology … It’s a dynamic role. A discussion with any potential meeting venue should cover air-circulation and air-quality issues.
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Conferences that Work
MARCH 28, 2022
I’m about to go on my first pre-con site visit since the Covid pandemic started over two years ago. My work at a pre-con is different from that of a typical meeting planner since I focus on the meeting’s design and facilitation. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.
Connect Your Meetings
JULY 18, 2019
As a planner, who is my main point of contact on-site during an emergency? Where are your evacuation meeting locations? Where are fire extinguishers, first aid kits and automatic electronic defibrillators (AEDs) located on-site? Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) Event Disruption Study.
Plan Your Meetings
JUNE 27, 2016
If you’re like many corporate meeting planners, planning meetings and events may only be part of your job and you learn as you go, without formal training. But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master.
Maritz Global Events
MARCH 3, 2020
These things may work wonders toward a more eco-conscious practice, but, sustainable event management comes with a whole new set of hoops to jump through, and a lot more checklists to check off. With so many things to consider, site selection will challenge more and more and event planners. Embracing Diversity.
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
When Joe Bocherer took on the role of chief commercial officer of GWCC in 2016, he wanted to create a more structured customer advisory board (CAB) — one that could meet on a regular basis and take a bigger-picture view, exploring, for example, the expectations of the next generation of attendees. Experiential Education.
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