MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Join MeetingsNet at the Catersource + The Special Event show in Orlando in March for an insightful educational lineup that will including Canonica’s session on the “undeniable shift toward event marketing.” Currently vice president, corporate at MCI USA, her meetings and incentives career goes back decades.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The free program touches on topics, in the form of webinars, from the basics of meeting planning to more complex topics, such as event technology and sustainability. Planners have also taken on new roles and are eager for more education to help them take on new tasks and responsibilities.”.

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Attendease

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They’re now commonplace for communicating with customers, prospects, and employees, making webinar interaction an important factor in meeting planning. Webinars are a very powerful communication tool , serving as a medium for conducting educational talks, networking, brand promotion, and various other knowledge-sharing programs.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Whether you are a school leaver, keen to enter the crazy and exciting world of event and meeting planning, switching from a different career path or looking for education and qualifications to increase your job prospects for promotions and advancement it can be overwhelming assessing all of the options.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Like many others in my profession, I stumbled into meeting planning,” she says. She has now been in the meeting planning industry for over two decades. She suggests getting started on the 25 required hours of continuing education right away. “As But during an internship in Washington, D.C., “I

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 19, 2024

I knew I wanted a job that allowed me to travel, and I fell into meeting planning completely by accident. She is president and founder of Arts of Meeting LLC. Education is a continuous process. “We traveled every summer to different parts of the U.S., By the time she graduated college, she still had that travel bug. “I

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

At an educational session on wage inequality in the meeting-planning industry during the recent IMEX America show in Las Vegas, a standing-room only crowd heard tips and advice from veteran industry players about what planners need to do to receive an appropriate salary for their work.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 31, 2023

A far greater reliance on technology has come to the meeting-planning task, producing a new role that many planners don’t realize has an actual name: event technologist. Although the Covid pandemic is firmly in the rear-view mirror, the waves it created across the business-events industry will be permanent.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 7, 2024

While formal education in meeting planning, financial skills, and leadership is vital for planners with greater ambitions, the connections with peers and mentors are what provided the perspective and wisdom that all four women needed to advance to management positions.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In addition to evaluating for proficiency in the areas of event design, principles of meeting planning, association objectives and business principles, it will also be a tool to develop the next generation of meeting professional. Read More : Louisville, Kentucky: Bourbon City with a Modern Twist.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With a computer and internet connection, you have access to a world of education. Many organizations, including Smart Meetings , have turned their events virtual. In your spare time, turn your attention to a virtual meetings education. Thinking about dipping your toes in another industry?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 20, 2023

By including an element of diversity in speakers meeting planners are creating a rich, natural byproduct for all those involved. Your Clients and Attendees Probably Like Diversity Rhonda Monet Knowing your clientele is important. There’s richness that created when you have varied perspectives varied experiences varied life stories.”

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

Inspired by lessons learned from the successful American show at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, look for a nature-inspired decor with education areas embedded in the trade show floor, a More than Experience theatre by DRPG and Maritz and a new look for the Hosted Buyer Lounge, Media Zone and food court. A Focus on Nature.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

How the meetings industry can help As the importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is increasingly prevalent in conversations within the meeting industry, some marginalized groups continue to be widely underrepresented. So it really lends itself to team building and interactive meetings. I have to do this.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 6, 2023

Wondering how artificial intelligence can actually make a difference in the meeting planning process? Meet MeetingsNet Changemaker Maxwell Kelly and read up on the lastest industry A.I. initiatives and tools. Artificial intelligence has long been a tech-business buzz concept. on the business-events industry.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 12, 2023

Released on the first day of Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Congress in Cancun, the “Meeting Room of the Future 2023” survey report from the International Association of Conference Centers finds the 275 responding planners to be focused more heavily on “experience creation” versus before the Covid pandemic.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

Breaking into the meeting planning business takes a mishmash of education, experience and passion. It seems almost everyone I meet lately appears to have an interest in meeting planning and a meeting planner career. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

IHG diversifies and enhances their staff with talented and ambitious employees and the educational institutions have a corporate relationship that can provide opportunities for students in many areas of study to be successful going forward in the world. Students Receive Education, Resources and Connections. IHG Diversifies.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Conference Facilities and Host Cities Benefit with Industry Planning Conferences What would normally be a slow period for many convention cities can become quite lucrative for cities that host meeting planning conventions.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As conference education trumps the exhibit hall experience at many association meetings, or creeps into your trade show experience to create a solutions-driven, holistic experience for your attendees, upping your game with session titles, descriptions, and learning objectives has become more important than ever. You should too!

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Continuing planner education, like the industry itself, has almost entirely pivoted to virtual, at least for now. Planners can, well, plan their course time, study time and, in many cases, exam time. Let’s do Planner Education 101. In many organizations, the meeting planning function is viewed as administrative.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 12, 2017

Eventinterface in partnership with eventTALK is hosting an Event and Meeting Planning Master Class Workshop, a ten-part series of virtual workshops that address key tasks in the design and execution of events and meetings. Participants qualify for Continued Education Credits and receive a certificate of completion.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 27, 2017

How to evaluate the success of these types of meetings above the numbers of people participating? How our guest educates planners on the use of Hybrid Events. Please do us a little favor and share this post with others, for there’s a good chance that it will help them as they go about planning meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 2, 2021

You may not be the Amazon of the meeting planning industry who can provide just about anything to anyone, but that doesn’t mean small, third-party management companies and independent planners need to think small when it comes to wooing potential clients. Continue your education.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

So if you are an association working with healthcare workers, best to look for AMCs that meet or exceed expectations established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education ( ACCME ). Notable clients: Meeting Planners International, Top President’s Association, South East Florida Apartment Association.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The biggest frustration that stems from situations like these is some organizers aren’t willing to communicate or have a dialog when they are approached in an educational way. “I I think that’s the most frustrating thing because yes, it is an education process. Put Disability Advocates in Leadership Positions.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 2, 2024

Q: Why is meeting planning so important for businesses? A: I really thrive on looking at a business as a whole and figuring out how meetings can affect your business outcomes. Not a lot of places have meetings as a part of their strategic plan. Q: What can we expect in the meetings and events industry for 2024?

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 24, 2019

Venues offer discounted menus for nonprofit, veterans or educational groups—some extend seasonal specials to offer groups lower price options. He went into meeting planning and founded CONTACT Planning, a national meeting planning company with headquarters in Orlando, Florida.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 17, 2020

NCBMP wanted to find a way to highlight cultural institutions that embodied and educated visitors on the resilience and passion of the Black community. Executing on such a unique experience in a short amount of time required Vismale and her team to use “all the elements of fundamental meeting planning,” Vismale said.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 11, 2019

Tom went into meeting planning and founded CONTACT Planning, a national meeting planning company with headquarters in Orlando, Florida. Pritzker Award for Excellence. Tom’s company books over 100,000 room nights annually, working with corporate and association clients. Register for Webinar.

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Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2021

“Silvia’s experience in the luxury event market as well as her continued commitment to the meeting planning profession will enhance ALHI’s journey of creating educational and experiential events that connect our clients with the hotel members that we serve in a global sales capacity.”

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Master the Event

APRIL 7, 2022

Becoming a successful event planner requires skills, education, determination, hard work, and hustle. Education and Training. Before embarking on the path to become educated and trained as a professional event planner, it is important to know what the job entails in and of itself. Know What’s Involved.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 4, 2017

MeetingsNet is the leader in the industry by offering high quality, engaging content for market-segmented meetings, planning meetings, and incentives. Meetings and Conventions is a publication for those planning events in associations, corporations, independent planning companies. Click To Tweet.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Amazed by the modern concept of organizing conferences and ideas that change the concept of corporate meetings planning; we approached Adrian Segar to discuss his work! Are there any event planning organizations that have stood up to the idea/concept of peer conferences and helped in implementing it?

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Stova

JUNE 23, 2020

Isn’t this something that people in the education field have to worry about, not events? Since the event industry was flipped upside down and turned virtual, we have had to change a lot of our ways, plan differently, and teach differently at our events. We beg to differ.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

He is currently a member of MPI and serves on the Educational Committee. What is the best advice you have ever received as an event or meeting planner? What advice would you give to someone entering the event or meeting planning industry today? He is a repeat guest lecturer on the topic of events and trade shows at St.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

He is currently a member of MPI and serves on the Educational Committee. What is the best advice you have ever received as an event or meeting planner? What advice would you give to someone entering the event or meeting planning industry today? He is a repeat guest lecturer on the topic of events and trade shows at St.

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