Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Although communicating clearly with entertainers prior to an event seems obvious, it is often overlooked. This results in unnecessary frustration and anxiety on event day. Here are a few things to consider reviewing and including in your communication with entertainers prior to an event. READ TIME: 4 minutes.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 15, 2019

Sure, Caesars Entertainment was drawn to Event Design Collective ’s expertise and worldwide success in establishing a partnership that will offer a free certificate program to 1,000 meeting professionals and Caesar’s team members. Now, their task is to design a real-life event.

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Event Leadership Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In this week’s Smarticle, we’re taking a closer look at event entertainment and how you can make sure you choose the best type of entertainment for your events. By definition, event entertainment is any live performance experience presented at a private or public event. Acrobatic entertainment.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In an inflatable meeting space on the edge of IMEX America's massive exhibit floor, James Morgan, a senior lecturer at England's University of Westminster, presented recent research that focuses on ways event planners can bring more creativity to sessions with educational objectives, and to those with entertainment objectives.

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Canadian Special Events

MARCH 24, 2024

Meet Jody Litvack, the creative mastermind behind Jet Entertainment, a leading event production and entertainment company based in Toronto. With over 27 years of experience in the industry, Jody has travelled extensively throughout North America immersing himself in the latest trends in music, fashion, and entertainment.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2024

World Education Congress (WEC) 2024, Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) annual gathering, is always notable for its range of educational programming. Virtuoso author and entrepreneur Felipe Gomez shared the importance of practice for musicians and meeting professionals. “We

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Endless Events

APRIL 27, 2018

It was Global Meetings Industry Day a while back so we peeked into the corporate meeting trends and statistics that have shaped the past year. Another highlight is that the number of event-related careers is growing due to the sheer popularity and effectiveness of meetings as both marketing tools and revenue opportunities.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 23, 2018

The gift symbolizes the purpose of the event — the connections made, the learning that takes place, the consequent outcomes — while the wrapping equates to the logistical necessities and sensory glitz that makes the event viable (people need to eat and drink, have somewhere to stay, and enjoy being entertained or impressed).

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And yes, I admit it, during the second day of my vacation while enjoying the harmonies I hear, I’m jolted to think about religious meeting design…. Religious services are thought to be around 300,000 years old — by far the oldest form of organized meeting that humans have created. Include lots of communal activities.

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Canadian Special Events

AUGUST 31, 2016

Here are the results of the latest hunt; fresh and original to keep the entertainment world fresh and ever-evolving. • At the Idea Hunter it is our mission to stay on top and continue to teach young artists how to earn a living by entertaining in a ever changing world. The Idea Hunter is much more than an event entertainment company.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Design communal spaces and activities like inviting networking lounges that offer more than the usual basic seating and charging stations. Spatial Design for the Subconscious Mind Cookie-cutter conference designs can be mundane and predictable to an attendee.

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TicketBud

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It includes: Event Planners Printing/Signage Av/Tech Support Photography/Videography Catering/Bartending Staffing/Security Rentals/Decor Entertainment Venues Event Planners Fauxcades (Dallas) fauxcades.com Offering a full service event design, custom fabrication, production and rentals, Fauxcades focuses on the experiential aspect of every event.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 4, 2024

The Synergy of Two Giants The sheer scale of the events industry, combined with the expansive growth of the wellness sector underscores the potential for a mutually beneficial relationship. Why Wellness Should Matter to Event Professionals 1. Stevens also hosts a web series called Return on Wellness.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For event planners, reality-shifting exhibitions are about experiencing a space, destination or concept, as the virtual exists as a thin film does, covering, challenging and contesting reality. Smart Meetings talked to Scott Schoeneberger, managing partner at Bluewater Technologies Group Inc., And what about the expense?

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Define clear goals and objectives To successfully execute an event, you first need to know what you’re aiming at. That’s why the first step to running a winning event is clearly defining its purpose and objectives. This is best done by scheduling a planning meeting with company leadership and other key stakeholders for the event.

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Canadian Special Events

JUNE 3, 2022

Winners will be announced live in person at the CEA Gala on September 28, 2022, at Liberty Grand Entertainment Centre, Toronto, Ontario. 2022 Canadian Event Awards Finalists. Jet Entertainment, North York, ON, for The Virtual Holiday Experience. Best Event Design/De?cor R5 Event Design Inc.,

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Canadian Special Events

DECEMBER 28, 2016

International Live Events Association (ILEA) Vancouver joined together with the BC Chapter of Meeting Professionals Intl (MPI) for a holiday event of epic proportions. The theme of the event truly echoes the co-operative and supportive working environment that the event and meeting industry in BC is proudly creating.

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Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

When retaining speakers to present at their conference or convention, meeting planners must tread very carefully. Picking the wrong speaker for an event can have disastrous consequences. They go on their way to ensure that the meeting planner feels comfortable and confident that their presentation will be well-received.

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Canadian Special Events

JANUARY 18, 2018

Best Entertainment Production. Best Event Design Concept Up to $30,000. Elizabeth Stanley Event Design, Richmond, BC for the DISTILL Gala. OneWest Events Inc. R5 Event Design, Toronto, ON for Garden Grunge, the Wedding of Kate & Sandy. Best Event Design Concept Over $30,000.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 16, 2022

He was definitely one of those folks I could easily spend hours talking shop with, and his enthusiasm for creating amazing events was infectious. The early work he and others did in that time established many of the best practices for online, hybrid and multihub meetings and events that still stand today. There and Back Again.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 10, 2023

Read More: First Business Events Industry Week Showcased Purpose. Celebrating Excellence Winners of the PCMA Visionary Award were announced on Thursday, March 8 th and included: Jodi VanWoerkom, senior event manager, Association for Talent Development for Digital Experience Strategist of the Year; Tim Mathy, senior partner, SpeakInc.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 22, 2024

Badge scanning tech is common at meetings. Kamprath and I gave examples of how often the most impactful sessions at meetings—impactful in the sense of changing future behavior rather than entertaining an audience —can be somewhat uncomfortable for participants at the time. What about consent versus notice?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

IMEX 2022 concluded its 11 th American run Thursday following a thunderous return with over 12,000 people in attendance at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, a 45% increase over last year’s event due to pandemic travel restrictions. More than 1,600 people participated in MPI education over the course of the event.

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Canadian Special Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

2284 square feet of scaffolding, weighing 40,000 lbs, not only created an impactful entry within the industrial feeling of the venue and the 90’s theme but provided a focal point for the merchandise area, entertainment and play areas, niches for a few sponsor activations, and a unique networking/working area on the upper level.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Crucially, if done well, these fans will evangelise about the event, bringing in new fans and returning again and again. The gaming and e-sports sector is famous for hosting big-ticket festivalised events, and events like ChinaJoy — an annual digital entertainment expo in Shanghai — can provide a possible road map for other sectors.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I’ve been promoting the Conferences That Work meeting format for so long, that some people assume I think it’s the right choice for every meeting. two meeting types and three situations when you should NOT use a Conferences That Work design: — Most corporate events. Well, it’s not.

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Attendease

JULY 13, 2021

It was time to say goodbye to the way you’d always done things, work within difficult restrictions and safety protocols, and step into completely new territory to keep your meetings and events alive. . In other words, you need to think from a design-first perspective. .

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Attendease

JUNE 30, 2021

It was time to say goodbye to the way you’d always done things, work within difficult restrictions and safety protocols, and step into completely new territory to keep your meetings and events alive. . In other words, you need to think from a design-first perspective. .

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 13, 2020

Video playing, presenter speaking, entertainment, etc.). Who is the person speaking or entertainer for that segment? Course Domains: G: Meeting or Event Design. Technical Meeting & Event Production Certificate. What is the segment exactly? What should the lighting look like during the segment?

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

vVenues is the virtual event platform that truly engages people. vVenues is an event platform, developed in Sweden, for virtual events, designed to match the experience of a physical event. It´s built for us humans and our need for inspiration, interaction and entertainment value to build fruitful relationships.

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

Stacy Harwood of One West Events and I spoke at the One Conference , here in Calgary to share our expertise on “Creative Problem Solving within the Planner-Designer Relationship” with the great minds and members of local MPI (Meeting Planners International) and ILEA (International Live Events Association).

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

Stacy Harwood of One West Events and I spoke at the One Conference , here in Calgary to share our expertise on “Creative Problem Solving within the Planner-Designer Relationship” with the great minds and members of local MPI (Meeting Planners International) and ILEA (International Live Events Association).

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 12, 2018

Interior design? Graphic design? Meeting and conference professionals? Go back and read that last phrase: meeting and conference professionals! Do you see yourself as a conference, meeting or event designer? As someone who creates, plans and constructs human interactions at your meetings and events?

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PCMA Convene

MAY 23, 2018

That’s one takeaway from IACC’s fresh-off-the-press “2018 Meeting Room of the Future Report” that will likely not surprise you. The report covered a number of areas related to event spaces. And venues are increasingly offering internet access free of charge to clients or included as part of a meeting package. .

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Planning Pod

JULY 29, 2020

Garnering and maintaining an audience’s attention, especially during long meetings or intense conferences, is one of the major challenges event planners and meeting coordinators face. Even galas and charitable events can quickly turn into a drag if the speeches run long or the video presentation has poor production value.

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Canadian Special Events

AUGUST 20, 2022

The pandemic made it difficult for organizations like McMichael to stay connected with donors, so they wanted an event that would entice donors to come to the gallery and to meet directly and in person. Upon arrival, guests walked the winding path through the trees to an archway made of greenery, providing an entranceway to the event.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

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. I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.

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