MeetingsNet

APRIL 18, 2023

A professional emcee isn’t just for introducing speakers—it’s a role that can help with event marketing, audience experience, risk management, and more. If you’re organization is like most, its events could use some help from a professional emcee. Tip 3: Use your emcee to increase engagement throughout the event cycle.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Climate Pledge Arena, a sports and entertainment venue that opened last October in Seattle, is a showcase for sustainable innovation and best practices, from the top of its solar-power-generating roof down to its hockey rink’s “green” ice made from harvested rainwater and maintained by an electric-powered Zamboni.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Meeting and event professionals are very much aware of the security challenges generated by bringing people together. In recent days, we have been confronted once again by televised images of terror being inflicted on participants at events, walking a bridge or attending a meeting.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. Ariane Coldiron Ariane Coldiron, PRG Production Resource Group (PRG) welcomes Ariane Coldiron as senior vice president of corporate events.

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QC Event School

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As a professional event planner, you know that writing an event proposal is one of the most important steps in the planning process! After all, a well-written proposal can help you secure a client and get them excited about your proposed event. What is an Event Proposal? What Should Be Included in an Event Proposal?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The importance of safety is something that simply cannot be overstated in the world of events and entertainment. Be it conversations around COVID-19 vaccination or cyber-security , there are many ways to look at safety at events. So today, we are exploring what it takes to plan a safe event. This is a non-negotiable!

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Eventinterface

MAY 13, 2017

We asked meeting and event planners to share their thoughts on the best new trends, and the worst trends of the year. Companies like Space in the Raw offer planners access to a curated collection of non-traditional venues and vacant real estate for large corporate meetings or events. Nap pods are also showing up in event foot prints.

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Course Index

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The event management business is booming. Many of the experiences they crave come in the form of organised events like festivals and concerts. The business events sector is also busier than ever, with regular year-on-year growth in conferences, conventions, expos, product launches and marketing events.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Meeting and event planning is a highly stressful, fast-paced occupation. The general rule of thumb is there is an eight-week time frame for a small event (200–400 attendees), around a four-month frame for a medium-size event (400–800) and six months to a year for a large-scale event (800 or more). Cue the event binder.

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Endless Events

JUNE 21, 2018

Although planning a safe event has always been part of the event industry, it’s at the forefront of event organizer’s minds now, more than ever. And with tech playing a larger role in event planning and production, not only do we need to be on top of physical threats, but cybersecurity concerns as well.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 17, 2020

Editor’s Note : As the world was realizing that COVID-19 would pause gatherings everywhere, an annual fundraising event went on as scheduled in Las Vegas. Event Goal. SEARCH Foundation ’s annual signature event raises funds to directly assist event industry professionals in crisis. Biggest Challenge.

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

As you might imagine when working in the arena of live experiences for a living, event professionals run into all sorts of opportunities to Creative Problem Solve. A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery. Make your decision and go with it.

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Canadian Special Events

JULY 20, 2017

As you might imagine when working in the arena of live experiences for a living, event professionals run into all sorts of opportunities to Creative Problem Solve. A good event professional takes risk management into great consideration, but a great one knows how to mitigate recovery. Make your decision and go with it.

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Decibel Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Decibel has gotten creative with our event venue spaces in the past, having held events at the National Mall, Portrait Gallery, Dock 5, the Library of Congress and on various other spaces and rooftops in and around DC. Some would say that a holiday event is in and of itself is a theme. Are minors permitted at the event?

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SmartMeetings

JULY 10, 2017

This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. A work hard, play hard motto fits well in Dallas with more than 12,000 dining options, 200 golf courses and 20 entertainment districts. making it ideal for a large event.

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Management Events

MARCH 10, 2023

He oversees the organization’s finances, information technology, global procurement and risk management, as well as capital deployment and M&A in strategic areas of growth including the acquisitions of Blue Man Group, VStar Entertainment, and The Works Entertainment. I’ve always been a fan of Cirque du Soleil.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

When 2,500 meeting planners gathered at the MGM Grand in the entertainment capital of the world to learn and connect, it was inevitable that a party was going to break out. The well-being of attendees is always the first concern for planners, but only 50% have written risk management plans according to MPI research.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

While budgets may be stagnant, planners are still under pressure to deliver memorable experiences and raise the bar from one event to the next. Rather than squeezing every penny out of a budget, consider packing more punch by simply changing the duration of the meeting or event. Maybe a three-hour event is 2.5

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2016

It’s a familiar worry for anyone planning an outdoor event: Will it rain? For Michael Massari, senior vice president of meetings and events at Caesars Entertainment, creating a backup plan became increasingly tricky in the days leading up to MPI’s World Education Congress in Atlantic City on June 11–14.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Given the recent media firestorm around sexual harassment in the workplace, entertainment industry, and among government officials, we’ve decided to put our own industry under the microscope. ” Corn communicated the students’ experience to show management, who was “upset to say the least,” she writes.

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GEVME

JANUARY 27, 2020

Events and gatherings happen in all sizes, at all kinds of social and commercial environments — whether it is a Christmas party, a large scale conference or a business event. While people love spending their time in such places, the organizers do not really place sustainability as the anchor of organizing such events.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

While the majority of VRLA Summer Expo exhibitors are entertainment focused — producers of video games and 360-degree video content — Scharf said other types of companies exhibit as well. We could walk around the whole event. Then after that we might have something where there’s a totally digital replica of the actual event in VR.”.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 5, 2018

Crisis management planning is like life insurance; nobody wants it, but everyone needs it. Business owners must budget for risk management even when there is no sign of trouble ahead. Planning for hypothetical events understandably seems like a waste of resources. For example: Company — problems within the company.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

A representative from the vertical dance company conducts site inspections to determine how best to perform at your event and work out the logistics and technicalities, including rigging, lighting and sound. They assess safety measures and risk management. Cirque du Soleil.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

A representative from the vertical dance company conducts site inspections to determine how best to perform at your event and work out the logistics and technicalities, including rigging, lighting and sound. They assess safety measures and risk management. Cirque du Soleil.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? Scouring the internet for event information could be an overwhelming task. Tech Events featured in in this list take place all throughout the year, all around the globe. Tech Events featured in in this list take place all throughout the year, all around the globe.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 4, 2020

Designed to kick off an event by setting the tone or theme, the keynote address can be the most expensive hour of your conference, with top speakers commanding from $10,000 to several hundred thousand dollars. Leadership, decision-making, risk management. Ditch passive presentations. Keynotes are tricky. & Topics.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

The Jersey Shore destination has been aggressively courting meetings in the wake of recent casino closures — and as MPI’s luck would have it, Caesars Entertainment was nearing completion on the Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center. The 100,000-square-foot venue offers 2,500 hotel rooms just upstairs, a perfect fit for WEC 2016. “It

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 31, 2017

International meetings, conventions, and other business events are melting pots. Because of that, Graham wonders if attendees will be more willing to discuss current events, or anxious to avoid conversations involving politics and policies. And conferences may be our best hope for creating change. DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE.

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