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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Session proposals are now being accepted for the MeetingsNet track at CaterSource + The Special Event show happening February 12 to 15, 2024, in Austin, Texas. We invite you to submit an idea for an informative session, sharing meeting expertise or research that can help event professionals to succeed.

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New Realms, New Ideas: Virtual Reality Tech Is Transforming Events, Experiences

Smart Meetings

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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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

Conferences that Work

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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The best pharma event management companies in 2023

SpotMe Blog

And many of them use our fully compliant life science event platform and mobile event app to help pharma companies manage engaging HCP events. That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. It is not for commercial purposes.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

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.

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6 Strategies for Large Event Contract Negotiations

SmartMeetings

However, you might consider negotiating the prior year’s rates for services such as food and beverage. Collins, CMP is the President & CEO of JDC Events , an award-winning Washington, DC area event design company, and author of the book, Events Spark Change, scheduled for release in early 2018.

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3 Ways to Engage Your Audience at Your Event

Social Tables

But you’ve forgotten one important piece of the puzzle: how do you plan on engaging your attendees? Attendee engagement is an oft-overlooked component that is just as important as the venue or food and beverage. During an event, the easiest way to keep the momentum going is to live tweet. Room Design. Social Media.

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