Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Since 1992, I’ve designed and facilitated hundreds of conferences and thousands of meetings. From small, high-level, high-stakes get-togethers to association regional and national meetings of every size. ” —Excerpts from the Winter 2024 Freeman Syndicated Survey of Event Attendees. They love my work !

2024 202

2024 Conference Meeting Design Speakers 202

Attendease

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In our current state of never enough time or money to do it all, hybrid events offer a great solution for bringing together the largest audience” From Intentional Event Design. One step at a time, one event at a time. Why are you meeting? Meetings, typically more of a business focus are easier to translate.

Corporate Meetings 221

Corporate Meetings Meetings Events 2017 221

Conferences that Work

APRIL 15, 2024

.” —Seth Godin, ‘Connect to’ vs. ‘Connect’ The importance of connection A survey I conducted of attendees while writing Conferences That Work confirmed (as do many other meeting surveys) that the two most important reasons people go to meetings are to connect (80%) and learn (75%).

Conference 202

Conference Speakers Meetings Event Design 202

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Every year, when we compile the latest Meetings Market Survey results, we compare them to the previous year’s survey. Other key benchmarks, like room-block size, reflect greater fluctuations, indicating that there are other factors at work besides the economy that affect the way event organizers do business. percent. ›

2015 40

2015 Meetings Marketing 2016 40

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. Convene Salary Survey 2017. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? What else does the survey reveal?

2017 75

2017 Education 2016 Corporate Meetings 75

PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. Convene Salary Survey 2017. How well are meeting professionals compensated for this agita? What else does the survey reveal?

2017 74

2017 Education 2016 Corporate Meetings 74

PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2023

I think too often event planners start with, “It’s our annual meeting. What needs can we meet for them? What event planners do, and I’m guilty, is you put on an event, you are very grateful if the room is filled, and then you survey and say, “How did we do?” How do we get everybody here?”

Event Design 52

Event Design Airlines Speakers Hotels 52

PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2017

Convene TV hosts Carrie Ferenac and Cara Moore unpack Convene ‘s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey , including looking back over a decade’s worth of data.

Marketing 58

Marketing Meetings Event Design Events 58

Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Conference organizers have, of course, every right to create an event that satisfies their wants and needs. Unfortunately, event organizers often fail to meet the wants and needs of attendees. Typically, this is done at event registration, or via a survey form sent out a few months before the event.

Conference 407

Conference Meetings Events Event Design 407

Maritz Global Events

JUNE 17, 2019

Great experience design is rooted in empathy,” according to Tim Simpson , brand & engagement strategist at Maritz Global Events (MGE). Event Design Comes Down to 4 Attendee Types. Understanding and delivering on what that mix is at the persona or even individual level will add great value to your event design.

Event Design 75

Event Design Education Events Marketing 75

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.

Corporate Events 195

Corporate Events Food and Beverage Social Media Event Management 195

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 22, 2018

It is a complicated, painful issue with many facets, including the question of what happens when homeless people and those who spend most of their time on the streets share the same sidewalks and spaces as meeting attendees. . Take the survey here. The post Survey: Has Homelessness Changed How You Make Decisions About Your Meeting?

Meetings 40

Meetings Event Design Events 40

PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2024

Couple that with the fact that 70 percent of those surveyed by VML said that they prefer to spend money on experiences, not things, and planners have their marching orders: Make your audiences feel something. Jennifer N. Dienst is senior editor at Convene.

2024 101

2024 2023 Travel Events 101

Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 28, 2020

This is just one of several key findings from the ELI research report released today, “Attendee Preferences for Live Events in the COVID-19 Era.”. A total of 764 event and meeting planners, agencies, and other industry vendors and suppliers completed the online survey, conducted July 7 – 31, 2020. Length: 6 Weeks Online.

Food and Beverage 40

Food and Beverage Risk Management 2020 Contracts 40

PCMA Convene

JUNE 13, 2017

Listen in as Convene TV hosts Carrie Ferenac and Kimberly Bottom discuss the results of Convene ‘s 2017 salary survey. Some highlights: “event coordinator” came in as the fifth-most stressful job in a job site survey — yet a vast majority of respondents express satisfaction with the meetings and events industry as a whole.

2017 45

2017 Meetings Events Event Design 45

Cvent: Event Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This is what makes event planning one of the world’s most stressful jobs. But this got us thinking, how could we best describe a ‘typical’ day in an event planner’s life … if there were no typical days? We conducted a survey specifically for event planners to try to get an inside look into their busy lives.

Social Media 53

Social Media Events Venues Event Planning 53

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. .

Corporate Events 370

Corporate Events Event Management Management Tech 370

PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2019

Don’t just send surveys. Send surveys that attract a high volume of insightful responses from your meeting’s attendees. Eventbrite. Eventbrite ). Read More.

Meetings 45

Meetings Events Event Design 45

Attendease

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Networking is often a primary goal for event participants. Consider organizing speed networking events, designated meetups around shared interests or specializations, or fun social activities. Hybrid events blend physical and virtual elements to increase flexibility, reach, and engagement for remote and in-person attendees.

Healthcare 195

Healthcare Event Ideas Food and Beverage Social Media 195

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game.

Meetings 157

Meetings 2016 Trade Shows Social Media 157

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 28, 2023

How emerging AI and other technology will boost event humanity by putting attendee needs at the center of conference design Attendees expect more from events today and emerging technology is helping to deliver on those demands. We need to build that technology into our events to give them flexibility.

2024 111

2024 Event Technology Technology Social Media 111

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. .

Corporate Events 326

Corporate Events Event Management Management Tech 326

EncoreAPAC

MARCH 1, 2021

With majority of events turning to a hybrid format, so too are company Annual General Meetings. Hybrid AGMs have even been endorsed by Australia’s Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, who weighed in on the debate last year around virtual AGMs confirming the government’s preference for a hybrid event model. 4 Questions to get you started.

Meetings 95

Meetings Speakers Technology Venues 95

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. Emotional Data: How do we measure feelings to get a truer ROI on events?

2023 105

2023 Negotiating Insurance Financial 105

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. From more engaging, holistic experiences to the the bold new expectations of “bleisure,” event planners and suppliers are racing to adapt in an industry that’s as dynamic as it’s ever been. C2 is pushing the envelope for event experiences.

Meetings 158

Meetings 2016 Trade Shows Social Media 158

Event Leadership Institute

MARCH 4, 2021

Those questions and more were addressed during a recent ELI webinar on diversity, equity, and inclusion —known collectively as DEI—with Brandi Carson, co-owner of Houston-based Posh & Private Event Design; Devin Lewis CEM, CMP, director of regional sales at Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and based in Washington, D.C.;

Meetings 98

Meetings Social Media Venues Events 98

Plan Your Meetings

MARCH 4, 2019

After 950 presentations at conference and conventions, I have a fairly good idea of what type of meeting planner is best to work with. RELATED STORY: 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed. Complete my pre-speech survey. Do not complete my pre-speech survey. Best clients. Best clients.

Meetings 66

Meetings Management Conference Event Design 66

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. And a bright, tropical design freshened the halls and meeting spaces.

2022 116

2022 Airlines Hotels Tourism 116

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

However, the negative impact of waste generated at events on the environment has been an ongoing concern and challenge in the industry. On average, events produce 2.5 It’s becoming increasingly important for events to adopt sustainable best practices, and people are more aware of this than ever before.

Trade Shows 98

Trade Shows 2024 Sustainability 2023 98

PCMA Convene

MAY 24, 2019

Convene ’s own look at the attitudes toward homelessness in the meetings industry show that a number of meeting professionals are bucking that trend: Thirty-five percent of those who responded to a survey last August reported they had organized CSR activities to benefit homelessness in the destinations where they hold meetings.

2019 94

2019 Meetings 2009 Education 94

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. Morgan plans her tours using some of the same skills and insights that event designers employ — her events just happen to be mobile. No, Don’t Give Them the Generic.

Travel 74

Travel Event Design Food and Beverage Hotels 74

EventMB

JUNE 28, 2022

That’s why it’s important to track and compare: One-to-one messaging chats One-to-one video meetings Drop-ins to virtual lounges In-person meetings booked. Figure Out What Event Strategies Deliver the Best ROI. Pinpoint the Right Survey Strategy for Your Audience.

Tech 163

Tech Marketing Events Event Tech 163

PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Based on survey data from thousands of organizations, these are the top five event survey questions business-event organizers should ask their attendees. Eventbrite. Eventbrite ). Read More.

Events 45

Events Event Design Meetings 45

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The meeting is over. I greatly enjoy participating in EventTech Chat , “a weekly conversation about meeting and event technology, including software, hardware, and audiovisual for in-person and online events” hosted by pals Brandt Krueger and Glenn Thayer. Did anyone learn anything? And how would you know?

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Conference Meetings Education Event Technology 359

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 22, 2024

Badge scanning tech is common at meetings. Of course, this statement allows Moutafis to pivot to his marketing pitch: “…analyzing a room of people multiple times per second and combining this with survey and attendance data can be insightful.” ” Because that’s what Zenus has designed its technology to do.

Technology 342

Technology 2023 Events Tech 342

EncoreAPAC

AUGUST 27, 2022

More meeting and event professionals are actively booking or sourcing new events now than any time since 2020. More than half of the meeting and event professionals surveyed say they are booking new events. Despite rising costs, in-person events are expected to increase in the second half of 2022.

2022 52

2022 2020 Event Design Technology 52

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It can also be effectively used by meeting and event teams of all sized to deliver better end products. With site tours and intentional evaluations as part of the supplier relationship management framework, you gain insights that extend beyond meeting logistics.

Conference 98

Conference Site Selections Negotiating Contracts 98