Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We talk about all kinds of things, with a focus on my work and thinking about participant-driven and participation-rich meetings and event design. 06:00 On traveling to events, and my passion for what I do. 07:45 Behind the scenes: How I got into designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As we approach the new year, what are the learnings we will apply to improve the way we manage events during a time of uncertainty? Our team at Attendease got together to share our favorite resources for event professionals, so you can learn the latest trends and ideas from industry experts. Event Design has never been more relevant.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 17, 2020

With EventMobi’s 1:1 video meetings feature, it is now easier than ever for attendees to connect at your virtual event and have meaningful conversations with each other or with sponsors and exhibitors. When planning a virtual event, one of the key questions is how to best facilitate effective online networking.

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Eventmobi

DECEMBER 9, 2020

With their first hybrid event MEET THE CHANGE, the German meetings industry association MEET GERMANY needed to deliver an innovative event format. With this one-day event, which took place on August 27, 2020 in Berlin and online, the organizers proved that courage pays off. MEET THE CHANGE in Numbers.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

6 steps to finding the right event tech vendors and product Finding the right event tech can be a long, tedious process. What is the purpose of your event? What type of event is it? What type of event is it? Event tech tools are going to help you solve those problems and challenges.” Who is attending?

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Event Farm

MARCH 10, 2022

At Event Farm, it’s been our mission to help the events industry bring live events back safely. Throughout the past year, we’ve been working tirelessly to rebuild the events industry by providing event organizers with solutions to execute safe events that instill confidence and drive attendee turnout.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

Most of the event industry and our clients continue to assume that if you can make the meeting bigger it’s a good thing. The massive disruption of in-person events since March 2020 has shaken our industry to the core. Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. It ain’t necessarily so.

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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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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In addition, most current events are still dangerous to attend for people with disabilities and certain chronic illnesses. Under the circumstances, it’s shocking that the meeting industry has developed no widely-accepted standards for safer events.

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EventMB

JANUARY 11, 2023

Skift Take: The future is here: Plug-and-play hologram technology is now accessible for meetings and events. To find out more about how it works and why it stands to revolutionize the audience experience, Skift Meetings sat down with ARHT Media, a leading supplier of hologram technology.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

[My June, 2021 guest post for BlueJeans by Verizon on event ROI.]. What is event ROI? Return On Investment (ROI) is such a familiar business concept that it’s easy to gloss over the complexities of defining it in the context of events. So let’s define event ROI in a little more detail.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, Sounds crazy, yes, but stay with me! The online portion.

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EventMB

AUGUST 24, 2022

Skift Take: As Skift Meetings has been reporting all summer, events have yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. However, Knowland, a data and hospitality technology company that tracks meetings and events volume is optimistic that the industry will be back to 100 percent by the end of 2023.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Ever since my first encounter with the hybrid hub and spoke meeting topology at Event Camp Twin Cities in 2011, I’ve been a big fan of the format. Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. What’s a hub and spoke meeting? But first…. Flexibility.

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EventMB

MAY 17, 2023

Skift Take: Designing events with precision, and taking risks, dominated conversations at the Experiential Marketing Summit in Las Vegas. — Anna Huddleston Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

MAY 11, 2023

Skift Take: Calculating the value of event matchmaking is top of mind for both event organizers and exhibitors. Grip's pre-scheduled meetings revenue calculator provides an estimate of just how much profit event organizers could generate. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

JUNE 2, 2023

Skift Take: The new purpose-built venue significantly boosts the city's capacity to hold business events and stands as a strong symbol of the recovery of New Zealand's business events sector. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 11, 2023

On the hunt for the top medical communications companies to help you run better life science events? Planning and running successful events in the pharma industry involves managing multiple vendors, overseeing details, and executing a plan that’s cost-efficient and produces tangible results.

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EventMB

MAY 8, 2023

Skift Take: The hottest buzzword in event tech is AI. Most event tech companies are now actively using AI and are keen to showcase its benefits. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

As an award-winning leading UK academic venue, Keele University Events & Conferencing have just been awarded a ‘Green Meetings Gold Accreditation.’ But more importantly, engaged with suppliers to understand their sustainability commitments and how these impacted on the events and conferencing business.

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MAY 22, 2023

The LGBTQ+ and the Latino communities have done the same, and now meetings and events are canceling. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: The NAACP is the latest group to issue a formal Florida travel advisory in response to a Governor Ron DeSantis bill.

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Skift Take: As costs for just about everything skyrocket, what should meeting and event planners do? Andrea Doyle and Sascha Zuger Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings. Is package pricing the way to go?

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EventMB

MARCH 24, 2023

Skift Take: Anca Platon Trifan, founder, creator and CEO of Trifan Events & head of Events: Demystified podcast, on increasing female representation in event production, collaborating with competitors, and the importance of physical and mental fitness. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

MARCH 2, 2023

Skift Take: Corporate planners are building new centers of event excellence in new and collaborative ways. Some aim to inspire the entire meetings industry, while others focus on standardizing their event design and procurement processes. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Canadian Special Events

APRIL 6, 2023

We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2023 Canadian Event Awards! The Canadian Event Awards honours and celebrates the best in over 50 categories, from event design and production to marketing and sponsorship. This year’s events are more significant than ever, more complex, and with tremendous outcomes.

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MARCH 30, 2023

Skift Take: This comprehensive collection of statistics on the meetings industry will empower your conversations about the value of business events. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

The official convention bureau for Cambridge and the surrounding area recently held an event to mark its 25 th anniversary, focusing on the key challenges and opportunities facing the business meetings industry today.

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EventMB

MAY 31, 2023

Skift Take: As generative AI continues to evolve, event technology companies compete in a race to deliver the most powerful yet easy-to-use solutions. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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APRIL 24, 2023

One of the only areas it has increased is face-to-face events. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Skift Take: Trust in the business world has eroded to unprecedented levels.

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EventMB

MAY 16, 2023

Skift Take: Audience demographics, needs, and expectations for in-person experiential programs have shifted, engendering many business-to-business events to evolve into more engaging, personalized, consumerized, and ultimately, business-to-consumer event experiences. — Louise Felsher Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

MAY 1, 2023

Skift Take: When an event planner's reputation depends on everything going off without a hitch, it's understandable that many want to stick to the tried and tested. Here are five meeting myths that may be holding back your full creative potential. Arizona Office of Tourism Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

MARCH 14, 2023

Skift Take: Google Xi Days colored outside the lines, shifting paradigms to create an all-encompassing future for the events industry. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Skift Take: New research suggests that event marketers are looking to increase the number of small events they run. They are counting on event technology to help with streamlining and replicating small events that deliver results. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Endless Events

MARCH 21, 2022

Now and then, the Event Tech Podcast reviews a certain product or service. This week, Brandt and Endless Events’ Kyle Kocinski do a case study on Remo , one of the top 22 event platforms to use in 2022. Remo is a map-based virtual event platform that has been building events and meetings since 2018.

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