Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich in person meetings — aka peer conferences — for almost thirty years. Because participants love these meetings ! Now the covid-19 pandemic has forced meetings online. Zoom has rapidly become the dominant platform for online meetings.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 12, 2020

While everyone else is talking about the pros and cons of different virtual meeting streaming platforms, Imagine, Create & Celebrate (MC&A) Destination Management Company hosted a social spacing soiree July 8 for 75 guests to honor the Hawaiian island of Maui ’s first responders. Read about an in-person event in Florida in July.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2021

That could be good news for meeting professionals looking for new features and end-to-end solutions. Or, as Abhay Kulkarni, vice president and general manager of Webex Meetings explained, it will “enhance Cisco’s ability to offer new levels of inclusive audience engagement across both in-person and virtual experiences.”

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2022

As destination and corporate conferences and meetings are making a comeback, I have noticed that the trend of incorporating wellness into events is proving to be more popular than ever. Not only can incorporating wellness activities into a meeting encourage relaxation and focus, it can help attendees try something new and out of the box.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2019

Here’s an example of why I love conference facilitation and design. The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida. It is one.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2021

Crowd control is going to be on meeting planners’ minds in the first few months of the post-pandemic era, and there’s no better model for how to herd the hordes than the Walt Disney Company. Meanwhile, Disney’s meetings business has been up and running since the parks opened, albeit on a reduced scale.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

Frequent and well-designed small group work is the key to creating active learning and connection at any meeting. Zoom allows facilitators to speedily split a meeting into up to 50 separate sessions. Practice using them at small group meetings before employing them for a significant event! Learn about The Three Questions.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2020

Takeaways: Meeting planners should look to their food service partners for ideas on donating leftover food from events canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak or other reasons. Uneaten food from a buffet, for example, is not eligible for donation. There are general guidelines that dictate what can and cannot be donated. 29, when the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Profiles on five woman chefs of color leading the culinary industry Chef Alice Seo, DM of Wolfgang Puck Catering in Seattle, was one of five incredible woman chefs of color in a leadership position who spoke to Smart Meetings about their careers. She believes in leading by example. Secretary of State. being Hispanic or Latino, 11.4%

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

The fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), taking place in person at the New Orleans Ernest N. In a few months, Mahon’s home city will host the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), which announced that it will only allow those who are vaccinated to attend in-person. Last week, Hendratta Ali, Ph.D.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 7, 2023

The concept of SocialOffset was first tested at ASAE’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Nashville. They “ran a really teeny tiny test case at ASAE’s annual meeting — it was all about minimum viable project,” Surmont said. And the concept of SocialOffset was born. Let’s see if this works.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In November 2022, edgefactory, a full-service media production company, partnered with the Special Olympics Healthy Athlete Experience in Orlando, Florida, to host and give free health screenings to 12,000 athletes over a seven-day period with the help of 600 doctors. Plan plan plan,” Cole says.

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Event Guru

MARCH 6, 2023

If you can’t make it to meet the team at the CaterSource event in Orlando, Florida in March, don’t worry! Sharing Event Guru and Registration Guru software’s platform, Mark will showcase real world examples of how universities can create a better booking and management system among housing & dining and event services.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Here are three ways meeting professionals can benefit from recent technological developments to future-proof their events post-pandemic. One of the key live event components that was missed most during government lockdowns was networking and being able to go and meet new people, build connections and develop business opportunities.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 25, 2020

(Although less critical, I’d encourage participants to join the meeting on a PC too, if possible.) At the start of the meeting, make the facilitators Zoom co-hosts , so they can manage participants (mainly mute/unmute) in their Three Questions breakout room. Three Questions facilitator training. Determining who shares next.

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Plan Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Knowing this, groups throughout the meeting and event industry have banded together for years to help ensure knowledge and advancement is a reality. Following are some examples of available scholarships from the MPI Foundation. Following are some examples of available scholarships from the PCMA Education Foundation.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 29, 2017

Until I notice what’s really upsetting me, I typically and unfairly blame my irritability on innocent culprits, for example: The tediousness of gardening because insects are swarming around my head. Unfortunately, I tend to be oblivious for a while of the effects of physical discomfort on my feelings.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 15, 2020

At the end of each session, participants return to the main Zoom meeting, and indicate their choice for the next set of sessions. At an online conference using the Zoom platform, once participants are in a specific breakout room/session, they can only leave the room and return to the main Zoom meeting. Moving between breakout rooms.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. 12-15 at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida. Jennifer C.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2022

And now, business groups have even more motivation to meet in Orlando. meeting destination has much to offer groups who seek big-city cultural amenities with a memorable vibe. We will also be included in an expanded Michelin Guide coming out this year, showcasing the abundance of culinary superstars making their home in Florida.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Here are three ways meeting professionals can benefit from recent technological developments to future-proof their events post-pandemic. One of the key live event components that was missed most during government lockdowns was networking and being able to go and meet new people, build connections and develop business opportunities.

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Event Farm

APRIL 19, 2022

Chief Strategy Officer of Membersuite and Co-Founder of Event Farm, Jennifer Ross, the Founder and CEO of JHR Global Events, and Amanda Gayle, Director of Conferences and Meeting Services for the American Nurses Association. Here are the takeaways from the panel discussion. Watch the Replay #1. “It

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2023

Smart Meetings has collected some examples of how corporations can organize to support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), the ways in which corporate gift giving can pay it forward and how the event industry can give back to their environments through partnerships with charities and nonprofit organizations.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 11, 2016

There’s definitely a meetings and events correlation among the top 10 historic hotels in the 2016 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice awards. For example, The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs is designed for meetings even though it has an elegant, diverse expanse that caters to both leisure and business travelers.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 6, 2018

As an example I’ll use a three-day conference I’m currently designing. The participants are four hundred scientists who work all over the world and only get to meet en masse every few years. By “short” I mean four minutes per scientist.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2023

Thanks to some exciting new spaces opening across the country, meeting planners can host events at cultural centers that provide educational experiences that will have a lasting impact. The following are some exciting examples. Meeting space at IPCC. Read More: How to Honor Native American Tribes.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Travel Association and The Downtown DC Business Improvement District, has seen that associations are getting 30% or more attrition and it is more difficult to have in-person, one-on-one meetings when many are working from their kitchen in the suburbs and some from second homes in the Caribbean.

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Endless Events

JULY 18, 2020

People are growing tired of Zoom meetings, and the thought of being together in-person is getting and more and more exciting after such a long break from social gatherings. Even tech companies are acknowledging that the typical way we meet virtually isn’t working. More examples of hybrid events! CDC Guidelines For Events.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How to master the New Green RFP In Smart Meetings’ latest Smart Chat Live webinar, “ How to Master the New Green RFP ,” attendees learned about how to create a sustainable RFP and prioritize sustainability in every area of their sourcing processes. See the webinars Smart Meetings has coming up, and register to attend here.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Mill City Museum , for example, was once a flour mill and is now not only an architecturally aesthetic venue, with brick, steel and wood facades, but is also a place where groups can learn the history of the milling industry. Read More : South Florida Meetings: Health, Wellness and Productivity. Medium Airports. Mega Airports.

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Event Leadership Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For over 20 years, the Florida Festivals & Events Association (FFEA) has promoted large community events in Florida, including festivals, food & wine events, and state and local fairs. Aside from the chat panel, Suzanne created discussion groups and meet-ups to foster virtual engagement. Results + ROI.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Think about it: We give to charitable organizations, so why not give with a meeting? Think about it: We give to charitable organizations, so why not give with a meeting? First, it is for your original business meeting purposes, but also to make a difference by helping others and businesses when they are in need.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The future of meetings is yet to be written but will likely include some combination of live and virtual meetings frequently combined in the same event. Meeting and event professionals would be well served by promoting their project management skills. Transferrable Skills. Those can apply in almost every industry.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 19, 2023

Resorts and organizations partner to solve an ecological disaster The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, otherwise known as the massive seaweed blob, is currently heading for the coastline of South Florida, and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and is guaranteed to be problematic every time it washes ashore.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

Though it’s clearly sensible to keep a conference running on schedule, we’ve all attended meetings where rambling presenters, avoidable “technical issues”, incompetent facilitation, and inadequate logistics have made a mockery of the published program. Stay on time! It seems obvious to do this.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 31, 2016

with a matched receiver and software that processes and displays responses — are so commonly used to provide anonymous voting at meetings today that many event planners and attendees are unaware that public voting is a simple and, in many cases, more useful alternative. ” But how often is this necessary? It is one.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 31, 2018

Seven steps you need to take to safely decide whether or not to cancel when your meeting destination is hit by a hurricane or other devastating event. After the epically awful 2017 hurricane season wreaked destruction from Texas to Florida to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Consider the viability of holding the meeting with fewer attendees.

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