Smart Meetings

APRIL 2, 2024

On this episode of Meeting of the Minds, Smart Meetings is joined by Jaclyn Bernstein, president and owner of Empire Force Events, and Alexis Dick, an event planner at HARDI. The post Meeting of the Minds: Discover Professional Growth Secrets appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 17, 2020

COVID-19 has virtually eliminated in-person meetings: our industry’s bread and butter. In order to overcome the many significant challenges created by the coronavirus, the meeting industry has made valiant efforts to rethink in-person meetings. Why in-person meetings do not make sense in a COVID-19 environment.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A significant chunk of regular corporate life is taken by meetings and business events. According to some estimates , middle-rank managers spend over a third of their time at work holding or attending meetings, and for executives, this figure can approach 50%! . What image comes to your mind when you hear the words “business meeting”?

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Conferences that Work

MAY 27, 2019

Here’s an example that illustrates what I do: a mixture of continual improvement , lifelong learning , and Kaizen. An example from The Solution Room I’ve been facilitating The Solution Room , a popular plenary session, for 8 years. How can you improve your facilitation practice?

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GEVME

JUNE 11, 2019

In this way, you can confirm the date up to 6 months in advance (large annual events, dinners, various training sessions), confirm the date and venue–meeting space/accommodation (sign contract and provide deposit), confirm keynote speakers (confirm bio/photo for publicity), and engage secure sponsorship. Establish goals and objectives.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2022

The words we use for meetings matter. Unfortunately, familiar terms often perpetuate conventional meeting thinking. Here are three examples of better words to use when talking about meetings. By changing the words we use we can change how we think about events.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The meeting industry old normal is over, and many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a new normal. What will the meeting industry new normal look like? For example, the Black Death increased the power of workers because labor was scarce. The meeting industry old normal. The meeting industry new normal.

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Socio Events

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this article, we will explore some examples of in-person events , provide tips and tricks for planning and running them, and share best practices for making the most of your event. Let’s take a look at some in-person event examples to inspire your next meeting.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 11, 2020

In the form of hybrid event examples you can learn from! The result are these five incredible hybrid event examples that have taken place or will do so in the near future. Who would’ve thought that the American federal government would be behind one of the most successful hybrid meetings ever? Conclusions.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal. In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. As I write, for example, South Korea is experiencing a massive surge , the largest of the entire pandemic.

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QC Event School

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In this article, we’ll take a look at 20 real examples of mistakes you can learn from as a wedding planner. 20 Common Examples of Mistakes You Can Learn from as a Wedding Planner Mistake #1: Not having a backup plan. 20 Common Examples of Mistakes You Can Learn from as a Wedding Planner Mistake #1: Not having a backup plan.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In fact, modern corporate meeting planning software can help you optimize and automate processes so that you and your team can save time and resources over time. Here’s how choosing the right corporate meeting planning software can help. One of the best ways to reduce costs is to streamline your existing processes.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 2, 2020

Should meetings be efficient ? “Yes” say thousands of books on how to improve business meetings. But “No”, when we’re taking about most meeting industry events. Unfortunately, the meeting industry tends to assume that if business meetings should be efficient, meeting industry events should be too.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In the meantime, we asked a panel of experts about how artificial intelligence is impacting their work now , and gathered three recent examples of how brands have used GenAI to enhance their live event campaigns. For example, using MidJourney, the team created postcards from the fictional town of Hopewell Bay.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 24, 2021

Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence [CI] ? New research from Carnegie Mellon has been widely interpreted as concluding that, for example, “Zoom is actually less effective than a phone call” , and “Video conferencing can hurt collaboration” Not so fast. New research about online meetings.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Here are five examples of how explicit communication improves meetings. 1—Tell attendees how your meeting socials will be social! Want to make your meeting “socials” actually social? A little explicit pre-party communication will improve your meeting. Don’t just throw a party with loud music.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the in-person meeting industry. Though it took too long to recognize that COVID-19 spreads via air transmission , we finally have effective procedures (vaccine mandates, masking, air quality standards, and social distancing) to reduce infection risk at in-person meetings. meter for under $100.

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Coterie Spark

APRIL 3, 2024

Why should you hire conference and meeting planners? Experienced conference and meeting planners, however, allow you to focus on the important stuff: VIPs, attendees, speakers. One great example of how we powered through: our crew told us the freight elevator at our NYC venue was sluggish. Contact us to learn more!

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Avoiding wellness washing and incorporating holistic well-being into meetings Wellness is on every planner’s mind these days—with it, come concerns of “wellness washing.” A group of professionals with expertise in wellness—its nuances, scope and impact—gathered for a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “How to Avoid Wellness Washing.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2023

To explore this further, Smart Meetings sat down with Michelle Mason, president and CEO of ASAE , to learn how meeting professionals can bring members together in more meaningful ways and what the next generation of convention attendees want in their experience. Mason used AI as example of this. “AI AI does not have wisdom.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2020

Following months of separation and online meetings, The Story Events team recently held a live all staff meeting at Tobacco Dock to discuss their plans for the future, as they, like many other agencies, seek to secure a safe future in the post-pandemic world.

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Eventtia

JUNE 15, 2023

Whether you are hosting a simple virtual meeting or a complex, in-person event, a great event invitation to capture the attention of your audience is crucial. We’ll share creative invitation examples for different types of events and provide you with tips and best practices to elevate the invitation’s effectiveness.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

At Mobile World Congress 2024, the rapid advance of artificial intelligence is on display through “spatial computing” applications that will affect meetings, including augmented reality, virtual reality, and 3D teleconferencing. Are Real-Feel Virtual Meetings Almost Here? See image below.

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Endless Events

APRIL 27, 2022

And what better way to get some ideas going than by looking at some amazing online community examples with great events? But what most of these event platforms are missing are great online community examples or case studies. Girls in Marketing is an online community example, dedicated to e-learning for women in marketing.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

For example, an academic invited to speak at a meeting might compare their investment of time and money spent attending with their expected return of increased status, easier access to colleagues, or greater likelihood of obtaining tenure. More hybrid (in-person and online) meetings. Others view it as a non-financial metric.

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Investigator meetings are a critical step in the clinical trial process. But it’s getting harder to get everyone to attend investigator meetings and harder to keep them engaged once they’re there. Why Investigator Meetings Matter Some say that investigator meetings are simply to entice investigators to take part in clinical trials.

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The Castle Group

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Short-term goals may be to leverage a recent award you just won (see example below) or start a conversation. Integrated marketing communications campaign example Integrated marketing is a process we use at Castle to analyze—and maximize—marketing opportunities for our agency and clients. Email, staff meeting, champagne toast?

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Quickmobile

DECEMBER 5, 2017

QuickMobile has done so many events, and so many event apps, that we thought it would be interesting to review 5 event app examples that we’ve encountered in past years. Event App Example 2 : Tools for meeting management professionals at Pharma Forum.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies bombard me with offers to check out online meeting platforms. Butter is an online meeting platform that is designed to support the facilitation of great interactive meetings. So here’s my review of Butter, a meeting platform for facilitators to shine. The usual caveats. Butter is less than a year old.

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Skift

JUNE 17, 2021

Skift Take: With an early commitment made in 2020 to safely bring back meetings and events, Fort Worth is carrying the momentum into this summer with a surge of leisure travelers, sports fans, and the return of business events. Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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Quickmobile

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

For inspiration, check out of these gamification examples drawn from actual events where they were, or could have been, implemented: Gamification Example 1: YourMembership and The Magical World. Gamification Example 2: Jive Software and the Annual JiveWorld. Read the full case study here.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Last week I shared five ways explicit communication improves meetings. Here are some examples. The meeting schedule changes mid-event. As a facilitator I sometimes change the processes I’m using to meet uncovered participants’ needs. Unfortunately, we don’t live in that world.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Take that framework and drop it into an intimate, small meeting. As meeting planners, how do you turn the room from a potential game of poker to an open, honest free flow of thought and feeling conversation? Read More : It’s a Small (Meetings) World After All Small Groups at Small Meetings A small meeting can mean huge discussions.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

As the importance of wellness offerings in meetings and events continues to rise, so does the expectation from attendees. By continuing to design meetings with purpose and intentionality, we can discover the many opportunities all around us to elevate wellness in meetings in a new and fresh way.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Top 10 Meeting Destinations in North America 1.

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QC Event School

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In this article, we’ll take a look at 20 real examples of mistakes you can learn from as a wedding planner. 20 Common Examples of Mistakes You Can Learn from as a Wedding Planner Mistake #1: Not having a backup plan. 20 Common Examples of Mistakes You Can Learn from as a Wedding Planner Mistake #1: Not having a backup plan.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Smart Meetings Florida Experience elevated the gathering at every turn. Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright The precise mixture of authentic connections, elevated experiences and innovative ideas is Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright’s recipe for making everyone feel at home when they come together to get business done.

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