Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

So, unlike a speaker or presenter, I am comfortable being the center of inattention most of the time. I was the guest at Professor Dan Cormany ‘s Convention Management class at Florida International University. I have a standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers to meet online with their class for free.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As in-person meetings, conventions, and trade shows get set to resume in some cities despite the uncertainty of Covid-19’s delta variant, a new breed of on-site test is becoming more widely available, bringing another layer of health security to business events. Specially trained dogs are the next line of defense to keep events Covid-free.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 24, 2023

Non-traditional meeting breaks offer big opportunity for meeting profs Your attendees finished one meeting session and have about a half hour to reset for the next. For nontraditional meeting break ideas that go beyond the predictable coffee station, we rounded up a list of inspirational activities from across the country.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

The number of meetings being scheduled now is quickly picking up steam as mask mandates are lifted and people start gathering again, but meeting formats have evolved. With Salamander Hotels & Resorts , a luxury resort management company founded by Sheila Johnson , a Smart Women in Meetings Hall of Fame winner. Ty Brassie.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The impact and importance of meetings for medical and pharmaceutical industry attendees is not only increasing, but the complexity of the events and what is expected of planners is more demanding as well, according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events and a survey conducted by Smart Meetings.

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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. AI technology is not going away,” said Tauvaa.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

A culinary theater featuring world-renowned chefs is among the attractions planned at an upcoming 12-story hotel in Fort Myers, Florida. The new Florida hotel will be connected to Harborside Event Center , which consists of more than 4,000 sq. Kazemi said that city officials would discuss the issue at the first city meeting in March.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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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

AUGUST 6, 2018

The participants are four hundred scientists who work all over the world and only get to meet en masse every few years. After a batch of these talks, each presenter moves to a separate space in the room and session participants are then free to meet in small groups with the presenter(s) they chose for in-depth discussions.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2022

That message of diversity, abundance and welcoming is even more applicable for groups looking to return to in-person meetings safely and dynamically. Today, the competition isn’t just from other educational events, but from the kitchen table where everyone has gotten used to streaming speakers, team meetings and even happy hours.

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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. SocialOffset presents the choice to do something as opposed to doing nothing at all,” Surmont said.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Want to get a taste of my new book Event Crowdsourcing: Creating Meetings People Actually Want and Need ? (It Chapter 2 – Why you need to crowdsource meeting content [pdf]. Lab at The EVENT MPI, April 4-6, Montréal I’m excited to present my Participate! It will be out in November — next month!) It is one.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2022

That message of diversity, abundance and welcoming is even more applicable for groups looking to return to in-person meetings safely and dynamically. Today, the competition isn’t just from other educational events, but from the kitchen table where everyone has gotten used to streaming speakers, team meetings and even happy hours.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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. Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design!

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Christopher Walling Christopher Walling Walling joins The Salamander Collection as vice president of operations and managing director of Innisbrook in Tampa Bay, Florida. Mario Farfan Mario Farfan Meet Chicago Northwest welcomes Mario Farfan as group sales leader, account executive of group sales.

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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. It’s no secret that being a woman in the culinary industry presents a unique challenge. “I

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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. I did so, and noticed that the other presenter did not.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

In 2016, ASAE presented him with the Key Award, which honors CEOs who demonstrate exceptional leadership and a commitment to voluntary membership associations. In 2022, he was named HSMAI General Manager of the Year for South Florida. McDermott fills the role of general manager, with over two decades of luxury hospitality experience.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2019

The work-hard, play-hard city of Jacksonville in northeastern Florida is not your typical Sunshine State destination, and its business meeting and corporate retreat venues are anything but retired. Get this — you can actually have a business meeting at an NFL stadium. Don’t believe us? TIAA Bank Field and Daily’s Place.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

He has served on task forces for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, from Florida to California. Before that, she was vice president of digital marketing and ecommerce at Zumba Fitness in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and held leadership positions in sales at Best Buy, TheFind Inc, Buy.com and IDG. Cliff Ryan and Larisa Summers. Molly Flora.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Research shows over 50% of all meetings are currently remote causing thousands to suffer from the very unscientific term “Zoom Fatigue.” While we are still likely months away from traveling and meeting together in large groups, the rise of Hybrid Meetings is filling the need for in person collaboration.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The 234-room Lake Nona Wave Hotel is right at home in Lake Nona, Florida, a 17-square-mile planned mixed-use planned community that is self-proclaimed “of and for the future.”. meeting destinations for five consecutive years—and for good reason,” says James Tattersall, director of sales and marketing at Lake Nona Wave Hotel.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Universities offer a wealth of knowledge in the form of experts who can serve as keynotes, present research and contribute to roundtable discussions. But did you know many also offer prime meeting spaces? University of Central Florida, Orlando. in the September issue of Smart Meetings magazine.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Smart Meetings walked the trade show floor asking people how they help put attendee humanity at the center of event agendas and found that caring for guests is something everyone is focusing on in 2023. Post-Covid, you can’t have people in meetings, meetings, meetings, throw them into the bar and then end the event.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference 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.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As meetings went back to in-person settings, health and safety stayed paramount. Tracy Stuckrath, a meetings food advocate and consultant, said, “We’re at a meeting and we’re there to build relationships, land deals, network and learn. We are left hungry at the table because something was not presented to us as we requested.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 29, 2017

A presenter’s inability to capture my full attention while I’m sitting with my neck twisted permanently towards him in an auditorium. The delay in waiting for my food to arrive in a noisy restaurant. I suspect I’m not alone in these errors of judgment.

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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

MAY 4, 2023

Understanding the history of native peoples illuminates the character of a destination far beyond the aspects immediately present in modern life and places visitors in an inquisitive space that instills a greater sense of gratitude for their surroundings. Meeting space at IPCC. Read More: How to Honor Native American Tribes.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’re not going to get into the political debate surrounding this controversial law but it did get me wondering if all this attention has had an impact on whether or not event planners will hold meetings in states where this type of law exists. After all, tourism plays a very large role in the Florida economy.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Jeff Robinson, director of marketing with Visit Indy and Santiago Corrada, president and CEO of Visit Tampa Bay , joined Mayaan Ziv, CEO of AccessNow , at the same conference to share tips for meeting professionals looking for information about accessibility before sourcing a destination. Corrada shared his aha moment in Tampa Bay, Florida.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

“Our 14 breakout sessions varied their topics, too,” Keith said, “focusing on research, diversity, cancel culture, and how to use humor in your professional tools such as resumes, bios, and presentation materials.”. 27-28 in Orlando, Florida. Getting Serious Groups to Engage.

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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. According to Suzanne, “while we let each speaker decide how they wanted to present, we strongly requested all to pre-record their presentations.”

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 11, 2021

Participants at the 2020 Global Wellness Summit in Palm Beach, Florida, chose how they wanted to experience sessions — while exercising or sitting. Wellbeing Will Be the ‘Central Focus of Successful Meetings’. We offer their insights and opinions on this page and in the rest of our July-August CMP Series, What Will Stick?

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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. Have everyone mute their audio except the facilitator and scribes.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 24, 2017

If you want to get in on the action, think outside of the tank and consider these aquatic venues for your next meeting or event. Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas, underwent a massive $1 billion expansion to their meetings and event space. Larger groups in the hundreds can meet on the front lawn or Great Hall.

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