Attendease

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Event planning is no small feat, especially when it comes to corporate meetings and functions. Also, remember to mix up groups frequently so people meet new contacts. Keynote speakers on future trends An impactful keynote speaker should do more than present data—they need to tell a compelling story that motivates action.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Have you ever gone to a conference meeting where the room set up didn’t really match the format of the meeting? It can be uncomfortable and can really take your mind off of the meeting at hand. How to plan a conference meeting room set up basically depends on what’s going to happen during the conference meeting itself.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2020

Virtual meetings require careful design to keep attendees engaged and deliver value for the hosts. But how do you translate the energy and insights from a face-to-face meeting through a computer screen? One of the main reasons for business events or meetings is to deliver some kind of information. Choose quality over quantity.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. “We

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is best done by scheduling a planning meeting with company leadership and other key stakeholders for the event. Schedule regular status update meetings to discuss timelines, blockers, and wins. Schedule planning meetings at least monthly leading up to the event. Build in buffer time for inevitable delays.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthy Meeting Resources Help Planners Start Meaningful Discussions Looking for an easy way to keep everyone healthy when putting together an agenda? A History of Meeting Well The current focus on healthy meeting spaces is not the first time brands have gone beyond accommodating “dates and rates” to differentiate their spaces.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Next, build a realistic event budget—factor in venue, food and beverage, A/V, staffing, speakers, promotion, etc. For physicians, highlight CME credit opportunities, renowned speakers, and insights into emerging treatment. Provide healthy food options to maintain energy levels throughout long conference days.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In her buoyant, unique style, prominent health advocate Zonya Foco urged participants at Smart Meeting South Central National in New Orleans to take a closer look at their dietary habits. “ Eat real foods ,” she said. ” Zonya Foco, Keynote Speaker. Posted by Smart Meetings on Monday, November 5, 2018.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In the meetings industry, many conversations about food and beverage center around food allergies , healthifying menus and working with your venue’s catering team to develop a delicious meal while staying on budget. But if you think of the food industry as an onion, we’re only peeling off the very first layer.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2020

Meetings in the financial and insurance sector require outside-the-box thinking. The economy was humming along before the coronavirus hit, but even then the majority of meeting planners in the financial and insurance industries were keeping their budgets in neutral. Financial and insurance meetings in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 24, 2023

Exhibitors, industry professionals and other attendees will meet at the second annual SIAL America 2023 , organized by Emerald X at Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) to showcase food and beverage categories that are key to retailers, wholesalers, food service companies and distributors. “We market,” she says.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2023

Annual conference center gathering in Durham addressed staffing, sustainability and collaboration A nine-year average drop in the age of the meeting/hospitality professional since the start of the pandemic translates into a loss of nine years of collective knowledge. Knowledge is what helps you handle the unexpected,” he said.

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EventSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

With so much business activity at the heart of our city, it’s no surprise that there is a high demand for meeting spaces. Whether you’re looking for a place to host a business presentation, a team meeting, or a client pitch, finding the right meeting room can make all the difference. W Toronto ( 0 ) EventSource.ca

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, when the guide makes the point that meeting hosts should implement a code of conduct and require attendees to acknowledge an anti-harassment policy, the content links to Google’s own event code of conduct. focused at this point, it is a thorough and thought-provoking resource.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2021

The Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) turned its annual meeting into a traveling event that included educational content and meetings with experts, health managers, local administrators, and sponsors in socially distanced settings.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 28, 2023

How attention pays in the world of meeting professionals As event strategists and experience designers, you create unforgettable, luxurious experiences and elevate every event to leave a lasting impression and provide lifetime memories for your attendees. Provide bite-size food portions to sample multiple dishes and eliminate food waste.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 5, 2022

Meet the Person Behind the Magic. To offer the best programming, Audrey needed to understand which topics and speakers were of interest to attendees. “Since our attendees are tech-savvy, we felt that giving them a printed program with all the session descriptions and speakers was becoming antiquated.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Mark Cooper, IACC – Food and beverage trends and insights. Visiting the Showcase is a fantastic opportunity for event organisers to hold one-to-one meetings with the exhibitors in the VIP Meeting Hub, away from the hustle and bustle of the exhibition.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

.” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity.

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Attendease

JANUARY 21, 2021

When we emerge from our government-imposed cocoons, we are less likely to find participants content with trends that meet pop culture standards but rather will shift and seek those that tie into the deeper values they have put to the test over this past year. This eloquently sums up what 2021 will need as we return to live events.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

However, since that’s not the world most of us inhabit, here are a few tips I’ve picked up from meeting planners over the course of my 14 years as a keynote speaker. Prioritize Drinks Over Food. Anecdotally, the amount of uneaten food at just about every conference I’ve attended is staggering. Which leads to….

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. What if you could go back in time and see what you thought then would be different in the meetings industry a decade later? And the major difference is that no one complains about the food!

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Eventmobi

JUNE 13, 2019

Ask businesses to sponsor the entire event – providing the venue, food, and A/V equipment, or just one element. Say there’s an international event speaker that will guarantee those registrations come rolling in. There’s no way you can afford the speaker fee, let alone their flight and hotel. Pay for the food – not the catering.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2023

How to kick up the empathy and excitement-quotient at events Smart Meetings Extraordinary Texas Event at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin brought leadership strategies, technology innovations, experiential gifting and fun F&B ideas from the award-winning magazine to life for three days and we are sharing the aha moments with you.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

According to a recent MPI Meetings Outlook survey, 85 percent of respondents expect to see price increases in ground transportation, and 38 percent expect those increases to be higher than 10 percent. warned one respondent to a MeetingsNet survey on meeting cost-savings ideas. Tried-and-True Ground-Transportation Cost Cuts. •

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In order to carry out a targeted search for a venue, it is first necessary to determine the general conditions and criteria that a given venue must meet. Food and beverage. Food and beverages. Separate sales of food and beverages are recommended, especially at large events. These include: Budget.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We are struggling to stay consistently engaged and motivated in the meetings and events hosted there. In the last Financial & Insurance Professionals (FICP) Chats, participants focused on innovative and creative techniques to keep themselves, their co-workers and their meeting attendees engaged and excited. Networking Activities.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Winners can be awarded with event merchandise, discounts off future events, or access to an exclusive speaker Q&A. Embrace collective decision-making by forming a DAO for your event where members vote on key aspects like themes, speakers, or charity partners.

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Event Farm

JUNE 9, 2021

Ryan and Marcella project a 25% increase in food and beverage costs due to not having buffets or family-style service. When it comes to venues, you are likely to see a 25% increase in meeting space expenses. Plus, when social distancing rules mandate less capacity in meeting rooms, you need more rooms and, therefore, more staff.

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EventSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

With so much business activity at the heart of our city, it’s no surprise that there is a high demand for meeting spaces. Whether you’re looking for a place to host a business presentation, a team meeting, or a client pitch, finding the right meeting room can make all the difference. W Toronto ( 0 ) EventSource.ca

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Master the Event

APRIL 4, 2022

A corporate meeting planner is one busy person. If you’ve read a few of the blogs here then there’s one thing that I’m sure you’ve seen often and that is that a corporate meeting planner wears many different hats. A lot of people have asked me over the years what characteristics are important for a corporate meeting planner.

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Canadian Special Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It hosted 120 speakers, 2500 conference delegates, and 18 world-class brands as sponsors, all with the same desire to find game-changing solutions to the world’s biggest energy challenges in a unique and inspiring environment.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 12, 2020

From supporting local businesses to sanitation procedures and food and beverage options, the webinar discussed re-opening procedures and how professionals can come together to create a new, post-COVID-19 playbook. Food and Beverage. Figuring it out Together. Tourism took a sudden, grueling hit in March.

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 25, 2021

An agreement on how you expect people—attendees, staff, speakers, exhibitors, etc.—to You can use an app like Event Farm to control crowds and stagger queuing anywhere a line forms, like registration/check-in, meet-and-greets, product demos, and food/beverage stations. #15: 1: Code of conduct. 14: Queuing tool.

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TicketBud

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Now, imagine showing up to the event, hearing that most speakers backed out after not getting paid, and then being asked to help cover the costs of the event’s outstanding hotel bill of $17,000. According to a recent Maritz Industry Trends Report , most meeting expenses are up over 20 percent since before the pandemic.

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StraussCA

JUNE 29, 2022

Food and Beverage Selections. Food and beverage: don’t forget this is a variable expense dictated by attendance numbers. Entertainment, guest speakers or presenters; factor in travel, accommodations, per diems and other consumables. Prepare a list of questions to ask vendors you meet. Ingredients: .

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Eventmobi

JULY 5, 2023

Maybe it’s venue rental, marketing expenses, speaker fees, technology requirements, accessibility support, or catering costs. Session introductions Boost their brand exposure by allowing sponsors to introduce speakers or sessions. We usually work with associations that support event and meeting planners and organizers!

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