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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

For this panel, Ryan invited two event planners who, like him, are passionate about bringing events back safely: Ari Nisman, president and CEO of Degy Booking International and Degy World LLC , and Margaret Launzel-Pennes, CEO and co-founder of TBX: Total Brand Experience. Event risk assessment planning tool.

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FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records

Smart Meetings

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. Learn How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist from an FICP22 Speaker.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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Event Leadership Institute to Host Inaugural Business, Design & Strategy Summit

Event Leadership Institute

” An impressive list of speakers hails from top event companies such as Freeman, Informa, Maritz Global Events, and Empire Entertainment, and top event minds from Microsoft, the American Cancer Society, and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Bob Bierman, Head of Programming and Product, G100/World 50.

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Session Preview: Everything You’ll Learn at ELI’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit

Event Leadership Institute

Born out of dozens of focus groups and interviews with leaders of event teams from every sector of the industry, during the inaugural Business, Design & Strategy Summit, we’re tackling all the top issues, including health pass legalities, boycotts, experience marketplace disruptions, and more.

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When Good Meetings Go Bad

SmartMeetings

Do you ever feel like an icy snowball the size of a ballroom has fallen on your perfectly planned event, forcing you to scramble to protect everyone while making everything look perfectly natural? Sometimes, the projectile comes in the form of a volcano, hurricane, rogue audio visual technician, speaker or guest. Speaker No-Show.

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Managing Meetings Means Managing Stakeholders

MeetingsNet

This new dynamic was the topic of a standing-room-only session at the Financial and Insurance Conference Planners conference, held at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport November 13-16. Roach led the discussion with two co-presenters: a meeting professional and a meeting stakeholder.