Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Dominguez predicted that Europe will be back to 2019 meeting frequency levels in four or five months. He saw international air lift as a bottleneck constricting global events. “We International Plane Shortage Resulting in More Domestic Travel. We need more planes,” he stated. Read More : Navigating the Bus Driver Shortage.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Meetings consultant Jeff Calmus, a former vice president of global event management for MetLife, agreed about the importance of managing up. “We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Choices, Choices.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Pharmaceutical meeting planning is a complex task often requiring months of detailed preparation and immense pressure to rigorously respect compliance regulations. And keeping HCP engagement high at the thousands of global events your pharmaceutical company runs every year is becoming ever more challenging.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 15, 2017

Jenkins is also a previous nominee as Samaritan of the Year and a two-time nominee as Event Planner of the Year by Event Solutions Magazine, an international magazine serving the event and meeting planning industry. Jenkins recently served as Chair, and produced the 2017 Special Event (TSE) Opening Night Party.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Johnston, who was both creative director and interim head of meeting planning for APA 2023, says the theme came about due to the president’s passionate beliefs about belonging, but also because of the association CEO’s “One APA” goal, which is to serve all members no matter their background or discipline.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Looking ahead, we’re also proudly committed to the Net Zero Carbon Events initiative and will publish our pathway to net zero by the end of 2023,” she added. A Moving Initiative.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Looking ahead, we’re also proudly committed to the Net Zero Carbon Events initiative and will publish our pathway to net zero by the end of 2023,” she added. A Moving Initiative.

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Stova

MARCH 17, 2023

The Ultimate Guide to Developing an Event Strategy Learn how you can create and execute an effective global event strategy. This guide will show you how to put together an event strategic plan, streamline your event marketing process and be a best-in-class meetings and events team.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A veteran in the meetings industry, Puckorius brings extensive experience in event planning and education management to the Center. The most successful event and meeting planners are those who can understand the importance of working to accomplish those goals.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

A veteran in the meetings industry, Puckorius brings extensive experience in event planning and education management to the Center. The most successful event and meeting planners are those who can understand the importance of working to accomplish those goals.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

A veteran in the meetings industry, Puckorius brings extensive experience in event planning and education management to the Center. The most successful event and meeting planners are those who can understand the importance of working to accomplish those goals.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Founder and CEO Company or organization: Glow Global Events in New York City. What I love about my job: As a global citizen, my work allows me to travel. Our team has managed events on five of the seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Europe. Cheryl Gentry.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Earlier this year we ran a survey asking event strategists to rate their and their audience’s digital fatigue. The response was overwhelming … both were feeling quite high levels. They say numbers don’t lie and that is pretty convincing.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Meeting and event professionals gained a ton of insights in 2019. We countdown the favorites over the past year and how they can help your event move forward. From examining different options to spatial design, from social media to the over-50 crowd, there was a lot of accessible content that event professionals found helpful.

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Maritz Global Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In such a demanding industry, it’s important for meeting and event professionals to find new ways to destress and avoid burnout. It’s not a secret: event planning is a hard career. With that kind of pressure, it’s important to find helpful ways to fight the urge to flame out.

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 3, 2020

Post authored by Rachel Stephan, Event Marketing Strategist, sensov/ event marketing. A lot goes into crafting the ultimate event experience. Putting a successful event together means a lot of moving parts. There are a lot of things event planners need to be ready for.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Matthew Marcial, CAE, CMP – Vice President of Education & Events. Marcial previously served as MPI’s Senior Director of Events and has been with the association since 2014. He now has oversight of MPI’s global events portfolio and the MPI Academy educational products, experiences and professional certificate programs.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 15, 2020

The 8-Phases of a Successful Event is an outstanding blueprint for mapping out steps (large & small) you can take to improve event experiences across their entire event journey – before, during, and after the live event. Post authored by Donna Kastner, Founder, Retirepreneur.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 14, 2021

With the sudden lockdown of the world due to Covid-19 in 2020, we needed to quickly develop a new plan for the upcoming International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) 59th Annual Congress later that year — a virtual + F2F experience that would enable us to bring people together all across the globe.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

How shifting trends will impact meetings and hotels in 2017 was the hot topic debated by a panel of five meetings and hospitality leaders led by Dan Berger from Social Tables. Health & Wellness. The Be Well program carried on the success of last year’s health and wellness initiatives at IMEX America.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Earlier this year we ran a survey asking event strategists to rate their and their audience’s digital fatigue. The response was overwhelming … both were feeling quite high levels. They say numbers don’t lie and that is pretty convincing.

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 10, 2020

You shared the news the day the contract’s signed via a press release, your event website, and social media. Post authored by De-De Mulligan, Chief Content Strategist for Mulligan Management Group. You and your team have been trying to book a big-name, big draw keynote speaker for years. But at the last minute, they’re out.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You need to be able to stop it from killing your event’s future. As we know, attendee churn is your event’s failure to retain guests year over year. Not only is it important to understand what churn is, but you also need to evaluate your event to see why it’s happening.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 27, 2021

It’s everyone’s favorite question right now — “What are your other clients doing?” and I know you really want me to give you the answer. But the truth is, they're all asking the same exact question you are!

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 27, 2021

It’s everyone’s favorite question right now — “What are your other clients doing?” and I know you really want me to give you the answer. But the truth is, they're all asking the same exact question you are!

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 11, 2021

As we prepare for the road back to face-to-face events, we took a deep dive into each of the 8 Phases of the Guest Experience™ to provide you with some thought starters on our return to post Covid meetings.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 6, 2019

2019 has been a transformational year for Karla: she made the difficult decision to leave her role as Director of Event Management after four years. When most people find a job they love, working alongside people they truly care about, they feel settled and they’re not going anywhere.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Founder and CEO Company or organization: Glow Global Events in New York City. What I love about my job: As a global citizen, my work allows me to travel. Our team has managed events on five of the seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Europe. Cheryl Gentry.

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Maritz Global Events

JUNE 27, 2019

Chances are good that your event is not the only one of its kind. That means your potential attendees may have to pick your event or another, which also means someone wins and someone loses. How does a person choose which event they will attend if they can only pick one? I’m glad you asked those thoughtful questions.

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Maritz Global Events

JULY 18, 2019

You’d be surprised how many event strategists aren’t using the basics to prepare each year. Are you doing what is necessary to ensure you’re growing your event attendance.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 16, 2020

Our industry and our world have been upended. Years from now when we look back at this time, we will not only remember the negative impact of business and personal interruptions, but also recall the positive.

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Maritz Global Events

JUNE 4, 2019

If you described the role of an event project manager as “busy,” you may just win the award for Understatement of the Year. Now, if you were to say, “put more than a full day, working through lunch, back to back meetings and calls and forgot to use the restroom at a few points,” you might be getting closer to the mark.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There’s no denying the Covid-19 pandemic has changed people and events. But once these events begin again, event planners will need to meet the need guests have to reconnect with one another in this new world. The pause of face-to-face has created a void in human connection, and as social creatures, we crave connection.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 23, 2019

Booking keynote speakers is a high-impact event decision that’s loaded with risk. Over the past few months, I’ve been conducting my own informal best-keynoter poll, reaching out to dozens of fellow event organizers to get their nominations. Post authored by Donna Kastner, Founder of Retirepreneur.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 25, 2019

You might not think the over-50 crowd still matters for events anymore. Quite a few event marketers are investing heavily to win over Millennials and Gen Z – and it makes sense. Post authored by Donna Kastner, Founder of Retirepreneur. Have you noticed a demographic shift happening at professional conferences? Oh… but they do.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 8, 2019

The search for innovative ways to reduce your event’s costs and increase revenue is not a new concept. Neither is the use of event sponsorships to achieve these goals. The big question is: HOW?

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 1, 2020

A recent Forrester report caught our eye, as it touched on several business trends that will also impact the event strategists and the industry: PREDICTIONS 2020: On the Precipice of Far-Reaching Change. Post authored by Donna Kastner, Founder of Retirepreneur.

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