MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

Whether your meetings specialty is event design, contract negotiations, operations management, sustainability, risk management, virtual events, speaker trends, food & beverage, or something else entirely, our call for speakers is seeking fresh voices to educate and spark new ideas for meetings and conventions.

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Meeting Tomorrow

MAY 12, 2022

It’s an exciting time for events, but meeting planners are facing new challenges. Industry research finds that inflation is up, labor availability is down, and many of planners’ trusted vendor partners closed during the pandemic. Many events now require a virtual or hybrid element, adding budget and planning hours.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 28, 2023

With incentive and meeting teams continuing to experience post-pandemic staff shortages, the Incentive Research Foundation went to work to find out more about the challenges of hiring and retaining talent. Meetings and events careers are slightly better recognized: Just 30 percent answered “none” and 27 percent said “low.”

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This isn’t to place blame at anyone’s feet; with the already chaotic nature of event planning—absent these four potentialities—it’s easy just to push these into the background, as there are simply more pressing matters at hand. And this goes beyond meeting planning. But it’s a big problem in the meetings industry.”.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

What does that mean for the meetings industry? Tools enable us to come together and work on something greater than ourselves, as do meetings. Time and Resources I see the tools of AI giving the meeting planner something they’ve never had in any real abundance before, time and resources. It might be our salvation.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Early in 2020, I expressed some concern about “brain drain” in our industry. once in a lifetime” industry-devastating event, some people were naturally going to seek greener pastures. once in a lifetime” industry-devastating event, some people were naturally going to seek greener pastures. The Unsung Heroes of Hospitality.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

Mentorships, transparency and white whales For meeting planners new to the industry, experience and connections are the glue that holds the universe together and ultimately provides the tools for current and future success. I think it is difficult since the industry is so broad.” Everyone wants a meeting right now.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Meeting professionals understand that travel brings people together. Destinations International , the association for Destination Marketing Organizations, is teaming up with research firms iolite group , Brand USA and Miles Partnership to determine the impact of cultural exchange on destination planning and travel. “The

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 29, 2024

Smart Meetings has started a book club to circulate literature with ideas that can connect and inspire meeting professionals and others in the industry. This Month’s Reads: Planning for Medical Meetings Every industry has its own cultural norms and professional values that are expected to be reflected at a company’s event.

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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. Meeting Professionals and AI Is AI coming for our jobs?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

We are at a significant time in the travel industry where we need to authentically reconnect with people and respect the places we choose to visit,” President and CEO of Destinations International Don Welsh said. The post Destinations Skill-up to Support Meetings Industry Advances appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 20, 2023

The integration of Bizly into Cvent’s system allows for more of an organization’s small-meeting data to land in one database, improving management’s visibility into overall meeting spend. The integration allows for use of Cvent’s meeting-request form by planners of small meetings who use the Bizly platform.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 28, 2017

On this episode of event TALK we are speaking with Daniel Levine about trends in the meeting and event planning industry. We are speaking with Daniel about trends in the meetings and events industry. Current trends in the conference and event industry, and what does the future look like? LISTEN TO THE SHOW.

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Event Leadership Institute

JUNE 3, 2020

Planners know the care and effort it takes to find the right vendors to support the design and execution of their face-to-face events and meetings. The process is no less critical when it comes to virtual events and meetings. Start by identifying the “why” — what is the purpose of the virtual event or meeting?

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Planner WIre

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The events and meetings industry, much like the travel sector, is in constant flux, often swayed by macroeconomic conditions and consumer preferences. These two tools offer a fascinating lens through which event and meeting planners can craft more attendee-centric experiences.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2023

Saving moments, trimming fat The nearly overnight advancement of Artificial Intelligence has stirred conversations in nearly every industry, sparking questions like: will AI replace humans in the workplace? With the use of AI, Dubber captures key moments and insights within an online meeting space.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 2, 2024

Jeanette Stensgaard speaks on including meetings in company strategy With more than 18 years in the meetings industry, Jeanette Stensgaard, MBA, CMP, HMCC, and Smart Women in Meetings award winner 2023 has entered the independent meetings world as the Chief Brilliance Officer for ShePlans Co. ShePlans Co.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 10, 2024

It’s a question that I often ask of meeting planners. Whether or not they use meeting planning software. While I have to admit most meeting planners do use some type software to assist them with their meeting planning, you would be surprised at how many meeting planners aren’t using any specific software at all.

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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. 6) and (No.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The time has come for us to take proactive steps to address these challenges in the corporate meeting space. As a corporate meeting and event industry professional with over 25 years of experience, I have witnessed first-hand the negative impacts of work-related stress.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 13, 2022

More meetings industry associations have been moving into Europe, as evidenced by the latest gatherings by several leading organizations around the world. See the list of Smart Meetings Experiences planned for the rest of the year. Associations That Have Gone Euro. 28-30, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Why is hospitality industry sentiment upbeat even as predictions call for economic downturn? Business travel demand is also strong, due in part to the need for r emote workers to fly to meet with coworkers and clients. The industry has already right-sized,” he said. A day of reconning may be coming for hotels,” Meyer said.

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

Breaking into the meeting planning business takes a mishmash of education, experience and passion. It seems almost everyone I meet lately appears to have an interest in meeting planning and a meeting planner career. Immerse yourself in all things meeting planning.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 8, 2017

Download this episode (right click and save) Joining the podcast this week are two guests with a collective knowledge of how technology can streamline the process of event and meeting planning. The post Podcast: Task Manager vs Strategic Planner: Using tech to streamline meeting planning appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Force Majeure clause and employment classifications changes coming for MPs The legal nuances of meeting planning can be a bit overwhelming even for the seasoned planners. To offer some helpful insight in what areas to be on the lookout for, Smart Meetings sat down with Ty M.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 20, 2023

Following the events of George Floyd’s tragic death in 2020, meetings industry organizations have been actively seeking to engage in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) discussion. If a client has strong feelings about DEI, meetings planners should too. “If

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 19, 2024

I knew I wanted a job that allowed me to travel, and I fell into meeting planning completely by accident. She is president and founder of Arts of Meeting LLC. She says, “There were no post-secondary schools with meeting and event planning/management offered; many of us fell into the career without knowing anything about it.”

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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. Yes, hybrid meetings are more complicated and costly, but virtual is here to stay without a doubt,” he said. The Back-up Plan. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. “We

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As an event planner, last-minute cancellations (or registrations) can raise your blood pressure and jeopardize your plans. But right now, as we adjust to “normal/not normal” post-Covid times, those fluctuations go with the industry. Plan for the Unplanned: Labor and Food. Motivate Early Registration.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

If there is a silver lining to the pandemic for the meetings industry, it’s this: The pandemic accelerated the evolutions of meetings. Like the typewriter, print publications and fax machines, the fully in-person meeting would have eventually become extinct. Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

I’ve been in the conference and convention planning business for well over 20 years (that’s a whole other story). Many of my friends assume that meeting planners and industry suppliers have a lot of down time over the holidays. Wouldn’t that be nice! It”s just that you’re not necessarily seeing them execute programs.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Becoming a certified meeting planner professional, CMP, is a designation that many meeting planners, that are serious about their industry, are obtaining. According to the CIC, Convention Industry Council, there are roughly 14,000 meeting planners in 36 countries that have earned the CMP designation since it began.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In today’s market, meeting-planning companies are asked to do more for their clients with less. Leading a successful meetings business and running outstanding events are possible with less-than-generous funding but require a focus on the fundamentals of finances—which aren’t entirely about numbers. What is the potential upside?

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Master the Event

JANUARY 9, 2024

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m a very big proponent of green meetings. As a matter of fact green meetings and conferences are becoming a big focus for us here at Plan an Event. The good news is recycling is a for profit industry. The US’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a great page for green meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Planning an event in multiple languages can be a challenge for meeting planners. Innovative virtual language interpretation software is making attendee accessibility a reality for everyone involved in creating inclusive meetings. The program makes its virtual services impartial to any particular meeting platform.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico, one of the worst of many destructive turns of nature during the past year, many directly affecting hubs of the meetings and hospitality industries. With 10 percent of the island’s GDP contingent on the visitors industry, it’s no surprise.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The travel, hospitality and meetings industry has been one of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 slowdown. Independent planners are facing gaping holes in their calendars as meetings continue to drop off. If your position was eliminated, you have options in and out of the hospitality industry. Freshen Up Your Resume.

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