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Normal is Over(rated) – For Now

Velvet Chainsaw

It will also limit your ability to imagine things differently — the root cause of organizational failure cited by a thousand motivational speakers during “normal” times. My organization was supposed to hold a 5,000-person meeting in Louisiana in late October. They were just dreams, you know.

2020 477
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Smart Meeting Speaker: ‘Gig Economy’ Requires Multiple Ways of Engaging People

Smart Meetings

Speaking to planners and suppliers at The Jung Hotel , Mizrahi—an instructor in digital marketing at the University of California, Irvine CE—said that surveys show that the independent workforce, which now consists of some 27 percent of the American population, could increase to 50 percent by 2020.

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20 Must-Attend Machine Learning Conferences in 2019

Bizzabo

In 2019, event goers can expect to hear from another slate of expert speakers and attend in-depth workshops on the current state and future of machine learning— all from beautiful, sunny Long Beach, CA. Description: A truly global event featuring speakers and attendees from many countries around the world. Source: Flickr.

2019 63
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Event Jobs | January 2018

Event Leadership Institute

Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Senior Event / Fields Marketing Manager | Jobvite | San Mateo, CA. Event Marketer | Kitchen Magic, Inc. Event Manager, External Speaker and Production | SpectraForce | Stamford, CT. Emeryville, CA. Emeryville, CA.

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And Then There Were 20

PCMA Convene

I was tasked to see through the whole event alongside managing our department, the speakers, and local partners. In six years I’ve moved from the events-management to the event-marketing side, and I really hope to eventually end up in a creative-director position. Marketing Manager, Kenes Group. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

2018 76