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Smart Tech: The 20% Difference

SmartMeetings

Private communication with speakers and exhibitors can be enabled as well, and many platforms offered the built-in ability to (either randomly or by criteria defined by the organizers) put attendees into small group discussions or breakouts. This hybrid approach didn’t really satisfy anybody, including myself.

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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. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers. The solution?

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Maritz Expands Solutions for Med/Pharma Meetings

SmartMeetings

As director of professional development for the Meeting Professionals International health care sector, she founded its Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate (HMCC) program, which helps med/pharma meetings planners understand basic compliance principles.

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Top medical communications companies: Choosing the best for events

SpotMe Blog

This medical communications agency creates bespoke online registration websites, manages travel and logistics, assists with content development, oversees speaker management, and provides full onsite support and delivery. They also tailor their approach to complement internal departments and teams as needed.

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What Do You Like Best About Your Job?

PCMA Convene

I love a little bit of everything — the planning, the communication with vendors, speakers and sponsors, the creative aspects, the cyclical nature of the job, and my co-workers. No meeting, destination, or even project is ever the same. Love working with hospitality people, and seeing a meeting go well.

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Bizzabo’s List of ‘Top Event Profs to Follow’ IDs Who’s Who in Industry

SmartMeetings

With an astounding 85,300 Twitter followers, Issa shares tourism, events/meetings industry, and American Express Meetings & Events updates. Jouaneh, is a meetings expert who regularly contributes to Smart Meetings news. More resources on Suckow: MPI Recap: Engaging Every Type of Meeting Attendee. Dahlia Gazzar.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

For decades, membership in PCMA had been a closed circle, limited to medical-meeting professionals. Outside of medical meetings, “those [organizations] that were going to have a meeting, instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland [putting on a show], it was the new secretary in the department.

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