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Get Ready for the Future of Events at ELI’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit

Event Leadership Institute

In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like we’ve reached a turning point as major destinations like New York City announced plans to fully reopen by the summer and the vaccine rollout continues. So where does that leave you?

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How Hybrid Is Taking Center Stage in Convention Centers

PCMA Convene

In most cases, these aren’t bland, cookie-cutter facilities, but designed as spaces that reflect their destinations. In New York City, where the already massive Javits Center is expanding, a recently installed broadcast studio also is on a big scale: It accommodates up to 300 socially distanced attendees. In Washington, D.C.,

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Try New Event Ideas For 2018: Create a Roadshow, Book Underrated Venues, Create a Unique Event Experience

Endless Events

You really need to use tech to extract unique insights from the information you collect, plus add some of your vast event experience to really breakthrough with new event ideas. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events. Meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year.

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Why Digital Events Are in ‘an Awkward Phase’

PCMA Convene

A visiting professor at Pratt Institute in New York and the founder of a startup that uses AI as a tool to measure emotions online, Pavliscak speaks frequently about tech design and emotions. Maybe it doesn’t even facilitate empathy in the way we want it to. And how will we get it to that point?”.

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Thrival Festival Integrates Pittsburgh Locale into Event

PCMA Convene

I was born and raised in New York City. Participants try out virtual reality and tech demos during Thrival’s Interactive Experience at the Carnegie Museum of Art. More Meeting Trends. What the ‘Sense of Place’ Travel Trend Means for Event Design. 5 Trends That are Changing Meeting Design.

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How OpenAI Has Misappropriated My Copyright: ChatGPT’s Land Grab

Conferences that Work

I am resigned to the fact that OpenAI ‘s Large Language Model ChatGPT has scraped every blog post I’ve written here (over 750 posts in the last 13 years—around half a million words) so it can parrot my thoughts about meeting design, facilitation, and other topics. Recommend What should OpenAI do?

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The Future of Panel Discussions: Top Tips for Hosting Remote Presenters

Slido

The goal of our one-day event in partnership with Convene was to show how a successful all-hands could look in 2019 and beyond by using interactive technology and meeting design thinking. It was a new experience for everyone, and the audience loved it. The tech part of the session was managed by Convene’s AV technician onsite.