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An Audience-First Approach to Meeting Design

SmartMeetings

Just like social media, event planning relies heavily on understanding ever-changing consumer preferences and behaviors. Meeting planners face the same problems as social media managers—competing for the time and attention of potential attendees. Corrine Turke is a senior account executive at the Washington, D.C.,

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Will Meeting Planners Be New Targets for Influencer Marketing?

PCMA Convene

Why choose a leisure-travel writer instead of a traditional meeting planner? And I love that they want to tap us to tell the story of the destination as a whole while it’s built from the ground up, rather than simply rattling o the capacity of the destination’s convention spaces for meeting designers. They’re quite popular.

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Why Air Quality Must Be Part of Venues’ Hygiene Protocol

PCMA Convene

Allen, and Charles Haas, wrote in a December Washington Post op-ed. Meeting designer and author Adrian Segar also has sounded an alarm over the lack of attention to venue ventilation and what he called a “misdirected” focus on surface cleaning. Marr, Joseph G. Shared air is the problem, not shared surfaces.”. Adrian Segar.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. Dr. Walker is a faculty of the Foster School of Business, at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer of Marketing and International Business, where he teaches a course in Analytics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Digital Strategy.

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. Dr. Walker is a faculty of the Foster School of Business, at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer of Marketing and International Business, where he teaches course in Analytics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Digital Strategy.

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PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties Class of 2017

PCMA Convene

Director of Communications and Member Services Washington State Association of Counties Olympia, Washington, USA. As a “government” meeting planner, I am con-stantly challenged with limited budgets, outdated technology, and long-lasting traditions. Director of Registration Meeting Management Services Washington, D.C.,

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