SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 21, 2021

While there will always be a place for those who specialize in experiences in person, the fast and the flexible who can produce quality attendee experiences no matter the venue, physical or digital, have a golden opportunity before them as the world reevaluates what it means…to “meet.” Unfortunately, though, he’s the exception.

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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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SmartMeetings

MARCH 13, 2020

As attendees started second-thinking travel and meeting plans due to fears about COVID-19, meeting professionals across the country scrambled to switch to a hybrid or virtual format for their gatherings. Yet, delivering the value of a conference via a video stream is not as easy as pointing a video camera at the keynote.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2022

It seems like not so long ago that everyone was talking about the death of meetings and conventions. But as we begin to inch ever closer to a new normal, it’s clear that meetings are making a comeback in 2022—with a few changes of course. How Covid-19 Impacted Large-Scale Meetings and Conventions. Let’s dive in.

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Eventinterface

MAY 24, 2016

Our curated and complimentary directory of services, venues and vendors supporting the event and meeting planning industry is now open for business. Eventinterface MARKET launched, featuring a diverse list of resources for Meeting and Event Planners. Eventinterface MARKET is live. ABOUT EVENTINTERFACE.

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Hubilo Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Planning to conduct virtual meetings with your staff during the COVID19 situation or any crisis? Not sure about the best practices and principles to follow for your virtual meeting engagement to lead to success? Ultimately, virtual meeting engagement will go for a TOSS. Creating virtual meeting norms.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 2, 2021

For the first fully hybrid National Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors meeting on May 14, the leadership met together in Chicago, while around 800 directors were remote. And that means that a lot of voting takes place — complicated enough to handle at an in-person meeting and challenging for an online meeting.

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Attendease

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They’re now commonplace for communicating with customers, prospects, and employees, making webinar interaction an important factor in meeting planning. Multimedia elements refer to images, gifs, videos, audio, and many other visual elements.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2024

That’s the source of truth, right where the virtual meets the physical,” he added. Prismm event design platform Rich media can be inserted into any experience, including branding elements like a logo or promotional video. We’re getting very close to having a lot of them now.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 17, 2020

COVID-19 has wreaked economic havoc on many industries, particularly the meetings, hospitality, travel, and tourism sectors, where many employees have been furloughed or laid off. Members of the National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP) are among them. We had to work on it all simultaneously in four days.”.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

We’ve all made the shift to virtual meetings—because we had to. How can your digital meeting beat a Netflix binge or mindless scrolling? In the early days of the pandemic, attendees were more accepting of bad camera angles, awkward transitions between segments, or video that looked grainy. Meet the Demand With On-demand.

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Capterra Event Management

JUNE 6, 2017

While I think there are plenty of meetings that anyone could sum up in an email, it’s important to meet with your coworkers or other persons of interest when subjects require a more personal touch. Affordable and free meeting software. Video conferencing software. Scheduling and planning software.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 19, 2019

A healthy number of meetings-industry companies made the list, and the rise of unique experience providers shows what your attendees are excited about. There are a healthy number of meeting and event planning companies on the list, check out the slideshow for a sampling of privately held companies with impressive growth rates.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

How the meetings industry can help As the importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is increasingly prevalent in conversations within the meeting industry, some marginalized groups continue to be widely underrepresented. Q: What made you interested in the meetings industry? That’s really fun. And not just one token.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tarin Horan, CMP, knew that meeting planning was the industry for her when she began interning with sports teams. In this role, she planned their season ticket holder events. Horan turns to this quote when she works to bring her meeting visions to life. One year, I had the idea to theme our gala as country chic.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Before you can perform meeting magic, you first have to find your next gig. See A Higher Meetings Education for more on the role of certifications and future-proofing your career. If you’re a pro at video editing, let potential future employers know that, too. That requires a killer resume. Utilize That Summary.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2017

Meeting professionals are tasked with making sure the audio of presentations is clear , that there’s no feedback and that it is at a comfortable volume—but what about the attendees who live in silence? The child was ecstatic after meeting the characters because he didn’t know they would speak ‘his language,’” a rep for the group told KABC-TV.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals rely heavily on the event servicing teams behind the scenes to execute on the best-laid plans for effective meetings. Individuals will be recertified every five years and meeting planners can find a list of candidates on ESPA ’s website. What ESPC Proves.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

But that didn’t happen, said Janette Harper, vice president of meeting planning for Cambridge, a for-profit conference and trade-show company for the life-science and energy industries, based in Needham, Mass. Janette Harper, Vice President of Meeting Planning, Cambridge Innovation Institute.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The free program touches on topics, in the form of webinars, from the basics of meeting planning to more complex topics, such as event technology and sustainability. However, registering provides all access to webinars, on-demand videos, downloadable documents and much more.”.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hybrid events—whether they are conferences, expos or training courses—are meetings that can be accessed in person at a physical location, or remotely via an online platform. Are you producing your own video and audio content to stream or share with hybrid event attendees? Invest in excellent hardware. Make audience input easy.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 21, 2017

The coalition known as Meetings Mean Business is back in business with Worth Meeting About, a refreshed campaign to underscore the importance of face-to-face meetings for people, businesses and communities. The campaign’s framing message is “When it’s important, it’s worth meeting about.”. “We

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SmartMeetings

MAY 2, 2017

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has released its quarterly Meetings Outlook report. The report presents trends and predictions that MPI members believe will have a major impact on the meetings industry. Meeting budgets are rising. Meeting space availability is up. Contingency planning is top-of-mind.

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The Planner's Lounge

MAY 14, 2024

The nature of our business often means we are working when our clients are not, so that might mean evening meetings, calls, etc. Virtual Meetings: Opting for video calls or phone meetings can save travel time, reserving in-person meetings for essential discussions.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 23, 2018

These may include Slideshare uploads, video highlights, livestreamed interviews, blog posts, tweets, and quotes or graphics from Twitter or Instagram. Help conference participants help you by providing share-worthy content, images, and videos. Four Phases for Crafting Your Conference Narrative. Be generous with access to handouts.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 29, 2019

A blueprint for quickly planning internal meetings that salvage employee trust and confidence. Actually, crisis management requires a series of meetings that must hit their objectives,” she says. So that meeting has to happen quickly, and employees must be assured that they will get the full story.”. Steps to Success.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

Engaging – If a speaker doesn’t have a plan for chunking content and infusing audience participation, don’t hire them. As you evaluate speakers on this criteria, be sure to check references and video tape from the past 12 months. Don’t just view the highlight real. Ask for access to a full length, recent example. Optimizing ROI.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

By making a few resolutions and taking these simple steps, meeting planners can be sure 2017 will be a great year for fabulous events and stellar career progression. For meeting and event planners, continuous learning is simply a part of the job. In the meetings and events industry, it’s all about what’s new.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

Many of the conferences [in our field] have been trying to move in the direction of getting more of their talks and videos online [anyway],” Sukthankar said. For scientific conferences with trade-show components, attendees can meet with exhibitors in one-on-one virtual appointments. A Redesign with Underline. Growing Pains.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 11, 2023

With that appetite for travel comes the opportunity to meet employee needs with today’s top meeting and incentive destinations. The Desire for Meaningful Meetings Comes from the Top Executives are aware of the world’s pain: war, famine, floods, the impact of climate, global protests and difficult trends and happenings.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. How to audit customer service behaviors.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

There are countless best practices TED talks for general workplace improvements , but some are ideal for meeting planners’ particular pain points and needs. How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings, by David Grady. The power of meetings by Henric Ehrenblad. Here are five of our favorites: 1.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Photo credit: Multi-Hub Meetings . Perhaps the solution for your group is a multi-hub meeting. Planning a successful hybrid meeting that goes beyond a video call or webcast requires balancing location, cost and technology. Hybrid meetings [can be] the closest thing to f2f interaction.”.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In fact, it is now expected when you’re hired to organize an event or meeting. If your client has the fundamental mission of getting people together to have a meeting, convention, or convocation, it’s because they have a need to communicate a message. More : Five Video Binges Just for Meeting Planners.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 31, 2018

On this episode of Event TALK, I am speaking with John Di Lemme, high-end marketing consultant, strategic business coach and international speaker about extreme customer service, and how this applies to service provided by meeting and event professionals. How to audit customer service behaviors.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Though it may seem like social media has dominated interactions between event professionals and event marketers, event influencers are tuning into podcasts as an alternative means for sharing event planning tips, tricks, and best practices. The Best Event Planning Podcasts. The Meeting Planning Madness Podcast.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

If you’re the type of person who has to plan a lot of meetings, you know it’s can be hard to go it alone. Luckily, the market has been flooded by apps to help you organize and plan meetings. Mightybell is an aesthetically pleasing web and iOS app that helps you to plan and organize your meetings. Mightybell.

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