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Mindful Meetings for the Full Mind

Smart Meetings

Seeking calm via mindfulness strategies In today’s fast-paced corporate environment, stress and burnout are widely experienced yet rarely discussed. Simply put: every company should have a game plan for dealing with stress management. Not so long ago, many people would never have imagined yoga and meditation in a meeting program.

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8 Lessons 2016 Taught Us About Meeting Planning

SmartMeetings

Las Vegas Will Always be a Meetings Mecca and Will Always Be Reinventing. Countless trade shows, association events, corporate events, and even retreats and incentive trips happen every year in Las Vegas, and so many of those groups are returning customers, because you can never visit the same Las Vegas twice. Las Vegas No.

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The Evolution of Meetings: Lessons for Navigating a Hybrid Future

Smart Meetings

Included below are several key takeaways from pandemic-era events that meeting organizers will want to strongly consider as they plan the remainder of their 2022 events. Just because you’re hosting a trade show in an exciting new hybrid format doesn’t mean you can’t rely on traditional virtual event elements.

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Use Event Sponsorships To Stretch Your Budget Dollars Further

Maritz Global Events

. “Every meal, every break, every opportunity is something where we will have an exhibitor or a sponsor who is launching or introducing a new opportunity for our attendees,” says Melissa Aldrich, Director of Meetings & Trade Shows at NACUFS. “How to manage all of the products and the planning.”

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PSAV Acquires Encore Event Technologies: What It Could Mean for Event and Meeting Planners

Endless Events

The acquisition brings together in one ownership group an experiential events and trade show company with one of the largest event experience providers in North America and Europe. It represents the ownership group’s entry into the global trade show market and accelerates its expansion into live experiential events.”

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3 Noteworthy Trends for Event Strategists to Explore in 2020

Maritz Global Events

For their 2019 predictions, Forrester called out Pragmatism as the central theme, especially for organizations who previously doubled down on customer-centric growth strategies. If your strategy and systems aren’t capable of this next-level insight, this gap must be addressed first, before adding anything else.

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List of association management companies in US (with expertise in Virtual & Hybrid Events)

Hubilo Blog

Since the onset of COVID 19, associations that relied on conventional growth strategies and member benefits had to overhaul their plans. Notable clients: Meeting Planners International, Top President’s Association, South East Florida Apartment Association.