Social Tables

AUGUST 4, 2017

MeetingsNet is the leader in the industry by offering high quality, engaging content for market-segmented meetings, planning meetings, and incentives. Want event planning magazine content digitally? Trade Show News Network. Gain an edge over competitors by staying relevant with current event trends.

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Eventinterface

JANUARY 29, 2018

Schanhaut was a co-chair of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Greater New York Chapter’s Strategic Partnership Committee, which was named Committee of the Year. He was on the Board of Directors of the Trade Show Exhibitors Association until July 2009, where he received the President’s Award for service.

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MeetingPool

JANUARY 14, 2021

For all of the organizations that have depended on trade shows, conferences, and other types of events to help generate business (sales […]. I had my first experience presenting at a Virtual Conference and it was a success, as far as I’m concerned. If this is the new reality going forward, I believe we’ll be fine.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Simply put: every company should have a game plan for dealing with stress management. Meetings Can be Sensory Overload Zones Corporate meetings and trade shows are notorious for being sensory overload zones. Not so long ago, many people would never have imagined yoga and meditation in a meeting program.

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G2Planet

JUNE 29, 2018

the longest-running site about meeting planning , tradeshow and events technology. As an event and trade show technology analyst, he is an internationally renowned expert on helping clients to save time and improve productivity. This week we sat down with Corbin Ball , of Corbin Ball & Co. ,

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

If they have a live meeting planned in 2020, Colangelo said, they see that they must take it down — like a house, brick by brick. In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. What is the plan: Hit pause? Punt to fall?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2022

Stanley Field Hall lets you plan an event with one of the museum’s top dinos, Maximo the Titanosaur, as well as some pterosaurs, in 21,000 sq. Read More : How to Produce Museum-Quality Trade Shows. of dino-friendly space. The American Museum of Natural History. Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 21, 2016

For example, the annual meeting of an association can have an awards dinner as part of the multi-day agenda. What’s the difference between an expo and a trade show ? Expos are open to the public while trade shows have a business to business purpose where commerce takes place.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 3, 2017

While the health of any trade show is dependent in large part on the health of the business sector it serves, there are three things show organizers can do now to help boost their business. read more.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 8, 2019

. “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.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

On the meetings side, regardless of what happens in the larger economy, conference executives are seeing that they need to change the makeup of events they are producing because the audience that is returning is both younger and screen fatigued. Just don’t call it a trade show,” he advised. They have a bad reputation.

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MeetingPool

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

When planning a trade show or conference, most event professionals are focused on booking large spaces for a significant duration. You may need to meet with companies, vendors, or sponsors for quick presentations or to handle negotiations, […].

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

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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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2022

Inspired by lessons learned from the successful American show at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, look for a nature-inspired decor with education areas embedded in the trade show floor, a More than Experience theatre by DRPG and Maritz and a new look for the Hosted Buyer Lounge, Media Zone and food court.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We chose to meet potential clients at trade shows or at their office. Often, companies facing difficult financial times cut back on travel, as they somehow view it as a discretionary expense. The reality is quite the opposite. We saw this as an investment in building a lasting relationship.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

For scientific conferences with trade-show components, attendees can meet with exhibitors in one-on-one virtual appointments. We would have had 400 people” at the in-person meeting planned for Auckland, she said, “and we had more than 1,300 people watching on day one.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Planners in the United States expect all types of meetings to grow in attendance in 2019, noting an anticipated 1.24 percent increase in internal meetings. percent) is expected for conferences, trade shows, senior leadership meetings and board meetings. The smallest growth (more than 0.7

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Socio Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Of course, the following events never go out of style: Birthday parties Weddings Conferences Sales meetings Trade shows However, the event industry is much bigger than that, especially in 2023. Research the most popular types of events both in your area and around the world, so you know what to offer in the future.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Trend reports such as Circuit are already forecasting the growing impact this ubiquitous technology can have in real-time conference planning, attendee outreach, educational programs, product demos and speeches. And though augmented reality is rapidly becoming a more accessible technology, virtual meetings are also advancing.

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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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SmartMeetings

JULY 21, 2017

Comprised of more than 50 members, Meetings Mean Business is an industry-wide coalition that showcases the undeniable value of business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences and conventions. The post Meetings Mean Business Roars Again appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Add a trade show. In the end, however, you’ll reach far more prospective attendees who will hopefully turn into attendees. Start small on your ad spend and increase it slowly. Measure results every month at first and then every week as you get closer to the event. It doesn’t have to be large and elaborate.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Seriously— Coffee Fest , the B2B trade show for coffee professionals, is coming to Indianapolis in May 2019. As for the industry that most relies on the coffee industry (that’s us, meeting profs!), there are plenty of opportunities to get your attendees buzzing.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

According to recent Smart Meetings webinar hosts Elaine Williams and Sallee Pavlovich, however, the answers are right at planners’ fingertips. Morial Convention Center , while Pavlovich is director of corporate and trade show sales at New Orleans & Company ; together, they have more than 60 years of industry experience.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 5, 2016

While some trade shows in the meetings industry are cool about including third-party planners, other organizations, from convention and visitors bureaus to our own Smart Meeting Events , prefer to recruit corporate planners who are often favored by suppliers looking to sign contracts for future events.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Read books about meeting planning and career advice, subscribe to e-newsletters and listen to free podcasts for planners. Take a few minutes to enroll in free event planning webinars that can teach you the finer points of contract negotiation, event technology and more. In 2017, do yourself a favor by making learning a priority.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) drew crowds to its trade show booth with a citywide interactive screen, which allowed users to access to hotel, convention and event spaces through the power of touch-screen technology. LVCVA developed the trade show booth over the past year in partnership with Inhance Digital.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum.

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Event Planning BluePrint

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Canadian Tourism College – Their event and meeting planning training program offers 9 modules and prepares you for a career in business meetings and conferences; exhibits, fairs and trade shows; or fundraising galas, weddings, festivals and concerts.

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Corbin Ball

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. Or helpful business or meeting planning links? 6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites: ebook from Julius Solaris: The Future of Event Marketing. Kapow: very interesting new "meeting experience" booking engine. Microsoft adds live event tool - Glisser - to PowerPoint.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 25, 2019

Inter-generational collaboration is something we need to foster at conferences and trade shows, because when you unleash that kind of diversity of perspectives in a brainstorming session, that’s when the breakthrough ideas are found.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Since 1988, they have worked with a wide range of trade and professional associations, individual membership societies, foundations, nonprofits and other membership-based organizations. Notable clients: Corporate Housing Providers Association, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and Indiana Commercial Board of Realtors.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 1, 2020

Attending your conference or trade show cuts deeper than nearly any other business buying decision they’ll make. In 2020, values alignment looks to rank higher as a decision-to-attend filter. Forrester goes on to share that “more than 55% of consumers will consider values when making a buying decision.”.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The Jefferson Hotel Yuhi Kim Edlen Electrical Exhibition Services, the nation’s largest independent electrical contractor to the convention and trade show industry, is pleased to announce promotions in its Las Vegas office. Yuhi Kim was promoted to assistant general manager of Edlen’s Mandalay Bay office.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2016

With 20 years of experience running global tech meetings at his own tech consulting group, Ball has been named one of “The 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry” five times. Ball is a major resource for Smart Meetings, and even hosts webinars on the website. Holly Woolard / Loraine Burger. Coming in at No.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Smart Tip: Another measure planners can take to prevent the spread of germs is handing out bottles of anti-bacterial hand gel in swag bags or at a trade show booth. The post Essential Guide to Feverishly Planning a Flu Vaccine Clinic at Events appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 6, 2016

75 percent of tech small business owners place high priority on networking, and 81 percent prioritize industry conferences and trade shows. ” The post Small Business Owners Value Meetings appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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