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Stop networking at meetings

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It’s time to stop networking at meetings. No, I’m not saying we should only listen to lectures at meetings. This post was inspired when Victoria Matey shared the following thought about networking at meetings: Random thought. No related posts.

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Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum

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My work at a pre-con is different from that of a typical meeting planner since I focus on the meeting’s design and facilitation. I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.

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Skift Meetings Awards 2023: Meet the Winners

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Skift Take: The Skift Meetings Awards have been designed to celebrate the business events industry’s most respected and innovative suppliers. Discover the final results and meet the 2023 winners! Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Skift Meetings Awards 2023: Meet the Shortlist

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Skift Take: The Skift Meetings Awards have been designed to celebrate the business events industry’s most respected and innovative suppliers. Meet the 2023 shortlist now. Adam Stacey Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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The Ultimate Guide to Hosting Hybrid Events For Your Association

For associations, the hybrid model is the future of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry. Hybrid events provide increased reach and scalability, improved engagement with association members, and insights from real-time analytics, making them an absolute necessity.

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Alexander von Humboldt: A meeting designer way ahead of his time

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Read what follows to discover that Humboldt was also a meeting designer way ahead of his time! Martin Sirk Modern meeting design! Meetings were held among botanical, zoological and fossil collections as well as at the university and the botanical garden. Cross-disciplinary. New insights-oriented. Participant-centred. Impressive!

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Make the meeting bigger!

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Most of the event industry and our clients continue to assume that if you can make the meeting bigger it’s a good thing. Online and hybrid meetings have seen less drastic reductions. One bright spot has been the normalization of online meetings for routine connection and collaboration. It ain’t necessarily so.

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Download 7 Exceptional Event Email Templates for Driving Attendee Engagement

Four of the Big 4 firms, 15 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies, and 300+ leading technology, financial and professional services companies use SpotMe to host virtual events, webinars, and hybrid meetings with apps, video, attendee engagement and analytics. Download the eBook today!