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In-Person Events Continue in the Netherlands

PCMA Convene

In mid-November, the Netherlands’ government imposed a three-week partial lockdown to combat a rise in coronavirus cases and spike in infection numbers. Despite the partial lockdown, the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) reconfirmed plans to meet in person at the RAI Amsterdam on Dec. cannot take place. . …

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Are Online Meetings Reducing Our Collective Intelligence?

Conferences that Work

Are online meetings reducing our collective intelligence [CI] ? New research about online meetings. Translation: in the experimental setup used , the researchers found that online meeting participants were: better able to avoid interrupting each other; and. ” Artificial online meetings. I don’t think so.

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Meetings Recovery Continues Upward Trajectory, According to New Report

Smart Meetings

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022. Hybrid Is Down.

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The International Expansion of Industry Associations

Smart Meetings

More meetings industry associations have been moving into Europe, as evidenced by the latest gatherings by several leading organizations around the world. 23-25; as mentioned earlier, the Netherlands still has strict rules in place and is currently only taking non-EU visitors from its list of countries it deems “safe.”. 28-30, 2022.

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Destinations Skill-up to Support Meetings Industry Advances

Smart Meetings

This year’s popular Global All-Stars presentation looked at programs in three destinations—Los Angeles, the Netherlands and West Virginia—that considered the needs of locals when building creative programs to appeal to post-Covid visitors.

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Podcast: The Importance of Reconnecting

EventMB

The post Podcast: The Importance of Reconnecting appeared first on Skift Meetings. Egurrola-Wienke, strategic accounts executive at Cvent Roel Frissen, co-Founder at Event Design Collective Krzysztof Celuch, associate professor at Vistula School of Hospitality Antonio Ducceschi, chief commercial officer at Starhotels Group.

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3 Tips for Shifting to an Architectural Model for Meeting Design

Smart Meetings

For the last 25 years, a former drama teacher from The Netherlands has been advocating for taking a similar approach to event planning. Real meetings are all about content,” he says. The power of meetings depends on the human dynamics they are capable of unleashing. “The Legs of a Meeting Design Foundation.