Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The act of honoring winners of the Smart Women in Meetings Award is a celebration of the resiliency of meeting professionals everywhere. Many meeting profs discovered this for themselves last year, but Lt. Read More : Meeting Profs Demonstrate Agility at Smart Meetings Experience Las Vegas. Lead with Purpose.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

When Valarie Coyle, meetings director at Health Professions Network, starts mapping out her next event, a destination marketing organization (DMO) is always her first stop. They can be your social-media guru, local speaker bureau, or on-the-ground safety net. For example, North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson, Ph.D.,

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 25, 2019

As a result, medical meetings are finding other ways to demonstrate their value to current and prospective exhibitors. From beacon-collected data to lead scanners to third-party evaluations, here’s how two medical meetings are tackling the exhibitor ROI challenge. That’s a difficult thing to put an ROI on.”.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

Besides recording and storing the presentations and other kinds of content, the Underline team handles behind-the-scenes work like prepping speakers and moderators in a virtual green room, and also helps organizations find ways to drive revenue. “In In the digital world, you have a whole new digital landscape for opportunities,” Gunther said.

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Eventinterface

JULY 27, 2017

Sharon Fisher is the CEO and Chief IdeaSparker of Play with a Purpose, a company devoted to creating more fun, participatory, creative and hands-on meetings. As planners, it is not only important to be good at logistics, but we also need to be able to bring new and fresh ideas to our meetings. Stay curious.

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Connect Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Here, two meetings insiders and two outsiders with some insight. . The premise for this new podcast launched in June from best-selling author and speaker Malcolm Gladwell is reinterpreting items from the past through a social researcher’s POV. GatherGeeks by BizBash. The Event Experience Web Series. OUT-DUSTRY. OUT-DUSTRY.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

FACE TO FACE “We have built a great deal of what I would call coffee time into the meeting,” Gold said. ON THE PROGRAM The Breakthrough Collaborative runs a half day, with a keynote, a handful of featured speakers, and a panel. 28–March 1, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North Carolina. Cali , M.D.,

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

For those who did not participate in the event, video displays throughout the course of the meeting provided instructions on how to take action. In fact, the initiative was so well received that several members expressed an interest in running the text campaign during smaller, local meetings. Come on, North Carolina.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Do our speakers and influencers reflect our brand well? Workshops are fast becoming the preferred activity for many conferences and meetings. Business meetings and similar events are quite grueling, with goals and deadlines to be met at every turn. Charlotte, North Carolina. Brain Dates: Networking 2.0.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Meeting & Event Job Openings | January 2018. Meeting & Events Planner | Carlson Wagonlit Travel | Hartford, CT. Event Manager, External Speaker and Production | SpectraForce | Stamford, CT. Meetings & Events Manager | Marriott International | Bal Harbour, FL. Learn More. Danbury, CT.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Meeting Planner, Association of American Medical Colleges. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? Heading home from our annual meeting a few years ago. It was so much fun just relaxing and visiting with everyone, knowing that the meeting had been such a success. Alexandra Adsit. Washington, D.C.,

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Social Tables

MARCH 22, 2024

HSMAI Strategy Conferences | Charlotte, NC | June 25-26 The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International—a global hospitality organization that includes revenue management, marketing, and sales professionals—will meet again this year for its annual Strategy Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 5, 2023

The 3,000-member National Organization of Black County Officials has moved its meeting from Miami in late June to North Carolina in mid-October. Our members and many of our speakers are elected or appointed officials, including some from the Biden administration,” Moto noted. and pushing the event back to mid-October.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 22, 2017

Much of the meeting and event planning industry only recently began evaluating its impact on the LGBT community. Even though you might assume that your meetings and events are free of LGBT influence, there’s always an effect. For example, Skift reports that the State of North Carolina has already lost nearly $83.9

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Hubilo Blog

JANUARY 31, 2019

States in which you need an ABC license : Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Communicate with Your Speakers. Assignment Geek recommends automating communication with your speakers.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. In Durham, North Carolina, that includes the one million-square-foot American Tobacco Campus, a cluster of red-brick buildings that once held the Lucky Strike cigarette factory.

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Plan Your Meetings

MAY 30, 2017

There remains a litany of conferences for meeting and event professionals to receive education and valuable networking throughout the duration of 2017. Scheduled speakers include Nina Freysen-Pretorium, president of ICCA, and Rajeev Kohli, president of SITE. This year: Keynote speaker Jay Leno! CONFEC blue *. ibtm America *.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. In Durham, North Carolina, that includes the one million-square-foot American Tobacco Campus, a cluster of red-brick buildings that once held the Lucky Strike cigarette factory.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Far too many events shove as many speakers and panels as possible on the agenda, without giving participants time to think about the ideas that they’re hearing, assess how they could implement them into their work or lives, or allow them a chance to discuss with other participants. The 60/40 Rule. What does need to be cut is the fluff.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the time, I was still working full time for a meeting and event production company and, frankly, needed to vent a bit about how I felt we were being treated by a couple of our clients. Find more hybrid meeting tips and tools on the Virtual Events Genius Resources page. Speakers need to be trained to connect through that lens.

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