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Smart Moves in Kansas City, Miami Beach and More

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The Chanler at Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island welcomed Twiss as director of sales. Twiss, a 40-year sales management veteran, was previously director of community relations at Benchmark Senior Living in Rhode Island. in San Diego, where Armstrong was previously assistant vice president of global travel and meetings.

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Have Event Profs Learned From the Las Vegas Tragedy?

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There’s obviously the shock and craziness of it,” says Trask, CMP, CMM, president of Strategic Meeting Tech in Orange, California. I have friends in Vegas, one of whom could hear the sirens and shots from his house,” says Trask, a 30-year meetings industry veteran and longtime live music fan. Plan For Security.

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Up Your Virtual Value Prop

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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. Safe Tech Innovations. Coming up Short. A Sense of Place.

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Virtually Engaged with Robin Farmanfarmaian

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The noninteractive content sections, including keynotes, panels and anything where the participant’s only role is to watch, should take up about 60 percent of meeting time. With hundreds of platforms out there and more being launched every week, planners are finding they can mix and match to meet specific event goals. The 60/40 Rule.

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