Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2023

About the CMP Events Industry Council launched the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Program in 1985 to provide meeting industry professionals with specialized continuing education. A meeting planner earns their certification through a course of study, an exam and a comprehensive professional evaluation.

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Attendease

JANUARY 22, 2020

The events industry has been behind some of the most innovative tech conferences in the past decade. Opening the doors for new business prospects, these conferences are places where the top professionals meet and showcase their innovative concepts and bold theories for the future. Event Planner Expo. What to look forward to –.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2024

Event tech native Nick Borelli: AI will remove the drag stuff so you can produce A+ events Nick Borelli, director of marketing for the ethical facial analytics company Zenus Inc., has good news for meeting professionals. AI is not just one more thing they have to learn to do their jobs. “It

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2024

Changes in the work environment and in the next generation’s mindset mean that in-person corporate meetings must be different—but still must happen. In addition to online training, GE will now hold more regional meetings at hotels and other venues that are near the company’s production facilities around the country.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

SXSW (Austin, Texas - March 13-22). SXSW is a major film, music and tech event held every year in downtown Austin, Texas for the last 34 years. Collision is a three-day tech conference that has been running for the past five years, attracting top tier speakers and well-known vendors to its stages and exhibit hall.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

29, is International Coffee Day—an unofficial day of worship for many meeting professionals. Cause the best part of waking up is with three new coffee destinations in your meetings cup. A Double Shot of Novelty in Austin, Texas. A Double Shot of Novelty in Austin, Texas. This Saturday, Sept. View this post on Instagram.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 9, 2017

It is taking place this week at Austin Convention Center in Texas Jan. Austin has become a premier destination for meeting, conventions and leisure business and we are confident that we will see return business from the PCMA attendees.”. – 53 local sponsors including retail, high tech, spirits and restaurants.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

From IMEX highlights to a captivating television show for meeting planners, we’ve rounded up the best of our 2021 videos for you to binge this week. Returning to in-person meetings may’ve been a bit of a hiccup for some. F2F Meets LOL Contest Winner Announced. Smart Meetings at IMEX America 2021. Join the adventure.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 6, 2022

Smart Meetings 3-Day National Experience at Kimpton EPIC Hotel leveraged the best of the sunny, water-adjacent location to bring everyone together memorably. SmartStorming author Keith Harmeyer suggested that meeting professionals practice asking, “What if,” on repeat. When in Miami, the best course of action is to make a splash.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

CWT M&E, the global meetings and events division of CWT, today announced the appointment of Cristina Scott as Vice President of Global Operations. She will report to Derek Sharp, CWT Meetings & Events’ Senior Vice President and Managing Director, and will be based in Southlake, Texas. . “I Event Tech. Conferences.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He grew up to become one of Events Industry Council’s (EIC) proud Certified Meeting Professional (CMP). But this profession isn’t too far off; he tells Smart Meetings that “the discipline, preparation and vision” present in the fighter pilots of Top Gun are “all essential when leading a team and planning missions – I mean, events!”

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In winning Best Hybrid Event Platform/Production over 1,000 Attendees at the November 2021 Event Tech Live Awards, Digitell, Inc. said Donna Black, President at Social Emotional Learning Alliance for Texas. was recognized for its consistent high quality content delivery to remote attendees.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 30, 2018

Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Texas, got the love from Kat Sanford, chief fun officer at Kat Sanford Events. Hilton Americas , Omni Dallas , Gaylord Texan and Hilton Anatole were also among Texas hotel favorites. Galveston, Texas. Frisco, Texas. Plano, Texas. Grapevine, Texas. Arlington, Texas.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2019

From West Hollywood to Dominica, hotel and resort properties are cropping up, providing unparalleled luxury, gorgeous views and redesigned guest experiences, not to mention plenty of locations for groups to meet. of meeting space. of meeting and event space. of meeting space. By Loews-Arlington, Texas.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) become embedded in business plans and teaching curriculums around the globe, they also are showing up on meeting agendas, in educational sessions, as conference themes, and as part of sponsorship activations. Bloomberg).

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This year’s SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas (11 – 20 March 2022) is a hybrid event focused on connecting people from all over the world, bringing together a diverse range of forward-thinking exhibitors – from promising startups to established industry leaders. SXSW Event Tech Meet Up.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Over the last 20 years, Perry has become experienced in catering, meetings, events and hospitality sales and marketing. Bruno is also president of Bruno Group Signature Solutions, a self-started business that provides content and content and technical marketing for tech companies. Michelle Bruno, MPC, CEM, CMP.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 1, 2018

What could be more inspiring for meeting attendees than a luxurious setting? Dallas Marriott Las Colinas Within a master-planned community in Irving, Texas, a multimillion-dollar renovation is wrapping up that includes all 364 guest rooms and 27,000 sq. of indoor and outdoor meeting space. It offers 83,000 sq.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 19, 2016

I once worked for a Texas elected official. If conference hosts and meeting professionals don’t foster and protect specific beliefs about today’s society and business, they lack the intellectual framework for their event to transform lives. Challenging Traditional Conference Structures While Changing Meeting Structures.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 3, 2017

GMID 2016 event in Austin, Texas. The second annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) is just around the corner. On Thursday, April 6, meetings industry leaders will come together to celebrate the industry’s big day. Smart Meetings was live on the scene in Las Vegas, which held one of the most prominent GMID events.

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Unique Venues

MARCH 24, 2022

Corporate events are a great opportunity for networking, new experiences, and meeting at incredible venues. Things to consider when planning a corporate event include high-tech audio/visual capabilities, break out and flexible spaces, and providing water and coffee stations in addition to meals. George Mason University. Lone Star Park.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The first-ever Together Women Achieve meeting started with a hug. This is not about xylophone-shaming people into sitting in an audience when they are in the middle of making a connection with someone—after all, that is the reason we meet.”. Wisdom of Crowds.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2021

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), a leader in luxury hotel sales for meeting incentives, conventions, and exhibition (MICE), welcomes the addition of Silvia Zamora to the ALHI executive team. With over 25 years of experience in the meetings and events industry, Zamora honed her skills with positions at Motorola, the Henry B.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

Claiborne “Clay” Johnston, inaugural dean at the University of Texas at Austin’s new Dell Medical School, told the audience at PCMA Convening Leaders 2017 in January. We are the world’s No. So Dell Medical School is changing the way medicine is practiced by changing the way medical students are trained.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

of meeting space, and have been recently been renovated to celebrate major anniversaries. of meeting space includes three ballrooms—Independence Ballroom, the largest, has 20,200 sq. of indoor and outdoor meeting space. An outdoor lover’s paradise, it features a 5-acre water park, lazy river and 27 holes of golf.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 9, 2017

It’s time to meet Brooklyn. When NYC & Company heads to Austin, Texas, for the annual PCMA Convening Leaders event Jan. meeting space. banquet and meeting spaces was modernized, too. of event space for design shows, tech expos and product launches. Yet another reason to meet Brooklyn.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2016

Mia Monroe is an award-winning certified special event, meeting and government meeting professional, speaker, author of trade articles and the conference and event manager for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Institutional Management contract for Florida-based AllPoints, LLC. What makes you successful as a planner?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We’d connected several times in the weeks leading up to the event to coordinate our session, and I was excited to be talking tech with an industry group again. Ready More: Meeting Safety Trends in 2022. The post Out of Practice: Getting Back on the Event Bicycle appeared first on Smart Meetings. And What Do You Do?

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2016

We’re offering you a very warm welcome to the city of Grapevine, Texas, the gracious host of this year’s event. And don’t forget to download the app: It will provide answers to many of your questions (search “Connect Meetings” in the app store). You are in Texas, after all! Are you ready? Tomorrow morning, Thursday, Aug.

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Eventbase

DECEMBER 17, 2019

He described some of the moments he’s experienced, including walking the red carpet at Cannes, meeting Al Gore and witnessing Barack Obama speak at SXSW, seeing the Foo Fighters play at a small BBQ restaurant, and even holding a human brain at a medical conference. Eventbaser, Kevin Chen, tried out some future tech at CES. What’s next?

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. A premier B2B event in the Baltic Sea Region for the meetings industry that will accelerate the interest in, and demand for, holding meetings, incentives, and conferences in the area. Grapevine, Texas.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

Could forever-remote tech workers fuel meeting boom? To build trust and relationships and depth in remote-first teams, you’ve got to meet in person. “To To build trust and relationships and depth in remote-first teams, you’ve got to meet in person. We’ll gather for the moments that matter. There’s no way around that.”.

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Canadian Special Events

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Why Follow Arlene: Arlene is an Edmonton based meeting and event planner and an #eventprof on-the-go. Why Follow Cindy: Cindy is the owner and top event strategist at Red Velvet Events based out of Austin Texas and is all about the BTS stories! Arlene Schilke, @arleneschilke. Ritzy Parties, @RitzyParties. FMAV, @FMAVCanada.

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Nuila Events LLC

MAY 30, 2017

Not that we profess to be mind-readers, but we do know that Meeting & Conference organizers choose their event destination based on a number of contributing factors and have detailed the most common ones below: 1. Every destination has lots of hotel and meeting space, right? Event Size This may seem silly.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

EventsCase has raised a total of $4 million in funding thanks to contributions from a number of high-profile tech investors. These will add to premises in London, Valencia, a US office in Austin, Texas, and a base in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. Event Tech. You can contact us at enquiries@eventscase.com. Brand Events.

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