Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The days of boxed-in, windowless meetings are officially a thing of the past. More : Tech Companies Flee Cubicles, Meet Outdoors. More : Tech Companies Flee Cubicles, Meet Outdoors. Meet in earshot of nature. A post shared by Hyatt Regency Lake Washington (@hyattlakewash) on Jul 17, 2018 at 3:12pm PDT.

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

More than 20 million domestic visitors traveled to Washington, D.C. , unique for the leisure market benefit meetings organizers,” says Destination DC President and CEO Elliott Ferguson. Meetings spaces in the hotels include the elegant, 5,300-sq.-ft. Expect a yoga studio, sleek meeting spaces and a cool vibe.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Research shows over 50% of all meetings are currently remote causing thousands to suffer from the very unscientific term “Zoom Fatigue.” While we are still likely months away from traveling and meeting together in large groups, the rise of Hybrid Meetings is filling the need for in person collaboration.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 8, 2017

Download this episode (right click and save) Joining the podcast this week are two guests with a collective knowledge of how technology can streamline the process of event and meeting planning. The post Podcast: Task Manager vs Strategic Planner: Using tech to streamline meeting planning appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Unique Venues

JUNE 24, 2020

Check out our Top Picks for Meeting and Event Venues in the Mid-Atlantic region. The National Press Club, located in the heart of historic Washington, D.C. is just two blocks from The White House, Washington Monument, and other visitor attractions. event totally unique and memorable. The 7,000 sq.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Complex gatherings require creative solutions Brandon Goodman Meeting professionals plan their tactical strategies for months before entering the Zone of Action in the ballroom. Read More : Hey, Busy Meeting Planner, You Feeling Stressed? We set up an environment to meet each specific client’s needs.”

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In search of a great large or small office space to host an off-site meeting for your company? From college campuses and universities to business centers, camps, and retreat centers, there is surely the perfect space for your professional meeting. How about some great coworking space near you for you or your employees to utilize?

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In search of a great large or small office space to host an off-site meeting for your company? From college campuses and universities to business centers, camps, and retreat centers, there is surely the perfect space for your professional meeting. How about some great coworking space near you for you or your employees to utilize?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

The office building was designed to accommodate 4,000, but about a quarter of that number come in each day as the company has adopted a flexible work policy with lots of open seating and meeting spaces designed for moving around. Green Credentials The building was designed to meet LEEDv4 Gold standards. of meeting space.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2021

The Banneker , Washington, D.C. Opening in May, the brand-new Kimpton property offers 144 guest rooms with five distinct meeting areas, totaling 3,800 sq. Ceiling skylights and a biophilic wall energize the grand lobby, which serves as the hotel’s hub of activity and includes a coworking tech lounge. The property has 10,000 sq.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Dedicate someone to tech-support Use continuous interactivity during the virtual event Implement AR during the presentation Create a platform that provides immersion between attendees. Andrew Roby, Andrew Roby Events, Washington, D.C. Andrew Roby, Andrew Roby Events , Washington, D.C. You have to act for the screen.

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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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Unique Venues

JULY 25, 2019

And though it was challenging for us to choose, here are a few of our top picks for venues for business meetings in large cities: The National Museum of American Jewish History is located in one of the most historic square miles in the country in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The museum can comfortably accommodate 500 guests in 7 meeting rooms.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When looking for sites for hybrid meetings, more than one-third of respondents to Convene’ s Recovery Dashboard surveys conducted in late summer and fall were looking for venues with broadcasting facilities — and convention centers around the world have worked quickly to meet the demand. In Washington, D.C., Explore St.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Travel Association and The Downtown DC Business Improvement District, has seen that associations are getting 30% or more attrition and it is more difficult to have in-person, one-on-one meetings when many are working from their kitchen in the suburbs and some from second homes in the Caribbean. Let’s get back to designing with intent.”

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Global healthcare event management business, Ashfield Meetings & Events (part of UDG Healthcare plc), and sister brand SPARK THINKING, which delivers events outside the healthcare industry, have moved UK offices to accommodate an expanding workforce. . Event Tech. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences.

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Plan Your Meetings

JULY 30, 2018

To help attendees communicate the benefits of attending your meeting to their bosses, provide a list of what’s on the agenda—but it’s got to be all about what they’re going to get out of attending and what they’re going to take back with them to help their day-to-day productivity and/or that of the organization.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

That was the key takeaway from a broad coalition spanning the business and travel community at a virtual media conference broadcast today from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Representatives of the Let’s Meet There Coalition , the U.S. Doing so, it was asserted, will accelerate America’s economic and jobs recovery.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In addition to annual member meetings, certification training sessions and countless webinars, Ricker facilitates gatherings such as CompTIA DC Fly-Ins and annual industry conference ChannelCon. For the fly-ins, members meet in Washington, D.C., We wanted to put ownership on attendees to meet one another instead of us.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

How meeting profs can keep event data safe with the latest cybersecurity tools You don’t want to be the next data leak to hit the headlines. Read More: 10 Important Technology Questions to Ask in Your Next RFP The most recent data breach involved a Washington, D.C.-based But what to do? Public Wi-Fi security has gotten better.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 15, 2018

Tech wreck. Here are work-arounds experts are suggesting for the physical and mental toll of tech wreck. But as The Washington Post puts it , “At a 15-degree angle, this weight is about 27 pounds, at 30 degrees, it’s 40 pounds, at 45 degrees, it’s 49 pounds, and at 60 degrees, it’s 60 pounds.”. Can we agree it’s a problem?

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The connected device includes a digital in-helmet display that gives deaf and hard of hearing athletes and coaches a new, visual way of communicating, powered by 5G tech. Attendees could additionally meet football “legends,” like Amani Toomer, Braylon Edwards and Desmond Trufant.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 15, 2018

Tech wreck. Here are work-arounds experts are suggesting for the physical and mental toll of tech wreck. But as The Washington Post puts it , “At a 15-degree angle, this weight is about 27 pounds, at 30 degrees, it’s 40 pounds, at 45 degrees, it’s 49 pounds, and at 60 degrees, it’s 60 pounds.”. Can we agree it’s a problem?

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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. Washington, DC. Lone Star Park.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2021

Smart Meetings got a sneak peek at the Event Leadership Institute’s (ELI) opening general session of their upcoming Business, Design & Strategy Summit on June 3, The State of the Industry: Where We Are With In-Person Events. For the next 3-6 months, many corporations aren’t holding meetings due to company travel restrictions.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

in Washington, D.C. A 20-year hospitality tech optimization and sales veteran, Torrenga was previously senior vice president of sales at INTELITY, a global guest experience and management platform in the greater Miami area. Based in Chicago, Smith now drives Midwest meetings business to Anaheim and Orange County. Erynn Torrenga.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

in Washington, D.C. A 20-year hospitality tech optimization and sales veteran, Torrenga was previously senior vice president of sales at INTELITY, a global guest experience and management platform in the greater Miami area. Based in Chicago, Smith now drives Midwest meetings business to Anaheim and Orange County. Erynn Torrenga.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Tysons Corner, VA – October 16, 2018 – Cvent , a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today announced that it has acquired Social Tables , the leading event diagramming, seating, and collaboration platform. As a fellow DC-area software company, this is even more special for the DC tech community.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 2, 2018

Five winners of PCMA’s Education Foundation’s 2018 Professional Excellence Awards were announced May 2 at 2018 Visionary Awards at the Marriott Marquis, in Washington, D.C. Hope, CMP, senior vice president, meetings and expositions, Kellen Company, named Event Designer of the Year. Community Advocate of the Year.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The evolution of the meetings landscape continued today with the announcement that Convene, which targets the small-meetings market by offering full-service facilities in five major American cities, has made a strategic investment in Bizly, an end-to-end software solution for meetings management.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One of the long-running arguments in favor of digital meetings has been that the students now in high school and college — the conference attendees of the future — won’t make the kind of either/or distinctions between face-to-face and digital that older generations do.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

In the heart of Silicon Valley, it’s home to some of the world’s most innovative tech companies and inspiring business leaders. But there’s more to this future-ready city than high tech and cutting edge, and meeting planners are making the connection. San José, California, knows a thing or two about genius.

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Planner WIre

JULY 10, 2023

In this episode of the Event Tech Pull Up , our discussion revolves around AI—its true essence and the profound impact it will have on the meetings and events industry. AI is poised to revolutionize the very fabric of being an event professional, reshaping our roles and making our lives more convenient.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2022

Moore has more than two decades of association management experience, most recently working for American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Washington, D.C. Pendry Washington D.C. – Forotti was most recently managing director at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. as vice president of affiliation, engagement and membership.

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Unique Venues

JUNE 12, 2019

Who doesn’t get stimulated by the electricity of Washington, D.C.? Its premier address makes it the ideal venue for your corporate social event, professional meeting, training seminar, conference, retreat or competition. The FH1360 Conference Center’s full-time specialized meeting planners ensure your complete satisfaction.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Over Presidents’ Day weekend, for $75, sports fans could get a seat at the Washington-versus-Philadelphia matchup in the City of Brotherly Love. That’s not the NBA’s Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers, though. As Gonzalez, a featured speaker at Destination Showcase in Washington, D.C. That Washington-Philadelphia game?

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In addition to annual member meetings, certification training sessions and countless webinars, Ricker facilitates gatherings such as CompTIA DC Fly-Ins and annual industry conference ChannelCon. For the fly-ins, members meet in Washington, D.C., We wanted to put ownership on attendees to meet one another instead of us.

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