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How a Dairy Producers Conference Doubled Its Reach With Virtual

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Speakers for a Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin conference film their presentations at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. As Cassandra Strupp, program manager for the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW), watched the evening news on March 11, she knew she had a problem.

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That’s a wrap on Event Tech Live Las Vegas 2023

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People were back, remarkably fresh-faced, from the Royal Crawl which had stretched far beyond midnight, building on associations made at the show and finding out more about ideas seen on display or heard about from speakers.

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Is Your Meeting Storm Ready?

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According to authorities, at least five people have been killed in Wisconsin, Georgia and North Carolina as a result. Before the storm hits, it’s advisable to communicate with attendees, vendors and speakers. Nearly 89,000 New Yorkers lost power before 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to poweroutage.us.

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Meeting in a Pandemic, Part Two: Back to Face-to-Face

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A year after converting their annual business conference to an online event, the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) returned to an in-person event in March, 2021. Held March 17-18 at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, the PDPW Business Conference drew approximately 900 in-person participants.

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A powerful & purposeful business experience – IMEX America returns October 10 – 13

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These destinations will sit alongside new and returning exhibitors such as Ecuador, Experience Columbus, Lexington, Napa Valley, Park City, Pasadena, Salt Lake, Uruguay and Wisconsin. Simplified education programme strengthens show floor meetings.

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Lessons Learned From the Digital Evolution of Events

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Derrick Johnson (left) and Jared Young take part in the session “The Nuts and Bolts of Omni-channel and Hybrid Events,” which featured two speakers, Justin Hartman and Cassandra Strupp, who appeared virtually. Cassandra Strupp, program manager for the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin: “The ability to stay nimble.

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Energize Attendees with New Approaches to Breaks

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Janet Sperstad, program director for event management at Madison Technical College in Wisconsin, is seeing more meetings where sessions aren’t necessarily shorter, but speakers and topics within a session change every 20 minutes. At one session she attended, each changeover to a new speaker came with a five-minute break.