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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

Since a young age, she felt driven to interact with other countries and people, saying “I always wanted to work abroad and build an international network.” At the conference, she felt overwhelmed with the content and networking opportunities available. She began working in a travel agency and later moved into business.

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The Glorious Evolution Of SXSW With Scott Wilcox!

Endless Events

Almost three decades later, SXSW is a household name among trade shows, conferences, and events. “When we first started incorporating RFID in 2004,” replies Scott. The iconic guest takes us back to the year 1996 when business was still done via snail mail and CD ROMs ruled the world. How did they do it?

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PCMA to Planners: Be a Better Performer, and a Better Manager

MeetingsNet

At the recent Convening Leaders 2023 conference, the association for convention and trade-show management delivered advice from experts on pushing beyond one’s comfort zone to try new approaches. After finishing second in the 200-meter dash at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Felix was confident that she would win gold in 2008.

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

Agency Location Description 160over90 New York, NY 160over90, an award-winning cultural marketing agency within the Endeavor network, boasts 800+ thinkers, doers, and makers globally. Capitol Heights, MD 21st Century Expo Group is a nationally renowned general contractor, specializes in trade shows, events, and exhibits.

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18 of the Best Dallas Event Venues

Bizzaboo

Whether you’re planning a corporate conference, trade show, product launch, or corporate team-building event, Dallas offers a plethora of memorable venues that cater to every occasion. Ownership changed hands multiple times throughout the 20th century, but in 2004 the space was re-established as a live music staple in Dallas.

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18 Dallas Event Venues Your Attendees Will Love

Bizzaboo

Ownership changed hands multiple times throughout the 20th century, but in 2004 the space was re-established as a live music staple in Dallas. Or, if you want to go really big, host a trade show on 98,200 square feet of football field space featuring room for up to 5,000 guests. Capacity: 1,000. The Room on Main. Capacity: 320.

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The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

(Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) The five day event is being held by Federation EIL, the worldwide network of The Experiment in International.