Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Moyer has been with the Gila River team since 2012, having joined as a sales associate. Leff also worked in leading roles with Gaylord Hotels and Meet Minneapolis, and he also has worked with Hilton Minneapolis, the Hiltons of Chicago and Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport. Ryan Moyer. Andre Aparicio, Alejandra Vela and Omar Sanchez.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2023

But organizing such gatherings poses a challenge for companies that switched to operating remotely during the pandemic, as they strive to find the right balance between staff bonding and work. Meeting room or rooms. Getting everyone at the meeting will ensure buy-in for the agenda. All of these decisions will impact your budget.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 6, 2024

He also will develop new marketplace opportunities for IAEE’s annual meeting and strengthen industry relationships in partnership with IAEE’s sales, marketing, and membership teams, as well as develop attendee acquisition strategies. Jennifer Ramsey has joined Talley as a meeting planner.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Pete-Clearwater (VSPC), the Pinellas County tourism marketing and management organization. Sherry Bastani Discover Santa Clara®, the official destination marketing organization for Santa Clara, California, has named Sherry Bastani as convention sales manager. Pete/Clearwater has appointed Brian Lowack as president and CEO of Visit St.

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Government Hospitality Tourism Tourism 52

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

After all, attendees spend much of their time indoors as it is, so taking a break from enclosure may be welcomed; technically it’s still work for them, but taking the meeting outside will take the pressure off and remind everyone that it’s supposed to be fun. The post Team Building: Make It Unconventional appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 10, 2023

One of the most encouraging trends I see is the shift away from zeroing in on the individual’s role in creating carbon emissions toward thinking about how to create systemic change across organizations, businesses, governments, and communities. Another estimated a mere 9 percent of the world’s plastic is recycled.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here’s how Wikipedia defines an unconference: “An unconference is a participant-driven meeting.” ” “Typically at an unconference, the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. Jeremy Lin and the myth of the conference curator , February, 2012.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 26, 2023

In his new position, Herndon will shape and sustain efforts that advance a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture across the organization. Herndon most recently served as chief diversity officer for Thrivent, a Fortune 500 not-for-profit financial services organization.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

Dexter Warrior Warrior has been elected chair of the board of directors of Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau for 2019, a board that he’s served on since 2012. He’s served as president of the Greater New York Chapter for Meetings Professional International. Dallas Smith & Company in Atlanta.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 21, 2023

WITS began with the creation in 2012 of the World Indigenous Tourism Alliance (WINTA) by participants from six countries. WINTA is now a global organization of indigenous persons which promotes indigenous rights in the tourism sector consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Tourism 93

Tourism Tourism Government Promotion 93

Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 11, 2023

London 2012 marked the first time that women competed in every sport on the Olympic program and at Atlanta 1996, the percentage of women athletes participating in the Games hovered at 34 percent. Level Playing Field At Paris 2024, for the first time in the history of the Games, as many women as men will take part in the competitions.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Sports Certification Media 52

Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

CWT has named Ian Cummings as global head of CWT Meetings & Events. Cummings, who is based in London, has been with CWT Meetings & Events since 2012. In this new position, she is responsible for sales analysis and strategy support for the destination sales and experience departments and the organization as a whole.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Hospitality Education Technology 52

Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich in person meetings — aka peer conferences — for almost thirty years. Because participants love these meetings ! Now the covid-19 pandemic has forced meetings online. Zoom has rapidly become the dominant platform for online meetings.

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Business Traveler USA

APRIL 6, 2022

The Baja peninsula at the confluence of the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean offers a variety of best-in-class resorts where meetings large and small keep the deals in motion. The 9-hole Punta Sur Golf Club at Vidanta near San José del Cabo opened in 1987 and was sold in 2012 to become the Punta Sur Golf Club at Vidanta Los Cabos.

Retreat 98

Retreat Travel Travel Organization 98

Convene by PCMA

APRIL 29, 2024

At a 2012 Ted Talk, Charlie Todd and Improv Everywhere planted a fake speaker whose PowerPoint presentation seemingly failed, with the multicolored “spinning ball of death” on screen instead of slides. When I work with meetings and events, I like to design things that are participatory as well. I think people don’t see that coming.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Populous, the Kansas City–based architecture firm where Michael Lockwood heads up the convention center practice, has long incorporated flexible meeting spaces in and around the traditional convention center elements of ballroom, meeting room, and exhibit hall, the architect said. Michael Lockwood. Be more inclusive with your solution.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 4, 2022

Busan successfully hosted APEC South Korea 2005, 2012 Lions Clubs International Convention, 2019 ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit with high evaluations by participants. An official from Busan Tourism Organization (BTO) said that Busan will take a lead in the global MICE industry in the era of post-Covid, focusing on tourism and MICE.

Tourism 52

Tourism Tourism Social Media Conference 52

Travel Daily Media

JUNE 5, 2022

The recognition, granted only to venues that integrate wellness into conferences by prioritising healthier eating, movement, and workplace health, reaffirms Sands Expo’s commitment to improve the overall delegate experience and increase meeting productivity through wellness. Wellness has become a key agenda in today’s events.

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Venue Certification Healthcare Sustainability 52

Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

.” —Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America The meeting industry is no exception. The meeting industry has redefined novelty as creativity. Though millions of meetings take place every year, thousands of meeting organizers know how to create truly create conference designs.

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Event Design Events Conference Design Conference 95

Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Kimberly Lewis knew she had found her place working an organization that understood “how sustainability, how buildings, how community, how the health of our planet affects us in our everyday lives,” she said. Editor’s note: ? Kimberly Lewis is all about “community building and service.” I saw the definition of the have and have nots.”.

Sustainability 97

Sustainability Telecommunications Panel Platform 97

Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable. 1 spot, thanks to the 2012 Olympics, which highlighted the city’s need to rebuild. Amsterdam; 9. Macau and 10.

Tourism 246

Tourism Tourism Sustainability Training 246

Convene by PCMA

MAY 27, 2022

I started organizing street races … and I was one of the only women in the street racing scene that was racing as well. A family member had a coffee cart at the Microsoft Conference Center and … he said, “Well, you should talk to this meeting planning agency because they do events for Microsoft.” I was so lucky. It [was] terrifying.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 4, 2019

After a highly successful debut in 2018, three Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Chapters — MPI Toronto , MPI Montréal/Québec , and MPI Ottawa — have again joined forces to provide cutting edge, innovative, experiential education at The EVENT. I’ll also facilitate the closing Group Spective.

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Best Corporate Events

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

That makes it imperative for organizations to create a workplace culture and environment that employees want to join, want to stay with, and are engaged in. Are the people they meet with friendly and welcoming, or do they treat the interview like an imposition? Those that don’t, risk declines in performance and competitiveness.

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Best Corporate Events

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

That makes it imperative for organizations to create a workplace culture and environment that employees want to join, want to stay with, and are engaged in. Are the people they meet with friendly and welcoming, or do they treat the interview like an imposition? Those that don’t, risk declines in performance and competitiveness.

Training 78

Training Communications Communications Culture 78

Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Paris 2024 may also achieve the Games’ highest level of sustainability yet by becoming the first to halve its carbon emissions compared to the average of London 2012 and Rio 2016. The design of the new Aquatics Centre, the only permanent sports facility built for Paris 2024, meets stringent environmental standards. The result?

Sustainability 52

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Maritz Global Events

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Formulated by the PCI Security Standards Council, the PCI DSS applies to any organizations—or events—that store, process or transmit cardholder data. Even if you run a small association with minimal credit card transactions, your organization may still be obligated to comply with the standards. PCI DSS Levels. About De-de.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 20, 2023

For the 3,300 attendees of the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference, held January 8 to 11 in Columbus, Ohio, the message could not have been more clear: The business world is not the same as it was when in-person meetings were last happening at full speed.

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Planner Management Trade Show Training 52

Redfin

AUGUST 16, 2023

The European Union passed a similar law in 2012. Because most light bulbs other than LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) don’t meet these standards, this rule bans all inefficient light bulbs, including incandescents. Many compact fluorescent lights technically meet the new standards, but will also be outlawed soon.

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Retail Government Manufacturing Regulations 59

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

“…gets an award for most/best/most thoughtfully organized conference I think I’ve ever been to.” Scenes from a peer conference—part 2 Since 2012, I’ve had the privilege of designing and facilitating the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference. ” “I’m an introvert. It is one.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Walk this way instead: Send them a personalized message from your organization’s CEO or Executive Director, thanking them for registering. Since we are now in a vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, organic, and allergy-filled society, ask guests what they want to eat and work with your catering manager to deliver on their requests. . #4.

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Networking Registration Conference Planner 92

Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In today's date, many organizations employ incentive travel programs because these programs motivate the employees and increase their productivity. Let's look into this blog; we will discuss the significance of travel incentive and how it provides ROI for your organization. Enhance Organization Loyalty.

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Crowdriff

AUGUST 29, 2017

Prior to 2012, the state of New Mexico didn’t have a cohesive tourism marketing strategy. Its tourism department focused mostly on providing administrative services and support for its regional destination marketing organizations. Starting Point: Understanding Incorrect Impressions of New Mexico.

Tourism 52

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 20, 2016

The usual answer to this question is “the event’s sponsors”, i.e. the people and organizations that decide to hold the event and contribute the resources needed for the event to occur. Who owns an event? Increasingly we are moving to event models that make participants generators of event value.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

of event organizers believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals, and 75.9% of organizers believe in-person conferences will become increasingly critical to their organization’s success in the coming years! According to The state of in-person B2B conferences report , 80.4%

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

On the last day of the conference, let them know if they sign up and pay for the next meeting on that day, they will receive a significant discount. Your organization will earn revenue up to one year early! Use organic and paid digital marketing tactics. Usually, your major budget items are F&B, A/V, and meeting space.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

Some 30 miles away, meeting professionals at the ubiquitous customer relationship software company Salesforce have taken a net-zero pledge and are brainstorming ways to keep business moving forward while prioritizing sustainability as a core value in everything from partnerships to customer data tracking and at its annual Dreamforce citywide event.

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