The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020. We see an increase in online bookings, and people inquire more—they want to be on the safe side, which is also a good thing for us so we can plan everything up to their needs.’.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

Today’s event icon is the personable Megan Henshall , the global events account manager at Google who got into events because she was “really bad at sales” She shares how she experienced the pivoting year of 2020 and explains how to adopt a human-centric mindset in events. Overcoming The Pandemic At Google.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Well, amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 fears and the spread of it, mega-events such as the 2020 Olympics, F8 for Facebook, Ceraweek, Zoom, and Zendesk have canceled their events. The second half of 2020, however, looks positive. Will we adapt to a new way of marketing and communications? Customize communication.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

KUDO and its partners work to create “personalized experiences and break the language barrier in meetings, business and events,” said Pia Decarsin, marketing communications manager at KUDO. Read More : 4 Tips to Make Your Online Event a Success. Interprefy Expands and Innovates.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Increasing audience engagement and online event attendee numbers during a pandemic. started a virtual sub-committee which fuelled online conversation and debate with, and among, attendees. Online attendees have more opportunities to engage with more people about different topics and people are appreciative.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

VanDeventer suggested planners looking into all-inclusive campuses either negotiate a solution for access or communicate robustly about the rules in advance—or both. A total of 150 people took MPI up on the streaming service option, down from 1,000 when the group met in Grapevine in 2020.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2022

In 2020, we saw everything from mass cancellations to virtual-only events, as the world tried to grapple with the new reality of Covid-19. Some moved their events online, while others got creative with hybrid event models that combined in-person and virtual components. The Great Resignation Will Impact the Corporate Event Experience.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Now, after exactly one year without live events, as an industry and individuals, we’ve experienced a shift in values in how we communicate, collaborate and learn. Event planners can offer a more immersive experience at their events using virtual reality (VR) and other online techniques to make the events more captivating and immersive.

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 28, 2021

With historically low occupancy levels—among data compiled by the American Hotel & Lodging Association, it was found that eight out of ten rooms stand empty—2020 is going in the books as hospitality’s worst year ever. The post This is the time to invest in your boutique hotel’s brand appeared first on Dana Communications.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Marketers are tasked with reaching members of their target audience, enticing them to register for an event, and continuing communications all the way up to the event to encourage attendance. Link online event resources Connect all of your event pages and content together to widen your audience reach and keep track of online engagement.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A 2020 Bizzabo report showed that over 80% of B2B marketing professionals ranked event engagement as an important KPI for determining an event’s success. Maximize event communications. Make it easy for attendees and potential attendees to communicate with the event planning team. Include participatory activities.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2022

Previously, Patay was founder of and chief strategist for Patay Consulting, and she has also been a Smart Ambassador for Smart Meetings, contributing regularly to our online and print magazine with the latest in “Smart Style.” Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans appointed Marciante marketing and communications manager. Brent Pope.

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Motivation Excellence

MAY 28, 2020

2020 began like every other year with experts making predictions about how the year ahead would play out. As a result, planners are having to completely revisit the underlying assumptions behind their 2020 strategies to adapt effectively in the world that will emerge in the aftermath of COVID-19. Online Enablement Is the New Reality.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The company has a long history of producing webinars and online programs. In 2020 and throughout this year, their Amplify Event Series digital events offered continuing education credits for finance and accounting professionals which have been content-driven, meaning no expo, no networking. Virtual blew up our stats,” Strehle said.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 26, 2020

How to communicate a COVID-19 related event cancellation to your attendees. Some organizers have had to postpone their events others have decided to take theirs online with a virtual solution , others yet have had to make the very tough decision of outright cancelling their events. Original Event Date: February 24 - 27, 2020.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Communications will focus on making sure people know they shouldn’t be there if they don’t feel well. There is only so much you can do online, and the last time I was there was January of 2020,” she explained. “We Lounges and restaurants will be on the show floor. Badges will be sent in advance to reduce queues.

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Endless Events

JUNE 17, 2021

Since we were mostly confined to the walls of our homes, social media was often the only way we could communicate with one another. It was a platform of yelling rhetoric and no actual communication. Those two things just soured me a lot to sharing stuff online. But as more time passed, virtual fatigue started weighing us down.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 15, 2022

In 2020, IMEX and Marriott International released a report on why it makes financial, logistical, and ecological sense for the business events industry to adapt a regenerative model as well.

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Solimar International

JUNE 22, 2021

The summer of 2020 gave everyone hope of a quick recovery for the tourism industry, as COVID-19 cases seemed to drop across the globe and countries dependent on tourism eagerly opened their borders to travelers again. For instance, New Zealand has decided to close its borders completely from April 2020, without any further notice.

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Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

From online community awareness campaigns to out-of-the-box nonprofit event planning ideas, thoughtful preparation can help increase the success of fundraising activities. Communications Manager: The communications manager is in charge of marketing for the event.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

“Live webinars in addition to the summits where we do three hours of education, we now teach the majority of all of our certificate sessions online. So it really ramped up for 2020, one to two webinars or live summits a week. “We wanted to be very proactive about our 2020 schedule. . The Timing. And even topics.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 22, 2024

See section 80 in the Guidelines adopted on January 29, 2020 [ link ]. Therefore, we ask our clients to post signage on-site, talk about the use of our service in their marketing communications, and include it on their online terms and conditions. What about consent versus notice?

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Phygital events — those with both live, in-person and online components — are part of the business events industry’s present and future. Even before the pandemic, strategic and digital communications, content production, and community management services comprised a substantial part of our revenues. Juliano Lissoni.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

Drag Taste’s ‘Sangria and Secrets’ is considered the world’s number one online experience. In March 2020, when they had to shut down due to COVID-19, five days later, they developed the virtual experience. Virtual event tech helped to scale the business, ‘The virtual world started for us in March 2020, in a big way.’. ‘We

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

Last year, wireless service provider Verison purchased video conferencing company BlueJeans in an attempt to provide a “unified communications portfolio.” Event tech consultant Corbin Ball explained that the explosion of innovation in 2020 occurred in the streaming/virtual meeting/hybrid meeting space thanks to an influx of funding.

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ITA Group

DECEMBER 15, 2020

With disparate audiences that use different methods of communication, how can event planners keep everyone engaged and in the know? Keeping your audience captivated takes the right strategy, especially when it comes to communications. Mistake #1: Focusing on Just One Communication Channel.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

” A2, on the other hand, is responsible for wireless communication systems and headsets. ” “Pre-2020, we were starting to go down the road of more in the room experiences with event technology, including polling and second-screen experiences,” says Brandt. They also help people get mic’d up.

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ITA Group

APRIL 6, 2021

Nurse turnover has been plaguing the medical industry for decades, and as years pass, the concern remains costly and harmful to hospitals and patients alike: According to the 2020 National Healthcare Retention & RN Staffing Report , each percent change in RN turnover will cost/save the average hospital an additional $306,400/yr.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. After COVID decimated the meeting industry, I focused on the design and facilitation of online meetings. And , dear reader, get 20% off my ebooks until the end of the year! 2023 in review I slowed down in 2023. And, you know what?

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In fact, Meg and I met online, and collaborated on multiple occasions. Meg had helped me to launch and coordinate the Event Planners Talk hackathon in April 2020 and the Event Planners Talk Digital Festival in June 2020. That happened because we were all online. We should be very careful in how we communicate this.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If you read our last piece on why collaborative learning is the future of event-networking , you are already familiar with e180 as the creator of Braindate , an online platform and an in-person experience that helps participants at events meet for topic-driven, knowledge-sharing conversations called braindates. Source: e180.

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Tourism eSchool

MARCH 22, 2020

Published on March 23, 2020. Visitors are no longer visiting, many local communities are self isolating themselves from all people, all events are off and many of your staff may be in the vulnerable age groups and need to be at home self-isolating. Communicate how and what services you WILL be delivering. By Rebecca White.

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Tourism eSchool

APRIL 30, 2020

Published on May 1, 2020. We shared our thoughts for Tourism Businesses in a live webinar in partnership with Australian Regional Tourism on Thursday 26th March 2020, which expands on our suggested actions below in further details (you can also find the webinar slides here). Support your own local community ride out the Covid crisis?

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

The first experiment took place on 3rd December 2020. It offered both online and offline audiences a theoretical and practical glimpse into the world of mixed reality using VR technology. Connecting online and offline audiences during the #RotterdamExperiment. It was entitled ‘ Mixed Reality: Let’s Meet in VR! ’.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 5, 2023

The program marks an expanded partnership between The LeBron James Family Foundation and Graduate Hotels following the 2020 opening of the I PROMISE Village by Graduate Hotels, offering transitional housing within the Akron community.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 22, 2023

Coming Soon to the National Stage In 2020, Congress enacted legislation to establish an American Latino Museum in Washington, D.C., The facility has one 500-square-foot meeting room that can accommodate up to 100 guests for a reception, 60 for a theater format and 30 for a classroom setup. as part of the Smithsonian in the nation’s capital.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

. … We lost control of so much in 2020,” she said, “and now we want autonomy over our own experiences. She said that the way you communicate around that is a really big opportunity. She said that the way you communicate around that is a really big opportunity. I think collaboration is key.

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