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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

Preparing for the Exam In 2004, when Meeting Professionals International (MPI) held their EMEA Conference in Berlin, Mahmoud was working as director of conventions at the Berlin Convention Office. At the conference, she felt overwhelmed with the content and networking opportunities available.

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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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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. Or, if you want to go big, host a trade show on 98,200 square feet of football field space featuring room for up to 5,000 guests.

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

According to The state of in-person B2B conferences report , 80.4% of organizers believe in-person conferences will become increasingly critical to their organization’s success in the coming years! Anomaly New York, NY Established in 2004, Anomaly is an exciting and innovative ‘new model’ agency.

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18 Dallas Event Venues Your Attendees Will Love

Bizzaboo

Or, you could lean on this blog article to help you find the right location for your company meeting, social gathering, conference, or training seminar — the venue options are as endless as there are event types. . You could use one of the numerous tools for sourcing event venues. Capacity: 1,000. Planning a company-wide celebration?

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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.) See the post for full details.)