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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE Blog

But her previous experience has prepared her to navigate through the uncertainty. You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week. I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009. Can you talk about this period?

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Business Lessons from the Greatest Comeback in NFL History

Best Corporate Events

Roy Charette, a leader in the fields of team building and professional development training, and managing partner at Best Corporate Events, cites the example of the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics. “In When they all came to the Celtics in 2008 and won the championship, every one of them had lower average points per game.

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How We Pivoted to Produce Virtual Events

Meeting Tomorrow

Would their speakers be able to present remotely? Clients were turning to us because we’d been producing virtual events since 2008, and also brought a deep understanding of live events. Our event managers learned how to adjust agendas and train speakers so they feel prepared. Would people even show up?

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

Convene by PCMA

Gioia, publisher of the weekly Herman Trends Alerts, added a sense of urgency to that advice: “Those who do not look to — or prepare for — the future,” she said, “are destined to be its victims.”. And if we aren’t doing that, then we should be working remotely.”. Maybe we should think about it a little more often.”. Joyce Gioia.

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Key Takeaways from Tech Sector Layoffs

Gavel International

When the restrictions of the pandemic ended and life returned to in-person lifestyles and business activities, the tech sector wasn’t prepared to handle the change. remote working environments; increase in online activity such as entertainment streaming and retail; beliefs that virtual would overtake demand for in-person activities, etc.)

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America’s Housing Shortage Is Intensifying During the Pandemic—Especially in Relatively Affordable Places Like San Antonio and Baltimore

Redfin

These factors have deepened an already-acute housing shortage set off by a homebuilding slowdown after the 2008 financial crisis and the increasing tendency of homeowners to hold onto their houses for longer. They’ve been preparing for the sky to fall on the housing market because that’s what happened during the last recession,” she said. “As