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How IMEX Frankfurt Answered Critical Questions for a Sustainable Event

Smart Meetings

This commitment has led to more than a decade of work across venues and suppliers around the topics of waste, water, energy, supply-chain, social equity and social impact. Read IMEX CEO Carina Bauer’s goals for the return to European meeting. Getting Energized. What to expect at #IMEX22 … IMEX-EIC People and Planet Village.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE Blog

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. 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.

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Nine conference mythodologies

Conferences that Work

Here are nine mythodologies about conferences. At least half the sessions programmed at traditional conferences are not what attendees want. Mythodology: Event socials are a good way to meet people. Participant-driven and participation-rich events provide far more opportunities to meet people you actually want to meet.

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Tackling In-person Events as a Team at nSight 2022

Smart Meetings

The ninth nSight conference was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, an up-and-coming technology hub between three major universities. The younger nCino started in 2011 and started nSight in 2013. Marisa Roberge, nCino’s associate director of global conferences & events, had prior experience with TSEC in her previous job.

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MPI WEC Inspired Action in San Francisco

Smart Meetings

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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Sign of the Times? GE Sells its Famed Training Facility

MeetingsNet

Changes in the work environment and in the next generation’s mindset mean that in-person corporate meetings must be different—but still must happen. In addition to online training, GE will now hold more regional meetings at hotels and other venues that are near the company’s production facilities around the country.

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Squaring the circle: creating room sets for connection

Conferences that Work

Meeting planners typically default to squaring the circle when specifying room sets. Even though many of the rounds used at meetings are far too large.) Instead, I’m going to answer a common dilemma faced by my clients: what to do when there isn’t enough room for large circle sets at a venue. The notes at the.