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We are biased against truly creative event design

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A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements. Truly creative event design We are biased against truly creative event design.

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Bizzabo Adds Room-Block Management to its Offerings

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Bizzabo, founded in 2011, has seen a number of acquisitions and partnerships in the past few years. The event-services partnership offers registration setup and end-to-end event design as well as project management, creative services, strategic consultation, and content creation.

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Planning Starts for IMEX America 2023

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The author of “Intentional Event Design” joined the IMEX team in June after leaving SITE Global where she was head of events for more than three years, to pursue a. I have been to every IMEX America since it began in 2011,” she recalled. A Focused Approach. “We We are always planning for next year,” Endean said.

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MPI WEC Inspired Action in San Francisco

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At the Thursday lunch, attendees were treated to a taste of the festivities that await next year when the annual event moves to the Mexican Caribbean, Riviera Maya, June 12-15, 2023, as a culmination of conversations that have been going on at the highest levels of MPI and the Mexican government since 2011.

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Top Hotels in Las Vegas and Why We Like Them

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In 2011, it was named the “Best New Hotel in the World” by Travel + Leisure magazine. Fast Facts: 3,042 guest rooms 175,365 square feet of meeting space Meetings and Events Information Why we like it: The Balconies! The post Top Hotels in Las Vegas and Why We Like Them first appeared on Blue Spark Event Design.

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Six fundamental ways to make a better conference

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Related posts: Participation techniques you can use in conference sessions Here’s the summary handout for my workshop on participation techniques you can use in conference sessions that I’ll be leading at MPI’s World Education Congress 2011. The notes at the.

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Event Design is how it works

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Design is how it works. “ —Steve Jobs, The Guts of a New Machine , 2003 New York Times interview If only we applied Steve’s insight to event design. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Event Design is how it works appeared first on Conferences That Work. The notes at the.