Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

There is no magic elixir to absolutely protect attendees from fast-spreading novel coronaviruses. Top of the list of things seen frequently that don’t actually keep attendees safer: temperature reading guns. “A Wearing N95 masks can protect attendees, Bronstein says, but only if they are worn continuously. Robert Bronstein.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

2022 welcomed the launch of New Intent, an organization focused on promoting diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and environmental advocacy with destinations and event planners. This is what it means for meeting planners. How to Leverage Destination Accessibility Efforts to Welcome All Attendees.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Event planners are already preparing to bring the best to 2022. Here are some of the biggest events to come in 2022. Friday, March 25’s event is a meeting place for top meeting planners. 2022 Annual Convention. Flashpoint: Sparking Haute Ideas. Regional 1-Day Experience – Texas. National 3-Day Experience.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In July 2022, NASA flight engineers Jessica Watkins (left) and Kjell Lindgren addressed International Space Station Research and Development conference attendees from aboard the space station.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

Mesmer has added new voices to the list of speakers, including young professionals who are on the rise in the industry. It’s a sweeping transformation, and one that relied heavily on the association’s investment in something that often doesn’t get a lot of attention: speaker coaching.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2022

by 2022, 55% of US homes have voice-activated assistants , 60% of millennials have used a chatbot, with 70% of them having a positive experience, 50% of those who haven’t tried using chatbots are open to trying them. An event chatbot is designed to answer questions about events and offer support to attendees. Chatbot Statistics.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. Read More : Tech Tips From the Top: Breaking Barriers and Defining Hybrid.

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Endless Events

MAY 20, 2022

While they are typically more expensive than in-person events, there are also many ways event planners can save money with a hybrid event and see a higher event ROI. Because hybrid events can be broken down into in-person and virtual constituents, many planners worry whether the hybrid event budget is going to double as well.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

“People are thinking about virtual attendee engagement and looking at how can they make it more fun for attendees rather than have them just sit and watch a screen. ” Virtual Production: Event Planner As A TV Producer. “Event planners are so resilient. ” The Pivoting Never Ends.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2022

While 2022 is in full swing, the meetings and event industry is continuing to navigate best practices regarding safe meetings and social gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, planners are opting for an outdoor setting for much if not all of their programs. Naturally Good. With 14,000 sq.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

As discussed in our 2022 Event Trends Guide , hybrid events are not simply in-person and virtual events put together. Since the pandemic, many planners have started playing with using pre-recorded sessions rather than live and offering event content on-demand. Event Planners Have Less On Their Plate. Source: IBTM World.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

They give us concrete advice on building out backup plans and communicating with attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors. “Event planners are considered to be good at having multiple plans for one event. For example, event planners have always been good at knowing what to do if the weather changes. . Let’s get brewing!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2022

She shared the results of a recent survey of event planners about the trends that will impact events in 2022. The pandemic and subsequent shift to virtual meetings opened attendee eyes to the limitations and inflexibility of physical events. And when it’s hybrid , don’t treat virtual attendees as second-class citizens.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As a result, Events Industry Council (EIC) updated its standards in 2022 to enhance sustainable practices across the events industry. As attendees become more interested in a more sustainable future, event planners must adapt and provide more regenerative and sustainable approaches to events.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 13, 2022

PCMA EduCon 2022 will kick off Sunday, June 5, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, where speaker Andrew Davis will take the stage. They’re asking themselves… ‘what do attendees need to get out of a hybrid event?’ One, I think the online experience — through no fault of any planner or organizer — is subpar.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. We are turning attendees into participants,” he said.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

In 2022, they will keep moving out of impersonal hotel ballrooms to more unique venues. One of the biggest event trends in 2022 is sourcing venues with character. Local event venues can make a lasting impression on your attendees and gives them a chance to get to know the destination better. The Van Buren PHX. On Jackson.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

Most planners didn’t even hear of them prior to 2020! But today, this perfect blend of face-to-face and digital experiences is considered one of the biggest event trends in 2022. Once a virtual attendee feels bored and stops watching the live stream, there’s very little you can do to bring them back.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Smart Meetings walked the trade show floor asking people how they help put attendee humanity at the center of event agendas and found that caring for guests is something everyone is focusing on in 2023. We work with planners to find the right venue and team-building activity to connect them with the destination.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Whether attendees want to be better at business, learn more about experience design or how to plan events that are kinder to our planet, they will find the personal and professional development they need. Attendees will learn the use cases and what it means for real people. We’re not exponentially changing the world.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

How will the expectations from attendees evolve? Several planners and tech companies already see hybrid as the certain future of our industry. Ensuring the safety of your attendees within the health spectrum will be one of the biggest 2021 event trends. Speaker Training: Bigger & Better. Path Two: If COVID-19 Remains.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2022

While 2022 is in full swing, the meetings and event industry is continuing to navigate best practices regarding safe meetings and social gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, planners are opting for an outdoor setting for much if not all of their programs. Naturally Good. With 14,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Even before most of the 12,000 attendees from this year’s IMEX America in Las Vegas unpacked their suitcases, the IMEX Group was already planning for 2023 at the renovated Mandalay Bay Convention Center where upgrades to restaurants and connected hotels will join the recently refreshed 2.1 million sq.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

After the wild ride meeting professionals have been on for the last year, the last thing you probably want to think about is buckling up for another spin around the sun, but now is the time to set yourself up for success in 2022—a year many are predicting will be a banner 365 days for meetings and conventions. Speaker, Drummer for P!NK,

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthy Meeting Resources Help Planners Start Meaningful Discussions Looking for an easy way to keep everyone healthy when putting together an agenda? Paint therapy, IV treatments and scentscaping/ gifting from Scentex are fresh ways to show attendees you are thinking about all of their needs. Why stop there? trillion by 2030.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Shifting trends are found in how planners are measuring sustainability as well as overall event success, plus technology, budgets, and staffing. Another area where the focus of planners has shifted from last year is in measuring the effectiveness of virtual events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

In-person and online attendees accessing through the Intrado platform learned from author, activist and comedian Baratunde Thurston, “How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time.” Today was full of great networking and fun with meeting & event planners for the Customer Advisory Council and @ASAEannual Community Pop-Up Columbus.

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Endless Events

MARCH 21, 2022

This week, Brandt and Endless Events’ Kyle Kocinski do a case study on Remo , one of the top 22 event platforms to use in 2022. The competition among event platforms is stiff these days, so event planners must understand what makes a certain platform stand out from the rest. “We have every level of event planner come to us.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Whether in-person or online, event organizers want attendees to pay attention and participate. Expert event planners and organizers understand that choosing the right audience engagement strategies can make or break an event. Planners can also use live chats or polling to measure engagement at in-person, virtual, or hybrid events.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

The event included a variety of speakers, including Gregg Caren, president and CEO for Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and Lee-Jung Kim, service design experience lead for Pfizer Biopharma Group, and two panels that discussed the current trends in the meeting industry and why meetings matter and solutions for current challenges.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Convening Leaders 2022 Main Stage speaker Scott Galloway hopes to inspire participants to find opportunities in the post-pandemic business industry. Galloway told Convene that planners should get ready to be bold, because that’s what attendees will expect in this next normal. “If It better be inspiring.”.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2021

What began as podcast series True Spies , which debuted in 2020, and later, as a planned introduction of Spycon (postponed until 2022), a convention designed to bring these experts together with Hollywood and Silicon Valley, has shapeshifted into a venture meeting professionals will love.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 24, 2022

Each year the SXSW experience brings attendees surprise, delight, creativity, and fun — not to mention music and provocative discussions. I was excited to see how SX would approach 2022, after an absence of the physical event for the past few years and with so much uncertainty still at play. Aaron Rogosin/SXSW). “A

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 10, 2022

and namesake for the hospitality school in the NYU School of Professional Studies, was realistic about the effects of Covid on the travel industry but remained optimistic about the upward trends of 2022. Adams hopes to grow NYC’s reputation as a destination for meeting and vacation planners. . Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels & Co.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 1, 2022

Former Aramark executive Cathy Schlosberg was named senior vice president of marketing in June of 2019 and former Enterprise Holdings Assistant Vice President of Global Travel and Meetings, Amanda Armstrong, took the role of senior vice president of brand and community engagement at Encore in January of 2022.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 23, 2023

The post The Travel & Adventure Show Series concludes the 2023 season with over 150,000 attendees and 1,200+ Exhibitors across 8 cities appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The show welcomed more than 16,500 attendees, 300 exhibitors and 500 travel trade and media members.

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