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The Biggest Takeaways from the Global Event Forum – #EventIcons Episode 154

Endless Events

For the second time ever, the International Live Event Association (ILEA) held the Global Events Forum in August 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The forum brought together 30 of the brightest and biggest influencers in the events industry to delve deep into issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the event industry today.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

“It should be really obvious that we aren’t just order takers,” she said, putting the enhanced role of the corporate meeting professional in perspective. “We Meetings consultant Jeff Calmus, a former vice president of global event management for MetLife, agreed about the importance of managing up. Choices, Choices.

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To-Do’s for Meetings

Brightspot Incentive Events

Teams and executives are looking to get back to face-to-face meetings with their colleagues in a post-Covid world. However, increasing costs mean budgeting and planning for these corporate meetings can become a substantial and complex task. Then they were done for you. Now they’re done with you. .”

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The 2020 CMI 25 in Pictures

MeetingsNet

But first, check out this gallery featuring photos that reveal the wide range of events these leading companies produce. In aggregate, the 2020 CMI 25 executed more than 165,000 corporate meetings and over 8,000 incentive travel programs in 2019, and those events used more than 15 million room-nights at hotels and resorts around the world.

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Is the Party Over?

Smart Meetings

A director of her client company got furious with her staff and event workers, made a huge scene, demanding to keep drinking when the bar closed. Sales leadership event where the VP of sales, after several drinks at the event, took some of his team out to a bar on property, ordered more drinks for the group and then refused to pay.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. Over the last three years, Skift Meetings has hosted more than 80,000 attendees at 26 webinars and events, published 27 reports, written more than 500 articles, and more.

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

Wheeling, IL Cadence is an event production agency that designs and builds impactful brand experiences. We are a group of strategic thinkers, designers, event planning and logistics gurus. We specialize in corporate meetings and trade shows, consumer brand activations, and custom fabrication.