Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, according to a trio of meeting professional experts, taking care of yourself is even more important when you are the one charged with caring for your attendees. Riggs encouraged meeting planners to include members on their team who are mental health first-aid-trained for both meetings staff and event attendees.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Whether physical or cyber, events without ample security not only makes events less safe, they also make the possibility of creating personal and professional connections much less likely, as attendees spend more time worrying about their physical safety or their sensitive information being breached.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Webinar session, Joanna Pineda, CEO and chief troublemaker of Matrix Group International , and Jennifer O’Grady, senior director of Design Studio of Maritz Global Events , tackled the Secrets for Engaging Platform-agnostic Association Meetings. Ultimately, finding out what the attendees want is the bottom line for meeting organizers.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 24, 2022

I find that in many cases, we have a bunch of delegates who do not speak English as a first language therefore offering real-time transcripts and post-event transcripts not only increases accessibility, but significantly improves understanding and knowledge transfer.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The biggest events conference in the world is a marathon in itself with participants reporting that they recorded 10,000, 20,000 or more steps walking the floor and hoofing it to after-parties. But a growing attendee segment at IMEX America in Las Vegas was looking for a more intentionally healthy experience. The Long Game. Plan Ahead.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Hear what attendees said about the 2023 Smart Woman Summit. While the event is held in a much bigger ballroom now (This year Smart Woman Summit and Smart Women in Meetings Awards Gala will be held at Caesars Palace Las Vegas ) to accommodate the growing movement, the emphasis is still on interaction and connections.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The conference formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show hosted by Consumer Technology Association (CTA) attracted 180,000 attendees as recently as 2019, and maxed out in 2015 with 3,600 exhibitors and 170,000 professional and industry attendees. Safety is the watchword for everyone involved in this global event.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This is my passion—and being part of the global events industry is my second passion.” They receive this through anything from a personal recognition meeting to a team gathering where they toast to the success of the recent event. Be it private or professional, special moments give us strength, energy and motivation.”

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Now that virtual events are fairly normalized, it’s never been easier to access a global audience. Whether you’re planning a company event or an exhibition, it’s key that attendees all have the ability to efficiently communicate with one another and engage with the content.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Have a call-of-command if something goes wrong like attendees go missing or someone dies, she advised. Don’t let fear get in your way.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But today, let’s take a few steps back and think about where do our events truly begin. Is it when your attendee walks through the doors of your venue or logs on to your virtual event platform? Or is it much earlier, at event registration? And they want to know that ASAP – when attendees register.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

. – Technology and innovation – Trends and research – People and planet – Business practices – Experience design – Event marketing “That’s on purpose,” Endean said. “We 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

MAY 9, 2023

Not only will this give attendees more networking opportunities, but it’s also a great way to build a community around your event and brand. Every event planner wants community, but you need to match the right types of people together to form that community — and that’s no small feat. It’s a win for everyone.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Maritz Global Events released its Industry Trends Report at IMEX America with some eye-popping data on the rising cost of hotels, airfares, F&B, and other event-budget elements. For its Industry Trends Report, October 2023 edition, Maritz Global Events crunched numbers from the U.S. Read the full report here.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

This on-again-off-again dynamic was evident in the responses to an American Express Global Meetings and Events Forecast from last year that found 62% of respondents in the area expected attendee numbers to return to pre-pandemic numbers in the next one to two years. A new date has yet to be announced.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Merely knowing what attendee churn is and why it happens isn’t enough. You need to be able to stop it from killing your event’s future. As we know, attendee churn is your event’s failure to retain guests year over year. Stop Attendee Churn from Happening in the First Place.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This is expected to continue well into 2023, according to a new report, “ 2023 Global Meetings and Events Forecast ,” by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT). Global meeting spend is expected to increase by 3.1%, the same as Amex GBT’s survey last year. Greater Meeting Spend. Sustainability Concentration.

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Maritz Global Events

JUNE 27, 2019

Chances are good that your event is not the only one of its kind. That means your potential attendees may have to pick your event or another, which also means someone wins and someone loses. How does a person choose which event they will attend if they can only pick one? No Swindling Your Attendees. About Mitch.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Lesson 2: Managing an Institutional Events Program Rachel Andrews, head of global events for Cvent, presented planners with the framework of her organization’s 30-person events division that coordinates more than 700 large, mid-sized, and small in-person and online meetings each year. Everyone has help along the way.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 16, 2022

If the way you handle attendees’ information doesn’t meet the EU’s GDPR standards, it may not meet some U.S. meeting professionals changed their data practices if there was any chance an EU citizen would be among their attendees. Notice: Tell attendees how their information will be used and shared. At that time, many U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For the group’s 2021 FICP Annual Conference in Arizona, they put a stake in the desert early on that they would hold an in-person event at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa for 500 fully vaccinated people Nov. Lori Allen, vice president of global event operations with MetLife , agreed. Learn and Give Back.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

The 3 days of gathering started with Destinations International ’s Convention Sales and Services Summit, covering everything from trends in what is important to attendees today to tips for planning more inclusive events.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2023

For instance, if the attendees share values such as personal growth, ambition and social standing, this would steer an event strategy in a certain direction. Conversely, if their shared values involve relationships, environmentalism and creativity, your event strategy would look completely different.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Read More : Make Hybrid Events Worth Every Dollar for Virtual Attendees All of it underscores a recognition that togetherness is an essential ingredient for success. We see organizations increasing their budgets to overcome rising costs so they can continue to benefit from the power of meeting.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Given the free time the WSWA team had, the association chose 2023 as the year to introduce a rebrand and additional changes to its event. An excited 2,449 attendees took to Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando over four days, a 5% increase in attendance from 2019, according to the association. “It

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Endless Events

JULY 15, 2021

As anticipated, it was a huge success and the Event Brew hosts are here to tell the story. Will, Thuy, and Nick revisit PCMA EduCon 2021 and share three different perspectives: one of a co-host, one of a virtual attendee, and one of an educated outside observer. ” Thuy was also a part of the PCMA EduCon 2021, as an attendee.

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Endless Events

JULY 16, 2019

And especially when it comes to the ideas that ensure the attendee experience goes from good to amazing. This is exactly where hackathons for events come in! In this week’s #EventIcons, we’re tackling the somewhat unexplored world of hackathons for events.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Expo 2025, the highly anticipated global event, is set to showcase groundbreaking innovations and foster international collaboration for a sustainable future. It will bring together nations, organizations, and individuals to exchange ideas, share innovations, and address global challenges.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The community give-back portion of the event also included an activation that led to attendees assembling 500 water filters through the W|W Filter Build Experience. We have to plan for attendees of the future because technology is changing how people learn and interact. Learn Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte.

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Endless Events

MAY 14, 2021

The past year was a challenging one, sure, but it was also one that allowed us to understand the raw and unrealized potential of events as a whole. Global Events & International Event Planning. “You’re easily scaling up the event, using a virtual or hybrid scenario. Planning Global Events.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If higher costs are your challenge when executing events, one thing is for sure: You’re not alone. The latest meeting planner survey from Global Event Planners, the network of independent destination management companies, found that higher costs was a top challenge for 70 percent of the 200 planners surveyed.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 12, 2023

(Whatever Media Group) Event organizers who are considering straining their budgets to hire celebrity speakers — or who feel pressure to do so — may want to think again. Ken Holsinger The takeaway, Holsinger said, is that meeting attendees want to hear from their peers, to be inspired, and maybe go to a concert or a standup-comedy act.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 6, 2022

Megan Finnell, CMP, director, meetings & conferences, MGMA, and Tim Simpson, brand & engagement chief strategist for Maritz Global Events’ Design Studio, speak to EduCon attendees Monday during their session. Jacob Slaton Photography).

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

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. Forward Looking.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Despite the missing Asian demographic, the number of attendees should offer an encouraging future forecast, “There’s no longer hesitation,” said Dominguez, “Right now, we’re normalized. He saw international air lift as a bottleneck constricting global events. “We We haven’t seen a drop-off.”. We need more planes,” he stated.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Doctors will be on site, and testing will be available so attendees can get back on flights that require testing evidence. Attendees can join in building a KLH Clubhouse that will be delivered to the kindergarten class of Luna, a child with paediatric cancer. Smart Monday will bring more outside activities than before, including tours.

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