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‘A Larger Voice’: How the Pandemic Is Changing Global Meetings Industry Day

Convene by PCMA

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), Thursday, April 7, was launched five years ago by the 70-member Meetings Mean Business industry coalition as an annual day of industry-wide advocacy focused on raising the profile of the economic value of business events, trade shows and exhibitions, and incentive travel.

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#RotterdamExperiment 2 – The best gamification is gamification that is unnoticed

The MICE Blog

Now, after one year of hosting and attending virtual events, the events industry is facing the challenge of how to engage attendees and combat ‘zoom fatigue.’ We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. And by working towards a mutual goal, attendees are ‘forced’ to collaborate.

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The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) Most meeting conveners concentrate on feedback about meeting content (“great speakers!

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

Because of that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. Since the meeting industry is shaped by attendee expectations, successful events have to cater to millennials. ” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events.

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5 Ways the Meetings Industry is Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. In an industry shaped by attendee expectations, successful events have to cater to their wants and desires. ” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. labor force at 35%.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

Event professional turned full-time blogger Irina Graf has created an event industry networking and destination focused blog with an international view. The Meeting Pool. The Meeting Pool is the place to be for event professionals who love to discuss technology. The MICE Blog. This one’s for you. Techsytalk. Loving their blog?