Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

Transforming an In-Person Sales Kickoff into a Virtual Meeting. Face-to-face events, conferences, and meetings were postponed or cancelled for the near future. The production partner will have the equipment and staff needed to manage the virtual conference, such as, an LED wall, stage, cameras, speakers, switchers, laptops, etc.

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Gavel International

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading Time: 7 minutes The first installment of this two-part series began with details about harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and the critical demand of sustainability requirements in meeting planning. Meeting Design Consider the format that is most likely to achieve the goals of the meeting.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2019

Deepen engagement and increase retention at your meetings by embracing three fundamental shifts in the attendee experience. Rethinking “attendees” as “participants.” This fundamental shift changes the way we think about everything from our meeting spaces to our speaker content. Speaker: Roger Haskett.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. I’ll illustrate with the area where I have most experience: providing education at these meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We’re tapping the talent of PCMA’s staff so they can share the design thinking and process behind the innovative experiences they create for PCMA events. Most meeting designers know that beginnings and endings matter, but struggle to craft meaningful experiences that resonate with attendees.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

Get Ready for the Top Meeting Trends in 2018. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events. But with recent trends focusing more towards personalization and customization, meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year. Meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Let’s look at these three conclusions in the context of meeting design. Most meeting presenters still lecture. And most meeting session presenters resort to lecturing as their dominant session modality. Attendees learn more when presenters use active learning modalities. Conclusion.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2019

This (slightly edited) interview by JT Long appeared in the March 2019 issue of Smart Meetings Magazine. I invented the format by accident 26 years ago when there were no expert speakers to invite for a conference on administrative computing issues in small schools. What led to writing the book, Conferences that Work ?

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

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.’ The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M., We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. Why use gamification?

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

(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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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). Invent a way to make the conference successful based on the collective needs, wants, and experience of the attendees. Organizations hear about these conferences and ask me to design and facilitate them.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

My work at a pre-con is different from that of a typical meeting planner since I focus on the meeting’s design and facilitation. I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game. With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

56% of event professionals believe health and wellness programs impact the overall success of meetings. Leading events such as IMEX, Dreamforce, and C2 Montréal are integrating opportunities for attendees to focus on their mental and physical health, as well as recharge.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Connect are dedicated to providing content that helps you reimagine today’s meetings and look into the future. There are plenty of insights into venues and how to improve meetings, but we want to give a shout-out to Connect for their continued insights into the ever-important topic of event safety. The Meeting Pool. Techsytalk.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Venue owners can make other attendees co-hosts. The speaker icon next to the “All Tables” caption allows you to choose the “background chatter volume” Like an in-person social, you can set this so you can hear some of the conversation at other tables. next to their name). Presentation & panel capability.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Meetings are growing and evolving rapidly, and each is an experiment in applying new methods to find a perfect formula. To succeed, you have to be dynamic, you have to be flexible, and, above all, you have to be in tune with attendee desires. Demand continues to outpace supply of meetings-eligible hotels. So will live events.).

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Conferences that Work

JULY 30, 2018

Afterwards, we saw many people swapping business cards and making arrangements to meet up again. Such workshops routinely meet the outcomes they’re designed to achieve: creating useful and memorable learning experiences and connections. A participant started crying and his group members rushed to console and support him.

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