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How Customized Generational Engagement Can Benefit Meeting Profs

Smart Meetings

Freeman found that 73% of attendees want to experience demos, while 53% want structured sessions in a classroom or with a speaker or panel. Holsinger suggested that meeting planners will want remote work to continue to elevate the attendees’ desire to experience in-person engagement. Save everything else for online.

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How to Harness the Lasting Power of Virtual Meetings

Smart Meetings

Administering such features can be an effective method of keeping virtual attendees engaged following a keynote speaker or panel discussion. This misstep often takes the form of a panel discussion. “A A panel is not a two-way conversation,” Lathan says, adding that many attendees are seeking networking opportunities at events.

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Breaking Through the Mindset of Digital vs. In-person Events

Convene by PCMA

Some panels at IAPCO 2022 blended speakers who were physically at the meeting with remote panelists. The sessions weren’t broadcast, and only benefitted the attendees who could make it to the conference in Rotterdam, but it was an early lesson in how technology can illuminate and enable new ways of making connections, she said.

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Update Your Playbook for Hiring Incentive and Meeting Planning Talent

MeetingsNet

.) • Pay, including bonuses, is not competitive: 54% (43%) • Less job security: 36% (30%) • Other benefits (health insurance, paid time off, etc.) 31% (40%) • Less flexibility around hybrid and remote work options, hours, etc.: are not competitive: 33% (25%) • Challenging work environment (hours, physical demands, etc.):

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Designers Predict Trends that Will Push You into 2024

Redfin

Mix elements such as wallpaper (Grasscloth/wicker), wood beams, wood elements, linen fabric, bamboo flooring, concrete (if budget allows) or concrete looking tiles with flat panel, modern, cabinet fronts. I’m predicting this trend because 2024 is all about mixing designs.

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Extended Reality Explained: How to bring your event alive with xR

Convene by PCMA

Cesar Caceres, Technical Head of APAC, from disguise shares with PCMA the top 5 benefits of using xR for your virtual events. Bring remote speakers together. Put simply, it’s a collective term, combining Augmented (AR), Virtual (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) elements to create an immersive experience. So how do you use it?

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Event Platform Case Study: Meet Remo!

Endless Events

” Sponsors, too, benefit from Remo. Event agencies can become partners with Remo and they can sell remote licenses and join that plan.” We have a lot of masterclasses, a lot of our customers come on and do forum panels. It can be a challenge to get people in. ” Remo’s Roadmap For The Future.

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