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Quick Trips: How to Score Spontaneous Bookings

Dana Communications

The golden rule of traveling was always to book early, and the earlier the better. Jump ahead to today’s world of flexible work schedules and mobile-savvy globe-trotters and you’ll find that more and more people are choosing to book shorter, spur-of-the-moment trips on the fly. Want to boost bookings in today’s spontaneous society?

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6 Tips for Keeping Attendees Tuned In During Your Online Events

Smart Meetings

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. With online events especially, attendees can get distracted by looking at their phones or trying to multitask during presentations.

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Facilitating an online participation-rich workshop in Gatherly

Conferences that Work

I decided to facilitate an online workshop in Gatherly that took full advantage of the platform. Gatherly’s best feature, in my opinion, is its user interface for online social interaction. So I was excited to see whether I could implement body voting online, something I’d never tried before. ” (run in trios).

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Maximizing Your Event’s Online Presence: Top Strategies for Showcasing Your Event on Your Website

Traveler's Q

In today’s digital age, having a strong online presence for your event is crucial in reaching out to a wider audience and boosting attendance. In this article, we’ll look at some of the top strategies you can use to maximize your event’s online presence.

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DMA West: Going Viral, What’s Trending and Crisis Communication

Smart Meetings

The September event brought destination marketers from Alaska to Texas to Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho, for networking, breakout sessions, a lesson in crisis communication and a taste (and a twirl) of downtown Boise’s booming Basque Cultural District. (If 80 percent of consumers want to book with minimal human involvement.

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Five ways explicit communication improves meetings

Conferences that Work

But often, explicit communication — saying or writing what’s needed to guide or influence desired behavior — improves matters over staying silent or beating around the bush. Here are five examples of how explicit communication improves meetings. A little explicit pre-party communication will improve your meeting.

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2023 in review—and a book sale!

Conferences that Work

After COVID decimated the meeting industry, I focused on the design and facilitation of online meetings. Though I love my work, it was nice to reduce the number of high-intensity workdays booked in 2023! 2023 book sale! (If Go to my Buy Books page and add the ebooks you want to your cart. In 2023, in-person is back!

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