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Life on Cruz Control: A Meeting Veteran’s Hope for the Future

Smart Meetings

Editor’s Note: As we celebrate the 2023 Meeting Professionals of the Year , we thought it fitting to go back to a 2020 Meeting Professionals of the Year winner, John Cruz, senior corporate meeting planner with BlueCross of North Carolina , for some perspective.

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HBR Report: Company Meetings Critical for Supporting Remote Workforces

MeetingsNet

Those managers saw this firsthand during the Covid pandemic: Fifty-three percent say their firms had collaboration challenges because of the lack of in-person internal meetings between 2020 and 2022, while 52 percent experienced decreased employee engagement and 49 percent faced communication challenges.

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Lessons Learned from a Marathon SITE Fundraiser Showcase

Smart Meetings

With key sponsors IMEX , Abu Dhabi, Delta, Slovenia and Naples/Marco Island/Everglades and support from strategic partners we were able to offer this at no cost to everyone. This included brand new data from our Corporate inSITEs research with U.S. corporate meeting planners surveyed 2 weeks prior to this event.

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Stay Connected: A Complete Guide to Conference Event Apps

Endless Events

Adding conference event apps to your next event will create accessibility with content, notifications, feedback, and everything else you will need to communicate with your attendees. A great app will also allow you to track your ROI and monetize sponsors. How can you leverage your app to include sponsors? Monetize Sponsors.

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

-based event and experience marketing agency, empowers purpose-driven communities to engage vital audiences, advancing the mission for top brands, businesses, and universities. Communications. We specialize in corporate meetings and trade shows, consumer brand activations, and custom fabrication. Digital Experiences.

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Corporate Event Planning: How To Host a Memorable Event

Eventtia

Also, a common misconception is that a corporate event is hosted only for employees or other internal stakeholders. In certain cases, a company can hold a corporate event for both internal and external audiences or even the public. For example, a music festival fully sponsored by a brand is an external corporate event.

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Why You Need an App for Event Lead Capture and Retrieval

Bizzaboo

Exhibitors, organizers, and sponsors all must capture leads, score leads, and retrieve them post-event for meaningful follow-up. Transcribing these forms post-event can be time-consuming, delaying crucial follow-up communications.