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Mindful Meetings for the Full Mind

Smart Meetings

The time has come for us to take proactive steps to address these challenges in the corporate meeting space. As a corporate meeting and event industry professional with over 25 years of experience, I have witnessed first-hand the negative impacts of work-related stress.

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The SoCraTes Conference: Peer-Generated Content on Display

MeetingsNet

For the International Conference for Software Craft and Testing held annually in Germany—known as SoCraTes—event coordinator Tobias Goeschel has a notably less-complicated job than most other business-event planners have. For the SoCraTes conference, “the format works because we have only a limited set of rules,” Goeschel notes. “We

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New and Renovated: Unique Venues from the City to the Sea

Smart Meetings

The expansive meeting space includes a 13,215-square-foot Grand Ballroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, original Baccarat Crystal Chandeliers and ornate balconies. With 35 meeting rooms and three ballrooms, planners can design their perfect event, from social gatherings to corporate meetings. and is only one of 16.

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Bookmark These Top 30 Websites for Event Planners

Bizzaboo

We’ve compiled a list of websites for event planners so some of the hardest-working professionals can complete every task on their list. Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. Ready to dive straight in?

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The Best Unique Phoenix Event Venues For Corporate Events

Endless Events

Phoenix is a great destination for corporate events because it has warm weather year-round, giving planners the option to move their events outdoors should there be a last-minute COVID-19 outbreak. It can turn itself into an art gallery, collaborative workspace, corporate meeting space, or wedding venue. On Jackson.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. By the Numbers.

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Smart Moves in Monterey, Seattle and More

Smart Meetings

Michele Pearce Michele Peace, See Monterey See Monterey appoints Pearce as senior conference sales manager. She has spent the last two decades in hospitality in roles from front desk operations to senior conference service manager. Khan, along with being a Washington local, has worked in hospitality since he was attending college.