Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

She is an honorary board member of the Turkish Hotelier and Investors Association and founder of Handan Boyce Consulting. The uniqueness of Turkey, it’s richness of cultural and historic heritage is in demand, she said. Its a bucket list experience. Some ancient sites go back 10,000 years to pre-Neolithic settlements.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2021

“When you work in consulting, nobody likes you,” Alison Fragale begins the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “ How to Harness the Power of Negotiation to Master Your Post-Covid Events Career.”. As she struggled in her consulting job, Fragale decided the best kind of job is a job you love, and the second best is the kind you hate.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

She brings 20 years of experience with business strategy, market research & insights, and consulting. Then in 2015, I decided to start consulting. I started consulting for event organizers,” Erica says. That’s why this #EventIcons podcast has a very special guest, Erica Bishaf. Then covid hit.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

. “We look forward to expanding the reach of the organization with this strong and capable team, including the addition of nine Ambassadors,” said board chair, Kate Patay, CPCE of Patay Consulting. Chairwoman: Kate Patay, owner, Patay Consulting. ” 2022 Board of Directors. Secretary: David Lombardo, owner, Lombardo’s.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 1, 2019

Smart Meetings contacted Sharlet Brennan, a content marketing consultant and president of Brennan Communications, for tips on how to leverage all that traffic for events. Social media consulting company Locowise reports the average engagement rate for video posts on Facebook is at 5.23 percent while Hootsuite shows photo posts at 4.42

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Kate Patay of Patay Consulting ( @KatePatay ). Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting ( @BrandtKrueger ). Shawna Suckow of shawnasuckow.com ( @TheBuyerInsider ). Glenn Thayer of The Voice Of Meetings & Events ( @glennthayer ). Will Curran of Endless Events ( @itswillcurran ). Tahira Endean of BCIC ( @TahiraCreates ).

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Convergence of the Events and Wellness Industries: Why Meeting Planners Should Care Co-founder of event-wellness consulting firm Olympian Meeting and leader in the wellness space David T. Stevens penned this article evaluating the link between the events and wellness industries.

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Endless Events

MARCH 7, 2022

“When I first started consulting, I had this grand idea that I was going to be doing a ton of consulting for event tech companies. .” “Event tech companies are usually heavy on the software and light on the support,” he adds. So not just on the planner and design side, but for actual companies.

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Hourly Rate: For smaller or simpler events, an hourly rate might be appropriate, allowing for flexibility in compensation based on the time invested, much like consulting fees in the architecture world.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2023

Eric Rozenberg Rozenberg is international consultant for Associated Luxury Hotel International ’s Strategic Consulting Services division. He has consulted with Fortune 500 companies for more than two decades and has produced sales meetings, incentive trips and conferences in more than 50 countries.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Which one should event planner consult first: their AV company or their event creative company? They consult event profs on the creative strategy to design cohesive events across the board: the presentations, the branding , the walls, brochures, digital materials, the stage, … When put together, these elements create one experience.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For destinations toying with the idea of a tourism trail, it’s best practice to consult with an experienced tourism marketing agency to make sure it’s not only a smart move but a worthwhile one as well. But trails have their place. And not everything we enjoy can make the leap from great ideas to trail-worthy reality.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Operated by Magdaleena Nikolov, former general manager of spa, wellness and retail at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, and Patricija Miklusiene, spa, beauty and wellness consultant and coach, the experience includes a leg and shoulder massage, and scented, purified oxygen that induces a sense of calm. Break Free. Project Spark.

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The Abbi Agency

APRIL 9, 2021

In partnership with Ericka Aviles Consulting and Marketing for Change , we are charged with the goal of aiding The Exchange in executing on its mission to increase the number of insured Nevadans. What is the health exchange?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 1, 2022

She has experience in multiple industries, including ministry, insurance and consulting. Before this, Barnes ran her own consulting business, Event Advisors. Acevedo previously worked as vice president of operations for Southwestern Family of Companies in Nashville, Tennessee. Tera Crain Barnes.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Folks who did not have force majeure language in their contracts or did not have sufficient provisions and who were able to consult with legal counsel have since revised language to include key terms to invoke that provision in postponing or terminating events (i.e.,

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

And today, the techie duo welcomes a very special guest who developed a brand management tool and mostly works with consulting firms and banks. ” “We’re primarily working with consulting firms, banks, and sales and marketing professionals,” he adds. And now, you automate that for me.'”

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2023

Braconnier has 15 years in the events industry, most recently worked as an event industry consultant with Freelance AB Consulting in the United Kingdom. He also worked as an executive consultant for multimedia and technology studio SenovvA. Aurore Braconnier Braconnier is general manager of Event Leaders Exchange in London.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2023

Smart Meetings sat down with cannabis travel consultant and advocate Brian Applegarth to discuss the integration of cannabis into the tourism industry and what meeting professionals should know. A: Cannabis travel consultant. Q: How would you define your professional title?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2022

Recently, I met Alisha, my consulting firm’s client, who is the head of membership engagement at a professional manufacturing association. Three months after her consultation, Alisha shared great news. He serves as CEO of the boutique future-of-work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 10, 2024

But about halfway through her 30-year career, Mindy Hanzlik “took some time away from events to get my MBA and become a change-management consultant,” she says. It’s not often that a business-event planner has a formal education and professional background in change management.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This involves consulting with diverse groups, seeking feedback and remaining adaptable to the needs of attendees. Using tools like DIs Tampa Case Study and Toolkit, they can identify areas of opportunity and growth around inclusion.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 1, 2022

Kate Patay, Smart Meetings Smart Style Ambassador and the woman behind the eponymous Patay Consulting for the last five years, recently announced that she is taking a role as director of engagement with Terramar US , a DMC Network Company. Talk about the decision to go back to working for a company.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting ( @BrandtKrueger ). Follow our iconic guests on Twitter: Kelsey Rausch of CORT ( @CORTEvents ). Lilian Shen of CORT ( @lilshh ). Holly Larson of CORT ( @hollynrizzle ). Tahira Endean of BCIC ( @TahiraCreates ). Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: CORT. Social Tables.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 19, 2024

Read More: Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico Visa Services In practically any country you need to journey to, there are in-country consultants who claim they will usher you effortlessly through the local visa bureaucracy. Check requirements for the specific country—including immunizations and more—on the U.S. State Department website.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2022

The new tool will be rolled out through the company’s corporate meetings consulting arm, BCD Meetings & Event and could help meeting professionals reach ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets by 2050. . How does it work?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2024

Consulting services at client companies and keynote speakers are also on offer. Other instruction is in the areas of personalized service, cultivating quality, leading with compassion and accountability, inspiring innovation and celebrating successes. The post Creating Leaders The Ritz-Carlton Way appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

Shelli Vasser Gilliam, CMP, SEPC, is the Principal of Vasser Gilliam LLC, a woman-owned consulting company that bridges the gap in resources and makes connections for clients and collaborates on events and programs to raise awareness and increase support for their work.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Matt Sterling, a former hospitality consultant, shared the little things planners and hoteliers can do to ensure that those in wheelchairs are not blocked from participating fully in events—tips that will serve hospitality professionals well in the coming years. Not all changes have to be on a grand scale.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2023

Jolene Jang, Asian Inclusivity Consultant, The Meeting Maximizer, sat down with Smart Meetings to educate and advocate for the Asian American community. And as an Asian Inclusivity Consultant, I see that there is almost no inclusion for Asian Americans. They could model what inclusivity looks like for the world.

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Endless Events

MAY 7, 2019

He is the founder of the Event Design Collective GmbH (the event design consulting & training firm), along with Roel Frissen, aimed at creating a common language for Meetings & Events. Ruud is a Switzerland based entrepreneur, who has been an innovator and game changer in the Hospitality and Meetings & Events Industry since 1994.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2021

In 2019, he started Hunter Hospitality Consultants , where he worked with hospitality developers, owners and hotel management organizations. Through partnering with Visit California and nearby DMOs, such as San Francisco Travel Association , Gamez also plans to expand the city’s reach to the community at large.

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ADMEI

MARCH 20, 2024

Our opening keynote speaker, Jeska Brodbeck of Be Light Consulting , taught ADMEI Conference attendees how to achieve Flow State in order to exit the hamster wheel and achieve optimal productivity and creativity! For years Olympic athletes and Navy Seals have utilized coaches to harness its power. Want to delve deeper?

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

She has switched several times between working as an employee and as an independent consultant in the association field. For example, when I first started consulting I was scared of disappointing my clients. As a consultant, I have less authority to effect change in an organization than anyone who works there.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It is used by five out of the 10 largest US banks, half of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and biotech companies and all Big Four Consulting Firms, which audit 90% of all Fortune 500 companies. GlobalMeet’s event technology makes fully interactive, live events available for audiences numbering over 100,000.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2022

Last August, event-tech consultant Corbin Ball predicted that the robust landscape of virtual/hybrid companies would eventually be whittled down. Mobile App to boost engagement and deliver ROI metrics, while keeping participants safe. More : 8 Ways to Measure Virtual Event Performance and ROI. Inevitable?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

She will receive a $5,000 cash prize, and her property will get a product, training and consultation package from Cintas and its business partners. Award is Miriam Rodriguez Alvarez of Best Western Plus Villa Del Lago Inn in Patterson, California. Alvarez was selected for the commitment, resilience and joy she unrelentingly brings to the job.

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