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Google and Partners Produce Event DEI Toolkit

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Onsite consultants from its program Inclusion Works who specialize in disability inclusion can guide meeting and event professionals to ensure every attendee has the same access, comfort and inclusion when participating. We are further striving for event leaders and companies to recognize, respect and celebrate accessibility for everyone.”

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20 Bright Ideas for Personalizing Attendee Experiences

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Personalization isn’t just confined to marketing or operations — it should be both, Hardcastle-Geddes said, and should include education, registration, and all the other touchpoints along your participants’ journey. And have somebody from outside the organization, such as an industry consultant, lead them. Segment your trade show.

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Making Allyship Part of the Program

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Plus, the COVID-induced two- to three-year break in face-to-face events may have exacerbated bad behavior, Paula Brantner, an employment lawyer turned consultant on harassment prevention in workplaces, told Convene. Brantner’s approach covers policies, trainings, reporting, investigations, and accountability. The reason?

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PCMA’s Big Bet on Presidential Visit Paid Off

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Total registration was 66% higher than the 3,300 who signed up to attend PCMA Convening Leaders in Columbus, Ohio , last year where Viola Davis was scheduled to speak (but dropped out days before to attend an awards show). AI consultant Nina Schick predicted a mixed autonomy human and computer world working together in a multimodal model.

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4 Top Trends for Inclusive Meetings in 2019

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Jessica Pettitt, author of Good Enough Now , reports that many planners ask about dietary requirements or physical needs on registration forms, but then don’t do anything about them. When he launched Ascent CEO Promise campaign in May, he pointed to unconscious-bias training as a first step toward making diversity a priority.

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Looking for Solutions to Supplier Woes and Planner Frustrations

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Catering and convention services managers, AV/production project managers/producers, general service contractors, and housing and registration service providers — these are the professionals who keep events humming. At times, these priorities compete against training inexperienced — or fixing issues with — vendors.

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2024 is the year of doing more events that matter, more experience-driven events that drive more engagement and connections.

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Customization: Tailor your dashboard to display the metrics that matter most to your organization, such as registration to attendance rate, ticket revenue generated, MQLs, etc. Train your team: Ensure that your team is proficient in using the technology and is aware of the tools and processes in place.