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Esprit Award Winner: How We Saved a Virtual Conference by Training Eighty Virtual Speakers in Two Weeks

Blue Spark Event Design

Our client held out pivoting her in-person annual event into a virtual event until the last minute. With only two internal team members, who had responsibilities other than meeting planning, they waited until two months prior to the event date and attempted to plan, manage, and execute the virtual event on their own.

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Google and Partners Produce Event DEI Toolkit

Smart Meetings

“We are further striving for event leaders and companies to recognize, respect and celebrate accessibility for everyone.” Disability:IN With a team of experts providing education to meeting and event professionals and customizing solutions for events with needs of all kinds.

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When Responsibility & Creativity Collide: Designing Safe Event Layouts

Endless Events

In the past two years, we’ve covered nearly every aspect of planning virtual events and keeping virtual audiences entertained from the safety of their homes. Now that we’re making a return to in-person events , we can start talking about many event-planning topics we had no use for since March 2020.

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Lessons in Leadership: Adaptability and Innovation

Meet Green

Adapting Events in 2020. At the beginning of the COVID 19 shutdown in March 2020, the MeetGreen team successfully converted the year’s first face-to-face meeting to a virtual event in ten days. We have found to be paramount to the success of a session, the following are needed: Training. Live event green rooms.

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ITA Group Acquires Experiential-Learning Company

MeetingsNet

NDK adds 50 employees to the ITA team, as well as an associate network of NKD-trained consultants across five continents. Among NDK’s service areas are strategic consulting, leadership development, employee engagement and onboarding, performance management, culture change, and skills training.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Desireé Dolecki, CMP

Smart Meetings

Thanks to her CMP designation, Dolecki says, “I am seen as a trusted advisor, consultant and credible resource for the association I work for. Looking Forward She says that the future of the events industry, especially post-COVID, is bright. Make a plan and stay committed to your plan!”

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The Events Industry’s Top Marketing Statistics, Trends, and Data

Bizzaboo

Would you believe that 60% of leadership believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals? We’ve compiled a list of marketing and event statistics to inspire your event strategy or as fodder for your next event marketing presentation to get buy-in from key stakeholders.

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