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SXSW – Everything You Need To Know – #EventIcons Episode 108

Endless Events

SXSW is one of the most iconic events around. It’s a celebration of creativity and provides a platform for creatives to achieve their goals. The iconic event is so successful because there are a boatload of experiences that create lasting memories for attendees, such as HBO’s Westworld experiential event. Today the iconic Hugh Forrest of SXSW joins us to discuss everything an event planner would want to know about the event.

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. A recent thread on the MECO community (a great resource for meeting professionals since 2006) describes numerous recent basic logistical failings, and points to what I see as symptoms of fundamental problems with meeting industry associations at the national level.

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How to Correctly Match the Offer and Demand at Your Brokerage Event

Eventtia

A brokerage event is more than one-on-one meetings between professionals. A truly valuable interaction should involve the careful matchup between the networking profiles of your attendees. What does this mean? When attending a B2B matchmaking event, your guests have specific goals and interests. Students will want to engage with potential employers.

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10(ish) Questions with a CrowdRiffer: Jo & Ryan, Designers

Crowdriff

Comic Sans walks into a bar. The bartender says, “We don’t serve your type here!” . Don’t worry, you won’t find Comic Sans on any of our branded materials — thanks in large part to two of our awesome designers, Jo and Ryan! Ryan was CrowdRiff’s very first designer (and first employee after Dan and Abhi, the two co-founders).

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Think Outside the Box and Shake Up Boring Decor

BizBash

Gone are the days of meeting attendees squirming around in uncomfortable conference chairs. Out with bare, boring booth setups at.

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MICE is nice: The top 4 meetings and events locations in Jakarta

Travel Daily Media

The post MICE is nice: The top 4 meetings and events locations in Jakarta appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Cited as the world’s most popular location per number of tagged stories and the eighth most posted city by Instagram in 2017 , Jakarta’s tourism industry has traditionally been powered by the country’s domestic market, with the capital pulling visitors from all over Indonesia.

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How to Execute Wanderlust-Worthy Instameets: First-Hand Lessons from Kansas Tourism

Crowdriff

Instameet…a word that some have yet to hear. It is an event composed of Instagram savvy individuals and photographers that use the platform to display their work socially. An Instameet is an event where those individuals come together at a specific time and/or location to network, shoot, and share. From our Lindsborg Instameet (Photo creds to Jennifer Anderson!).

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Why Visit Oakland Uses UGC and CrowdRiff to Highlight the Unique Spirit of their Local Community

Crowdriff

Oakland is a popular destination not because of tangible, concrete structures, renowned institutions or iconic landmarks — but because of its people and their passion. Whether art or music, sports or social justice activism, Oakland is a destination that attracts visitors because of the unique spirit of its people; something its destination marketing organization had long sought to portray in its visual content.