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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

Smart Meetings

For those who couldn’t make it, you can get a free recording for all registrants to download. Massari continued: “Over the last 12 months, Caesars Entertainment has proudly hosted many conferences at CAESARS FORUM, including PCMA Convening Leaders, Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Congress and Cvent Connect.

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Cybersecurity for Event Planners: How to Protect Your Events

Endless Events

Cybersecurity for event planners is a recurring theme on the podcast because cyber threats are never-ending and are only getting more complex. asked, what steps would you give to a new event planner to help protect against cybersecurity threats for virtual events? In 2022, the United States saw 1,774 data breaches.

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Rethinking Early-Bird Pricing — and Other Time-Honored Registration Strategies

Convene by PCMA

While last-minute registrations spiked during the COVID years, that challenge hasn’t resolved itself. According to the report, among sectors “we might think of as being comprised of rule-followers (think: teachers, doctors, and legal or financial professionals), late registrations are less common.”

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Talking Nomadic Living, Attendee Education, and Kindness with Ashley Lawson

Endless Events

One Thing the Industry can do Better: Educate Attendees One of the significant benefits of the nomadic lifestyle is constant exposure to other cultures. Her response: attendee education. We’re not educating our attendees about the destination enough. We forget about the hype up; our registration experience is really boring.

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Schedule, Registration Page Released for Business Events Industry Week

MeetingsNet

A collaboration among several industry associations results in a three-day agenda in March for education and networking in metro D.C. On March 8, an event called Showcase, co-managed by PCMA and DI, will also bring together planners and suppliers for idea-sharing and networking.

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Elevate Your Event: The Top 8 Benefits of Attendee Tracking

Endless Events

Today, there are so many simpler, faster, and more precise ways to track attendees: QR codes, RFID technology, Event platforms and event apps, Event registration software, Other attendee tracking software solutions. That’s why it’s important for event planners to understand what drives them and why. SEAMLESS REGISTRATION PROCESS.

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Survey Explores Speaker and Planner Dynamics

Convene by PCMA

Two out of five organizers said that staying within budget was one of their biggest priorities when booking a speaker, topped only by audience engagement (67 percent) and education for the audience (49 percent). Lack of timely communication was the second-highest complaint among speakers (16 percent) and the third among planners (14 percent).