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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. million convention attendees were hosted in Vegas since the return of trade shows in June 2021. The post How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings. MPI chapters across the U.S.

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

Convene by PCMA

When Maritz studied when 360,000 conference-goers registered for the same 30 trade shows (i.e., 90 show instances) spanning diverse industries over three years, what emerged is how COVID remains the events industry’s biggest plot twist. It sounds like once they finally make the decision to attend, they go all in.

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Benefits of Hiring a Professional Event Planner

Blue Spark Event Design

Why should you hire a professional planner? Meetings, conferences, trade shows and events are essential for a company’s improvement. Utilizing these tools to enhance the corporate brand, entice customers, re-energize employees and educate attendees are all great reasons to gather.

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Experiential Events: The Most Powerful Marketing Tool

Endless Events

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. Any event can be experiential: conferences, meetings, exhibitions, trade shows, and corporate events. In a sense, all events are experiential.

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36 Ways to Bolster Your Covid Contingency Plan

Smart Meetings

No wonder registrations soared off the charts. Conduct surveys, analyze behavioral data from past events, talk to registrants and read comments they post in chat. What if registrants are divided? We’ll talk more about ROI in a minute, but first let’s answer planners’ top questions about hybrid events. Know your audience.

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PCMA’s Big Bet on Presidential Visit Paid Off

Smart Meetings

The more than 4,200 people who attended PCMA’s 2024 Convening Leaders in San Diego this week and another 700 who registered to stream the education sessions were encouraged to “Think Bigger.” We want to reenergize the senior event strategist and attract next-generation planners,” Hoops explained.

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Face-to-Face Event Attendance in 2022

Convene by PCMA

Several of my other association clients are seeing registration taking huge leaps in the final 10 days leading up to the event, so keeping your registration open longer may make sense for you. Trade-show floors have been packed as vendors want that face-to-face [interaction] again.