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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Desireé Dolecki, CMP

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You need creative vision, planning and organization, budget management, marketing, promotion, collaboration, adaptability, time management and, of course, the ability to create a memorable experience,” she says. As she prepared to graduate, she took on a role as a marketing coordinator at a major healthcare company.

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The Overlooked RFP Asks That Could Save The Planet

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I have always and always will advocate that that’s why we start with the destination organization…take a step back and think of this in the RFP in three very manageable buckets.” Archibald, Senior Business Events Manager at Visit Scotland “What is a sustainability strategy or CSR policy for your organization?

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CWT Study: Business Travel Costs Are Still Going Up, Slightly

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Read More : Helpful Technology for the Organized Traveler This high volume of passengers, thought to be mostly from pent-up demand from leisure travelers, is also happening in the face of rising air prices. Planning ahead allows organizers to explore more options at a better price, while enjoying better leverage.

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Le Bon Appetit Fundraiser Steeped in Memphis Food, Music and Restoration Culture

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Rather than preparing his ingredients, however, the morning before the gala found him at a pre-event Chopped-style breakfast cook-off featuring four of the main event celebrity chefs at FedExFamilyHouse , which provides free housing and respite for out-of-town families receiving treatment at Le Bonheur.

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Destinations Brace for Incoming Seaweed Bloom

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Resorts and organizations partner to solve an ecological disaster The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, otherwise known as the massive seaweed blob, is currently heading for the coastline of South Florida, and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and is guaranteed to be problematic every time it washes ashore.

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Tech Company’s AI Reporter Helps Meeting Attendees Be in Two Places at Once

Convene by PCMA

At last October’s event in Munich, Germany, where the agenda included main stage presentations plus five breakout stages, Stephen Rose, Siemens AG’s head of global communication services, and his colleagues faced a challenge most meeting organizers would love to have. The next challenge will be to expand the use of the tool, he said.

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Econ Dev 40 Under 40 Winners: Where are they now?

DCI

As we prepare to celebrate a new class of young leaders who are making a big difference in their organizations and communities, we wanted to take some time to catch up with a few of our previous 40 Under 40 recipients. An incredible organization with a critical mission, the IEDC was an opportunity I could not pass up.