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Winning at Maximizing Virtual Audience Engagement: 10 Fun Ideas from Dahlia El Gazzar

Smart Meetings

Think of what you can ask in registration and then categorize this into what will and won’t work at your event, or what’s tangible and intangible.”. ” Read More : Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Tech Updates You Need Now. Read More : Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix. Fill It Forward.

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Free online Participate Lab — May 11, 2022

Conferences that Work

Hosted by CSAE Manitoba , this free one-hour online Participate Lab will introduce you to the design of participation-rich events through the direct experience of participatory meeting techniques and formats. Registration is limited, so register now! Where & When. Creating the right program. Consolidating learning.

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Don’t keep me a secret!

Conferences that Work

Since 1992, I’ve designed and facilitated hundreds of conferences and thousands of meetings. From small, high-level, high-stakes get-togethers to association regional and national meetings of every size. ” “Substance, not celebrity… celebrity speakers will not boost registrations. They love my work ! .”

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Designing an online memorial service

Conferences that Work

Under pandemic conditions, former alumni, faculty, staff, and other friends of the institution cannot even meet in person to grieve. So I decided to design and run an online memorial service. During registration, we’re asking those who want to share to give us an idea of what they might do or say. Registration.

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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. I’ll illustrate with the area where I have most experience: providing education at these meetings.

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Applying a Global Lens to Enhance Meeting Experiences

Maritz Global Events

With attendees from all over the world, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) uses a variety of strategies to create new and valuable meeting experiences. Katherine discussed with us how her team handled attendee data after GDPR took affect and how they approach marketing and registration in this new era of data protection.

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Elevating Virtual Events: Transforming In-Person Meetings to Digital

Brightspot Incentive Events

Transforming an In-Person Sales Kickoff into a Virtual Meeting. Face-to-face events, conferences, and meetings were postponed or cancelled for the near future. Also, since our client’s leaders live all over the country it was easier for everyone to fly into Hyatt Regency DFW as a central meeting point.