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Speaker Trends for This Year’s Business Events

MeetingsNet

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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A Sustainability Pulse Check for Events

Convene by PCMA

For a sense of how the business events industry is — or isn’t — embracing sustainability, let’s take a look at three different surveys. Only 17 percent of 340 organizers, who plan corporate, nonprofit, academic, and other kinds of event, said they are featuring sustainability in their program content.

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Go Green: How To Jump on Sustainable Event Trend

Endless Events

Sustainability isn’t going anywhere. Sustainable events are one of our top choices for 2018 Event Trends.The sustainable event trend is continuing to grow with no signs of stopping so it’s time to get on board! So, what does it even mean to be “sustainable”? Why Become Sustainable? . Go Paperless.

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TIS2024 is calling tourism experts to share trends and strategies in tourism innovation

Travel Daily Media

The post TIS2024 is calling tourism experts to share trends and strategies in tourism innovation appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Technological evolution, a focus on sustainability and changing traveler preferences are setting the future of tourism.

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Experiential Gifting: Why This Trend Matters

Smart Meetings

Gifting experiences, sustainable products and giving back The era of your standard, boring and disposable corporate gifting at events is over. Experiential gifting is memorable, sustainable and reflects the personality of the organization as well as the meeting planner.

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4 Ways to DIY a Speaker Coaching Program

Convene by PCMA

Creating a speaker coaching webinar or tip sheets for your speakers can help them better connect with your audience. Besides, she told Convene , “if you want your meeting to be sustainable in the future and to potentially grow, you can’t afford not to” invest in education. Create a speaker coaching webinar. Experiment.

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Lessons Learned at IACC 2024

Smart Meetings

Quinn Conyers was the keynote speaker to kick off the event, driving home her message of self-presentation and “luxury language to be an effective leader.” Smart Meetings was also privileged to be a judge for IACC Americas Innovations Workshop. The post Lessons Learned at IACC 2024 appeared first on Smart Meetings.