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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

Since a young age, she felt driven to interact with other countries and people, saying “I always wanted to work abroad and build an international network.” At the conference, she felt overwhelmed with the content and networking opportunities available. She began working in a travel agency and later moved into business.

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A free guide to creating peer conferences

Conferences that Work

The Association for Software Testing (AST) has just issued a free guide to creating peer conferences. I believe the software testing community adopted my term “peer conference” for their get-togethers after a conversation I had with pioneer software tester James Bach in 2004. email templates and helpful checklists.

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ADMEI Welcomes Denise Malo, DMCP, as New Board President

ADMEI

Denise has been a part of the BBC team for over 22 years, promoted to Director in 2004 and Vice-President in 2021. She has been a member of the association since 2007 and attended her first ADMEI annual conference in 2008. However, she brings to the table over 35 years in the hospitality industry. Denise is also no stranger to ADMEI.

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The Glorious Evolution Of SXSW With Scott Wilcox!

Endless Events

Almost three decades later, SXSW is a household name among trade shows, conferences, and events. “When we first started incorporating RFID in 2004,” replies Scott. The iconic guest takes us back to the year 1996 when business was still done via snail mail and CD ROMs ruled the world. How did they do it?

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The UnExpo Experiment

Conferences that Work

Fun fact: the testing community often uses my term “peer conferences” for their get-togethers, due to a chat about meeting design I had with tester James Bach at the 2004 Amplifying Your Effectiveness conference.) See the post for full details.)

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The Top US and Canadian Event Management Agencies for 2024

Bizzaboo

According to The state of in-person B2B conferences report , 80.4% of organizers believe in-person conferences will become increasingly critical to their organization’s success in the coming years! Anomaly New York, NY Established in 2004, Anomaly is an exciting and innovative ‘new model’ agency. Submit it here.

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Six Reasons Why Toronto Stands Out

Convene by PCMA

Home to the world’s most influential film festival and a thriving arts scene, Toronto’s culture harbors an innate curiosity where ideas can grow and expand— and inspire bold new ideas for conference groups. The city acts as a global intersection.