ADMEI

MARCH 19, 2024

Denise Malo currently serves as Vice-President of Client Services for BBC Events, a Global DMC Partner in New Orleans, LA. Denise has been a part of the BBC team for over 22 years, promoted to Director in 2004 and Vice-President in 2021. However, she brings to the table over 35 years in the hospitality industry.

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Destination Management Affiliate Education Hospitality 243

Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2022

Fireplay , an event production company based in Nashville, is opening a Los Angeles office and has selected Sims to lead the branch. Sims has spent over 20 years in the events industry, most recently the owner and event designer for Carrie Sims Events Design, a company she started in 2019. Avi Phookan, CHBA.

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Hospitality Tourism Tourism Promotion 235

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 20, 2020

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.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2023

Since 2004, social listening —the practice of monitoring and analyzing online conversations and social media mentions related to brands, products, services, events, or industries—has evolved significantly and grown in popularity. Popularity for the search term “social listening” over time, via Google Trends.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 6, 2016

tool Idea Rating Sheets in 2004 (originally called “Dotmocracy”) to “make it easier to find agreements in large groups” He has been a Senior Public Consultation Coordinator for the City of Toronto since 2010, and is working to crowdfund his invention. Jason created an even lower-tech (free!)

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BizBash

JUNE 12, 2018

Founded by Jon Retsky and Russell Holt in 2004 in San Francisco, Got Light (@gotlightsf) creates dramatic environments with light, audio.

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Event Design Events 32

Conferences that Work

APRIL 16, 2018

(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.)

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