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West Coast DMOs Rollout Alliance

Smart Meetings

The pandemic has been a very rough time for the nation’s destination marketing organizations , as it has for the hospitality and meetings industry as a whole. Named for the chef’s mother, it was launched in 2005 and today serves warm meals to 5,000 needy children daily in 20 locations at 62 locations.

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ADMEI Announces 2024 Awards Finalists

ADMEI

ADMEI’s awards program is among the most respectable and distinguished in the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry and the most robust, noteworthy DMC-specific awards program. The ADMEI Awards Program recognizes member excellence in DMC programs, component development, and delivery.

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7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events

Smart Meetings

As we move into pandemic recovery, virtual and hybrid events will remain top of mind for many marketing teams, with 92 percent of companies planning to host a digital event, conference or meet-up at some point in the year. He was the first president and CFO of Shutterstock from 2005 to 2010.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. This is not another success story about becoming a writer.

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3 Big Ideas from DMA West’s Education Summit

Smart Meetings

The event brought together 42 DMOs and 19 vendors, including Smart Meetings. His reunion came shortly after the public introduction of Facebook, which launched in 2005. Kearns said to think about those in your organization who are engaged. It’s the priorities of an organization. Culture is all about shared norms.

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Industry Mourns Passing of Chris Wehking

Convene by PCMA

As an executive in the medical meetings sector, Chris also helped PCMA remain in the forefront of medical events, sharing his knowledge of the latest regulations and codes that have had an impact on those events.”. Wehking also advocated for event professionals to get a seat at the executive table at their organizations. “By

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What is Virtual Distance and Why Does It Matter?

Creative Group Inc

10 Meeting and Event Design Tips to Bridge the Virtual Distance Gap By: Melissa Van Dyke, Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing and Innovation, Creative Group For years, the expansion of organizations into multiple offices, cities, and countries has posed significant challenges for uniting people as “one team.”

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