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7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events

Smart Meetings

Yet, despite the high potential for virtual events due to cost savings and ease of access, there is a considerable challenge ahead for event organizers to deliver a truly valuable experience by replicating the networking opportunities for attendees that exist during live events. Provide this as a sample message template to all speakers.

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How Did You Get Started in the Events Industry?

Endless Events

I spoke there for the first time in 2005 or 2006 and had a good 12-year run on the show. Before WordPress was everywhere, I worked for a company called Mod Blog from 2002 through 2005,” explains Will. “I In my Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years, I started doing events with the organizations I was part of,” she continues. “I

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The Ultimate Guide to Conferences for Event Planners in 2024

Bizzaboo

Besides access to great networking opportunities and innovative content, the following 60+ events will also provide attendees with great speaker lineups and the chance to travel to amazing locations! 21-23, 2024 Greenville, SC The leading conference produced exclusively for independent planners not associated with third-party organizations.

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The job you’ll be doing in the future hasn’t been invented yet

Conferences that Work

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). Organizations hear about these conferences and ask me to design and facilitate them. 2005: I realize that the conference process I invented and since improved is incredibly popular with participants.

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What Exactly Is the Metaverse? Here’s One Expert’s Take.

Convene by PCMA

Di Bartolo compared the metaverse’s development with where social media was in 2004 and 2005. And short of that, there are two ways in which every organization can position itself for the metaverse, Di Bartolo wrote in the Forbes article. This is one in a series of stories (see list at bottom) from the March/April issue of Convene.

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3 Questions About Leadership

Convene by PCMA

Among those Convening Leaders speakers with a corporate leadership pedigree are Carly Fiorina and Leo Piccioli. Fiorina is best known for having served as CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005 — the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company. She ran for U.S.

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