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Answering Hybrid Event Production Questions We Hear the Most

Meeting Tomorrow

Although we’ve been producing hybrid events since 2008, they’ve exploded in popularity since 2020. Your in-person speakers can have a conversation with any speakers who need to be remote. How do we sell a hybrid event to our stakeholders, who don’t yet see the benefit of going hybrid? But there are increased benefits, too.

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Virtual Meetings Lower Costs … and Interaction

Conferences that Work

“It was no coincidence that the CSX Corporation held its 2008 meeting at a remote rail yard in New Orleans, the same year it was the focus of a shareholder activist putting up a proxy fight. I believe that the unique benefits of face-to-face meetings will continue to be valued.

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Business Lessons from the Greatest Comeback in NFL History

Best Corporate Events

Roy Charette, a leader in the fields of team building and professional development training, and managing partner at Best Corporate Events, cites the example of the 2008 NBA champion Boston Celtics. “In When they all came to the Celtics in 2008 and won the championship, every one of them had lower average points per game.

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How We Pivoted to Produce Virtual Events

Meeting Tomorrow

Would their speakers be able to present remotely? Clients were turning to us because we’d been producing virtual events since 2008, and also brought a deep understanding of live events. And even though many were born out of necessity, it turns out that virtual events have many cool benefits in-person events can’t offer.

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

Convene by PCMA

Is that something that comes back to the employees and they own it, or is that something that’s part of the benefits package and that [employee] contract that’s changing?” And if we aren’t doing that, then we should be working remotely.”. 2008 rolls around, the Great Recession, and lo and behold, there was a banking crisis.

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Key Takeaways from Tech Sector Layoffs

Gavel International

remote working environments; increase in online activity such as entertainment streaming and retail; beliefs that virtual would overtake demand for in-person activities, etc.) What industries or sectors benefited the most? When some industries benefited from growth, what sectors were on the opposite end of the spectrum?

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Creating a Culture of Advocacy: Why Leaders Must Champion Their People for Team Success

Gavel International

One such change is the shift to remote work and the focus on digitization. Identify areas for improvement – This step involves reviewing where gaps exist between current performance levels and desired outcomes and analyzing which areas would benefit from new procedures or process changes. and Robert A.

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