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Diversity In Events 2021 With William S. Matthews

Endless Events

And we found just the speaker to talk about it! In 2008, he launched his very own event planning business, RSVP with Will. “Normally [at in-person events], people would get a swag bag and networking. It’s not always necessarily who the keynote speaker is or who’s on the panel,” William says.

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The Rise of LinkedIn

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That gave content creators access to potentially much larger audiences — users shared 40 percent more content on the network in Spring 2023 than they did in the same period in 2021, according to LinkedIn. Everybody understands that this is a professional network,” Holub said. It’s a business networking platform. Multiple times.”

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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. Do our in-person and virtual audiences have to interact or network with each other? Also, while there are many software solutions that allow for your in-person and virtual audiences to chat or network, it’s difficult to pull off well.

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Mariana Atencio on the Importance of Authentic Leadership

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” — Mariana Atencio, journalist, author, and CEMA Summit Keynote speaker. citizen who emigrated from Venezuela in 2008, comes by authenticity the hard way. That’s what happened to me at network news at the top level. 1 at the JW Marriott Nashville in Tennessee. 1 at the JW Marriott Nashville in Tennessee.

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The UK and Spain’s travel industries unite at second edition of ‘Spain Sustainability Day’

Travel Daily Media

The dual language conference, moderated by Richard Hammond, director of Green Traveller productions and sustainable travel writer, included speakers from across Spain and the UK’s travel and transportation industries with panel sessions on circular economy, biodiversity and accessibility.

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5 Data Points to Attract and Retain Exhibitors and Attendees

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This is not a new challenge, Lippman said, and referred the 2008 ECEF keynote speaker, Greg Reid, YRC Worldwide’s CMO, who presented a case study on why a $10-billion Fortune 500 company reduced its exhibition participation by 45 percent while channeling its trade-show budget into launching its own corporate event.

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

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Switzerland-based futurist Gerd Leonhard is a keynote speaker at global events. Those who leave employers and are therefore no longer funded to attend a conference may be willing to pay their own way for the opportunity to network and learn about a different career path. Words From Gerd. Guess what?

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