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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE Blog

‘In 2000, I decided to found a company, something that will change the industry, and I established the first marketplace to organise events online. It was a great learning experience working with technology and international partners. You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week.

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Taking a Lesson From Lego

Convene by PCMA

Lego transformed a 2008 crowdsourcing pilot into “ Lego Ideas ” — a website boasting a community of 2.8 In addition, in today’s digital age, associations can utilize technology to facilitate community-driven innovation. million-plus customers who have contributed and debated on more than 135,000 ideas for Lego sets.

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Virtual Meetings Lower Costs … and Interaction

Conferences that Work

There was no in-person gathering site, the questions were submitted in advance, and management and the board made all of their presentations online.” ” — Steven Davidoff Solomon , New York Times, Online Shareholders’ Meetings Lower Costs, but Also Interaction. It’s a modern world that is frightening in its disengagement.”

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The Rise of LinkedIn

Convene by PCMA

Corbin Ball, a leading event-technology consultant, deleted his 16-year-old Twitter account at the end of October, writing that Twitter, now X, has “gone off the rails” under owner Elon Musk’s leadership. After Slido was acquired in 2021, Holub cofounded Remote People, a consulting and training company for remote teams, based in the U.K.

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

Convene by PCMA

He has made a number of his presentations available online at futuristgerd.com. Besides using our imagination and keeping our antennae up, what else can we learn from the experts to become, as New York Times bestselling author and technology futurist Daniel Burrus put it, anticipatory rather than reactionary? Words From Gerd.

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Prague conventions poised to grow

Travel Daily Media

A destination where history and culture meet exceptional technology and modernism, Prague has undergone a radical change over the last two decades. The Prague Convention Bureau was founded in April 2008. The post Prague conventions poised to grow appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. billion (USD 52.37 million).

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Solimar’s Sustainable Tourism Internship – Where are Former Interns Now?

Solimar International

Tesia interned at Solimar International in the summer of 2007 in the DC office and in 2008 in Costa Rica. Our internship program has evolved with technology, from an onsite internship program in our Washington D.C. Let’s meet them: Tesia Smith – Tourism Research Intern, current Japan and Thailand Specialist at Audley Travel.