Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Since 2009, hotel room occupancy has increased steadily and is now breaking records with average occupancy at 65.5 Demand from individual travelers has grown even faster than bookings from groups. Along with writable walls, chairs are raised a foot higher to put participants on an equal level with the speaker, increasing engagement.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

You don’t notice the curtains behind the timber at first, but the purple lighting adds a touch of color and a warm glow to the staging, without overshadowing the panel of speakers. A transparent speaker podium with a branded banner was the ideal choice to not detract from the bold backdrop. TOBY Awards 2009 for BOMA.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

It had world-class online entertainment by Drag Taste, prominent industry and non-industry speakers, with the headline speaker Gary Vaynerchuk. In 2009, Myspace was the first company in the social media space to begin stealing a real share of marketing budgets, such as from television and radio.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Having a new lineup every year of speakers at conferences, or different decor and F&B at special events is not enough. The JKWeddingDance , invented in 2009, became a fun and novel format for Western weddings, but such innovations are rare. I’ve written books about them. Extending your event brand.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

1992: I organize a conference where there are no expert speakers available (it’s a new field, there are no experts). I decide to write a book about it, and in… 2009: I self-publish Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love. IBM introduced the PC in 1981.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 23, 2019

Cool has summited Everest a staggering fourteen times while in 2009 he guided Sir Ranulph’s Everest expedition. Sir Ranulph will be the first of the Cunard’s guest speakers to be featured and will be on board Queen Elizabeth between Vancouver to Juneau (2 – 4 June, 2020).

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

As you probably know by now, we are pleased to entertain today our guest speaker Adrian Segar. And that’s when I decided I would write my first book, Conferences That Work, Creating Events that People Love , to talk about the format, and make it available to anyone who wanted to use it. Martin, welcome! This was my fifth career.

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