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The creative event design tool that all #eventprofs should use

Conferences that Work

Here’s a powerful tool you can use to generate creative event designs. You can use this tool for every aspect of event design. Stylists working on the look and feel of an event often use it to stimulate fresh thinking about the venue, the décor, the lighting, the food and beverage, entertainment, and so on.

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Smart Moves: Access Appoints Three Female Co-CEOs

Smart Meetings

In this role, she developed a passion for event design, art direction and marketing. In 2009, she opened Workshop, a Colorado DMC. Danielle Phippen Danielle Phippen Phippen began her career at an advertising agency in 1999, after earning a degree in business with a specialty in marketing.

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Event design is not just visuals and logistics

Conferences that Work

BizBash consistently uses the term “event design” to mean “ visual design” As an example, consider the 2016 Design Issue. The cover proclaims “What’s Next in Event Design?” Here are three examples: 1 — The world of weddings. 2 — Elementary Meetings.

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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Whether you’re a meeting design novice or seasoned pro, you will learn really important things from this book. Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ). Amidst the myriad books on creating and running events, Intentional Event Design , by Tahira Endean and published in 2017, stands out.

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Humanity’s problem is a meeting problem

Conferences that Work

In 2009, the biologist E.O. 9 September 2009. 9 September 2009. Wilson described what he saw as humanity’s real problem. I think it’s also a meeting problem: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.” ” — E.

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Participant experience design — moving from the old to new event world

The MICE Blog

One of the presentations that highly inspired me to think differently about event design took place in 2019 at the MICE Forum at ITB Berlin (Organised by VDVO ). The Falling Walls conference first took place in 2009 and now occurs yearly on the day of the fall of the Berlin Wall — 9 November.

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. As you can tell, planners are expected to design more complex, innovative experiences than ever before. since 2009, but the total number of attendees at these meetings has grown by 22.7%.

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