Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Spain native began her career in 2012, when she worked in London at a Japanese restaurant. Benavidez is executive pastry chef at AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas. Torres most recently worked at Thompson Chicago as executive pastry chef. Daniel Benavidez. Read More : Reconnect with the Spirit of Hawaii.

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Dana Communications

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Travel Association’s annual IPW conference held in California, it was announced that Discover Puerto Rico reported record revenue just two years after being pummeled by Hurricane Maria. New Orleans returned to its former glory as a popular tourist destination within a decade after the massive flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2023

Her hospitality career began with Turtle Bay Resort, where she worked for more than 15 years, in roles such as conference concierge, conference service manager and director of catering and convention services. Garner joined LRCVB in 2012 as administrative coordinator at the River Market, and went on to become event coordinator in 2016.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Rereading a 2012 post by Jeff Jarvis , I was struck by the parallels between his take on news organizations’ responsibilities to their platforms and the responsibilities of conferences. ” —Jeff Jarvis At conferences, the “users” are primarily participants. Screw your users, screw yourself.”

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 8, 2019

For an excellent summary of the work I do, check out this interview and podcast , Creating Conferences That Work by Celisa Steele of Leading Learning. Here’s an overview: Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Creating Conferences That Work with Adrian Segar appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 24, 2024

The post Advantage Travel Partnership’s 2025 conference will be hosted in Malta appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO, Advantage Travel Partnership, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Visit Malta for our 2025 conference.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 11, 2024

We used to extoll the virtue of conferences and conventions as being places where serendipitous connections happen. READ MORE Leaning Into Connections A session that served to reconnect attendees after the pandemic has become an essential element of the Exponent Philanthropy Annual Conference program. cover and CMP Series.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I’m noticing that event promoters are increasingly using the word “ unconference ” to describe traditional conferences. <Sigh> Well, surely titan Google would accurately describe their annual Search Central conference ? Conference programs that are predetermined with attendee input are not unconferences.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 10, 2016

In less than three minutes, you can improve almost any conference session with pair share. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. More details can be found in Chapter 38 of The Power of Participation.). How do you use pair share? Share with everyone in the comments below! Sources for additional information.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 22, 2019

” at the end of a conference session? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Any questions? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Any questions? Rethinking traditional Q&A appeared first on Conferences That Work. The presenter answers the question and picks another questioner.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

I’ve been attending conferences for over forty years. ” For twenty years I assumed this was how conferences were supposed to be. ” For twenty years I assumed this was how conferences were supposed to be. “…gets an award for most/best/most thoughtfully organized conference I think I’ve ever been to.”

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2019

Here’s an example of why I love conference facilitation and design. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Why I love conference facilitation and design appeared first on Conferences That Work. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That. The notes at the.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich in person meetings — aka peer conferences — for almost thirty years. While Zoom is currently missing some functionality that would smooth the process flow, it’s already a viable platform for online peer conferences. The big picture.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Conference variation allows for concurrent tracks, reception area, and exhibitor booths. Their Conference Harvester division allows for your planning team to collect and manage registration, call for abstracts, and booth management. Building events since : 2012. Building events since : 2018. Building events since : 2016.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

October 2012. In order to fully understand how big of an impact this acquisition let’s take a look at a bit of the recent history of PSAV’s acquisitions and their climb to the top. Kelso & Co.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 26, 2018

One of the most satisfying outcomes of the peer conferences I design and facilitate is how they bring people together who would never otherwise have met — and in doing so change the world. This is obviously important, but why do world-changing connections seldom occur at conventional conferences ?

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Smart conference producers incorporate participatory sessions into their events. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post The top educational meeting format appeared first on Conferences That Work. Sources for additional information. Sources for additional information. If you had told me then that the.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

And since 2012, he has organized the FRESH Conference in Europe. “jump to 2012 where we started our conference after two smaller attempts in kind of a test phase, this was the real deal, FRESH”, he recalls. How do you get them to travel to wherever you have your conference and be a speaker?

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 20, 2017

Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Related posts: Scenes from a peer conference—part 2 Since 2012, I’ve had the privilege of designing and facilitating the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We transform a conference from an impersonal forum for information exchange to a place where people feel they matter: their views, their experience, their ability to contribute become seen. Immediately, the conference is subtly different, full of new possibilities, some of which might have been considered risky or even taboo.

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Social Tables

MARCH 22, 2024

Attending top hospitality conferences, expos, or summits is a fantastic way to stay up-to-date on current trends. In this post, we’re reviewing the top hospitality conferences happening this year and exploring what they have to offer. Which top hospitality conferences should you attend? What’s impacting your industry most?

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 21, 2019

Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Improve meetings by de-emphasizing old-school status appeared first on Conferences That Work. I think about status at events as the relative levels of proclaimed or perceived social value assigned to or assumed by attendees. The notes at the.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 2, 2012

The post Global events strengthen ADNEC growth for Q1 of 2012 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre) welcomed 64 events during the first quarter of the year with exhibitions, conferences, meetings and weddings at the venue, attracting more than 125,000 visitors.

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The Abbi Agency

JANUARY 31, 2023

In 2012, Google Analytics released a version of this platform called Universal Analytics (UA), which revolutionized the practice of collecting and organizing user data by using a model based on sessions and pageviews (we’ll explain what that means later). We’ll get into the nitty gritty of UA vs. GA4 in the next section, but TLDR;?

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The Abbi Agency

JANUARY 31, 2023

In 2012, Google Analytics released a version of this platform called Universal Analytics (UA), which revolutionized the practice of collecting and organizing user data by using a model based on sessions and pageviews (we’ll explain what that means later). We’ll get into the nitty gritty of UA vs. GA4 in the next section, but TLDR;?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

While growth factors such as sports arenas, festivals and large conference spaces can “enhance the positioning of a destination,” of equal importance is the city’s ability to increase ease of access and accommodation availability, both of which are significant factors in shaping a city’s visitation numbers. Amsterdam; 9. Macau and 10.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 6, 2024

People filling the Marlboro (Vermont) Town House for the 2012 Town Meeting. Photograph attribution: People filling the Marlboro (Vermont) Town House for the 2012 Town Meeting by Zachary P. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Cultivating Respect in Facilitation appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Unfortunately, most conferences squander this opportunity. Peer conferences support change. The peer conferences I’ve been designing and facilitating for 27 years are different. Peer conferences create an optimal environment for supporting attendees in the difficult work of making changes in their lives.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Though millions of meetings take place every year, thousands of meeting organizers know how to create truly create conference designs. The steady rise in popularity of participant-driven and participation-rich designs like Conferences That Work continues. Can we overcome bias against truly creative event design? The notes at the.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

opening team in 2012 as director of database marketing. Fillion currently has a seat on the MPI San Diego education committee, is the Expo chair for the annual MPI San Diego/Orange County joint chapter conference and is a member of SITE, IAEE, PCMA and CalSEA. She brings more than 17 years of gaming industry experience to her new role.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 9, 2018

But they are poor vehicles for creating the useful participant learning, connection, and outcomes that well-designed small conferences can deliver. So if you are (un)fortunate enough to be the owner or designer of a large meeting, what can you do to maximize participant value? Sources for additional information.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Just last week I received a referral thanks to a booking in 2012. And my work yesterday was thanks to a fellow keynote speaker recommending me during his work last year for the same conference. Lastly, gratitude for professional relationships. How great is that?

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 27, 2018

This happens all the time As a facilitator of conferences and meetings, I meet and talk with hundreds of people every year. ” Memory flooded back, and I realized that I’d met Lisa on Anguilla 18 months ago when she and the familiar man, whose name I now remembered as Willy, had visited the island. I felt a little embarrassed.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Designing Participation Into Your Meetings No, that’s not me up on the stage, and that’s not the kind of session I’ll be leading next Tuesday, May 22, at the MPI New England 2012 Northeast Education. It’s no Comedians in Cars getting Coffee , but here’s my draft script for Seating while Eating at Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 6, 2022

A meeting designer used a carbon-dioxide meter in all the spaces he moved through while attending a recent conference. The roughly $100 device captured carbon-dioxide readings in the airport, the airplane, the ground transportation, the hotel, the conference center, and anywhere else that Segar went during his trip.

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Endless Events

JUNE 20, 2023

Gen Z includes people born between 1997 and 2012. Whether you’re planning an internal event for employees or you want to attract young professionals to a conference, it’s essential to understand what makes Gen Z attendees tick. The oldest Zoomers (as they’re affectionately called) are 26, and the youngest are 11.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 13, 2017

Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Participation techniques you can use in conference sessions Here’s the summary handout for my workshop on participation techniques you can use in conference sessions that I’ll be leading at MPI’s World Education Congress 2011. Here are three things we can do.

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