Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There are a multitude of ways poachers do this: Selling fictitious reservations/card fraud : With this, event participants are led to believe by a third-party organization they have made a reservation, when in fact they haven’t. In 2014, the Convention Industry Council conducted a survey of 622 event professionals, and found that 73.1

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 20, 2020

Although it’s written for software testing conferences (hence the references to Lean Coffee and k-cards ) first-time organizers of small conferences of any kind will learn a lot. While it doesn’t offer the level of detail in Conferences That Work , it’s an excellent introduction to the key issues.

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Techsytalk

JULY 26, 2016

In 2014, Jim joined the Board of Directors for Rock and Wrap It Up, an anti-poverty/hunger think tank, which supports over 43,000 agencies in North America. He has been honored with both their Award for Teaching Excellence and their Outstanding Service Award.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau (Boulder CVB) promoted Hoffman to CEO of the organization and Wirkler to director of group sales. Hoffman joined Boulder CVB in 2014 as operations and financial manager, her most recent position. Charlene Hoffman and Angela “Fig” Wirkler, CMP.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau (Boulder CVB) promoted Hoffman to CEO of the organization and Wirkler to director of group sales. Hoffman joined Boulder CVB in 2014 as operations and financial manager, her most recent position. Charlene Hoffman and Angela “Fig” Wirkler, CMP.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

In this blog post, we will explore why you need to have follow-up meetings, followed by what to do during those meetings and how to organize them to get the greatest impact. Editor’s Note: This blog post was originally published in March 2014 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Wehking was PCMA’s 2014 Chairman of the Board of Directors and a 2019 PCMA Foundation Lifetime Achievement Honoree. “I Wehking also advocated for event professionals to get a seat at the executive table at their organizations. “By 28 after battling a long illness.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2019

Then we made our first large scale VR application in the beginning of 2014 for Toyota. The opportunity to work for a company like Bright Line was a gift in Donnie’s eyes: “I feel so incredibly lucky to be part of this organization, and I’m happy to say that this week I worked with Tyler on some concepting things.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

According to International Meetings Review, a small poll in 2017 found that almost half of event organizers aren’t considering virtual attendance for their events. A great example of this was the 2014 Convening Leaders events for PCMA. Nearly half! You see, virtual attendance at events doesn’t have to be an all or nothing scenario.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 23, 2018

It doesn’t matter if you’re a large organization or a small start-up or what industry you’re in. Editor’s Note: This was originally published in February 21, 2014 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Every company can benefit from having company events.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 16, 2019

“When it became time to network, the event organizers suggested going up to someone with the same colored dot on their name tag as me. And literally over the course of one night, which was November the 9th of 2014, my mom and I came up with a very primitive version of Mixtroz, I would say” Ashlee’s Business Advice.

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2019

In 2014, they had their first product launch, and the event industry went crazy! I don’t know what the technology,” I had no clue, “But what if you could just pull out your phone out of your pocket, talk into it, and everybody hear you over the sound system?” ” And he was like, “Wow, I don’t know.”

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 31, 2022

She just didn’t want to see food go to waste, said McCartney, the founder of Fight2Feed, an all-volunteer organization which delivered as many as 6,000 meals a week to Chicago communities during the height of the pandemic. That was in March 2014. Jiwon McCartney. We created a board,” she said, “and we never looked back.”.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

a way for companies to track their greenhouse gas emissions—to help organizations accelerate their own journeys to net zero emissions. “In Now that Salesforce has reached net zero emissions, we want to use our technology and best practices to help organizations reach their climate goals, too,” she added.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

She has also worked as membership experience manager for professional networking organization Charlotte Business Group in North Carolina. In 2014, she became vice president of convention sales and services, her most recent position. She has also worked with Marriott International as a sales representative.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Training associations how to create powerful and effective participant-driven and participation-rich conferences is one of the most rewarding aspects of my work: I love facilitating the learning that occurs, and the organization is then equipped with the process tools needed to transform their events.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

11, Seattle, Washington, will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — the Seattle City Council voted to rename Columbus Day in honor of Indigenous people in 2014, and the state of Washington voted to do the same in 2020. (David Newman photo). On Monday, Oct.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 19, 2024

” The post The Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival 2024 appeared first on Brand TD. ” The post The Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival 2024 appeared first on Brand TD.

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PRA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Founded in 2014 by Tatiana von Oelhoffen and Colleen Reyes, Island Style Innovations is one of the leading events and incentive management teams operating across the Hawaiian Islands.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 5, 2021

These funds raised are then directed to a destination marketing organization/destination management organization (DMO), and must be used on programs that increase paid nights spent in the destination. In 2014, they implemented a three-year plan with the following objectives: Increase demand of the destination.

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Endless Events

JUNE 11, 2018

According to a recent report by Cvent , only 20 percent of event planning organizations are integrating data effectively, despite 80 percent being aware of just how crucial it is to gather that data. Considerations when implementing crowdshaping at an event. Excellent crowdshaping lies in execution. Want to know more?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2022

Choose Chicago named Osmond president and CEO of its organization, making her the first woman to hold the role in the Chicago DMO’s history. Flint first became a leader at The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami in 2008 as its general manager, a role in which he served until 2014. Lynn Osmond. Regis Beijing.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 12, 2024

I learned about them when I presented at The Religious Conference Management Association annual conference in 2014, and I’ve written about what meeting designers can learn from religious services. Religious meetings are a small, fascinating subset of the meeting industry.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2022

Becerra brings more than 35 years of hospitality sales experience to the organization, most recently serving as director of corporate sales for Destination Irvine. AnaLaura Becerra, CMP, CTA. Travel Santa Ana in California welcomed Becerra as director of sales. Richard Saunders.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

In the meetings world, the most well known are the series of EventCamps that were held around the world between 2010 and 2014. A rotating crew of two or three volunteers organize these wonderful events. Finally, there are conferences that are entirely experiments!

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DCI

MARCH 22, 2023

Since 2016, DCI’s annual Talent Wars research has become a sought-after study for organizations tasked with marketing their community to attract new residents and is the foundation of many campaigns.  Patience brings almost nine years of place-marketing experience to this new role.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

. — Choose Chicago (@ChooseChicago) December 28, 2014. Event organizers and attendees alike can use the event hashtag to find out who else will be in attendance and engage with one another beforehand. casesmc pic.twitter.com/o3A6ZcPJ7E — Christine Tempesta (@ctempesta) November 7, 2014. ibtm world (@ibtmworld) December 31, 2014.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Organized by the Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and executed by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the MEET TAIWAN program is a long-term initiative aimed at promoting Taiwan’s MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) industry.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This was shortly after the killings of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in 2012, and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. How can our organizations become advocates for good — and be a part of the healing? Years ago, I facilitated focus groups with association executives around boycotting destinations.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 30, 2023

Convene editors reached out to a handful of organizations to see how they are incorporating lessons learned from the ways the pandemic affected their audiences, stakeholders, and members into their go-forward strategies. This is the first in a series of stories from the January/February issue of Convene.

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Solimar International

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A 2014 study showed significant spending in the community, which helped revitalize the local economy after the loss of timber jobs had devastating effects. Approximately $1,109,588 million was generated by local trail users and $16,960,535 million by non-local trail users. million in economic impact annually from 63,000 users.

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Eventtia

JUNE 30, 2022

Let us give you a small context of what this event is about and who the organizers are. The Turizm Medya Grubu, the organizer, started its operations in 2007 to ensure the development and growth of the MICE industry. Exhibition by Turkish Airlines has been organized since 2014. ACE of M.I.C.E. Highlights of the events.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges the 41 st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to address top industry issues. IATA is calling for leadership from ICAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) including a central role for the CAPSCA framework based on an ongoing and monitored work program.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

a way for companies to track their greenhouse gas emissions—to help organizations accelerate their own journeys to net zero emissions. “In Now that Salesforce has reached net zero emissions, we want to use our technology and best practices to help organizations reach their climate goals, too,” she added.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 9, 2024

The panel survey questions are designed for planners who organize — as well as those who attend — panel discussions, in addition to moderators and panelists. The questions are designed for planners who organize — as well as those who attend — panel discussions, in addition to moderators and panelists.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Over the years I’ve contracted with hundreds of organizations for meeting facilitation and design consulting, and I’m starting to wonder if I need to adopt Van Halen’s approach. Apparently, David Lee Roth would also trash the band’s dressing room to drive home the point. “ Can’t you use some tables instead?

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 4, 2023

The Prague Convention Bureau helps organizers from all over the world with the organization of congresses and conferences. The organization, which fosters the promotion of Prague as a congress destination, celebrated the 15th anniversary of its foundation on April 3. One of them is the regular collection of statistical data.

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