Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ensuring that level of commitment is even more challenging after the company had to furlough or lay off thousands to survive 2020 and 2021, a move that the company has admitted may have bruised its “people-first” culture. New training helped employees identify their passion and try new roles within the organization. Julius Robinson.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

ASAE’s resources for expanding associations includes a Global Management series of studies examining the strategies and operations of associations doing business outside the United States and a Global Maturity Assessment online tool that enables association leaders to assess their readiness for global success.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2021

While Covid may have put a pause on the magic in early 2020, Disney’s Florida parks and resorts have been open since last July, operating at reduced capacity and with a variety of adaptations to reduce crowds. Reservations are now required to attend the parks.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Elements covered each month in the magazine and online at smartmeetings.com came to life at a personalized gifting experience, an exclusive dinner at Monterey Bay Aquarium and on stage before kicking off the business of one-on-one custom-matched appointments. And he is not alone.

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ITA Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

91 Invaluable Sales Training Resources for 2021. That requires an incredible amount of training. And that sales training is never over. Share this list of sales training resources with your team to keep them razor sharp this coming year. But after adopting four new training methods, they increased new sales by nearly 70%.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

when the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Prior to Sunday’s game, a Black quarterback led a team to victory during the Super Bowl only three times, with Mahomes leading his team to victory in 2020. Black History Month took root in 1915, 50 years after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. economy.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

With online events, they’ve cut that time down to a few minutes, and no one understands this better than today’s #EventIcons guest, Arianna Black. In this episode, Arianna will share what led her to events, her thoughts about digital attendee arrival, and some of her best tips for creating online experiences. Design for Introverts.

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Fortunately, virtual event management software has rapidly evolved to help event organizers like you host unique online experiences that not only help you achieve your goals but can also entertain and delight your attendees. Virtual Improv An improv troupe offers a fun way to engage your attendees at online events. Source : Avionté 11.

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Dana Communications

JUNE 20, 2022

Host official brand training sessions for your employees. By the completion of their training, your newly minted ambassadors should thoroughly understand your brand and be able to effectively communicate in its distinctive voice. For a post-2020 world, we even conceived the concept of brand touchless points. Need inspiration?

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2022

” When the pandemic hit in early 2020, event technology companies wildly varied in pricing. “Rather than scaling too fast, event platform companies increased their prices to ludicrous heights of $250,000 for a multiple-day online event with several thousand attendees,” says Will.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 3, 2022

According to Upcomer , the online live streaming industry saw a 99% progression between April 2019 and April 2020. In this age of digitalization, we all want to live stream our events like the 2019 Coachella and hope for the highest online viewership and surpass the live music event’s 82.9 million viewer record.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 22, 2024

A private group of investors has purchased Crotonville, General Electric’s management-training facility for nearly 70 years, for $22 million and will operate the suburban New York venue as a conference center—which means that business groups can meet in the same spaces that legendary GE CEO Jack Welch educated his management teams.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

ASAE’s resources for expanding associations includes a Global Management series of studies examining the strategies and operations of associations doing business outside the United States and a Global Maturity Assessment online tool that enables association leaders to assess their readiness for global success.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

You can send a simple group email or use a free online invitation creator to get a bit more involved. The party may be online, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be boring. Free Planning Tools Diagram events, wow attendees, and win clients with free planning tools. Contact Us: hello@socialtables.com +1 (877) 973-2863 Request Pricing ?

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The MICE Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The first experiment took place on 3rd December 2020 and was about ‘ Mixed Reality: Let’s Meet in VR! ’. It offered both online and offline audiences a theoretical and practical glimpse into the world of mixed reality using virtual reality (VR). Online and offline. Innovation is in Rotterdam’s DNA.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

The first experiment took place on 3rd December 2020. It offered both online and offline audiences a theoretical and practical glimpse into the world of mixed reality using VR technology. Connecting online and offline audiences during the #RotterdamExperiment. You need to train and do it more often, but it was fun nonetheless.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 4, 2020

One of the medical offices will be dedicated to addressing both flu and coronavirus symptoms and will be staffed by a trained medical professional with direct access to the Florida Department of Health and an Epidemiologist. Here’s an example of how SaaStr’s founder updated attendees on Twitter: [link] 2020 is a GO! March 3, 2020.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Some prefer to consume content online. It’s like we were famous for our apple pies, and prior to 2020, we had people line up each year to buy them. For example, many groups recognized that speakers had to be trained to be successful at virtual presentations and took the opportunity to coach presentation skills.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 12, 2022

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. The average number of sessions per virtual event is 12 ( Bizzabo , 2020). Bizzabo , 2020).

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. Bizzabo , 2020) The logistics of virtual events challenges 52.5%

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It is the only conference of its kind where attendees can obtain real-world knowledge and training that is not vendor-run. As we approach 2021 with cautious optimism for what the new year brings, the lessons from 2020 likely won’t leave us anytime soon. APRIL 2020 VIRTUAL EVENTS. AMA The Year Ahead. National ESEA Conference.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Phygital events — those with both live, in-person and online components — are part of the business events industry’s present and future. For the upcoming Convene September/October issue cover story, we focus on how the pandemic has spurred the development and growth of different business models in the events industry.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 18, 2021

The event, run entirely by volunteers, also offered an online version. The hackers discovered that a Twitter image-cropping algorithm , found by users in 2020 to be biased against Black people, was also coded with implicit bias against other groups. Watch a video about the contest results below.). Bias in AI.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. Train travel has a similar risk exposure. Amtrak says that its “trains are equipped with onboard filtration systems with a fresh air exchange rate every 4-5 minutes” Again, if accurate, this is more than adequate.

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Business Traveler USA

AUGUST 25, 2021

By moving the options into the firm commitment column, Alaska brings it total firm order of 737-9s to 93 aircraft, five of which are currently online. Following two deadly crashes that took the lives of 346 people, the Max was grounded from March 2019 through November 2020.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Afterwards, it moved the second edition to Interlaken in 2020, and in 2021, it moved the event to Bern. In addition, there’s a hotel, Swissôtel Kursaal Bern , with 171 rooms; it’s within walking distance from the train station and the view from the location is spectacular. How does the Bern Convention Bureau support the event.

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AltexSoft Travel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In 2020, the travel industry found itself among the sectors hardest hit by COVID-19. A host travel agency is an accelerator,” — explains the idea Ernesto Sigg Rodríguez, Chief Commercial Officer at Fitbooktravel , that provides technology consulting services for online travel businesses. “As Education and training.

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Meet Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Adapting Events in 2020. At the beginning of the COVID 19 shutdown in March 2020, the MeetGreen team successfully converted the year’s first face-to-face meeting to a virtual event in ten days. We have found to be paramount to the success of a session, the following are needed: Training. More than ever before. Speaker manuals.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Signature Production Group expanded into virtual events in 2020 — adding an XR stage that features a 180-degree wraparound LED wall — in a new studio. Suppliers still are feeling the fallout from 2020 — and are facing new challenges as the Delta variant causes a new round of cancellations. “[I’m] Breaking even on budget. SOFT SKILLS.

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Tourism eSchool

MARCH 3, 2021

However through our work, training, research and conference case studies, we've found a number of examples of visitor centres who are adapting their services to remain relevant to their visitors, and as a result, adding real value to their local visitor economy, and also helping support their Region's in their recovery from Covid-19.

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The MICE Blog

JUNE 3, 2022

And now with live events returning and many companies rescheduling events which had been postponed in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and planning for 2023, this timely interview focuses on providing tips on how to plan an incentive trip with confidence, and with safety protocols built into it. Overview of the past two years.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 25, 2021

Project managing their organization’s first-ever virtual conference was a significant accomplishment in itself for this planner, but the end result was even more meaningful: The online event helped 7,000 acute and critical care nurse attendees “who are severely burned out and many are on the verge of leaving this industry.”

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One10 Marketing

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Eight in 10 hotel rooms are empty (STR) and there has been a 50% revenue decline in 2020—equating to $124B lost (Oxford Economics). Although most group incentive travel programs have been out of the question for 2020, we continue to use travel as a reward in our incentive and recognition catalog offerings.

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Solimar International

JUNE 23, 2021

One of the two 2020 European Capitals of Smart Tourism – Malaga. Before jumping on board this rapidly moving train, however, there are a number of factors that need to be considered to ensure the feasibility of long-term sustainable tourism developm ent. .

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 5, 2023

. – Graduate Hotels and Saira Hospitality announce Training Camp at House Three Thirty in partnership with The LeBron James Family Foundation. Training Camp Announced on March 30th, House Three Thirty is an innovative, multi-use space for I PROMISE families, the Akron community, and global visitors to gather and engage.

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ITA Group

APRIL 6, 2021

Nurse turnover has been plaguing the medical industry for decades, and as years pass, the concern remains costly and harmful to hospitals and patients alike: According to the 2020 National Healthcare Retention & RN Staffing Report , each percent change in RN turnover will cost/save the average hospital an additional $306,400/yr.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In our 2020 survey, meeting organizers named Facebook, with 3 billion users, as the leading channel for promoting events. After Slido was acquired in 2021, Holub cofounded Remote People, a consulting and training company for remote teams, based in the U.K. It brings the whole professional world together,” he said.

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