Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2021

While some adapted fast and organized extraordinary virtual events in 2020 , many are still grappling with the new reality. I heard so much in 2020 about prerecorded content and simulive, but people don’t like that. She mentions the importance of the backdrop in the remote workplace design and the second screen technology.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2021

The pandemic may have shifted meeting to remote channels in 2020, however, organizing and inviting people virtual events still requires time and careful planning if it is going to be successful. Based on data from Markletic , 56 percent of marketers say it takes 2-4 weeks to organize a virtual event properly.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Specifically, 71 percent of the 425 survey respondents say that a primarily remote-work model can make employees feel disconnected from the organization. In fact, 83 percent say that they themselves have gained greater awareness and empathy toward coworkers and customers as a result of in-person interactions they had to travel for.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

APRIL 16, 2024

SANDRA CARVAO Chief of Market Intelligence & Competitiveness, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick…” Since 2020, destination marketers have had plenty of practice with skills like pivoting and flexibility. Watching consumer travel trends to stay ahead of the curve is essential for a nimble organization.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

a multimedia design and tech company, to map out best practices for putting the technology to work in the conference center, and he shared experiences developed alongside event organizers who understood the possibilities. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. Planners Step into Another Space.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 9, 2022

The number one customer of a DMO [Destination Marketing Organization] is the community and its residents. Destination organizations should take note of that and make sure they are on those channels as a starting point,” he said. In 2020, only 34% of those surveyed felt safe shopping in stores, compared with 63% in 2021.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Barbados’ “12 Month Welcome Stamp” campaign, launched in 2020 to attract digital nomads to work in the country, far surpassed expectations thanks to collaboration between the DMO and other government entities. Destination organizations are expanding their roles in many directions,” according to the report. billion impressions.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. Building events since : 2020. As an organizer, you can toggle between light and dark mode and enable or disable randomized or table-like speed networking. . Building events since : 2020. Albert’s Aha!

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With pandemic concerns receding, how should you structure your organization for the future of work: everyone back in the office, fully remote, or a hybrid approach? There are pros and cons, for both workers and the organizations they work for, to every approach. Remote-friendly companies are experiencing 33% lower turnover.

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Meet Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In-person events were either canceled in 2020 or switched to a virtual format. We compared the same eight events in the 2019 physical iteration and its digital 2020 counterpart. This constitutes a 78% increase in countries represented through virtual attendance in 2020. Future-Proof Your Organization Now.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

Consider Nuances of All-inclusive Resorts WEC 2023 was also the first time the organization had hosted at an all-inclusive resort. A total of 150 people took MPI up on the streaming service option, down from 1,000 when the group met in Grapevine in 2020. That format brought its own set of challenges and benefits.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Because of my enthusiasm, I decided to ask my parents if they have thought about their resolutions and what they want to accomplish in 2020. Did you know we’re complete remote across the world? Will is finishing up his remote working in Ireland this week! ??. ??Silly Let’s play! Where in the world is Endless?

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With pandemic concerns receding, how should you structure your organization for the future of work: everyone back in the office, fully remote, or a hybrid approach? There are pros and cons, for both workers and the organizations they work for, to every approach. Remote-friendly companies are experiencing 33% lower turnover.

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Remote Training Communications Communications 88

Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

First, AJ talks about how they handled the dreaded year of the pandemic, 2020. We also had some branded materials from our nonprofit organizations. Sometimes, events provide up to 50% of the nonprofit organizations’ overall budget. Pivoting To Experiential Virtual Events. ” AJ elaborates. No matter what crisis.

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ITA Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Top Award Trends This Season. Trending Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Remote Employees. Leaders must get a little more creative about how to reward their remote team members. This foundation gives to organizations that support hope and healing for people, animals and our planet.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But now in-person events have largely resumed, although differently than before, and it seems like the right time to take stock of how event organizers have navigated major shifts in their work — to see how you are faring, work- and salary-wise. In our 2020 survey, only 14 percent worked from home full-time and one-third part-time.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In the pre-Covid days, meeting organizers could often estimate attendance based on the previous year’s behavior. Today, to coax attendees out of their homes, event organizers will have to give them a reason to get on a plane. The Rebirth of Staffing Hotels and destinations from Puerto Rico to Washington, D.C.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

He pointed out that virtual events have always been a critical part of the marketing mix, but old-school webinars have been put on “steroids” and are now much better at delivering Return on Attention (RoA) as new features are “humanizing” remote experiences by giving people the tools to react, express their feelings and play. “We

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Read More : New and Renovated: Austin Exploration and Sunny Shores Cvent Top Meeting Hotels | North America Many hoteliers leveraged the downtime in 2020 and 2021 to invest in upgrades and renovations to prepare their properties for the post-pandemic travel boom. For example, Grand Hyatt Nashville (No. 4), ARIA Resort & Casino (No.

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DCI

JUNE 23, 2022

Programs allowing people to work from Caribbean beaches or other exotic locations are beginning to look alike, making it time to refresh remote work visa offers. Moving forward, as life begins to look vaguely as it once did, there will still be plenty of opportunities to attract remote workers throughout the year. Provide Incentives.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Two forces driving innovation are (1) the demand for something new and interesting, and (2) the shift from tech designed for the event organizer to tech designed for the audience experience. In 2020, it was (and still is) all about platforms. Read More : Salman Rushdie and Complacency in the Meetings Industry 1.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

When virtual events took over in 2020, event platforms became the new venues. In fact, by giving attendees an active voice on your platform, you organically boost engagement and foster higher levels of trust and belonging. It’s as if before 2020, everybody was engaged 24/7! Community Model.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Work flexibility has increased as a result of the pandemic — 58 percent of employees can now work remotely some or all of the time, according to the “American Opportunity Survey,” published in June by McKinsey and Company. Even with the ability to work remotely, work-life balance is still an issue for many.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

As such, more meeting workers, because they were laid off, furloughed, shifted to remote, or stuck in the status quo while everything around them changed, had their lives disrupted. Now, many of those meeting workers are following their aspirations to new organizations or new positions. It’s a narrow distinction but an important one.

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DCI

JUNE 30, 2021

Things are changing as unemployment figures settle after a trying 2020 and jobseekers are back on the market. Remote working makes living in one place and working in another much less taboo than ever before. Towns in Italy are paying people to work remotely, while Belize offers a “ Work Where You Vacation ” program.

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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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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 15, 2022

In 2020, IMEX and Marriott International released a report on why it makes financial, logistical, and ecological sense for the business events industry to adapt a regenerative model as well. The lifestyle isn’t necessarily new, but the shift to remote work during the past two years has rapidly accelerated its popularity. Greenmapping.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2022

The research was conducted by Allison Gabriel, professor of management and organization at the University of Arizona, and Kristen Shockley, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Georgia, working with BroadPath, a business services company that has offered remote work to employees for more than a decade.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 18, 2022

Since 2020, Hoff has seen a bump in requests like this — companies with a growing remote workforce looking to get away and reconnect or connect for the first time ever. The survey, which interviewed more than 2,500 travelers in March 2022, found that four out of five business travelers work remotely at least some of the time.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 4, 2020

For the most up-to-date information visit the dedicated knowledge centers on the WHO and CDC websites, and check with your local health organization. For more information on creating a preparedness plan, see the CDCs Interim Guidance for event organizers. March 3, 2020. Below is an example from the PDAC 2020.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Virtual events are nothing new but—as we discuss in our comprehensive guide to coronavirus and events —we're seeing many organizers pivot from in-person to digital. For many event organizers, virtual events present a new opportunity for overstepping the hurdles of social distancing and engaging audiences around the world.

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Social Tables

APRIL 1, 2022

Are you doing any food for remote events? In fact, Yahoo Finance shared research that says web searches for non-alcoholic beverages are up 47% from the same period last year after hitting an all-time low in April 2020. There will also be organic ingredients replacing artificial ones. Will buffets come back?

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Given the strong demand in the meetings market right now, the period of playing catch-up for meetings postponed between 2020 and 2022 does not seem to be winding down just yet. The prevalence of remote work and scattered staffs has made teambuilding an increasingly important meeting objective, with a turn towards more active pursuits.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 4, 2022

As Covid seems to be fading from the pandemic phase and moving towards being endemic, like the flu, many organizations are trying to get their employees to come back into the office at least a few days each week. To rekindle the “quality face time” that management thinks existed before March 2020.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

LinkedIn’s growth spurt is evident in the business events industry as well: When we asked meeting organizers what new social media channels they were using to promote events in Convene ’s 2023 Meetings Market Survey , the leading response — chosen by three out of five respondents — was LinkedIn.

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DCI

APRIL 18, 2022

It reveals important insights into what triggered relocation during COVID-19, talent migration trends, views on the importance of cash incentive offers, findings on remote work and the pandemic’s impact on career changes and training. million people filed change-of-address requests from February 2020 to July 2020 alone (compared to 15.3M

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When Munich Re, a global reinsurance company, tallied up the financial damage — $210 billion — from hurricanes, wildfires, and floods in 2020, the company traced the natural disasters back to the result of human activity: climate change. Amy Moas, Ph.D., Budgeting to Make the Planet Better. Jones said that the expense is increasing. “In

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