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. Use your event’s agenda to outline what the event will consist of, who the speakers are, and what topics will be covered.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They were already working on adding the video capabilities before March 2020.” The speaker needs to engage the audience. ” A Final Note On Remote Work. To conclude their talk, Will and Brandt emphasize that remote work has changed the way events operate. There will be a need for remote working spaces.”

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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. Building events since : 2020. EXVO is the event platform that makes a remote world feel closer. The new year is slowly approaching, and we for one, are really excited!

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Speaking to planners and suppliers at The Jung Hotel , Mizrahi—an instructor in digital marketing at the University of California, Irvine CE—said that surveys show that the independent workforce, which now consists of some 27 percent of the American population, could increase to 50 percent by 2020.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

2020 Event Marketing Trends: What Will The New Year Bring? Event Brew – Controversial Speakers At Events: The Breakdown ??. February 12th – Will is going to be speaking in Phoenix about the Top Event Trends of 2020 (tickets are almost sold out!). Did you know we’re complete remote across the world?

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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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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

Everything you’d have to consider for an in-person event is still relevant – the venue, the speakers, the entertainment, the catering, and so on. Very loud sounds and dark rooms make for a great live experience, but not so much for a good remote one.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. The tech company developed and built an entirely new, fully virtual booth for Ford Motor Company to attend the 2020 Essence Festival. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. The result was a company able to deliver unique, fulfilling experiences.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

So if you’re trying to bring in a remote presenter or somebody is having mic problems, chances are by the time you get the person down there, whatever it was that needed to be fixed at that moment has passed. “If there’s a little bit of feedback, audio technicians can get closer to the speaker.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

Thanks to all the vendors, sponsors, student volunteers & speakers. 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. A heartfelt thank you from the entire MPI staff at WEC23! And a BIG thank you to our amazing members!

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Satellite model consists of small to medium independent venues (pods) with a small stage for regional speakers receiving the live stream feed. You can have a pod in any region, country, or continent where your speakers and sponsors are. When virtual events took over in 2020, event platforms became the new venues.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

First, AJ talks about how they handled the dreaded year of the pandemic, 2020. “We had up to 25 people in the audience, which were the speakers, the MC, the auctioneer, the client, and maybe a couple of members of the board,” she says. Pivoting To Experiential Virtual Events. The Success Story Of Hybrid Events.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

In March 2020, when they had to shut down due to COVID-19, five days later, they developed the virtual experience. Virtual event tech helped to scale the business, ‘The virtual world started for us in March 2020, in a big way.’. ‘We A remote location is forever. You will have forever-remote companies.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Equipped with a 360-degree set that allows for wider camera movements and angles, AUX Media’s setup allows Tan and her team to instantaneously change a backdrop for not only dramatic effect, but also to create a setting that feels more realistic and captivating to both the speaker on stage and the viewer tuning in from home.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 4, 2020

These usually have to do with speaker cancellations, unexpectedly long registration lines, poor WiFi, and other last-minute challenges that may seem like a big deal in the moment but absolutely pale in comparison to the global buzzkill that is coronavirus. March 3, 2020. Featuring examples from brands like Adobe, Google, and Qualtrics.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

A robust bench of experts actively working on the biggest problems facing society today make short work of finding partners and speakers to help you deliver an event that leaves the world better than when you arrived. Meeting and event speakers can see thousands of remote attendees on the screens at once. Sustainable Meeting.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, announced locations for upcoming World Education Congress events: Toronto, Ontario, in Canada in 2019; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, in 2020; the brand-new Caesars FORUM in Las Vegas in 2021; and San Francisco in 2022. 15–17, 2020. 10–12, 2019. 9–11, 2021.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

The positive results include more far-reaching events with often larger audiences and international speakers. Combining in-person and remote speakers on panels, offering chat discussions along with live networking, and streaming the entire event are some of the expected changes. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Ph.D., Naomi Clare Crellin.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

In 2020, like many other organizations, ASH’s Annual Meeting was fully virtual. Here’s how this year’s event will take shape, based on the lessons of 2021: In-person speakers and poster presenters — In 2021, speakers were allowed to be remote due to the pandemic. “We With an in- person speaker, the audience is engaged.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As we approach 2021 with cautious optimism for what the new year brings, the lessons from 2020 likely won’t leave us anytime soon. The 2020 National ESEA Conference keynotes and breakout sessions will focus on “Together for Equity.” Our speakers include some of the core contributors to many open source tools, libraries, and languages.

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Meeting Tomorrow

MARCH 3, 2022

Although we’ve been producing hybrid events since 2008, they’ve exploded in popularity since 2020. A few examples of VIP options: Create an exclusive Q&A roundtable with your top speakers where virtual members get to ask their questions. A few of our speakers can’t make it in-person. Can they still be part of a panel?

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Innovatx

APRIL 29, 2020

We are over a quarter of a way through the year and it is time for our 2020 spotlight on event trends. So here are our top four 2020 trends, two pre COVID-19 and two post. Several companies are using all female panels or spotlight influential women as their speakers. PRE COVID-19.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 2, 2022

the exclusive F&B provider for Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC), said she has noticed that, among the 130-plus groups the OCCC has hosted since July 2020, there is more of an interest in healthy, local items on menus. Remote teams can work together on the same virtual whiteboard, sketching out plans or brainstorming ideas.

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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. LinkedIn changed my life,” Solaris wrote on the platform in October.

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Cort

MARCH 29, 2021

So many 2020 weddings got postponed to 2021, and there’s still a feeling of uncertainty in the air over whether they should be held this year. Go for bright and bold rather than subdued hues — 2020 was dreary, so let’s keep 2021 cheery. Hybrid and Remote Events. 2021 Outdoor Wedding Tips.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

A robust bench of experts actively working on the biggest problems facing society today make short work of finding partners and speakers to help you deliver an event that leaves the world better than when you arrived. Meeting and event speakers can see thousands of remote attendees on the screens at once. Sustainable Meeting.

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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. You always need a backup.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 12, 2021

Since pivoting their live annual meeting in April 2020 to digital in less than two weeks, the virtual landscape has proved “very successful” for the society. “The value of our education is the same and we did not want to diminish that by offering lower fees for virtual participation,” Dykema said.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 21, 2023

More than two-dozen global companies — Airbnb, 3M, and VANS among them — signed on as cofounders of DID in June 2020 when the design company MillerKnoll launched it to address racial representation in the design industry, where fewer than 5 percent of designers are Black.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M., Christel Sieling, Director of Operations at Odyssey, shared how they’ve pivoted their live hackathon, called Momentum, into a virtual format in 2020. However, collaboration remotely or online is highly fragmented. Why use gamification?

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 24, 2020

For Clif Knight, MD, FAAFP, senior vice president of education for the American Academy of Family Physicians, 2020 was supposed to be about a gradual reshaping of the organization’s CME portfolio. Early in 2019 we had planned our first fully livestreamed course for spring 2020; the topic was rural medicine. Knight: Yes.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 5, 2022

And then in 2020, the future changed. Creating a sense of place is meaningful, not just for those who are at the center in person, but also for those who might be connecting to meetings remotely. Two wide screens form semicircles around a speaker making a presentation at the Monterey Convention Center. Kelly Saling.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 9, 2021

Several years ago, Jeremy Smith, a sustainable tourism writer, speaker, and consultant, saw an opportunity to help the travel industry recognize the role it could play in addressing the issue. “We ‘We Have a Great Responsibility’. One industry that both contributes to global warming and suffers from its negative effects is tourism.

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ITA Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While many of us are used to well-equipped offices—and whether we were ready or not—COVID-19 has transitioned many companies to enable remote work at scale. Why Invest in Recognition & Remote Employee Experience Programs? We’ve learned a lot in 2020, and the changes have just begun. Wed, 12/16/2020 - 08:43. Shannon Lind.

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Meeting Tomorrow

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

You have speakers who are comfortable speaking to two audiences at once. Virtual events have come a long way since March 2020. The key for planning a virtual event is that it offers clear value for your attendees, and offers plenty of ways to engage with the speakers and/or other attendees. Best of both worlds. Virtual Events.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Brought to you by Speaker: Michel Huguenin Co-Owner & Operations Director, imavox Michel was raised in Africa and learned to be very adaptative and loves to understand people’s culture and strengths. Experience live Interprefy’s AI speech translation and AI subtitles.

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Meeting Tomorrow

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Would their speakers be able to present remotely? Our event managers learned how to adjust agendas and train speakers so they feel prepared. There was a time when the industry talked about “ revenge attendance ” in the fall of 2020 — when a pent-up demand for live events would bring things back to “normal.”

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