Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. Perhaps, with the pandemic easing, the industry is just learning this now.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Facing renewed economic uncertainty, that’s an important message for any organization. By doing that, we can solidify the role of events in business regardless of the economic climate. We felt it in the surge of events flooding back in 2022. Get to know your audience on a deeper level.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

Event trends 2022 are here and let us tell you, it’s an exciting year for event planners who dare to dream big. Those who’ve read our guide to event trends in 2022 already know how which hybrid event models hold the most promise and the role of event technology moving forward. Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Audience Engagement.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Audience engagement plays a significant role in the success of any event. Whether in-person or online, event organizers want attendees to pay attention and participate. In fact, more than 80% of marketing professionals believe that audience engagement is a key indicator of an event’s success. Understand your audience.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

As discussed in our 2022 Event Trends Guide , hybrid events are not simply in-person and virtual events put together. What makes a hybrid event synchronous is that both hybrid audiences experience the same event, at the same time. Why asynchronous events? What are the benefits of hosting the same event on two separate occasions?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2021

The organization includes the South American cities of Bogota, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru; Quito, Ecuador; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2022, a large portion—43 percent—of associations’ members plan to participate in international events. One thing seems certain: There will be a comeback in the MICE industry.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 30, 2021

After a promising but brief return to in-person-only events in the spring, the Delta and Omicron variants forced many event organizers to renavigate a hybrid event landscape to engage both digital and physical audiences. Even as their hybrid events remain a work in progress, many organizers now see their long-tail potential.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2022

We’re talking about 365 community engagement: one of the most exciting event trends of 2022! No wonder it is one of the biggest event trends to keep an eye on in 2022! While they wait for your next event, they can enjoy webinars, check out upcoming and past events, and meet other, like-minded members in organic ways.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Last week, the Endless Events team published the list of the 22 best event platforms to use in 2022. Top Event Platforms 2022: It’s All About The Features! First, Kyle explains why the Endless implementation team decided to put out the list of top event platforms to use in 2022. How did they rank them?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2022

Predictions are that 40% of 2022 events are projected to happen online, there will be a 37% increase in companies’ virtual event spending, and 20% of trade shows will remain virtual. Organizers would expect that all of this translates into more opportunities for revenue. But the reality is that 80% of virtual attendance is free.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

Virtual audience engagement is key for every virtual and hybrid event, and it’s even more decisive when it comes to fundraising. We also had some branded materials from our nonprofit organizations. Sometimes, events provide up to 50% of the nonprofit organizations’ overall budget. ” AJ elaborates.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition agenda covered the current disruptions of sustainability; diversity, equity and inclusion; and workforce challenges with an eye toward finding new solutions using new association business models. “Our First, I had to get the organization back on a stronger financial operating footing,” she explained.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Many meetings still focus on creating audiences rather than community. Here’s how Damon Kiesow , Knight Chair for Digital Editing and Producing at the Missouri School of Journalism , compares the concepts of community versus audience from a journalistic perspective. Audience scales. Audience is centralized for profit.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

What : New product being built into eventScribe allows event organizers to scan attendee badges on existing Android or iOS to capture and analyze information quickly. Read More: Hubilo’s MIX 2022 Asked Enduring Experiential Questions. Cadmium: Lead Retrieval Solution. Glisser: Elements Software Development Kit.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

After the wild ride meeting professionals have been on for the last year, the last thing you probably want to think about is buckling up for another spin around the sun, but now is the time to set yourself up for success in 2022—a year many are predicting will be a banner 365 days for meetings and conventions.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Both types of audiences can talk to each other.” And of course, on the event organizer side, you’re not paying for catering in the case of a virtual event. So there can be a big range based on the needs of your audience, how many people are involved, what production level you want. Socio is set up really well.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The global professional organization officially launched 50 years ago in 1973 in that very city and has since grown to include more than 2,000 members, delivering research, education and networking. Andre Norman danced out the emotions from his presentation with the audience onstage.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 31, 2022

“When purpose is at the core of the obsession, it has the potential to change the world,” said Alain Sylvain, founder and CEO of strategy and design consultancy Sylvain, at Convening Leaders 2022. The public cares about supporting organizations that take corporate social responsibility seriously. Jacob Slaton Photography).

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. But she also has clients who are highlighting just a handful of sessions for at-home audiences.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In November 2022, edgefactory, a full-service media production company, partnered with the Special Olympics Healthy Athlete Experience in Orlando, Florida, to host and give free health screenings to 12,000 athletes over a seven-day period with the help of 600 doctors. Lessons Learned. You want to constantly fuel an engaging atmosphere.

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The Abbi Agency

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Hunter, a content creator in his own right, is hoping to remedy this by making outdoor recreation more accessible to wider audiences, and creating a sustainable travel mindset that will help keep outdoor spaces accessible to BIPOC communities in the future. Let’s Get Political. Independent.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2025

Las Vegas Is on the Up and Up Since Previews beginnings in 2022, Jeremy Aguero, principal analyst at Applied Analysis, has been there to provide an overview of Nevadas economic state. In his presentation, Inflection Points, Aguero started by taking the audience back to Las Vegas humble beginnings.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2024

Understanding Your Stakeholders Defining your audience and understanding their concerns is critical for empathetic communication without making promises that can’t be kept. You want to ensure you have more than one method to contact your audience if an emergency strikes. Do not rely on one method.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 20, 2022

According to the 2022 Event Strategy Insights & Benchmarks Survey , 49% of organizations plan to increase the number of hybrid in-person/virtual sessions they host over the next two to three years. That number ticks up to 52% for organizations with company-wide event strategies. You can reach more people.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Jack Macleod For the last 15-20 years, green meetings and organized gatherings aimed at minimizing negative impacts on the environment have been a concept, but in 2020, after the Covid-19 pandemic, they became a widespread topic in the events industry.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Calendar year 2024 is already forecasted to show a healthy increase in group rooms nationwide, largely due to the number of meetings that had been on the books in 2021, 2022 and 2023 that were postponed or re-scheduled into 2024. Taylor continues, “I also wish planners would involve destination marketing organizations more.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

Event Marketing Roles : Specialists who promote and market events to target audiences. Use tools like Slack or Trello to stay organized. We changed our business model at the end of 2022 to ensure worker classification compliance, and now provide many of these benefits.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2021

Like everywhere, we in Australia have been hit hard by the pandemic, especially those of us who organize meetings for a living. ICMSA, one of the oldest and most established professional conference organizer in the country, has proven that over the past 16 months, we’re also one of the smartest. Working Harder and Smarter.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

ExCel’s Sustainability ExCel has established a reputation as an organization committed to doing better for the planet. In 2022, the center was the first U.K. Over 600 stakeholder representatives attended, including event organizers, exhibitors, employees, visitors, event industry partners and the local community.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Christian Savelli Hospitality industry watcher Chris Meyer, who recently returned from SISO CEO Summit Conference in Las Vegas, agreed that conference organizer executives who attended were largely upbeat even though they are looking at the same recession indicators—an inverted Treasury yield curve, shrinking manufacturing and buying power.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Moreover, certain organizations, such as Tourism Diversity Matters (TDM) have made it their mission to guarantee that the tenants of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) are embraced throughout the hospitality industry to confront ethnic disparities and promote strategies to retain diversity within the workforce.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 10, 2022

PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 got into full swing Monday with a fun run, engaging keynote presentations from Ronan Farrow and Paul Galloway, educational sessions, and one big surprise — a few numbers by singer and dancer Paula Abdul. pic.twitter.com/jfflhlFgnb — Danica Tormohlen (@DanicaTormohlen) January 10, 2022. Love this.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 13, 2022

Say you’re planning four virtual events, always the same audience. How do you want your audience to feel? “You probably have a parent organization that has objectives and you have to just look at those. “You probably have a parent organization that has objectives and you have to just look at those.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

We thought a good way to mark the month would be to ask Jacquelyn Denise Reid, area event planning manager with Hyatt Centric French Quarter Hotel and Eliza Jane Hotel; president of Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) and 2022 Smart Women in Meetings Visionary award winner , how she marks designated Black History Month.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Read more about how IMEX 2022 broke attendance records. He likes to quip that the tradeshow at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Las Vegas was organized in almost the same fashion as the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul in 10,000 B.C. The Bedford by Martha Stewart is the lifestyle celebrity’s first restaurant.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Some respondents to the 2022 Salary Survey said travel, and meeting new people, were what they loved best about their event organizer roles. I have grown within the organization and feel valued. It forced us to really tailor our event and it allowed us to be okay with smaller events and more targeted audience.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Marketing and accessibility specialist Meryl Evans (right) speaks to a Convening Leaders 2022 audience about making events more inclusive and inviting for attendees with disabilities. She doesn’t use American Sign Language (ASL), which presents a challenge at meetings, especially if speakers move around within the audience or on stage.

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