Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Event planners are already preparing to bring the best to 2022. Here are some of the biggest events to come in 2022. 2022 Annual Convention. A seeming ages away, Smart Meetings has another three-day event for the month of November 2022 in the works. Flashpoint: Sparking Haute Ideas. Regional 1-Day Experience – Northeast.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2022

Hubilo demonstrated the answer to these and other questions in its Mastering Immersive Experiences (MIX) 2022 hybrid event this week. The post Hubilo’s MIX 2022 Asked Enduring Experiential Questions appeared first on Smart Meetings. Can a hybrid meeting deliver the same—or more—impact than a contained ballroom?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2022

Hubilo demonstrated the answer to these and other questions in its Mastering Immersive Experiences (MIX) 2022 hybrid event this week. The post Hubilo’s MIX 2022 Asked Enduring Experiential Questions appeared first on Smart Meetings. Can a hybrid meeting deliver the same—or more—impact than a contained ballroom?

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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. Innovative Event Trends 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2022

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the world’s largest retailer, Walmart and Sam’s Club associates met in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the 2022 Associates Week, June 1-3. While enchanting graphics danced across the stage to create unique environments for each speaker and performer, LED screens displayed close-up shots of each individual.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1. Cvent CONNECT.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

Event planners can invite non-English speakers to their mostly English-speaking events. QR codes are fantastic design additions to physical marketing tools such as event flyers, speaker business cards, and postcards for event ticket leads. What this trend means for event planners. What this trend means for event venues.

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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. Speaker, Drummer for P!NK,

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

2022 welcomed the launch of New Intent, an organization focused on promoting diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and environmental advocacy with destinations and event planners. New Intent’s plan is to create educational sessions, white papers and knowledge sharing by partnering with events industry supply chain and speaker services.

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Special Events

JULY 26, 2021

The deadline for speaker/session submissions is September 30, 2021 at 11:59 pm CST.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

“When you think of an in-person event, you think about who’s on the stage, who’s behind the stage, who is helping mic up the speaker, who’s helping make sure the attendees get into the room … There’s a ton of logistics on-site when you’re helping attendees there. ” Sheehan delves deeper.

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Endless Events

MAY 20, 2022

As we’ve explained in our 2022 Event Trends Guide , in-person venues can be smaller and more local. Speakers & Emcees. As with all types of events, speakers and emcees can cost as little as $500 or as much as $100,000 if you book a celebrity. Events are unpredictable as it is; hybrid events are even more so.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Madison Butler, founder of HR and DEI consultancy Blue Haired Unicorn, presents “Inclusion Before Diversity: An Empathy Workshop” at PCMA Educon 2022. Butler launched two resource directories listing Black speakers and executives.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Scott Galloway, shown speaking at Convening Leaders 2022, returns to the CL Main Stage on Jan. It was one takeaway of several that Galloway an author, podcaster, and upcoming Convening Leaders 2025 Main Stage speaker predicted more broadly of AI, specifically that we will see the winners and losers come into clearer focus in 2025.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“If you’re planning an event for Q3 in 2022, you should plan ahead and say that this event might not happen. ” “We’re all going to need a PR plan for every event we do that involves guest speakers,” says Dustin. Imagine you plan a major event and put a controversial speaker on the stage.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

World-class experts and speakers, specialist education for corporate, association and agency executives together with workshops and programmes for students and faculty topped off a busy reunion week. IMEX America 2022 will return to Mandalay Bay Convention Center October 11 – 13, with Smart Monday, powered by MPI on October 10.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

Everything points to the possibility of vaccines not being fully distributed until the end of the year or early 2022. Speaker Training: Bigger & Better. Planners can’t continue to expect speakers to just figure everything out for themselves. What will these events look like from here on? Path Two: If COVID-19 Remains.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

This should be separate from training for speakers. Read More: Smart Speakers Award Winners Getting the Most Out of Your Speaker Showcasing the speaker through a video feed creates a better, more personalized experience. Speaker timing is everything. Speaker timing is everything.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

For sure, there are a significant percentage of meeting attendees that can’t wait to participate in person; but organizers and planners found out during the first several months of 2022 that a sizable audience of previous attendees were more than happy to participate virtually. Pick the low-hanging fruit.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Michele Sullivan, the closing keynote is a Fortune 100 business executive, author, motivational speaker and strategic business advisor, who shared insights on “Turning Obstacles into Advantages.” The Fellows class of 2021, new CAE credentials, the DELP class of 2020-2022 were recognized. Checkout their recording.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sixty-five percent of North American respondents expect their meeting spend to increase, compared to 68% in 2022; 12% of those expect a spend increase of 11% or more. In Europe, 66% of respondents expect meeting spend to increase, a 2% increase from 2022; and just like North America, 12% of those expect a spend increase of 11% or more.

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Travel Daily News

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Netcompany, Mastercard and 60+ speakers - spanning 25+ countries - will convene at the premier GovTech conference at the World Forum November 1 2022.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2022

by 2022, 55% of US homes have voice-activated assistants , 60% of millennials have used a chatbot, with 70% of them having a positive experience, 50% of those who haven’t tried using chatbots are open to trying them. You can use the event chatbot to answer various questions about the event’s agenda, speakers, layout, and more.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

According to Forbes , in-person events increased by 255% from the 4th quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022. Maybe it’s just the vibe for 2022; it feels like we’re in a bit of an inhale moment. As we near the end of 2022 and approach 2023, it’s impossible to ignore more cuts in spending and increased downsizing.

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The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There were so many excellent entries that it was hard to pick just one, but eventually we decided on SAP Sapphire 2022 in the Best Transformational Change category, and Siemens Energy Business Conference 2022 in Best Customer Experience – Live. The post Case study: SAP Sapphire 2022 (10 locations) appeared first on The MICE Blog.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2022

She shared the results of a recent survey of event planners about the trends that will impact events in 2022. See also : What the Most Popular Speakers in the World Have in Common. Meta-agency. The Metaverse isn’t so much about playing 3D poker with Mark Zuckerberg,” Leary-Perez said. People pay attention.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s almost 2022! The tech duo has covered this part in an episode about the best virtual speaker kits : lifting your laptop or camera to eye level. See you again for more event tech talk in 2022! By now, most of us have attended more virtual events than we can count and gotten used to the concept of remote work.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Her role varied, however, including exhibitor, tech provider, speaker and tour guide. She has been to four IMEX Frankfurt shows in Europe and took on her most recent title while there in the summer of 2022. “I We wanted to create a tool kit of things meeting professionals needed to know in 2022,” she said.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

One lesson learned from both Frankfurt 2022 and America in 2021 was that people want more focused learning tracks. Generally, we offer 10 tracks, but we are narrowing that down with lots of exciting speakers and topics to help give people more clarity,” she said. The research area focused on trends was also popular.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2022

While 2022 is in full swing, the meetings and event industry is continuing to navigate best practices regarding safe meetings and social gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic. One trend that we are continuing to see is that of outdoor meetings. Read More : Hotel Trends in Recovery With Connection as Driving Force.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Convene editors look back on an ever-changing 2021 and ask the question: What event trend is on my radar for 2022? Then the speakers were handed iPads and viewers watched their faces as their colleagues talked about the impact their leadership had had on them. What will the road ahead be like for the events industry?

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Skift Meetings

MAY 9, 2022

Motivational speakers aren’t always who they say they are. The post The Truth Dilemma: What to Do When Speakers Make Stuff Up by Vincent Alonzo appeared first on [link]. What can you do to protect your company from being dupped? Faith was the focus of Eric Ruluack Farrington’s motivational speeches. James Arthur Ray was […].

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

In 2022, they will keep moving out of impersonal hotel ballrooms to more unique venues. One of the biggest event trends in 2022 is sourcing venues with character. In-person events are back and they’re smaller and more local than ever. They also allow working with outside vendors and bringing your custom signage.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

CTA President and CEO Gary Shapiro gives his opening remarks at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. 22, mdg hosted a virtual Executive Roundtable to explore the behind-the-scenes marketing and production for CES 2022, held in person Jan 7-10 — during the height of the Omicron outbreak — at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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