MeetingsNet

MARCH 31, 2023

The newest Speaking Industry Benchmark Report is out with details on this year’s hot topics, what speakers are charging (and what planners are paying), and more. Demand is hot for speakers who address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. For speakers with more than 10 years of experience, the average fee is $16,659. •

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

With COVID-19 guidelines loosening up this year, it’s time to tighten up your 2023 marketing plan. Follow these six tips to blend event promotions with your 2023 marketing plan seamlessly. Promote Yourself If you want to add more events to your marketing calendar, you must make a big impression in 2023. What’s your budget?

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 15, 2024

Event organizers are worrying about increasing costs and attendance numbers at their events this year, according to responses to a recent survey conducted by AAE Speakers, a speakers bureau and talent agency. Here are some other takeaways from the survey results: Who Chooses Speakers?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Read More: Defy Conventional Meetings in Sacramento Education for Prosperity, in Life and Work On the first day, attendees met one-on-one with select industry partners to efficiently connect with organizations that offer solutions specific to their association’s needs.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Searching for the top tech events to attend in 2023? This carefully curated conference directory features more than 100 tech conferences happening worldwide in 2023. Looking ahead to 2023, Bizzabo research uncovered that 85% of event organizers plan to host at least three in-person events , with 35% planning to host at least 10.

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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. This could also be true in 2023 and beyond so now is the time to prepare.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In advance of IMEX America 2023 coming to Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment, the largest gaming company in the world, launched its Wellness Menu during a one-day Wellness Day that included tai chi classes in Valley of Fire State Park led by Pink Jeep Tours.

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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. Rising Costs Event organizers are concerned with both rising costs and attendance numbers for this year.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In recent years, many event organizers have observed a notable trend: despite offering enticing early bird registration discounts, many attendees are hesitant to commit to conferences well in advance. Networking Opportunities: Early access to networking events or one-on-one sessions with keynote speakers.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 12, 2023

Olympic track-and-field medalist Allyson Felix related her advocacy of contract protections for pregnant athletes to equal employment opportunities for all women during Convening Leaders 2023. Only 1 percent of respondents to a Freeman survey said they preferred celebrity speakers to those who had something relevant to say to their groups.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The talking point for IMEX 2023 was Human Nature, something IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer pointed to as important right now because people need to feel uplifted and positive about the future of the planet and the human race at a time when daily news feeds are filled with so much hardship and adversity.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

After some creative scheduling, Barcelo Maya Grand Resort stepped up to host in 2023, Louisville Tourism agreed to host what is expected to be a crowd of 2,500 at Kentucky International Convention Center a year early in 2024. Thanks to all the vendors, sponsors, student volunteers & speakers.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 24, 2023

Exhibitors, industry professionals and other attendees will meet at the second annual SIAL America 2023 , organized by Emerald X at Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) to showcase food and beverage categories that are key to retailers, wholesalers, food service companies and distributors. market,” she says.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2024

Salsa lessons organized by Kirkland Event and Destination Services AV Gone Creative Audiovisual could be a highlight of the conference if thought about creatively. Use the free conversation starters around you, like how many years they have been coming to the conference/destination or how they know the person hosting the event.

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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. On average, events produce 2.5 pounds of landfill waste per person, per day.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 30, 2023

How to design events that leave a lasting impact At MPI’s WEC 2023 , Jacques Martiquet, known professionally as The Party Scientist , had a room full of meeting professionals dancing, laughing and opening their hearts to people who had been strangers when they entered the room. It was all about seeing if I could get 100 strangers to dance.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Ultimately, finding out what the attendees want is the bottom line for meeting organizers. With the needs of audience members in-flux, meeting organizers are looking at new ways to surprise and delight attendees. Less Is More: Pineda noted that organizers have been leaning into shorter or micro-sessions. Joanna Pineda.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The World Culture Festival 2023 A performance at the World Culture Festival 2023 Each year, the Art of Living Foundation organizes the World Culture Festival. These connections allowed them to work with official organizations to help them run their event smoothly. Hargrove, however, was prepared with a swift response.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

It’s 2023, and we’re still talking about a lack of accessibility in the events industry. From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. But what can event organizers do today to make their events more open and accessible to all?

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The post Embraer Hosts the 2023 China Regional Aviation Forum appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Embraer will hold the 6 th China Regional Aviation Forum (RAF 2023) in the city of Qingdao from 7-8 November 2023. Speakers will include airlines executives, industry experts, and think tanks.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

It’s 2023, and we’re still talking about a lack of accessibility in the events industry. From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. But what can event organizers do today to make their events more open and accessible to all?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 8, 2023

Lesson 1: Don’t Forget Gen X In the Freeman Event Attendee Intent and Trends Report Q1 2023 , respondents in the Gen X demographic (45 years and older) are focused on professional obligation. Freeman found that 73% of attendees want to experience demos, while 53% want structured sessions in a classroom or with a speaker or panel.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For our 2023 Events Industry Forecast, Convene editors checked in with webex Events , formerly SOCIO, who identified some event tech that will “truly level up your events.” Ideal for hybrid events, simulive is a streaming solution that enables organizers to pre-record their event content and schedule it to go live at specific times.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It has become increasingly clear that — as several speakers at Convening Leaders 2024 in January in San Diego pointed out — we likely won’t lose our jobs to AI but to workers proficient in using AI. I was therefore excited to participate in the Convening Leaders competition pitting humans against humans using gen AI.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Smart Meetings chatted with Michelle Crosby, CMP, CITP, an account executive at Bright Spot Incentives and Events, and Yvette Campbell, CMP, a meeting broker at Meetings Made Easy, to explore how planners can seek out third-party agencies and independent planners that fit their needs and how to integrate resources into their organization.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

Read More: Power Of Purpose 2023 Highlights In the process of evolving the offerings, what was Destination Showcase became Showcase, a place modeled after the energy of South by Southwest for technology companies, agencies, hotels, airlines, any supplier that works to make events successful can get connected to meeting producers who need their help.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On June 30, 2023, they also committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a corporate roadmap to help guide them to their Net Zero by 2050 goal. Their team possesses a sustainable events checklist which they use in their work together and with partnered organizations such as EIC.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 19, 2023

This is a time for experimenting, said Convening Leaders 23 speaker Daniel Pink, in how and where we work. Whatever Media Group) Michelle Russell A challenge for many multi-day conference organizers is how to keep attendees until the end. When bestselling author Daniel Pink took the Convening Leaders 2023 Main Stage on Jan.

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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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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 19, 2023

Have you made resolutions for your 2023 event planning? We’re looking forward to doing more of the same in 2023, but with a fresh outlook. In 2023, I will capitalize on these resources to streamline processes, reduce costs, and showcase the expertise and passion of a community. Do they long to be a part of a community?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As the pandemic moves into a more manageable phase for most travelers, the event planning space is poised for a massive return in 2023. Miller High Life Theatre offers event organizers a wide range of choices in 58,407 sq. The historic Hilton Milwaukee City Center ’s 729 guest rooms is set in the Art Deco style, and contains 28,925 sq.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Learn from thought leaders at successful brands, discover new tools, and get to know your colleagues at these 2023 marketing events. If you are organizing an outstanding marketing event and would like us to add it to the Bizzabo blog, click here to submit your event , and our team will review it to be added to this list. January 2023.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 22, 2023

The post Drukyul’s Literature Festival by Bhutan Echoes to be held from 4th – 6th August 2023 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Bhutan’s Department of Tourism (DoT) has confirmed that the Drukyul’s Literature Festival by Bhutan Echoes will be held from 4 th to 6 th August 2023 in the capital Thimphu.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In 2023, anything is possible in the events industry. What are your general predictions for the events industry in 2023? I think intentionality is really going to play a critical role in 2023. What do you anticipate will change with event tech in 2023? What are your general predictions for the events industry in 2023?

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 26, 2023

The post FiturNext 2023: Tourism as an agent for the development of destinations appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Regenerative tourism on the political agenda FiturNext 2023 has gathered numerous testimonies throughout the four-day programme.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 18, 2023

Explore dozens of must-attend education events taking place in 2023, covering a range of fields, including higher education, education administration, education management, and education tech. Activities at these events include speakers, workshops, and networking sessions. Get Your Teach On Las Vegas 2023 1/15/23 Las Vegas, NV Jan.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The term comes from “green washing,” which is when a business or organization markets and presents itself as sustainable to a higher degree than it actually engages in sustainable practices. The speakers shared their own definitions of wellness. Natural light was one of the most important elements to the speakers.

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