Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Let’s learn more. It’s ugly and scary. Nobody wants to offend anyone.

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Traveler's Q

JULY 19, 2024

Discover the Future of Events Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing event planning by enhancing efficiency, personalization, and attendee engagement. AI’s capabilities in data analysis, automation, and predictive analytics are unparalleled, making it a valuable tool for event organizers.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2023

The success of an event includes many factors. One major aspect is the engagement among attendees. Where event profs hope to give event attendees a vibrant, appealing and informative session, it may come off more as an information dump for some. Make Your Attendees Feel Like Co-creators.

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Endless Events

JULY 15, 2021

For those who might have missed it, there was an awesome hybrid event happening in Phoenix, Arizona last week: PCMA EduCon: We Are Better Together ! As anticipated, it was a huge success and the Event Brew hosts are here to tell the story. And there’s more: he was also the co-host of the entire event!

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Event security comes in different shapes and sizes. To lessen the chances of you or your attendees being hacked during a trip, we compiled six cybersecurity tips when traveling abroad to keep your data safe. New Privacy Laws Will Give More Power to Meeting Attendees. Salman Rushdie and Complacency in the Meetings Industry.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

After all, event industry blogs are accessible, provide information about events from around the globe and cover every aspect of event planning. You can find bigger and better ways to deploy events, the latest in event tech, and follow where other event profs’ careers are taking them. Endless Events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

IMEX America Moves Toward a Sustainable Events Future IMEX America 2022 was the greenest one yet. A detailed report prepared by MeetGreen explained how the largest industry event made progress toward its Net Zero Carbon Events goal while pointing to even more improvements IMEX and other event organizers can make in the future.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 16, 2024

There’s encouraging news in the Freeman Trends Report: 2024 Attendee Intent and Behavior , released Tuesday, Jan. 16, by the global events company: Attendance at in-person events, which has risen as the worst of the pandemic has receded, is expected to hold steady over the next 12 months.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2021

Health and wellness in the events industry have never mattered more than now, which is why today, Sarah welcomes not one, but three iconic guests to share what they’ve worked on since the pandemic started. Health & Wellness In The Events Industry. ” Wellness In Events Is Ever-Changing.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

Meeting professionals are starting to rebook events in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, but continuing waves of Covid and cautious restrictions from some countries are resulting in a slow restart. While countries like Japan have expressed hesitance to reopening, others have opened up completely to visitors and business events of all kinds.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2024

Are you ready for the next crisis to strike at your event? What plan do you have in place to communicate important messages to your attendees? Crisis communication is an essential, if often overlooked, element for all events. Methods of communication can be event apps, event websites, text messages, social media and email.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) March 25, 2022. The Power of Purpose.

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Endless Events

JULY 16, 2019

Hackathons for events might sound a bit strange at first. Even the most creative and out of the box event planners out there can frown at the thought of it. And especially when it comes to the ideas that ensure the attendee experience goes from good to amazing. This is exactly where hackathons for events come in!

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Wouldn’t the world be perfect if every person out there felt event FOMO? In particular for the event that you’ve put together? But the truth is, as event planners, we all wish we could snap our fingers and make everyone in our target audience feel it. And how to create those moments within a live event.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

When the creative brief from your initial event strategy session calls for brand and reputational impact, how do you measure if you are successful? Event planners don’t always have time to go to a class or read a book. Read Gianna Gaudini’s tips for keeping virtual attendees engaged. . Career Changers.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 3, 2024

Well-known for its strategic location with direct transportation links to Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein, the city blends its rich historical background with its emerging status as a leading destination for business events on a global scale. Here are the venues available for hosting events in St. Key industries in the St.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

In today’s episode of #EventIcons, we fix our eyes on the future and talk about post-COVID events. Virtual, hybrid, or in-person – it doesn’t matter what type of an event we are talking about – the fact of the matter is that the attendees’ priorities have dramatically shifted.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The good news is that the associations are returning to in-person events in great numbers. The challenge is designing events that speak to the needs of an audience that changed over the last three years. Most of our larger events have gone to face-to-face, especially when there’s that B2B trade show component. Jennifer O’Grady.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Is it time to “lift and shift” events again? Still, and perhaps partially a result, many travelers have found themselves stranded since the weekend, hundreds of flights are suspended, and some events are already being canceled. But what does this mean for meeting planners and business travelers? but fears certainly have.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

There’s no time like the present to reflect on the future of events. Because what we really mean is – what will define the event team members of the next decade? With yet another decade coming to an end soon, the team behind Event Brew decided to put their heads together. The Future Of Events: Looking Back First.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Given the free time the WSWA team had, the association chose 2023 as the year to introduce a rebrand and additional changes to its event. An excited 2,449 attendees took to Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando over four days, a 5% increase in attendance from 2019, according to the association. “It

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, according to a trio of meeting professional experts, taking care of yourself is even more important when you are the one charged with caring for your attendees. For the event space, this could take the form of a quiet room. Why are we separating these resources that we put together for attendees when staff needs it, too?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As an event professional you probably feel like you’ve spent more quality time with your event budget than you have your loved ones during the last two years. Here are my top 5 tips to effectively managing my budgets in the current event landscape. Melissa Park. Increasing Efforts on Client Education.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The conference formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show hosted by Consumer Technology Association (CTA) attracted 180,000 attendees as recently as 2019, and maxed out in 2015 with 3,600 exhibitors and 170,000 professional and industry attendees. This is a tech conference, after all—participants know how to manage virtual events.

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Endless Events

MAY 9, 2023

If you’re new to AI for events, we’ve got you covered. Human effort is still very much a part of the event planning process. In fact, AI is one of the fastest-growing technologies event planners trust to plan, promote, and analyze their events. The good news is that robots aren’t out for your job.

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Traveler's Q

JULY 25, 2024

Discover the Key to Successful International Events In today’s globalized world, corporate events are no longer confined to a single location or culture. To create truly impactful and inclusive events, it’s essential to expand your horizons and embrace cultural diversity.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The biggest events conference in the world is a marathon in itself with participants reporting that they recorded 10,000, 20,000 or more steps walking the floor and hoofing it to after-parties. But a growing attendee segment at IMEX America in Las Vegas was looking for a more intentionally healthy experience. The Long Game.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The next generation of event attendees is bringing demographic changes and dramatic shifts in values compared to previous generations. By 2030, three-quarters of meeting attendees will be categorized as Millennials and Gen Z, he said. Last month, for the first time, the number of Gen Z workers overtook Boomers in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said. Defining Risk.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 30, 2019

What planner doesn’t want a perfect event? However, here at Endless, we want nothing more to help you put together the best events you possibly can. So today, we’re breaking down the three elements that lead to a perfect event outcome. Press play and join us on this amazing journey towards the perfect event outcome!

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Eventtia

JANUARY 15, 2025

Lets be honest: planning an event can feel like a big risk. You book the venue, organize speakers, send out tons of invitationsand then sit back, wondering, What is event marketing really doing for my brand? In this post, Ill break event marketing down into simple steps so you can plan successful events that get great results.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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. We’re inspired by social organizations rallying communities through events that spread messages for a better future. Get to know your audience on a deeper level.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Continuing Education with MPI Academy Tim Luepke, director of MPI Academy Once an event producer himself, Luepke now dedicates his time to giving back to the industry with education and advancing careers. Certification can range from four-hour courses to 30-minute webinars to sessions at annual events and more. Luepke’s commitment? “It

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This is expected to continue well into 2023, according to a new report, “ 2023 Global Meetings and Events Forecast ,” by American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT). Global meeting spend is expected to increase by 3.1%, the same as Amex GBT’s survey last year. Greater Meeting Spend. Sustainability Concentration.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Heike Mahmoud , CMP, was one of the first European meeting professionals to earn the Certified Meting Professional (CMP) designation through the Events Industry Council (EIC) in 2006. Now, she feels inspired as she sees the certification’s global spread. “It

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

We’re now firmly on the road to Mandalay Bay and can’t wait to welcome back the business event community to IMEX America,” said Carina Bauer , CEO of IMEX Group, when we talked in mid-August. Early on, Bauer’s team decided the event would not be virtual or hybrid. 9-11 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. In-Person Focused.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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