Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. Make Your Attendees Feel Like Co-creators.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Now that virtual events are fairly normalized, it’s never been easier to access a global audience. Whether you’re planning a company event or an exhibition, it’s key that attendees all have the ability to efficiently communicate with one another and engage with the content.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But today, let’s take a few steps back and think about where do our events truly begin. Is it when your attendee walks through the doors of your venue or logs on to your virtual event platform? Or is it much earlier, at event registration? And they want to know that ASAP – when attendees register.

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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. Riggs encouraged meeting planners to include members on their team who are mental health first-aid-trained for both meetings staff and event attendees.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Webinar session, Joanna Pineda, CEO and chief troublemaker of Matrix Group International , and Jennifer O’Grady, senior director of Design Studio of Maritz Global Events , tackled the Secrets for Engaging Platform-agnostic Association Meetings. Ultimately, finding out what the attendees want is the bottom line for meeting organizers.

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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. Safety is the watchword for everyone involved in this global event.

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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. Innovators focus more on attendee experience than on attendee numbers.

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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. Plan Ahead.

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Endless Events

JULY 15, 2021

As anticipated, it was a huge success and the Event Brew hosts are here to tell the story. Will, Thuy, and Nick revisit PCMA EduCon 2021 and share three different perspectives: one of a co-host, one of a virtual attendee, and one of an educated outside observer. ” Thuy was also a part of the PCMA EduCon 2021, as an attendee.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

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. Counting the Sustainable Event Measures IMEX America 2022 , which took place Oct.

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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. Have a call-of-command if something goes wrong like attendees go missing or someone dies, she advised. Don’t let fear get in your way.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

This on-again-off-again dynamic was evident in the responses to an American Express Global Meetings and Events Forecast from last year that found 62% of respondents in the area expected attendee numbers to return to pre-pandemic numbers in the next one to two years. A new date has yet to be announced.

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Endless Events

JULY 16, 2019

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! In this week’s #EventIcons, we’re tackling the somewhat unexplored world of hackathons for events.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 22, 2023

Next Gen Event Goers, as a group, are more likely to be female, are more diverse, and have higher levels of education than event goers over 45, the studies show. A new wave of event attendees is on the horizon and signals a paradigm-changing generational shift, according to a report released today by global event company Freeman.

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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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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The team at Maritz Global Events recently executed the second NEXT&, a signature event that brings together our team, invited clients and supplier partners. And this year, one that put attendees squarely in the driver’s seat to drive content and experiences.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The team at Maritz Global Events recently executed the second NEXT&, a signature event that brings together our team, invited clients and supplier partners. And this year, one that put attendees squarely in the driver’s seat to drive content and experiences.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

The 3 days of gathering started with Destinations International ’s Convention Sales and Services Summit, covering everything from trends in what is important to attendees today to tips for planning more inclusive events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Read More : Make Hybrid Events Worth Every Dollar for Virtual Attendees All of it underscores a recognition that togetherness is an essential ingredient for success. We see organizations increasing their budgets to overcome rising costs so they can continue to benefit from the power of meeting.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Neurodiversity, and how to properly create a positive experience for neurodiverse attendees, is another big-ticket item. The MPI course that equips event professionals with the skills they need to do so, Event Welfare Champion: Neurodiversity & Experience Design , is a product of a partnership with a subject matter expert.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This is my passion—and being part of the global events industry is my second passion.” They receive this through anything from a personal recognition meeting to a team gathering where they toast to the success of the recent event. Be it private or professional, special moments give us strength, energy and motivation.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Doctors will be on site, and testing will be available so attendees can get back on flights that require testing evidence. Attendees can join in building a KLH Clubhouse that will be delivered to the kindergarten class of Luna, a child with paediatric cancer. Smart Monday will bring more outside activities than before, including tours.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

. – Technology and innovation – Trends and research – People and planet – Business practices – Experience design – Event marketing “That’s on purpose,” Endean said. “We Attendees will learn the use cases and what it means for real people. We’re not exponentially changing the world.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Impact XM shares seven sustainable action areas for planning green meetings Global event and experiential marketing agency Impact XM believes that sustainability is not an end goal, but a practice. By doing that, they can figure out ways to offset it directly with the attendees.” Now multiply that by every attendee.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

Some of the content is anecdotal from her 20 years in the industry, a winding road that led from specializing in California’s wine industry and getting her sommelier certification as the “Decantress” to producing women in tech events, running global events for SoftBank Vision Fund and her current role at AWS.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 24, 2022

I find that in many cases, we have a bunch of delegates who do not speak English as a first language therefore offering real-time transcripts and post-event transcripts not only increases accessibility, but significantly improves understanding and knowledge transfer.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Meanwhile, attendees worked with Impact 4 Good to support children struggling with food insecurity in Denver as part of a fun trivia and activity challenge. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem.

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Traveler's Q

JULY 25, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore how to navigate cultural nuances and plan successful international events. Understanding Cultural Sensitivity in Global Events Cultural sensitivity is a crucial aspect of global event planning. However, language barriers can pose significant challenges in international event planning.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

You do that because I guess the intended goal really of fear of missing out for the live event designer is for attendees to push that feeling onto people who didn’t attend. This is kind of like a not this year thing, it’s the following year, or the next event, or the next month, or what your brand is all about.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 3, 2024

Here are the venues available for hosting events in St. Gallen city and region and that also facilitate innovative events formats and deliver on creating unique experiences for attendees. Its spaces are suitable for exhibitions, parties and ceremonies, congresses and corporate events.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Slide by slide, tab by tab, line item by line item, I ensure they understand how we’re using every dollar to create an experience (or experiences, if we’re delivering a hybrid event) that is guaranteed to achieve their business goals and exceed their, and the attendees’, expectations. Save Money by Skipping Software You Don’t Need.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2021

When Maritz Global Events decided it was finally time to get back to face-to-face, the experience-design company brought 500 people who represented the entire meetings ecosystem to Seattle—clients, employees, team members and partners—and focused on talking openly and solving shared challenges. By the time the group arrived Sept.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Despite the missing Asian demographic, the number of attendees should offer an encouraging future forecast, “There’s no longer hesitation,” said Dominguez, “Right now, we’re normalized. He saw international air lift as a bottleneck constricting global events. “We We haven’t seen a drop-off.”. We need more planes,” he stated.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Meetings consultant Jeff Calmus, a former vice president of global event management for MetLife, agreed about the importance of managing up. “We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Choices, Choices.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 30, 2019

So today, we’re breaking down the three elements that lead to a perfect event outcome. Our always amazing host, Will Curran, brings you the essential pillars of event planning. Straight from the Global Event Forum report, these are the elements that can make or break an event. But what are they all about?

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Endless Events

AUGUST 10, 2018

What You Can Do with a Personalized Event. Personalization helps attendees have a unique experience when it comes to your events and tradeshow. It not only makes their event experience go much smoother, it also gives them a certain connection to it. You can never have enough of attendee engagement. Click To Tweet.

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