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. Her father had cerebral palsy, which brought its own needs.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 25, 2022

In a bid to dominate the meetings industry, MeetingPlay and Aventri (MPAV), which merged in January, have acquired eventcore. The platform allows companies to completely optimize the digital registration experience for event attendees, especially for global companies that want every event to be new and exciting.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

If you’re planning a virtual event, you’ll want to have a meeting with a virtual event production company ASAP. But going into a meeting with a virtual event production company unprepared will only drag on the process. So to help you out, we’ve compiled a list of 45 questions you want to ask yourself prior to scheduling this meeting.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It covered Europe, but it also covered meeting attendees coming from Europe to the United States,” says Jill Blood, vice president of deputy general counsel for Maritz. “So, For Maritz, around 10% of our total attendee base is European across all of our clients. I think we’ll hear it from attendees when we get it wrong.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It is offering attendees insights into leading industries and innovative research. To promote sustainable travel within the city, free public transport tickets are provided for attendees who book their hotel stays through Stuttgart Marketing. Casino room, attendees have panoramic views of Stuttgart’s landmarks.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2021

The trail back to meeting F2F has to start somewhere. And for the 75 meeting professionals who attended Smart Meetings Mid-America Experience this week, the ideal place to get back in the saddle turned out to be the brand-new Hotel Drover in Fort Worth, Texas. Smart Meetings founder and CEO Marin Bright.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

If there is a silver lining to the pandemic for the meetings industry, it’s this: The pandemic accelerated the evolutions of meetings. Like the typewriter, print publications and fax machines, the fully in-person meeting would have eventually become extinct. People know how to use them, and they make great meeting programs.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

Just because we can meet in person, doesn’t mean that is the only solution. Given all the technology and our experience and understanding of the virtual space, why would our meetings and events ever remain the same? Hybrid meetings incorporating virtual tools are here to stay for some powerful reasons. Reasons to Hybrid.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A messy layout can quickly become the downfall of the entire meeting or convention. But on the other hand, a great layout might just be the key to get your attendees to fall in love with the event! So, are you ready to find out what is the ultimate event layout that will make your attendees fall in love, and return for round two?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

How do you keep attendees engaged when the needle is always shifting? Tactics to encourage attendee engagement are wide-ranging, dependent on attendance numbers and often differ case-by-case. If you want to drive a synchronous experience, give attendees a reason why they should tune in live rather than watch on demand,” Gaudini said.

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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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Endless Events

MARCH 22, 2018

In fact, 95% of people say that face-to-face meetings are a key factor in successfully building and maintaining long-term business relationships. That’s why we’ve put together this list of creative ways to connect your attendees. Use technology to better connect your attendees. But it shouldn’t.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In a Livestorm survey conducted in 2021 , 68 percent of respondents reported increased use of video conferencing in the past 12 months, in everything from internal meetings to conferences and tradeshows. But screen fatigue is very real—and it’s easy for attendees to get burned out. Registration and/or attendance rates are declining.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The New Year is upon us and as we look at 2022 for our meetings and group gatherings, we gaze into the future with bright eyes and positive grins and think, what the heck is going on? Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Smart Meetings talked to leaders in the diversity and inclusion movement in 2018 to find out what strategies can help planners create a really big tent. The first step toward accommodating a need is asking attendees if they require any special arrangements. Initiating Active Listening. Recognizing the Unthinking Reactions.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The summer of 2023 will herald a new era of meetings in South Lake Tahoe with the arrival of the over $100-million Tahoe South Events Center. Once complete, the events center will offer meeting profs access to a 27,000 sq. The new events center will also include eight meeting rooms, consisting of an additional 15,000 sq.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

However, it does not focus on event management tools, registration , streaming software, or your average webinar platforms. Attendees are free to explore on their own or follow a leader. Feature : Spatial video enables attendees to easily move in and out of conversations as if they were in person. Explore a public world here. .

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

Event marketers are ramping up in-person events with a fresh perspective provided by two years of virtual meetings and the proliferation of tech specifically focused on video conferencing. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts for tips on how to produce meaningful experiences for everyone on the registration list.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. SM What types of freelance meeting planner roles are most in demand?

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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. The group pointed to the Covid pandemic as a major factor for the shift in the discussion of wellness within the meetings industry. “A Riggs offered.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 28, 2023

That is why Smart Meetings gathered top meeting professionals F2F in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for three days this week at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience Mid-Atlantic to learn about the industry and each other. Attendees tried their hand at community painting projects and supported the local maker community.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Planning at least three months ahead could save as much as 10 percent on the bottom line, according to a new 2019 Meetings & Events Future Trends study from Carlson Wagonlit Travel Meetings and Events (CWT M&E). Related : MPI Report: Shorter, More Frequent Meetings. Did employee performance improve? Did sales increase?

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

One healthcare-conference organizer recently discovered the range of wellness activities that can take place on site—and her attendees are already clamoring for more. Attendees of the Healthcare Advocate Summit are among that high-stress group, according to Melissa Paige, co-CEO of the four-year-old summit held each September.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve outlined 77 event KPIs and divided them into eight major groups: general and attendee event KPIs , financial event KPIs , marketing KPIs , audience engagement KPIs , presenter KPIs , sponsorship and tradeshow KPIs , event networking KPIs , community KPIs. Registration & Attendee KPIs. Happy planning!

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its about bringing all the moving parts together in a way that feels effortless to your attendees while ensuring nothing slips through the cracks behind the scenes. At its heart, its all about delivering a seamless experience that leaves attendees feeling engaged, valued, and eager to participate again.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Attendees can watch the panel and interact in the live chat, but there’s very little two-way communication available. That being said, Zoom is often a good enough tool for broadcasts , announcements , and regular meetings with little interactions. The bottom line is this: attendees in a Zoom call lack agency.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Smart Meetings Florida Experience elevated the gathering at every turn. That included a gifting experience at registration that allowed all attendees to choose their own swag from a shopping lounge, feathered friends both evenings and a light show that highlighted the fun of the destination care of Go Drone Shows.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 6, 2023

Creating a safe, friendly and memorable event Forging a safe and engaging space can be a tall order for some meeting planners, but there is a road map to creating an inspiring event that will continuously drive engagement for your current and future events. For the attendees, it can really set the tone. ’ It makes an impression.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Business event planner respondents to Convene s 31st Annual Meetings Market Survey shared their biggest work challenges in open-ended responses, which fell into similar categories as the 2023 responses, but with budget woes taking the lead. Event logistics last-minute registrations continue to add to the pressure of executing events.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2022

It seems like not so long ago that everyone was talking about the death of meetings and conventions. But as we begin to inch ever closer to a new normal, it’s clear that meetings are making a comeback in 2022—with a few changes of course. How Covid-19 Impacted Large-Scale Meetings and Conventions. Let’s dive in.

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Endless Events

JUNE 17, 2019

Turn your mics on, it’s time to explore meeting automation for events! On this week’s Event Tech Podcast, we’re tackling meeting automation for events. Meeting automation can do wonders for any business in terms of organization. But there’s more to it than meets the eye! So they created Jifflenow.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In 2020, that theory went out the window and you learned how to write a virtual meeting AV RFP. As you think about the format of your hybrid meeting , you may be overwhelmed with where to start. Planning a Live and Full Virtual Meeting. We have many planner friends who say the toughest challenge is planning two meetings in one.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2021

Those stressful last-minute gyrations were just one of the issues addressed in Smart Meetings ’ latest webinar, “ Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings ,” led by Kara Ferguson, meeting planner for American Society of Anesthesiologists , and Katie Bohrer, CEO of event design company Onwardly. Changing Plans on a Dime. “I’m

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

a Smart Meetings podcast, host JT Long, vice president and content director of Smart Meetings, explores essential strategies for ensuring safety in an increasingly risky world. Kevin Coffey : Kevin Coffey is our travel security and meeting risk advisor and trainer. In this episode of What One Thing? ,

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

With new meetings come new trends. After the great halt that is Covid-19, meetings are coming back and with them, novelties and shifting interests meeting professionals are looking to incorporate in their meetings. Courtney Pickett. Pickett has seen increasing interest in downtime exploration. Lauren Johnson.

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