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3 Extreme Accessibility Experts Share Their Accommodation Mandates

Smart Meetings

As Megan Henshall , strategic lead for Google’s global events team and co-founder of The Neu Project, explained, helping this majority-minority community participate fully is not a compliance problem; it is a business opportunity. Most have multiple impairments, and that includes the audience and the speakers.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

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Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. Choices, Choices.

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FICP Annual Elevated Conversation Around Meaning

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Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing. That doesn’t mean you have to push through the hard times alone.

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5 Tips for Flexible Event Budgeting, No Matter the Format or Economic State

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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. Doing this will remove a lot of margin for error and save you time down the line if you need to manipulate the budget to show the impact of multiple audience sizes.

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What is Event Marketing: Key Concepts, Proven Strategies, Examples and Tips

Eventtia

Finally, well dive into proven strategies, like creating registration pages that actually work, sending emails that people want to read, using event apps to stay organized, and leveraging social media to reach your audience. What Is Event Marketing? Why Does Event Marketing Matter? Ready to get started? Want ideas?

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Should You Break the Bank to Hire a Celebrity Speaker?

Convene by PCMA

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. You are our captive audience and we’re going to shove our governance on you, and our awards on you, and all these other things.

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FICP Annual Elevated Conversation Around Meaning

Smart Meetings

Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing. That doesn’t mean you have to push through the hard times alone.

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