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The 2024 Guide for Financial and Insurance Meetings

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Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. They’re less of a captive audience and more of a savvy travel consumer.” “I with 6-12 months out, 15.7%

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Labor Day Spotlight: The Growing Demand for Specialized Freelance Meeting Planners

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Additionally, the freelance marketplace is evolving with regulatory changes aimed at better worker classification compliance and providing freelancers with access to benefits like health insurance and retirement plans. Event Marketing Roles : Specialists who promote and market events to target audiences.

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What’s New in Omaha for 2025

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The $109 million music venue can accommodate audiences of 1,500-3,000. The Fortune 300 insurance company is adding 800,000 square feet of office, meeting, and amenity space to the downtown area. 950 million expansion of Omaha’s airport (OMA), set to be ready in 2028, will double its size and add international travel options.

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Cvent Connect Lays Out Event Tech Roadmap to Meet Growing Hybrid Demand

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The emphasis was on real-world solutions through Cvent’s Attendee Hub that enables digital engagement before, during and after the in-person live event and integrates the content for virtual and post-event audiences. We have had accelerated adoption of technology on the event and hotelier side,” Quattrone said. Brian Ludwig.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

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After two years of not meeting, companies and audiences may have different goals and expectations so conferences that were previously produced as simple iterations on the previous years’ event must now be reinvented whole cloth. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus. Once the contract has been signed, the tough talk doesn’t stop.

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36 Ways to Bolster Your Covid Contingency Plan

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Know your audience. Make sure it stays true to audience needs. If infections spike and you need to cancel your in-person event, you’ll still have valuable digital content to share with your audience. A good hybrid strategy also expands audience reach and event lifecycle. Do they want to meet virtually or in person?

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State of Virtual Meeting Tools

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A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. But she also has clients who are highlighting just a handful of sessions for at-home audiences.

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