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The 2024 Guide for Financial and Insurance Meetings

Smart Meetings

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. I do think I’m seeing an increase in bringing people together, not just for content, but team building and networking.”

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‘Networking Is a Verb’

Convene by PCMA

What’s the biggest disconnect between how organizers program networking at their events and what their attendees actually want? The majority of organizers continue to follow several traditional networking models that are no longer of interest to their attendees — and addressing these gaps is critical.

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State of Virtual Meeting Tools

Smart Meetings

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. We need to be more intentional about networking and create more intimate introductions,” she said.

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

Smart Meetings

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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36 Ways to Bolster Your Covid Contingency Plan

Smart Meetings

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. How do you handle networking during hybrid events?

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What Meeting Professionals Can Learn from the Metaverse

Smart Meetings

When they are physically in the audience, don’t make them give up the interactive tools they have gotten used to using, warned Leary-Perez. An event platform is an insurance policy,” said Leary-Perez with a wink. Some may want to make the first day live and the rest virtual, to give everyone a break.

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9 Exceptional Networking Event Examples

Bizzaboo

Networking is as old as time itself, but how networking event examples look today couldn’t be more different than just a few years ago. After what seemed like an eternity of planning virtual networking events , you’re probably ready to jump back into in-person networking events. Who organizes networking events?