Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

With new technologies emerging and the go-to tools becoming clearer, many organizers now have a blueprint for creating an effective and engaging event despite the changed environment. Here are three ways meeting professionals can benefit from recent technological developments to future-proof their events post-pandemic. Take Recordings.

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Motivation Excellence

MAY 10, 2024

Organizations are used to offering cash incentives as a way to motivate employees and contractors. Does your organization offer any non-cash incentive programs? Below are four not-so-obvious benefits of going the non-cash route. Organizations can utilize non-cash benefits to change or enhance the company culture.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2021

In June, organizations across America were excited about the return of in-person events, and the enticing potential of hybrid events. Community standards: Not only from place to place from organization to organization, different groups of employees have a different comfort level with the risk/reward calculation for live gatherings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

With new technologies emerging and the go-to tools becoming clearer, many organizers now have a blueprint for creating an effective and engaging event despite the changed environment. Here are three ways meeting professionals can benefit from recent technological developments to future-proof their events post-pandemic. Take Recordings.

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The MICE Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

These sustainable features are integral to the venue’s operation and directly benefit event organisers. Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre benefits from abundant natural daylight. This reality has driven the city to develop comprehensive resilience strategies that benefit both locals and visitors.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Cat-Wells approached the event organizers to try to work through these issues and was met with resistance and excuses. The organizers eventually moved the event to a coffee house across the street. By doing that, organizations will be able to have more fluid conversation about disability and accessibility. “A Keely Cat-Wells.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Facing renewed economic uncertainty, that’s an important message for any organization. By doing that, we can solidify the role of events in business regardless of the economic climate. We’re inspired by social organizations rallying communities through events that spread messages for a better future.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

A new partnership connecting leisure and medical health experts has taken shape between the Official Tourism Association for Orlando, Visit Orlando, and Orlando Health, offering health-related benefits to Orlando’s millions of visitors as the country’s most visited destination. Read more here.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

But this is no easy feat; research shows that 46% of event organizers say that speakers struggle to simultaneously engage a virtual and in-person audience. What are the benefits of hosting the same event on two separate occasions? Event planners are moving towards the hybrid model because hybrid events have many benefits.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Badges included QR codes that were scanned as attendees accessed the show floor and education sessions, helping organizers understand what was popular based on actual behavior. Attendee Benefits. Organizer/Sponsor Benefits. Environmental Benefits. Some on-demand printing was available.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As travelers grow increasingly engaged with environmental issues, hotels and restaurants around the world are implementing innovative programs to create the greatest environmental benefit while minimizing their impact, allowing guests to feel good about partnering with companies that share their values.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The tourism industry can reach a community in a (literally) organic way! Edgefactory and The Special Olympics USA Game organizers worked together and combined resources to hold an event which enhanced the athlete’s experience and brought awareness to accessibility and health. This year’s annual International Pow Wow (IPW) from U.S.

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Endless Events

MAY 6, 2021

” The benefits are two-fold. “Something needs to be said about potentially some organizations losing out on face-to-face planners who were real stars. ” Ultimately, both segments will benefit from this brain drain within the industry. The veterans and people who really knew the ins and outs of what to expect.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As more and more companies are transitioning back into working on site, and event spaces are kicking back into gear, meeting planners have a great opportunity to explore the benefits of a biophilic design. It was more about image,” Zazzera stated. “We Also, worker fatigue was seen to have decreased by 38%.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2020

We’re here to suggest a brand new way to think about connection experiences at events: What if instead of networking, event organizers planned for collaborative learning? As an organizer, you work hard to supply fantastic content and create ample networking opportunities at your events. The benefits of collaborative learning.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

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. Use tools like Slack or Trello to stay organized. SM What types of freelance meeting planner roles are most in demand?

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Motivation Excellence

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Many Benefits of Delegation Delegation does not mean pushing your work onto someone else. There are likely tasks you must do; but just as likely, there are many jobs you can entrust to others in your organization. Delegation offers benefits to both parties. Everyone can benefit from proper allocation of tasks.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2024

When belonging is present, engagement rises, leading to compelling benefits. From a sales and marketing perspective, those who experience belonging are 167% more likely to recommend their organization, highlighting the value of belonging in driving customer advocacy and influencing purchasing decisions.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. Perhaps, with the pandemic easing, the industry is just learning this now.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 29, 2024

How a holistic approach can boost engagement and focus Too many meetings set participants up for less than productive outcomes with rote agendas or meandering discussions event though research shows that people are motivated by purpose, which leads to better outcomes for both employees and organizations.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Addressing Stress Even before the pandemic, the World Health Organization had recognized burnout as a diagnosable medical condition. Company leaders must recognize the profound impact that work-related stress has on employees, and consequently, the overall success of organizations. In fact, more than half of U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Predictions of a mass consolidation of the meetings industry have been swirling since the World Health Organization started advising lockdowns in early 2020 to “smooth the curve” of what was then known as novel coronavirus. Partnership Benefits.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

As the world opens up and Covid restrictions are lifted, we will not return to business as we knew it before, largely because of lessons we learned about the benefits of communicating digitally. In this new era, event organizers must develop strategies for each audience. Tapping into The Differences. Integrating Emerging Technology.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 6, 2024

Offer Education : Include workshops or talks on wellness topics like stress management, healthy eating habits and the benefits of regular exercise. He has planned meetings, events and incentives for media, live entertainment, agency, association and corporate organizations.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Organizations can entertain, educate, inspire, sell, or do all of the above simultaneously. Organizations use event marketing to: Promote the brand to a larger audience. Many organizations plan one big in-person event or conference yearly and put all their efforts and budget into it. Planning Singular Annual Events.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

However, while some meeting professionals are itching to get back to in-person events, some organizations have grown quite fond of the reach and data-enabled by virtual meeting experiences­­. Creating a tangible experience can also include fun and games with a competitive twist, Si explained. Create a Dedicated Experience.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

83% of organizations expect health and security risks faced by their travelers to increase or remain the same. Organizations should pre-brief individuals to provide practical support to negate additional stressors. Once passengers have acquired Gold status, however, the airline is adding more tiers of benefits.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2024

But before ever rolling on the throttle, I was introduced to The Boot Campaign , an organization founded by five Texas women with a mission to provide support and services to active duty military, veterans and their families. The need is great, the opportunities are infinite, and the return on investment is powerfully gratifying.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 18, 2022

The Hawaii Convention Center’s industry-leading environmental practices help reduce the impact of our meetings and events, and provide organizers and attendees with customized, turnkey options to protect our natural resources right here in Hawaii,” says Teri Orton, general manager of the Hawaii Convention Center.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Organizing information, distributing information, and housing information, that’s a generation ago. I think they also should benefit somehow from the fruits of it. We’re asking people to do things for free or because it benefits you, but we’re not asking what’s in it for them. What’s the Role of a Movement in Event Marketing?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Benefits of A Virtual Event Strategy. “A lot of people that I was getting on these phone calls with, they weren’t necessarily understanding that virtual event strategy has so many benefits. I really hope this is helpful for you and really shows you the benefits of starting with strategy rather than jumping right on in.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 10, 2021

“Event organizations spend a considerable amount of money investing in those events, from production to lighting and speakers. Some vendor organizers who are really savvy with their business discuss it, but on a whole, the events industry doesn’t recognize the value that event attendee data holds. Why are they doing that?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Jack Macleod For the last 15-20 years, green meetings and organized gatherings aimed at minimizing negative impacts on the environment have been a concept, but in 2020, after the Covid-19 pandemic, they became a widespread topic in the events industry. Finally, implementing circularity can also benefit attendees.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2023

How to choose between in-person, virtual and hybrid for your next event When Covid-19 lockdowns pushed the world into all-digital interactions, they presented event organizers with a gift: the opportunity to test digital-only event strategies. Presentation styles tended to become outmoded, less conversational. Digital event fatigue set in.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 24, 2024

In an era that seems defined by divisive politics, Welsh addressed the continued debate around boycotting destinations when the organization holding and attending the meeting disagrees with politics in that area. Destinations International is not in support of boycotting destinations,” Welsh said.

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Endless Events

MAY 2, 2022

How do you keep an inbox organized with all that email? That way, you use the analytics of your event to benefit the attendee, not just tracking them for tracking’s sake.” ” A great benefit of push notifications is the ability to send sponsored push notifications,” adds Will.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

What started as a small endeavor has grown to a highlight of the annual event with diverse organizations across the country benefitting from the HFSE community’s generosity,” Ferguson says. Every year, we have a group of volunteers that source the raffle prizes and take pride in bringing new items.

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