Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Effective drip campaigns can help you automate personalized communication to engage potential guests, convert casual inquirers into bookings, and even rekindle relationships with past clients. For example, a tailored series might highlight banquet hall features, price incentives, and testimonials from satisfied event planners.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Establish Clear Objectives and Communicate Them Internally The foundation of a resilient event plan begins with discovering the “why” and setting clear objectives. Once you have this data, it’s also important to be able to clearly communicate outcomes to your leadership team. Do you know the real reason why your event is being hosted?

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 26, 2019

An effective promotional campaign driven by a rock-solid marketing communications strategy helps make this connection. The Make-Up of Marketing Communications. So what does marketing communications entail, exactly? Examples are a new product launch or a limited-time sale. However, it takes some planning to get started.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

What is Incentive Travel? Incentive travel is an important subset of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. Now, it’s all about non-monetary incentives, and the predictions for 2020 by the Incentive Revenue Foundation (IRF) support that idea. Rewards.

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Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Monetary incentives do not catalyze collaboration where people are working together toward a common goal. Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) travel programs are growing in popularity to fill the gaps many employers see in traditional bonus programs. An Award Everyone Can Enjoy. You Care About Your Team.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

How to choose the right incentives. Facilitating easier communication. These include: Productivity with instant feedback: when one plays a game, he or she is given a clear purpose, a sense of autonomy and feedback on progress. Choosing your incentives. These types of incentives are things or collateral.

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2020

MICE is an acronym for meetings, incentives, conferencing, and exhibitions. It is a highly lucrative industry revolving around incentive travel , though there is a distinction between incentivized travel and business conferences. Incentive travel isn’t a stand-alone industry. Incentives versus Conference Travel.

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Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

Determine Your AV And Production Needs. Virtual events have their own set of AV and production needs that have to be met. This is a good time to go after the best Virtual Event Production company that is already familiar with the game and can walk you through the details. Give them some sort of incentive to fill them out!

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One10 Marketing

AUGUST 1, 2024

A successful channel incentive program requires a thought-out approach to achieve positive results. Effective channel partner incentives can also drive positive loyalty experiences and boost your company’s products and perception within the marketplace. What are the included products or services in my channel sales incentives?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

How do they navigate timely coordination and clear communication across different time zones? By addressing these hurdles and embracing the opportunities presented by the digital nomad trend,” says Harrison, “companies can unlock new levels of employee satisfaction, productivity and global reach.” Is incentive travel out?

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A showroom sales incentive program, also called a showroom loyalty reward program, is a motivational structure for manufacturers to reward sales representatives who work within a retail or wholesale showroom. Incentive programs can be a powerful tool for boosting morale, increasing sales, and fostering a competitive and motivated sales team.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Here is how each one of these components plays a role: Connecting: Events help source new prospects and source valuable feedback about your products and the challenges your customers are facing. Community: Using events to create a sense of community can help to differentiate you from your competitors.

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ITA Group

JULY 29, 2021

Advice for Communicating During the 3 Stages of To-Partner Channel Marketing. Channel incentive programs are all about behavior modification. If you are confident in your product, confident in your partners and confident in your program, there is no need to fear your competition knowing the benefits you provide.

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Motivation Excellence

MAY 13, 2024

These include: Striving for nuanced but clear communication Refining ideas around conflict resolution Boosting productivity and innovation with new perspectives Understanding when/why employees feel included and respected If your business deals internationally, having a strong grip on cultural details is obviously extremely important.

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Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Here are five compelling reasons why travel incentives are more advantageous than cash rewards: 1. Enhanced Employee Motivation and Engagement Incentive travel programs offer employees a tangible goal to work toward, fostering healthy competition and a sense of achievement.

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 18, 2023

What’s your current title and how long have you been in the incentive industry? Probably my favorite thing is when our programmers develop a new tech product (or enhance an existing one) that improves our internal efficiency and enhances the traveler experience in some way. Thanks, Trisha, for sitting down for a recorded interview too!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This guide leads you through the process, from understanding what your event and company goals are up to communicating with the many stakeholders of the event. You can also gamify various aspects that would lead directly to the fulfillment of your event goals, such as giving incentives for performing a particular action.

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One10 Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Because of this, your incentive and recognition strategy must change, too. Before 2020, the incentive travel industry was growing, which was music to our ears. It was growing to the tune of $78 billion dollars, which is how much the incentive travel industry has contributed to the economy. This is due to a variety of reasons.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Communication Makes or Breaks Sales Incentive Programs. During an interview on sales incentive trends, a reporter asked for a quick comment on a very pointed query: What can make or break sales incentive programs? The answer is – too little communication. Funded Communications. Incentive Pro Tip: Mix it up.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

From a focus on flexibility to communication and advocacy for the local community, these go-getters grew stronger and wiser. Following, in their own words are their stories of growing more flexible, resilient advocates for their communities who are now armed with an understanding of the importance of communication and humanity.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 21, 2019

People love your products and services, and customers love working with you, but are they telling their friends, family, and colleagues about the value you provide? From up-selling new products to introducing new lines of products or services to even recruiting top talent, happy customers and employee loyalty drive brand advocacy.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2023

In this executive role, Park will lead the company’s global marketing, brand strategy and communications. With 21 years of experience in college athletics in the realms of marketing, promotions, advertising, sponsorship sales and activation, graphics, licensing and event production, Suitt provides unsurpassed expertise.

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2019

In fact, event technology can not only reduce stress but increase planners’ productivity by 27%. The use of according to ATiA ,“Assistive technology (AT) is any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.”

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ITA Group

JUNE 30, 2022

8 Sales Incentive Program Ideas That Work. In fact, about 90% of top-performing organizations use incentive programs to reward their sales associates. Drive engagement and spice up sales incentives with new and fresh ideas beyond the classic “sell X, get Y” promotion. What are your success metrics? Game Plays.

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ITA Group

MAY 20, 2021

Distributor Incentive Program Ideas & Examples. As we look to the future of distributor incentive programs, we should factor in not only what we know to be best practices, but also adjust and adapt to the ever-changing landscape in which they operate. Operations Communications. Those layers include: People. Program design.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In 2015, the top entrants in the awards included mostly apps, allowing for easier networking, real-time communication or streamlined translation. Event Tech Tribe –group marketing of cloud-based event tech products, including an appointment management system and a venue sourcing site.

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Motivation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

When those needs are not met, it can be a major distraction that takes away from their productivity. It also ensures that the entire workforce is ready to withstand anything the flu season brings as other companies struggle with a lack of productivity. Incentive Based Rewards. Sick Days. Reliable Health Insurance. Telecommute.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

You can also include the feedback form right in their meeting packet, with a small incentive for them to complete it and hand it back to your team. From ephemeral hashtags to lead-generating backlinks, you need to measure all these types of mentions of your brand, event name, products, and so on. Create a thriving online community.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2022

office in Philadelphia, leaders at WRG are searching for new talent that can bring “soft skills” to the table on day one: curiosity, eagerness, communication, organization, energy, confidence to pitch new ideas and an innovative mindset versed in DEI awareness. Offering positions in both its U.K. offices and U.S.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

“Expo 2020 Dubai is an investment in a sustainable, resilient and diversified economy that will spur broader economic impact in key sectors—including construction, transport, storage, communications, travel, tourism, hospitality and business services—in the UAE, the wider region and beyond,” Nagdev said. Pandemic Impacts.

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Gavel International

MAY 27, 2024

And when the incentives are appealing enough, employees will be motivated to get involved in these competitions. More than 80% of employers and employees believe that creating a sense of community at work is important. ( 1 ) Feelings of employee isolation reduce productivity up to 21%. (

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ITA Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Incentive Program Ideas for Insurance CSRs. When you think about how much these roles touch, it’s amazing more incentives aren’t targeted towards these people. All these behaviors pose great opportunities for incentives. The best way to build an effective CSR incentive program is to first consider how CSRs are motivated.

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ITA Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

5 Reasons to Be Excited About Incentive Travel in 2022. As soon as the new year started, I felt my adrenaline rising and my mind racing about what incentive travel adventures lay ahead of me. It’s the reason I fell in love with incentive travel in the first place. Here are 5 reasons everyone’s excited about incentive travel.

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Creative Group Inc

AUGUST 25, 2023

You could have the best incentive program ever, but if you don’t build effective communications to build some excitement, your results could be lackluster. Energize and inspire your audience with teaser communications. Teaser communications give your team a thrilling taste of what’s to come.

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Gavel International

MARCH 27, 2023

Here are some strategies you can use to help transform your team’s productivity: Create an Open Environment Creating an open environment where people feel comfortable communicating perspectives, suggestions, and disagreements is vital for an advocate leader. Contact Gavel International to learn more. __ SOURCES: Greenberg, J.,

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Eventtia

MARCH 21, 2023

In other words, apart from offering flawless event experiences to your attendees, you also have to build a plan on how you’ll communicate with customers efficiently. In other words, apart from offering flawless event experiences to your attendees, you also have to build a plan on how you’ll communicate with customers efficiently.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

And Brian Parsely is returning to share new ways to energize cultures with behavioral science and improve communication. Also in the Inspiration Hub will be event production company Encore , which is presenting a new immersive theater experience this year with an ideation station.

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