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Cal Poly Students Gained Experience and Confidence at Visit California Outlook Forum 2025

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To find out what the university is teaching future meetings and event professionals and what they gleaned from the two days of sessions and networking, we asked Ryan Becker, senior vice president of communications and strategy with Visit California. It truly opened my eyes past what we learn in school.

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Marriott’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Creates Community Like None Other

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Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Multiple representatives on the panel advised planners to evaluate contracts more carefully than ever—don’t pre-assume anything as a given if it isn’t explicitly stated in the contract.

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Why Not Zoom: 10 Benefits Of Event Platforms, Explained

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Attendees can watch the panel and interact in the live chat, but there’s very little two-way communication available. As Kara Gladish from Socio pointed out in an #EventIcons episode about virtual event production , gamification can also be used to streamline communication. Attendee communication.

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How Event Technology Will Benefit Your Events

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The Benefits Of Event Technology & Effective Communication. Technology has enabled us to communicate with virtually anybody anywhere at any time – both in our personal as well as professional lives. As event platforms took over the event tech market, community marketing has become the next big thing in the event space.

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LA Hotel Strike Impacts Political Science Annual Meeting

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A new mechanism will allow panels to move online. In the matter of just a few short weeks, APSA staff accomplished the unprecedented task of relocating hundreds of panels and other events out of the J.W. The group looked for additional hotel rooms in hotels that are not in the midst of a labor dispute.

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6 Tips for Keeping Attendees Tuned In During Your Online Events

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Here are eight tips from the team at video communication company Livestorm to ensure your event delivers engagement. Similar to in-person events, online events typically consist of solo presentations, panel discussions and fireside chats. Find knowledgeable, diverse speakers.

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2020 Virtual Event Trends

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This year we will see this start to change and a focus on solutions to the increased need for event security in the form of crisis communications, cybersecurity and improvements in onsite security. Strategic Crisis Communications . Everyone at events as a role to play when it comes to crisis communications. And they are right!