Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Read More : Hospitality and Humanity Meet to Solve Hotel Staffing Crisis When hotels do respond, they often omit information in their proposals and contracts that had been discussed, information that is critical in the buyer’s decision-making process. An important shift will need to be “hotels need to re-staff,” Edwards states.

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Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2022

For example, if you’re planning a digital marketing conference, Hubspot or MailChimp might be a great fit, while it would make very little sense to reach out to Red Bull GmbH or Southwest Airlines. Be specific in your sponsorship proposal: outline the benefits for the event sponsor. Sponsorship Can Be A Long-Lasting Partnership.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Meetings and conferences are perhaps one of the most important fundamental ways in which people come together and change happens. So I’m pleased to discover an academic research article paper about unconference — especially since its title is: The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences !

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ADMEI

AUGUST 9, 2024

As a Destination Management Company (DMC), integrating technology into your proposal writing, event planning, and execution processes is an important tool in making your events successful. Technology is just one of the many hot topics covered in ADMEI webinars , conferences, awards, and owner/general manager roundtables.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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. Tell a Story.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020.

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Meeting Package

JULY 23, 2022

Regardless of whether it's your first conference or maybe the hundredth, organizing an efficient conference session is, in every case, increasingly comfortable with a helpful guide.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

He will answer questions about what sponsors truly need, mistakes planners make in proposals, inbound sponsorship and so much more. Understanding Conference Sponsorship . In this episode, Peter Poehle returns to offer his annual update on the status of event sponsorship. Always useful, always interesting, this is a don’t miss episode!

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Techsytalk

JANUARY 23, 2017

Review the guidelines if one is available and be careful not to include anything in your proposal that runs counter to the funding rules. Don’t be requesting event sponsorship for your March conference when the company is only providing funds during fall and winter. Outline What You’re Willing to Provide in Return. Food and drinks.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

When is a user conference more than an outsized demo? More efficiencies are on the way, Quattrone said, in the way of e-proposals and instant booking for smaller meetings. Much of the conference insights are still available on-demand. Read More : Mergers and Partnerships Advance Hybrid Technology Choices.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a rule allowing it to take scammers to court—including those who fraudulently use conference names, logos, and mailing lists—and seek financial penalties. Advocacy works!” The anti-impersonation rule will be effective 30 days after it is published in the federal register.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

Oakland event prioritized DEIB education MPI Northern California Chapter’s Annual Conference Experience moved to Oakland Marriott City Center from its traditional home in San Francisco this week with a new format. In states with proposed legislation, he suggested a different approach.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Event producers find themselves under immense pressure to creatively put together new and fresh sponsorship proposals. So, here are my four fresh content ideas for sponsorship proposals. Be sure to add social media sponsorship benefits to all your sponsorship proposals. Standard packages can’t make the grade in today’s world.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This week, Frontier and Spirit Airlines announced a proposed merger, which would make the new airline the fifth largest in the United States. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a news conference that the country would reopen to fully vaccinated travelers beginning Feb. The merger is valued at $6.6 Rhode Island Gov.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Proposals have been approved and dreams have been shattered on the convention center circuit. In March, the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism pumped the brakes on a new convention center that was proposed to be built in Australia’s capital city. Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) proposed a $1.2 California.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2023

For the International Conference for Software Craft and Testing held annually in Germany—known as SoCraTes—event coordinator Tobias Goeschel has a notably less-complicated job than most other business-event planners have. For the SoCraTes conference, “the format works because we have only a limited set of rules,” Goeschel notes. “We

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

In a later panel, LaToya Williams, global account manager with Helms Briscoe, shared that clients are often sending out a Request for Information before a formal Request for Proposals to find out if the destination is addressing key issues such as inclusion before putting the city on a short list for serious consideration.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 21, 2022

Larger ones, like conferences, could alternatively prioritize seamless and efficient. The best planners will help you connect all the dots of your proposal to create a single, fused vision. Neither has an impact on information retention. Indeed, it is all about prioritizing the most effective delivery. Emphasize Authenticity.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 9, 2019

And real quick, this is primarily skewed primarily to corporate conferences, corporate meetings, things like that. And primarily in a lot of conference cases or events spaces, they’re walking in. And I actually stole this idea from Inbound, the marketing conference. But I think it’s going to make your event awesome.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But then, the client says that they could also use an opening video, and then some inspirational music, and then the conference logo comes in, and that’s the end. We’ve talked a lot about this in our AV quotes walkthrough : you need to understand what’s on your proposal first before going in. ’, and you say yes.”

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ADMEI

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

It provides content for social media campaigns, talking points for sales pitches, andcredibility boosters for proposals. Additionally, the ADMEI conference (where the awards gala takes place) provides unparalleled DMC education as well as networking opportunities with industry leaders and potential partners. day ADMEI conference.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a rule allowing it to take scammers to court—including those who fraudulently use conference names, logos, and mailing lists—and seek financial penalties. Advocacy works!” The anti-impersonation rule will be effective 30 days after it is published in the federal register.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 19, 2021

It’s often unclear whether a group has formed a consensus around a specific viewpoint or proposed action. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post A novel way to assess consensus appeared first on Conferences That Work. In particular, we often use participatory voting to assess consensus. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I’m noticing that event promoters are increasingly using the word “ unconference ” to describe traditional conferences. <Sigh> Well, surely titan Google would accurately describe their annual Search Central conference ? Conference programs that are predetermined with attendee input are not unconferences.

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Endless Events

MARCH 13, 2020

While I do understand why these particular measures are being taken, my team and I at Endless want to propose another solution. And the TED conference is even considering a digital event. March 24th – Will and Brandt are speaking at MPI’s Northern California Annual Conference and Expo. Upcoming events.

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Achieving conference success ultimately requires careful orchestration between the event team, partnering agencies, and other departments, which is where a pre-event checklist template comes into play. Keep reading for our pre-event checklists that will help you optimize conference and event planning. We did the work for you!

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2024

The annual commemorative date was established following a 1992 proposal by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development and the Ocean Institute of Canada at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Here are our suggested lead times for various types of events: Large-scale events (like conferences and trade shows): 9-18 months in advance. RFP and Event Planner Selection When seeking an event planner, providing a detailed and comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) is crucial.

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Endless Events

APRIL 14, 2020

“Let’s take a normal, a real example of a conference. Let’s suppose you are going to organize a virtual conference. That’s something which is pretty amazing” “Another possibility if you’re running a conference. You might have several speakers, you might have even several rooms.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 31, 2024

Along with Spark, Sumner also uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT to assist with such events-related tasks as writing session descriptions, production scripts, marketing emails, proposals, brainstorming, and more, she said. From there, you can revise it to share internally or to give to a board for future planning,” she said.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2024

Brian Ludwig Collaboration meters: Using smart apps and badges, meeting planners today can see how many people attended a session and who is sitting out the conference by the pool. But I’m going to propose these five events, and here’s the ROI that I believe it can deliver.’ That is powerful,” Ludwig said.

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Endless Events

MAY 27, 2020

The notion that virtual conferences simply can’t be engaging is wrong. So why not propose speaking opportunities to your sponsors? From this perspective, it’s clear that it’s in both of your best interests to make a partnership like this work! Sponsored Speaking Opportunities Are The Real Deal.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 6, 2020

Watch out for folks who are quick to share opinions about what should be done, but always leave the work they propose to others. Those of us who did spend significant time talking to attorneys discovered that most of the proposed ideas were not good ones. The spate of proposals continued. Check that people are willing to work.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One participant cited a recent citywide event in which half of the participants registered within three weeks of the conference. The group agreed that this behavior seems to have been exacerbated by the uncertainties surrounding the pandemic, with people delaying the decision to attend until the last minute.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Well, nowadays, 2018, we’re seeing a really extremely common trend, and I was just at a conference literally this last weekend and people were asking me this exact same question that hotels are now saying if you don’t use our hotel AV, now there will be $30,000 for hotel WIFI. Test the WIFI Before the Conference.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Explore dozens of must-attend higher education and general education events in 2024, including conferences for higher education, education administration, education management, and education tech. Education conferences in 2024 will take a new approach with these major shifts in mind. 2024 Ann Ferren Conference 1/11/24 Hybrid Jan.11

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