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First Business Events Industry Week Celebrated Power of Meeting

Smart Meetings

More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. global account executive with Marriott International.

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Best of 2024: Health and Wellness

Smart Meetings

How can planners help their attendees to feel a sense of genuine belonging through their event design? Whats the business case for having consistent wellness programming in events? Stevens penned this article evaluating the link between the events and wellness industries.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach.

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The “Why” Is the Most Important Aspect Of Event Design

Maritz Global Events

Great experience design is rooted in empathy,” according to Tim Simpson , brand & engagement strategist at Maritz Global Events (MGE). Event Design Comes Down to 4 Attendee Types. Understanding and delivering on what that mix is at the persona or even individual level will add great value to your event design.

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Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

Smart Meetings

Meanwhile, the 800-pound gorilla in the streaming meeting space, Zoom, announced this month that it is launching Zoom events, an all-in-one platform that will include a “build your own event hub,” ticketing and registration and a management dashboard for multi-day and multi-track conferences. Is Bigger Better?

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MPI WEC Inspired Action in San Francisco

Smart Meetings

Member of the Year recipients were Elite Productions International Vice President of Events and Marketing Pawntra Shadab, and Destination South Meetings + Events Manager Shannon Jones. Meeting Industry Leadership Award went to CTA Event Designer & DMC Managing Director Valeria Serrano Suzan.

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3 Lessons for Planners from Global Meetings Industry Day

MeetingsNet

Lesson 1: Mentors Can Move Everyone Forward Adam Tarnow, a professional-development expert at consulting firm PeopleWorks International, led an early-morning session on why mentors are useful not only to planning novices but also to veterans. “At Here’s a sampling of the useful content that was presented. Everyone has help along the way.

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