Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The timely strategy session titled “ 2022 Incentive Trends & Wish List ” covered some of the unexpected shifts impacting incentive programs, including a desire to stay home with new pets and hobbies, people moving away from densely populated geographical areas and increased responsibilities of remote workers.

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Incentives Travel Travel Contracts 246

Endless Events

APRIL 26, 2021

The expansion of what was event apps over a decade and then the contraction over the last three years is all happening in one year for these platforms. Now, we’re starting to see the contraction where things are consolidating and coming together. . “Everything’s running on a much more condensed timeframe.

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Platform Event Apps Registration Online 368

Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2022

Bottom line for meeting planners: As Covid-19 rates increase around the country, plan for potentially masking in group settings, especially in the winter months. Further, four out of five are extending their trip due to their ability to work remotely. Laptop luggers open their wallets.

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Telecommunications Planner Travel Travel 297

Endless Events

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As an event planner, you know virtual and in-person events require a completely different setup. But before you get too entrenched in booking speakers or drawing up venue contracts, it’s best to think about how you’ll get results from an in-person event. How can you track attendee metrics? Or engagement? Have a Plan B.

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Platform Event Apps Events Online 330

Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2022

Many employers saw remote work and virtual events as a short-term answer to the problem of potentially contracting Covid at the start of the pandemic. What creative strategies can corporate event planners and HR professionals use to maximize engagement and bring back in-person attendance safely? . A Time of Transition.

Virtual Events 246

Virtual Events Events Remote Benefits 246

Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

If you aren’t familiar with common terms or need a refresher go read the blog, Event WiFi Terms Every Planner Needs to Know. . This tip seems obvious but you would be surprised how often planners find themselves needing better WiFi in the final hours of planning. Think About Event WiFi Needs. Plan Way Ahead .

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Vendor Events Venue Contracts 282

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

He pointed out that virtual events have always been a critical part of the marketing mix, but old-school webinars have been put on “steroids” and are now much better at delivering Return on Attention (RoA) as new features are “humanizing” remote experiences by giving people the tools to react, express their feelings and play. “We

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Meeting Virtual Events Platform Attendee 276

Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

“Last year, I assumed a different event planner role, which was a TV producer role. It was kind of crazy, but we were one of the few event planners across the country that actually produced a live auction in real time live,” she says. “It helps to have a planner that is very experienced in the area of virtual events.

Virtual Events 298

Virtual Events Audience Events Sponsors 298

Skift Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The Fastest Way to Bring Remote Teams Together.

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Booking Planner Meeting Platform 96

Convene by PCMA

JULY 12, 2021

Planners should understand the goals and objectives of the event they are budgeting for, and then examine their previous meetings and budgets in order to see where money might be shifted between areas to meet those objectives, he said. “If Schwartz also shared ways that planners can lower their costs in specific areas.

Contracts 98

Contracts Contracts Remote Speakers 98

MeetingsNet

JANUARY 13, 2023

Let’s face it, being on either side of the table in hotel-contract negotiations is tough these days. For planners, most clients haven’t changed their expectations from pre-pandemic days. There are times when planners can get tons of concessions, low room rates, and all the meeting space they need with no rental fees.

Management 98

Management Marketing Marketing Contracts 98

Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Flexibility was another notably popular response, often paired with the ability to work remotely. There was a steady hum of things that have shown up before in our surveys: difficulties with budgeting, with contracts, problematic colleagues, complaints of poor leaders and bosses who micromanage. Flexibility to be remote more often.

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Remote Contracts Contracts Benefits 112

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 10, 2022

The only way forward is to innovate,” he told the audience of trade show organizers, corporate event leaders and global meeting planners. Maybe PCMA can host Monday virtual concerts for members to help break us out of the remote work blues!”. No contract language is going to ever replace a business conversation and negotiation.

Contracts 98

Contracts Contracts Trade Show Social Media 98

Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2023

For those unfamiliar with the term, a digital nomad works remotely and travels full-time, often staying in one location for only a short period. One of our top clients wanted us to help move a program’s contract. Once she successfully signed the contract, she ended up staying in Mexico. “I So in June 2020, I went to Mexico.

Education 177

Education Attendee Incentives Preparation 177

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The University of Utah professor and author of Suddenly Virtual: Making Remote Meetings Work is also director of the Center for Meeting Effectiveness. That could be why more than two-thirds (71 percent) of respondents to our meeting planner survey say free-flowing alcohol at events now concern them from a duty-of-care perspective.

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Planner Insurance Trade Show Attendee 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

The MICE Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

A remote location is forever. You will have forever-remote companies. This technology offers smart contracts—not just the art or the collectible nature of that collectible or art. The smart contract is something I wanted to use for this conference.’. ‘I People were crying and excited.

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Trends Events Virtual Events Audience 173

MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As the cost of AV and event technologies continues to rise, planners need to get smarter about what the really need and how to get it at a fair price. He’s able to save me thousands off my bill,” said one planner in response to a recent MeetingsNet survey on cost-saving ideas. Make sure you understand the AV contract.

Vendor 122

Vendor Events Contracts Contracts 122

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 25, 2021

Planners responding to the latest Recovery Dashboard listed pulling off virtual events —like the National Electrical Contractors Association’s first virtual trade show – as one of their accomplishments during COVID-19. The planner added: “We provided a space for recognition, rejuvenation, and education.

Virtual Events 98

Virtual Events Trade Show Contracts Contracts 98

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

MeetingsNet

JULY 9, 2021

During Professional Convention Management Association’s annual meeting known as EduCon, held July 7-9 in Phoenix as well as online, one session that drew an unexpectedly large number of longtime planners was titled “Settling and Scaling Budgets in an Uncertain Landscape.”. He then had each group share its best thoughts.

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Vendor Events Planner Communications 105

The MICE Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

However, collaboration remotely or online is highly fragmented. Alexander highlighted a particularly important point that many event planners have experienced by now—any platform has its limitations, and there’s no perfect platform. The idea: One trade fair, unfair rules, one contract, one winner takes all.

Contracts 130

Contracts Contracts Virtual Events Online 130

Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Mia Monroe has been an event planner and producer for more than 20 years, and her experience runs the gamut from “small, intimate dinners to large-scale, multi-day conferences, citywide concerts, festivals, and all the stuff in between,” Monroe told Convene. “I’m To me, it’s a great change for our industry.”.

Virtual Events 111

Virtual Events Contracts Contracts Remote 111

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Contracts Contracts 130

The MICE Blog

MAY 2, 2022

Event planners who have been out of work for two years can now be back on the road doing what they love and taking their creativity to the next level. Further, it seems that networking is extremely important so we need to make sure, as event planners, that we give ample time for the people that are coming together now after two years.

Regulations 130

Regulations Networking Audience Contracts 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. They are tasked with setting the stage for executive planning sessions and bringing together remote teams. Read More: Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go Offer respite and relief from the intensity with quiet rooms.

Insurance 130

Insurance Sustainability Meeting Benefits 130

Social Tables

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Whether you’re a professional event planner with decades of experience or an average Joe learning how to throw a Halloween party for the first time, successful event execution requires getting organized, staying cool under pressure, and keeping track of each party-related task on your to-do list.

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