March, 2017

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Hiring an Event Team: Find People Who Can Make Your Next Event Run Perfectly

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Pulling off a successful event is a team effort – it’s impossible to do it all alone. By surrounding yourself with a team of professionals that have demonstrated their knowledge and expertise, you are helping to ensure the success of your event. Let’s take a look at what it takes to put together a great team. The Key Players. Any kind of event is made up of several teams of people, led by those known as key players.

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3 Ideas to Make Sessions a Little More Interactive & Engaging

MeetingPool

It never hurts to go back to basics and dig in to see where you can improve your events. One thing many planners always seem to be on the hunt for are more opportunities, techniques, and ideas for injecting a little more interactivity into their events in order to coax a little more engagement from their […].

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Charles, Lawrence, David Bowie, and me

Conferences that Work

My first public gig as a musician was at David Bowie’s Beckenham Arts Lab. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Related posts: Scenes from a peer conference—part 2 Since 2012, I’ve had the privilege of designing and facilitating the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That.

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3 New Ways to Incorporate Virtual Reality at Your Events

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Exclusive Travel Opportunities for Doctors to Attend Heart Congress 2025 in Dubai

Join us and connect with experts at the 3rd International Conference on Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases”, scheduled on May 05-06, 2025 in Dubai, UAE with the theme of “Novel Progression Towards the Heart and Cardiovascular Research”.

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5 Ways a Visual Marketing Platform Outperforms an Instagram Plugin on Your Site

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When you’re looking for authentic visuals to display on your website, social media is an absolute goldmine. So some DMOs add UGC aggregators, in the form of widgets and plugins, to their site that pull in photos from Instagram. But are these free tools enough to realize the full potential of your visual content? Not exactly. DMOs that rely on a plugin or social widget actually miss out on important opportunities to connect with travelers.

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Thailand bids to bring more MICE from China

Travel Daily Media

The post Thailand bids to bring more MICE from China appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. TCEB’s Parichat Svetasreni at the Beijing event. Thailand is targeting mainland China in an effort to enhance its MICE sector in 2017. This week, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) kicked off the fourth edition of its “Thailand Connect” event in Beijing, which aims to promote Thailand as a destination for Chinese conferences and business events.

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A Digital Marketing Checklist for Events

MeetingPool

There’s a popular book within productivity circles that focuses on one simple tool that makes a world of difference when it comes to planning. It’s called “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande. In the book, Gawande discusses the value of using checklists in order to organize teams, increase efficiency, and cut down on mistakes and […].

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Three ways to make it easier for attendees to participate

Conferences that Work

How do we get people to participate at meetings? We know that participants — people who are active learners — learn more, retain more, and retain more accurately than passive attendees. They are also far more likely to make valuable connections with their peers during the event. Seth Godin describes a desirable meeting mindset: What would happen… if we chose to: …Sit in the front row.

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Learning From the Oscars: 5 Tips for Designing Awards Envelopes

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7 Key Takeaways from the 2017 DMA West Tech Summit

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I just got back from my first DMA West Tech Summit held in beautiful Salt Lake City. It was my first time at the Summit and also my first time in Utah. Beautiful evening in @VisitSaltLake pic.twitter.com/27ff29niAW. — Amrita Gurney (@AmritaGurney) March 17, 2017. I had heard good things about the event, and now I know why. It’s a perfect size gathering, small enough to really get to know people, and large enough that there is a variety of topics to appeal to different interests and skill l

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Where to Stay: New hotels in Bangkok, New York, KL and more…

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The post Where to Stay: New hotels in Bangkok, New York, KL and more… appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. ibis Bangkok Impact. ibis Bangkok Impact. Location: Next to Impact, Thailand’s largest convention centre, in north Bangkok. Grade: Economy. Keys: 587. Facilities: Restaurant, café-bar, web corner. Meeting space: Not onsite, but hotel is located within the complex of Thailand’s largest convention centre.

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Dealing successfully with event complexity

Conferences that Work

In 1975, I was stricken with viral meningitis while attending a conference in the former Yugoslavia. While spending ten unexpected days recovering flat on my back in a Split hospital, my only reading matter was an English translation of Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching. Perhaps it’s not surprising, considering the circumstances, that Taoism stealthily and permanently insinuated itself into my psyche.

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How to Make the Most of Content Production Opportunities at Events

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When people think of events, they often focus on the opportunities of the day. This can include the ability to attend sessions, network with other professionals, and generate sales leads. But an event can offer much more than what you can see in a day. Businesses and event planners alike can take advantage of the […].

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“Less Meetings, More Doing?” Nope!

Conferences that Work

Many believe that meetings are an unpleasant evil that sucks time and energy away from getting things done. That’s unfortunate, because meetings — when done right — are one of the most powerful business tools for creating the action outcomes that stakeholders and participants want and need. Over the years I’ve learned through painful experience that blindly doing something, anything , before thinking through what I could be doing and how I might be doing it, was invariably a recipe

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

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The Importance of EventTech Integrations

MeetingPool

As the event technology ecosystem continues to expand, it also continues to increase in complexity. Event planners have come to realize that they shouldn’t seek after a holy grail of event planning tools – a universal software that does everything, nor should event technology providers attempt to build such a product. Because we all know, […].

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Improve Your Event Videos With These Apps & Gadgets

MeetingPool

Video continues to grow increasingly ubiquitous at events. Event organizers, marketers, and attendees all use video to create content that they can share to their respective audiences. Whether they’re creating videos to promote the event itself, show their leadership back at work what they learned at the event, or just sharing their experience while meeting and […].

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Ben and Jerry's Invites Passersby to Jump Into a Bowl of Cereal

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7 Event Ticketing Platforms for Your Next Conference

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Ticketing can be a critical part of the event and conference planning process. Often, you have ideas regarding how you want to manage ticket sales and need a solution that can bring your vision to life. Luckily, there are numerous options available in the ticketing platform space. To help you find the one that is […].

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The Basics of Dealing With Event Data

MeetingPool

It should come as no surprise to anyone with even a passing familiarity with event planning that events are all about data. Between budgets, time management, F&B, and marketing – there aren’t a lot of places where an event planner can hide from the numbers and metrics that can make or break their meeting, conference, […].

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Global Meetings Industry Day to Promote Value of Face-to-Face Events

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An Actionable Guide To Running A Social Media Contest

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Social media contests are more than just a fun excuse to hand out free swag to your followers. A well-organized contest excites and engages your audience. It can also inspire a ton of awesome user-generated content (UGC) for your destination. We created this step-by-step guide to help DMOs and travel brands maximize the benefits of running a social media contest.

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10 Destinations Winning at Visual Influence on Instagram

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They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder… but judging by the popularity of some Instagram feeds, beauty may be a bit more universal than we thought. Travel photos are some of the most popular subjects on Instagram — serving to both inspire the hearts of travelers, and help DMOs attract new visitors. However, while anyone can share a pretty image of, say, a sunset and a caption, there are some DMOs really going to the extra mile to stand out and create experiences with their visuals.

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March 2017 News Roundup

MeetingPool

Winter is melting away, spring is starting to bloom, and 2017 already seems to be flying by fast as we enter Q2! Let’s take a look at the latest news from the meetings and events industry. The start of March saw two notable acquisitions of event engagement technology providers. First announced on March 2nd was […].

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Southern California's Top 100 Events 2017

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22 Imaginative Dining and Tabletop Ideas

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What’s Next for Your Event?

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Podcast: What’s the Future of the Event Industry’s Hottest Trends?

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10 Best Ideas of the Week: a Multicolor LED Tube Chandelier, Churro-Serving Umbrellas, a Champagne-Bottle Backdrop

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Four Ways Beacon Technology is Revolutionizing Events

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See Patrón's Interactive Margarita Day Celebration

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How to 'Shrink' a Room When Your Guest Count Is Too Small for the Space

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10 Best Ideas of the Week: an Albert Einstein Candy Portrait, Southern-Theme Party Favors, a Planters Vending Machine

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10 Best Ideas of the Week: a Vodka Ice Bar Inspired by 'The Americans,' a Pasta Photo Op, 'Santa Clarita Diet'-Theme Popcorn Bags

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A Producer of Events for Presidents and Pop Stars Shares His Favorite Places

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