November, 2018

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How to Build “The Dream Event Planning Team”

Endless Events

The phrase “two heads are better than one” first appeared in the year 1546 and has stuck around for more than 500 years. In more modern terms, we might say that “teamwork makes the dream work” or any other number of cheesy team-building catchphrases. No matter if they’re old and timeless or modern and cheesy, the sentiment of these sayings is true.

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New York Hotel Aims to Give Big Lift to Meetings Industry

Smart Meetings

Photo credit: Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. A new world-class hotel that will enhance the conference and meetings industry in New York’s Southern Tier—home to a range of innovative industries and talent—recently opened in the village of Celoron on the southeastern shores of Chautauqua Lake, 74 miles southwest of Buffalo. Chautauqua Harbor Hotel will feature an arts and crafts-style facade that is highlighted by rustic stone accents, stunning grounds and large outdoor areas with patios and fire pits.

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How You Can Make Your Events Awesome By Taking Advantage of Social Media by @dancarthy2

Techsytalk

Events are there to let people hear about what you have to say. Events serve as a great way to reach out to your current customer/client base, they can be used to pitch a new idea to the world and of course, to close deals. And it’s safe to say that events can be quite useful. However, getting the desired number of attendees isn’t an easy job. Getting people hyped about your event requires a few tricks and at least one marketing maestro.

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Mark Mazzone Joins VIKTOR’s Sales Team

Motivation Excellence

VIKTOR extends a warm welcome to Mark Mazzone, who has joined the Sales & Marketing team as Sr. Director of Business Development. He is responsible for developing new business opportunities and creating customized meetings, sales incentive and rewards programs for VIKTOR’s new and existing clients. Mazzone brings 14 years of experience to VIKTOR, with an extensive background in meetings, incentive travel, and rewards programs.

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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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The top educational meeting format

Conferences that Work

What’s an Ideal Meeting? April 2018, Meetings and Conventions Magazine Do you incorporate participatory sessions into your events? 80% of meeting professionals prefer f acilitated workshop-style, participatory sessions [ survey by M&C Research, April 2018 Meeting and Conventions magazine ]! In contrast, that’s way ahead of their second choice: Professional speakers delivering presentations (58%).

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Event Planning Is One of the Most Stressful Jobs in the World. Let’s Change That.

MeetingsNet

For the sixth year running, event planning has been ranked as one of the most stressful jobs on Earth. Brought to you by: What would you guess are the five most stressful jobs in the world? I’d bet you can guess most of them: firefighter, military personnel, police officer, airline pilot. But the fifth most stressful job in the world might surprise you.

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7 Ways to Make Your Next Event More Eco-Friendly

Smart Meetings

When it comes to environmental impact, there is no getting around the rather large footprint the meetings industry has left behind in the past. Add to that the fact that we have been talking about how to throw green events for years, and you’d be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed with the ever-growing sustainability checklist. But making your events eco-friendlier is easier now than ever before.

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6 Event Video Examples to Inspire Your Event Marketing

Eventbrite

This is a guest post by Megan O’Neill, Senior Content Marketing Manager at Animoto. In 2018, 95% of events that used video said it was effective. Yet 57% of events still aren’t using video, according to Eventbrite’s 2019 Pulse Report. Video offers a world of opportunity when it comes to marketing events, but getting started […]. The post 6 Event Video Examples to Inspire Your Event Marketing appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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Networking in the Midwest at GLES

Motivation Excellence

Recently, our travels took us to Madison, Wisconsin for a few days to attend the Great Lakes Educational Summit (GLES). This event was organized by the Michigan Chapter of Meeting Professionals International ( MPI ) – a global association that uses innovative learning, collaboration and advocacy to connect the meeting and event community face-to-face.

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When association leadership loses its way

Conferences that Work

Is it OK for a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit association to make large profits, pay its four top executives well over $1M per year, and yet do little for its members? In an astonishing article , Professor Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, FRS FBA FMedSci , who is Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford shares an example of an association that’s guilty of all of the above. “

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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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The Complete Guide to Product Launch Event Planning

Eventtia

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Why Networking is Dead & Braindates are The Future – #EventIcons Episode 138

Endless Events

If you have not heard the term braindate yet, we need to talk! We believe braindates are the future of networking and you are going to want to incorporate them into your next event. We all want networking at our events to knock the socks off the participants, leaving them feeling richer for the experience, and braindates do just that. They allow you to use an app to connect to other participants and set up one on one or small group meetings based on shared interests at a specific location.

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Smart Conference Rooms Push Meetings to the Cutting Edge

Smart Meetings

Fairmont, The Queen Elizabeth, Lobby Level Agora. With the announcement of The Ideation Studio at Park MGM, Senior Vice-President and Chief Sales Officer Mike Dominguez notably said, “We’re not just building space; we’re building the right space.” That is the mindset more than a few venues are beginning to adopt in the ever-increasing race to entice groups and redefine expectations.

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What to Do When a Guest Drinks Too Much and Other Holiday Event Tips

BizBash

At a holiday party for about 500 guests (mostly men in suits), Val Combet, event director for Los Angeles-based Next&Neat.

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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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4 Keys to Maximizing Your Sponsorship Strategy

Meeting Tomorrow

Event planners are given budgets to stay within and highly skilled or seasoned professionals do a great job adhering to those financial parameters. But those budgets all roll up to a larger organization number that is established through proven historical analysis and by evaluating revenue expected to come in and cost expected to go out. Not all planners have visibility into this so it can be difficult to motivate yourself to come up with strategies that will result in both the organization stay

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Scenes from a Participate! Workshop and Solution Room

Conferences that Work

[link] 40-seconds of highlights from the Participate! workshop and Solution Room I recently facilitated for the New York State Bar Association. Training associations how to create powerful and effective participant-driven and participation-rich conferences is one of the most rewarding aspects of my work: I love facilitating the learning that occurs, and the organization is then equipped with the process tools needed to transform their events.

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How to Plan a B2B Event and Empower Brands to Achieve More

Eventtia

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What Do All The AV Labor Positions Do – Whiteboard Wednesday

Endless Events

There are SO many AV labor positions. They can be confusing when you are reading your AV quote. Technical director? Production assistant? What do they all do? Do you need them all at your event? In today’s Whiteboard Wednesday, Will Curran will be discussing the major AV Labor positions, what the positions do and how they relate to your event.

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MPI Report: Meetings Becoming Shorter, More Frequent

Smart Meetings

The meetings industry is changing, and this is good news. The Fall 2018 Meetings Outlook by Meeting Professionals International (MPI) confirms that the industry is alive, well and thriving. The report described the results of an MPI survey that underscored that these changes could result in events being more impactful for their attendees. When MPI surveyed 2,200 attendees of an annual meeting for a global Fortune 500 company, two key trends emerged: an uptick in meeting innovation/engagement and

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19 Fetching Ideas from These Dog-Friendly Events

BizBash

Sorry, cats, but dogs have been the event industry’s favorite pet project lately.

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A Case for Ending the Use of Cheap Conference Swag

MeetingsNet

The U.S. tariffs implemented on China this year have raised the cost of a host of products made there, including promotional items used at meetings and events. This article in Fast Company makes the case that now is the moment for companies and associations to forgo those items in an effort to preserve the environment, and also create more humane working conditions for the people who make promotional products.

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When association leadership loses its way

Conferences that Work

Is it OK for a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit association to make large profits, pay its four top executives well over $1M per year, and yet do little for its members? In an astonishing article , Professor Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, FRS FBA FMedSci , who is Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford shares an example of an association that’s guilty of all of the above. “

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How to Design an Attractive and Meaningful Event Program

Eventtia

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Everything You Need to Know About C2 Montreal – #EventIcons Episode 139

Endless Events

C2 Montreal is completely different from any event out there. C2 Montreal is all about setting the stage to spark creativity and exploration within attendees. The event is full of collaborative experiences and experiential brainstorming. Whether you are hoisted into the air during a lab or have a networking meet up in a mirrored room, you can expect the unexpected at C2 Montreal.

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Quiz: Are You Ready to Add CMP to Your Name?

Smart Meetings

More: How to Prepare for the CMP Conclave. The post Quiz: Are You Ready to Add CMP to Your Name? appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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4 New Event Products You Need to Know About

BizBash

From VR invitations to a Milk Bar cookbook, here are some of the latest products from around the event industry. This.

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10(ish) Questions with a CrowdRiffer: Amrita, VP of Marketing

Crowdriff

Meet Amrita! Amrita has been working at CrowdRiff for over 2 years as the head of the marketing team. Amrita leads a team of 9 (and counting!) and ensures people get excited about seeing the platform in action. Amrita loves art, Twitter and traveling. On her free time she’s either at a museum, Tweeting, or visiting a new country! Get to know Amrita more (and how many countries she’s been to) in our latest episode of 10(ish) Questions with a CrowdRiffer.

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Today’s schoolrooms can teach adults the power of positive sharing

Conferences that Work

For years I’ve been reading to 3rd & 4th grade students at the Marlboro Elementary School , my amazing local public school. It’s a tiny school that currently serves around 100 pre-kindergarten – 8th grade children (4 – 13 years old). I read during noon recess, after outdoor play. A student rings the bell and children stream back into their classrooms.

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The rise of Danang and Centara’s unique place in the heart of it

Travel Daily Media

The post The rise of Danang and Centara’s unique place in the heart of it appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Vietnam’s coastal city Da Nang has exploded as a tourist destination recently, with a visitor increase of 19% between 2016 and 2017. Recent years have seen visitor numbers steadily rising with nearly seven million visitors packing their sun lotion, goggles and bathing suits to check out the city’s sumptuous beaches, rich heritage as well as dig into the nation’s

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What Mic Should My Presenter Use – Whiteboard Wednesday

Endless Events

The types of microphones you use for your event might not be something you ever think about. You might be thinking, does it really matter which types of microphones I use? Will it really impact my event? The short answer to those questions is yes! The type of microphones you use will make a difference on everything from sound quality to the speakers level of comfort and performers ability to perform.

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How to Use Tech to Win Social Events

Smart Meetings

Everyone knows this scenario. You attend a social event and serendipitously make a genuine business connection with someone. You can envision working together on an exciting project. After several minutes, you move on, only to realize too late that no form of contact was ever exchanged. This mistake is common, but not inevitable. Thanks to mobile phones and event apps, the chances of this unfortunate situation occurring can be lessened and your attendee’s ROI maximized.

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3 Insights Into the Psychology of Event First Impressions

BizBash

As humans, we make judgments about people, places, and objects almost as soon as we see them. So, when it.

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Chatbots: everything you need to know to assure conversion

PXCom Media

: 2 minutes During the last IFTM Top Résa fair in Paris, which celebrated its 40 th anniversary in 2018, 2 conferences dedicated to social media focused on the 2018 trends — the profitable ones for tourism experts and the important role of chatbots to gain in efficiency and boost conversion. The tourism industry falls in love with chatbots. A conversation agent able to learn.

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5 Key Takeaways from MCN 2018

Crowdriff

Social media has revolutionized the museum experience. After decades of struggling to provide a welcoming experience to those less involved in the arts, museums are becoming more accessible through social media. Personal tags, location tags, and hashtags are helping a new generation of curators better understand the needs and interests of their diverse audience.