Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That’s a best practice of great leaders, and as it turns out, also a smart strategy for effective event design. As you work to leverage the power of events to propel change across your organization or community, here’s a bit more advice to consider: Always align to the organization’s greater goals.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

After one big effort in August, nearly six times as many Maritz Global Events employees are certified in event sustainability. Over the past year, a handful of employees at Maritz Global Events, Fenton, Mo., had earned their SEPC.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 6, 2022

Megan Finnell, CMP, director, meetings & conferences, MGMA, and Tim Simpson, brand & engagement chief strategist for Maritz Global Events’ Design Studio, speak to EduCon attendees Monday during their session. Jacob Slaton Photography).

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Additionally, in case you’re planning a global event , think about accepting payments in various currencies. As the first point of contact with your venue, this initial part of your event flow can profoundly impact the mood of your attendees. Nothing leads to frustration faster than a payment process gone wrong.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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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Endless Events

OCTOBER 30, 2019

So today, we’re breaking down the three elements that lead to a perfect event outcome. Our always amazing host, Will Curran, brings you the essential pillars of event planning. Straight from the Global Event Forum report, these are the elements that can make or break an event. Global Event Forum Report.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There’s no denying the Covid-19 pandemic has changed people and events. But once these events begin again, event planners will need to meet the need guests have to reconnect with one another in this new world. The pause of face-to-face has created a void in human connection, and as social creatures, we crave connection.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Lesson 2: Managing an Institutional Events Program Rachel Andrews, head of global events for Cvent, presented planners with the framework of her organization’s 30-person events division that coordinates more than 700 large, mid-sized, and small in-person and online meetings each year. Everyone has help along the way.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

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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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 28, 2021

Business Event Strategist of the Year: Bob Bejan , CVP: Global Events, Studios and Marketing Community at Microsoft. Manager, Online Events at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Event Designer of the Year: Amy Ledoux , retired as Chief Learning & Meetings Officer at ASAE.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tim Simpson and Liz Smith, both from Maritz Global Events, speak during their Convening Leaders 2022 session, “Transforming Event Experiences: How to Deliver Meaningful Human-to-Human Moments.”. Simpson hasn’t yet arrived at a standard definition of what human-to-human design means for the events industry, he said. “So,

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

Instructors include Janet Sperstad, faculty director at Madison College, and Guy Bigwood, managing director of the Global Destination Sustainability Movement , who together will discuss the regenerative revolution. Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen, founders of the Event Design Collective , will examine future-focused thinking.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

Or will a lack of choice force event designers to compromise to fit into the box? Some compare the dynamic happening in event tech to the proliferation of social media apps settled into the big four: Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, Google/YouTube. Is Bigger Better? Expectations have changed.

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PRA

APRIL 22, 2022

PRA, a leader in the Business Events Industry, is pleased to announce on this Earth Day that the company has signed the “Net Zero Carbon Event” pledge, a joint commitment across the global events and meetings industry to achieve the targets laid out in the Paris Climate Accord.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

I am Nick Borelli, and we’re going to be talking to you about event FOMO, which I think most people know is fear of missing out. And how to create those moments within a live event. So, it’s really a strategy that takes intuitive design and human behavioral psychology. The Road To Event FOMO? Try A Cause.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

While many event companies are adapting to this ever-changing process of event spatial design, the team at Steelcase is leading the industry. Their team offers a range of architecture, furniture and technology products and services designed to help people reach their full potential. Trouble With the Curve.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 15, 2024

Sandy Yi-Davis , CMP, DES, Founder & Head of Event Design, Strategic Meeting International I see this from our international delegates who [use] a travel agent. I also think that it would be good to educate attendees why they should book inside the block. Many people do not understand why it is important to book through the links.

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Endless Events

MAY 9, 2023

Plus, AI chatbots are available around the clock, so if you’re hosting an international event across time zones, this tool can help you be there for attendees 24/7. Simplify Event Planning Events have a lot of moving parts. Even the most seasoned event planners get overwhelmed, especially with global events.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 13, 2022

The AIME Knowledge Program session started by proposing to remove the term hybrid from our event vocabulary altogether! Because some would argue that having content designed for a face-to-face event delivered online, is not doing anyone any favours.

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Maritz Global Events

JULY 3, 2019

Let us introduce you to Dan Potter, Senior Strategic Events Manager at Maritz Global Events. Anyone who has attended one of our many strategic events has seen the magic that Dan has conjured alongside his equally talented peer, Karen Watson, Sr. Director Strategic Events.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

“Safety and security is one of the biggest issues we have in our business currently and people are talking about it continually,” said Ben Goedegebuure, Vice President, Global General Manager of Maritz Global Events. Event security is by no means a new issue.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 1, 2023

An emphasis on wellness Wellness emerged as another major theme, as both an experience and guiding principle for the future of hotel and event design. Attendees could try out ReLounge’s therapeutic loungers, which aim to relieve back pain, at the GME’s on-site Wellbeing Garden.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Event Design Collective and Encore are other noted educational partners. IMEX, Encore, Maritz Global Events, Cvent, DRPG, and PCMA are among the organizations sharing new ways to use technology. the metaverse, and hybrid events, centering on real-world experiences and how these technologies are being applied.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In this edition of The VIP Lounge podcast, we’re thrilled to showcase an interview with David Peckinpaugh, President of Maritz Global Events. Our chat with David starts with a closer look at his career journey, as he shares more about what he enjoys about the events industry. Then it’s on to Experience Design.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 8, 2019

The full version of this article was originally published in the Maritz Global Events Blog. When we ask clients about their event challenges, we frequently hear: “Every year it becomes harder and harder to top last year’s event.”. At Maritz Global Events, we face the same challenge.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 16, 2019

Experience Design: Small But Mighty. So how does this look for your events? Experience design isn’t a one-size-fits-all methodology, however, here are examples of what you might consider using Maritz Global Events’ 8 Phases of a Successful Event.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Join us for an insightful discussion on how Interprefy is transforming the world of localization at global events and conferences.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 28, 2020

Exhibit at other events. Find events designed for the kinds of new attendees you want to attract and exhibit at these. The key is to look for parallel industry events. . Sometimes event planners encounter cases where new attendees don’t return in subsequent years. This may be down to event design.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

And if technology is the disruptor that is focusing these things” “I think the biggest burden on event designers, strategists, planners, and even implementers has been these huge leaps in technology”, he continues. How to Foster Inclusion At Events. The Official 2019 Global Event Forum Report Breakdown!

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Whether live or virtual, they are here to make your events fantastic and your life easier – a one-stop-shop for all your event needs. Fisher Productions London Creators and Curators of unique and exceptional global events. Global Events London Principal.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

But the long pause of face-to-face events due to Covid-19 has created a void of connection — one that hasn’t been fully filled by the shift to digital. As event designers, it’s up to us to help our guests feel more connected when we meet again. As social creatures, people crave human connection. How can we do this?

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 28, 2021

As we continue our work through our Planwell Meetwell® strategy, the next video in this series features our market and product innovation leader, Amy Kramer and Greg Bogue, enterprise VP, Design Studio with an overview of our existing event design model —the 8 Phases of a Successful Event™— and how it's impacting the future of meetings.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

Business Travel News publishes several newsletters and magazines, including Travel Procurement, BTN Global, and BTN Daily. BTN Group also hosts more than 35 conferences and events annually and up to three monthly webinars. MPI has a global community of 60,000 professionals, 70 chapters and clubs, and members in more than 70 countries.

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Maritz Global Events

MARCH 25, 2019

This event had plenty of “Expectaholics” in attendance. Once personas were developed, the organizers used our 8 Phases of a Successful Event design methodology to carefully plan each experiential element – always with the guest personas in mind. What’s Behind The Curtain.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Given the free time the WSWA team had, the association chose 2023 as the year to introduce a rebrand and additional changes to its event.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Although society is now more at ease with digital services, we also have become even more aware that humans want to be together to learn, exchange information, and engage — and that there is huge value in human interaction at face-to-face events. David Audrain: ‘It’s why car dealers have lots full of cars.’. David Audrain.

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Maritz Global Events

APRIL 9, 2019

“I knew I wanted to expand my role in live events after learning about the 8 Phases of Experience Design,” Taylor said. Once he heard this methodology masterfully broken down by Greg Bogue, Chief Experience Architect at Maritz Global Events , he knew where his next adventure was leading him.

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