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Make the meeting bigger!

Conferences that Work

The event industry unduly focuses on large meetings. Our trade magazines mainly report on big events, the ones with big-name speakers and eye candy razzle-dazzle. For too long, we’ve equated a meeting’s “success” with its size. It may help to remember that in reality, most meetings are small meetings.

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40 Outstanding Event Industry Blogs to Follow

Endless Events

What stands out is their focus on leadership and building relationships – whether with your audience or sponsors. Connect are dedicated to providing content that helps you reimagine today’s meetings and look into the future. For instance, the most recent volume is “All About Audiences” including how to attract new ones.

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Something is rotten in the state of meeting industry education

Conferences that Work

Meanwhile, it’s clear from a review of industry conference programs that large numbers of presentations are accepted from employees of sponsors or trade show exhibitors. In my case, the demand for the meeting design and facilitation services I provide has been exploding. (In

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Don’t keep me a secret!

Conferences that Work

Increasing attendee satisfaction increases the effectiveness of the event for all stakeholders: attendees, sponsors, and event owners. Since 1992, I’ve designed and facilitated hundreds of conferences and thousands of meetings. ” “Substance, not celebrity… celebrity speakers will not boost registrations.

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#RotterdamExperiment 2 – The best gamification is gamification that is unnoticed

The MICE Blog

The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M., We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. These themed nights will be two hours long and will also include a keynote speaker, presentations and panel discussions. Why use gamification? And we really wanted to bring that online.

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[Webinar] Get Them Engaged! Three Lessons for Increasing Retention at Meetings

MeetingsNet

This fundamental shift changes the way we think about everything from our meeting spaces to our speaker content. Moving from static to active meetings. Time to rethink meeting environments, using spaces and room sets where people are best able to learn and network. Speaker: Roger Haskett. Moderator: Sue Hatch.

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19 Event Trends That Will Shake Up Meetings & Group Business in 2019

Social Tables

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Meeting Design Trends.

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