Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Intentional Event Design ( ebook or paperback ).

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Meeting Design Booking Meeting Publishing 129

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Now that events are going back to in person, how can meeting professionals deliver the same level of detailed success metrics to the executive team about the range of value delivered on the investment? Two veteran meeting designers joined Smart Chat Live! Read More: 8 Ways to Measure Virtual Event Performance and ROI .

Medical Meetings 246

Medical Meetings Meeting Trade Show Virtual Events 246

Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job. But when you’re spending all your time on these issues it’s easy to forget that they are not what meetings are about. Most assume that a meeting planner is all they need. Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum. Sadly, few clients know any better.

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Logistics Meeting Meeting Design Site Selection 171

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

So they’re boldly blending the two when they travel to exhibitions and trade shows. New research from the Experience Institute shows that 78% of attendees indicate destination is a top driver in the decision to attend. Actually, millennials are not the only ones on the “bleisure” train.

Trends 157

Trends Meeting Trade Show Events 157

Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

So they’re boldly blending the two when they travel to exhibitions and trade shows. New research from the Experience Institute shows that 78% of attendees indicate destination is a top driver in the decision to attend. And they’re not the only ones on the “bleisure” train.

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Meeting Trade Show Events Social Media 158

Convene by PCMA

APRIL 4, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), Thursday, April 7, was launched five years ago by the 70-member Meetings Mean Business industry coalition as an annual day of industry-wide advocacy focused on raising the profile of the economic value of business events, trade shows and exhibitions, and incentive travel.

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Meeting Trade Show Social Media Hospitality 116

Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

I’ve lost count of the conference session proposals I’ve made to meeting industry associations that have wound through multiple months-long steps only to be rejected at the last possible moment with no explanation and a boilerplate request to submit more next year. But their inclusion looks good on the promotional materials.

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Education Meeting Sponsors Speakers 78