Techsytalk

APRIL 25, 2017

Even if you are a dedicated introvert, go out of your way to be friendly and helpful to everyone you meet. Make sure you and your team are on your best behavior and that you go out of your way to be kind to everyone you meet – you never know who is watching or who you are sharing an elevator with at a big show. Track your Data.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The free program touches on topics, in the form of webinars, from the basics of meeting planning to more complex topics, such as event technology and sustainability. ESPC prospects have two options for entering: Take the 13-lesson, three-hour Event Service Professional Foundational Training Program or obtain a waiver to bypass training.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

How can meeting planners be part of the solution in the movement to defeat unconscious bias? See more : Hack Your Incentives: The Meeting in Your Attendee’s Head. It’s incumbent for meeting planners both to understand and to overcome unconscious bias. First, you need to know what it is.

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Techsytalk

APRIL 11, 2017

How much will it cost to attend and which shows are most likely to help you meet your goals? Review last year’s trade show survey results, look at your prospect data and fine tune your strategy for the year to come. Start building buzz now and your target prospects will be ready to stop by on the big day.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Smart Meetings caught up with Suzanne Halperin, head of meetings & events, luxury & lifestyle Americas at IHG Hotels & Resorts, to get a better sense of what trends she has seen emerge within the catering world and what sort of new additions IHG have added to their catering experience. Read more: What One Thing?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2022

The result could be a more diverse pool of venues to choose from at a time when meeting professionals are struggling to find open space at fully staffed hotels. Marriott will focus on aiding prospective hotel owners who are Black, Native American, First Nations, Hispanic, Latino or women. . Challenges for Minority Investors.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Read More : How Meeting Profs Can Improve Event Engagement Yes, it will cost you money. In the end, however, you’ll reach far more prospective attendees who will hopefully become attendees. Usually, your major budget items are F&B, A/V, and meeting space. Create a zero-waste meeting. Get rid of swag bags.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 30, 2021

Top meeting professionals and dignitaries met this week at Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Loudoun County, Virginia, to celebrate the return to business at Smart Meetings’ first face-to-face event of 2021, Mid-Atlantic Experience. In 2019 alone, meetings brought in $17 million in revenue to the area. of meeting space.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

As we move into pandemic recovery, virtual and hybrid events will remain top of mind for many marketing teams, with 92 percent of companies planning to host a digital event, conference or meet-up at some point in the year. The post 7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2024

In 2015, he launched his own full-service event management agency, Sync Meeting Management. He will develop and lead new business opportunities as well as support prospective accounts and mentor and collaborate with sales team members.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

If utilized strategically, it could be a goldmine for prospective leads and increased brand loyalty. Strengthen Relationships Through Face-to-Face Meetings. Studies also suggest in-person meetings generate more ideas compared to remote conferences. Save the meaningful conversations for prospective attendees.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

After the wild ride meeting professionals have been on for the last year, the last thing you probably want to think about is buckling up for another spin around the sun, but now is the time to set yourself up for success in 2022—a year many are predicting will be a banner 365 days for meetings and conventions. Mark Schulman , CSP.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Virtual Meetings & Women. One of the first articles Will mentions is along the lines of virtual meetings posing barriers to women. According to the survey, “45% of respondents say it’s difficult for women to speak up in virtual meetings, while 20% said they feel ignored or overlooked in online meetings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2021

New spots for business meetings and events are also opening up across Canada. Businesses are assuring prospective visitors that the region has maintained a safety-focused recovery approach, which has made it possible for the community to make a full travel and tourism recovery. Glimpse is one of its largest meeting rooms.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Because even the smallest meeting is the best place to find new leads, clients and prospects. This works well for a meeting with under fifty individuals and where attendees don’t know each other. The goal is to meet as many individuals as possible in a structured, timed event. However, there is good news.

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Redfin

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Steering is the illegal practice of “steering” prospective homebuyers away or to certain areas based on their race, national origin, familial status, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. What is steering in real estate? Steering can be subconscious and influenced by internal biases.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2022

Tech companies are partnering with universities, and DMOs, global travel organizations and event agencies are onboarding prospective industry professionals to provide resources, skills and opportunities and to train the next generation of hospitality and events. Read More : What Meeting Profs Get Wrong About DEI—and How to Start Fixing It.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

Editor’s Note: Meeting professionals are still pivoting on the regular and can learn a lot from the experiences of their peers. She said, “This isn’t ideal, but, I have a captive audience of customers and suppliers that want to meet. In walked Andrea Dekker , former event director with ADS Inc, a woman with a plan.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 16, 2020

While the Covid-19 pandemic ripped most business events from the calendars of hotels and convention centers, some destinations have been using the downtime to sharpen their competitive advantage and become better able to deliver the most value to meeting groups when in-person events return. Those leaders can be leveraged in two ways.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2022

RendezVerse’s method of creating virtual models of existing venues diverges from other digital meeting ventures. Companies like AllSeated craft fully customizable original environments to host events (much like they did for Smart Meetings’ 20th Anniversary Celebration ). A Virtual Mission. Accessible Technology. New Incentives.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

If hotels are to meet this demand, they need to incentivize people to work for them. Prospective workers have high expectations—if hotels give them an offer they can’t refuse, meeting planners will reap the benefits of a smoother hospitality experience. Ad campaigns and posts bring properties to meeting planners’ attention.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 22, 2024

Smaller Meetings Win Out Coming out of the pandemic, there was much talk of smaller meetings taking center stage. Now, the reasons to keep small meetings going are less about defending against viral infection and more about creating personalized experiences. This has required them to change how they reach out to prospects. “We

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Techsytalk

APRIL 18, 2017

A trade show appearance can help legitimize a new business or revitalize an existing one, making your prospect more aware of your brand. Meet the Media. Work with your existing customers and forge new relationships by meeting in person at the show. Market Research. Improve Customer Relations.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Events, meetings and conferences today are supported by digital event platforms that make it possible for companies to seamlessly connect with people across the globe and deliver more engaging and immersive experiences than ever before. With more than 310 million smartphone users in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2021

At 100 percent capacity and masks off, Las Vegas is back in the business of meetings—and it’s a beautiful sight. No time has been wasted between the announcement that all restrictions have been lifted and the hosting of meetings in the city. The addition of the West Hall brings the facility’s meeting space to 14 million sq.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 2, 2020

Should meetings be efficient ? “Yes” say thousands of books on how to improve business meetings. But “No”, when we’re taking about most meeting industry events. Unfortunately, the meeting industry tends to assume that if business meetings should be efficient, meeting industry events should be too.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Business travel demand is also strong, due in part to the need for r emote workers to fly to meet with coworkers and clients. They want their own journey and event organizers need to bring prospects to them. A day of reconning may be coming for hotels,” Meyer said. They don’t expect to sit in a classroom all day.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2022

Downstairs, Prospect Market gives guests an upscale grab-and-go market experience with wine, snacks, small lunches and souvenirs. of meeting space, this resort offers large groups a Disney-adjacent event venue. Seven meeting spaces offer planners more than 6,500 sq. With 604 rooms and 17,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Armed with these insights, organizers can send push notifications, recommend relevant sessions and exhibitor booths or suggest other attendees to meet based on shared interests, profiles and availability. Here are six ways you can use advanced event tech to improve your meetings and event outcomes. Better Events, Proven ROI.

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Techsytalk

MAY 2, 2017

Don’t give your connections time to forget who you are or to meet their needs with another provider. It is important to bear in mind that after a major trade show that many prospects will be overwhelmed with correspondence. Act Quickly. As the old saying goes: “strike while the iron is hot.” Personalize It.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

The marketing team wants big corporate logos so they can show them to prospective attendees in hopes of impressing them with the quality of other people attending the event. The post How to Produce a Stand-Out Experience appeared first on Smart Meetings. For more information. .

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

and Canada Julius Robinson clarified that banking, finance and medical groups are returning with more small, regional meetings. At the same meeting, Isabella “Bella” D. Marriott’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the U.S. After some rocky years, urban cities are returning to strong occupancy again as well.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2021

And most importantly for this podcast, he is the founder and CEO of Shindig , a virtual conference, event, and meeting platform that has mastered the art of online engagement. The reason why we go to in-person events is to meet with the very people who won’t schedule appointments with us,” he says. We should lean into it.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

For answers to those questions and more, there are meeting and events legal experts such as Jonathan T. That can apply to something innocuous such as an outdoor event facing the prospect of rain, to a hotel that doesn’t finish its renovations on schedule and can’t accommodate your event on the contracted date.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2022

Deciding on the right window of time says a lot to your prospective attendees: We’ve got a lot of things to share, a lot of work to do, a lot of fun to be had. Read More : Sports Arenas and Stadiums: On Game for Meeting Planners This Year. The post The Business of Coming Together appeared first on Smart Meetings. Yes, shoes.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S.

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