Endless Events

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Today’s iconic guest, Deanna Nwosu , thinks that all event and meeting planners should nurture an entrepreneurial spirit. Most recently, I was with a construction software firm and I was their in-house planner working on their conferences, but also coordinating third party events,” she says. Onto the next question.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The Importance of Self-Care Dave Stevens offered a thoughtful example of why planners should be more aware of their personal wellness. “If When it comes to open space, resistance training and aerobic capability, hotels can offer the tools to empower people to take care of themselves on the road.” How Can We Make Better Choices?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2025

Planners will be pleased to find nearly 10,000 sq. In the heart of White Plains, New York, the property stands only seven minutes from Westchester County Airport, and only a 30-minute train ride away from New York City. of meeting and event space onsite.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Staffing Issues For Judge’s clients, it is often difficult to find qualified and trained staff. And then the other piece we have is that a lot of customers as we’re going back full throttle, didn’t have the time to onboard and train young talent as they’re coming into the industry, like we did prior to the pandemic.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2023

But to mesmerize your audience with something they haven’t seen before, meeting planners should invest time developing a productive relationship with an AV partner. By signing a contract with a venue, meeting planners can quickly lose their freedom to choose their AV provider. What does your training program look like for new hires?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Inspired by Burning Man’s “Net Positive” approach, planners are designing events that don’t just minimize waste but actively leave a positive impact. In the same way, AI and supportive administrative teams work behind the scenes, handling the details so planners can focus on the heart of the experience.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2021

Crowd control is going to be on meeting planners’ minds in the first few months of the post-pandemic era, and there’s no better model for how to herd the hordes than the Walt Disney Company. What should planners expect in terms of how their meetings will be different from how they were before COVID?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. Let’s learn more. She works closely with the content team to understand their goals.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The word “partnership” gets thrown around a lot in the events world, but when there are too few ballrooms for too many functions being planned, meeting planners and hotel and destination counterparts often find themselves on the losing end of negotiations that could be win-wins. Kirsten Olean with CFF agreed. That builds trust.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This plan will position AT&T Hotel & Conference Center as the premier destination for conferences and events taking place in Austin and ensures that planners coordinating events in Austin in the coming years will face little to no disruption even as they do not have access to the convention center during its closure.

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Endless Events

MARCH 6, 2023

Cybersecurity for event planners is a recurring theme on the podcast because cyber threats are never-ending and are only getting more complex. asked, what steps would you give to a new event planner to help protect against cybersecurity threats for virtual events? Google ‘best security awareness training.’ For example, HubSpot.”

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

If they want to explore downtown Frankfurt, the S9 or S8 train will get them there in just 15 minutes.’ When meeting planners stay with us, they experience firsthand how seamlessly an event can take place in a good environment. Once completed, the hotel will have a direct connection to the skyline train.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

To further support low-emission travel, our partner Deutsche Bahn has offered attractive ticket options, encouraging as many fans as possible to travel by train. While some cities relied on volunteers, Stuttgarts approach included trained staff, social workers, qualified psychologists, and first aid personnel to ensure comprehensive support.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced plans to build a new Universal theme park, hotel and entertainment complex just south of Bedford, about 35 minutes by train from London. Universal is heading across the pond. The proposed destination will be the first of its kind in the U.K. With over 80% of Englands population and half of the U.K.’s

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inVOYAGE

APRIL 2, 2025

Often the journey is just as important as the destination, and where better to experience this than in a country where futuristic bullet trains meet traditional rickshaws and suspended mono-rails in a seemingly parallel universe. Its an unforgettable combination of adventure, culture, and natural beauty the perfect incentive experience.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

One powerful way is with top-tier event planner website design. With that being the case, we gathered some of the industry’s top examples of event planner website design. Take inspiration from each planner and company listed below and find out what makes their websites stand out above the competition.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

See in action how planners can amplify it to multiply ROI. Angela Minardi The event kicked off with a keynote from Angela Minardi, founder of Fit City Adventures , who redefined wellness and broke down how planners can better incorporate iteasily. Read More: Hey, Busy Meeting Planner, you feeling stressed? Brain Breaks.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2023

In what may be a ground-changing move for hotels and meeting planners doing business in Florida, Brightline, the only intercity, eco-friendly high-speed rail in the U.S. The new 37,350-square-foot Brightline MCO station is located in Orlando International Airport’s new 80,000-square-foot Train Station facility, adjacent to Terminal C.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Read More: First Business Events Industry Week Celebrated The Power of Meeting A development that surprised many was the buzz The Palm Beaches Florida sparked with a fashion show featuring planner models and vibrant Florida vibes. Destinations International President and CEO Don Welsh stressed the importance of what meeting planners do today.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The skills and lessons learned by these experts in intelligence can be fascinating—and useful in the nonespionage world—and now many of these specialists from the CIA, FBI, KGB and Mossad are for hire for your next meeting or training session for keynotes, corporate training and team development.

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Endless Events

MAY 31, 2022

And not for the better: event planners are finding it increasingly hard to hire reliable and experienced vendors at a reasonable price. Aside from increasing their event budgets, what should event planners do? Brandt has noticed that now, with in-person events back, event planners are short on offering help onsite.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether planning private celebrations, non-profit fundraisers, or corporate conferences, the goal of the event planner is to visualize their client’s idea and then bring that vision to life. But how do event planners accomplish this task? What does an event planner do, exactly? So what does an event planner do?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Planners in the United States expect all types of meetings to grow in attendance in 2019, noting an anticipated 1.24 We’re actually seeing more training meetings,” says Yma Sherry, vice president of North America for M&E. Internal team and training meetings account for 30 percent of North American meetings. Experience.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2025

Quarterly team meetups, training sessions, and department strategy workshops are becoming common as organizations strive to maintain cohesion, efficiency, and engagement across dispersed teams. Use targeted advertising on digital platforms to reach small business owners and corporate planners. Another key factor is budget optimization.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau (SCIB) is the first point of contact for all event planners who have any question about Switzerland or need any assistance with planning their events, from the smaller to a more complex enquiry. It’s also a popular location among the local community to unwind and enjoy a good conversation.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

See in action how planners can amplify it to multiply ROI. Angela Minardi The event kicked off with a keynote from Angela Minardi, founder of Fit City Adventures , who redefined wellness and broke down how planners can better incorporate iteasily. Read More: Hey, Busy Meeting Planner, you feeling stressed? Brain Breaks.

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Endless Events

JUNE 19, 2020

You’re either a planner eager to learn how you can set your virtual speaker up for success, or you’re a speaker looking to be trained in the art of virtual presentations. You might also just be a curious person, but for the sake of purpose, let’s assume you’re either a planner or a speaker.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning. Leverage meeting analytics.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

The journey of locating vendors and the resources that best match your needs can send any planner into a tailspin. To help planners avoid the inevitable headache, Smart Meetings sat down with Huong Nguyen, CEO and founder of Shiloh Events , to find the best path forward for meeting planners looking for the right event tech for their needs.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced plans to build a new Universal theme park, hotel and entertainment complex just south of Bedford, about 35 minutes by train from London. Universal is heading across the pond. The proposed destination will be the first of its kind in the U.K. With over 80% of Englands population and half of the U.K.’s

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Smart Meetings talked to leaders in the diversity and inclusion movement in 2018 to find out what strategies can help planners create a really big tent. Jessica Pettitt, author of Good Enough Now , reports that many planners ask about dietary requirements or physical needs on registration forms, but then don’t do anything about them.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In a post-pandemic events setting, experienced and credentialed event service professionals can help meeting planners, who face new audiences in different places through hybrid technology, attendance building challenges, expanded safety needs and city-wide labor shortages. What ESPC Proves.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 2, 2019

rose above 300 in 2018, prompting event planners to reevaluate their physical security strategies. More: 3 Things Every Planner Should Know About Security. Additionally, connect with the human resources team to evaluate training for security guards. In fact, the number of mass shootings in the U.S.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

Several planners and tech companies already see hybrid as the certain future of our industry. Speaker Training: Bigger & Better. Planners can’t continue to expect speakers to just figure everything out for themselves. How can planners prepare for and make sure they meet these demands in a post-COVID world?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

.” Virtual Production: Event Planner As A TV Producer. “Event planners are so resilient. It was really rough, but so many event planners said they have to pivot. .” Your typical savvy event planner can become a TV producer.” “Train your staff, your speakers, your attendees.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

Why Personalization Drives Results Meeting planners and corporate event organizers face tremendous pressure to create memorable experiences. Sustainability as a Value Proposition Meeting planners view sustainability as a primary factor when planning events. Generic proposals no longer suffice in this environment.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2023

Event safety requires taking action before tragedy strikes How do meeting planners keep track of an ever-evolving landscape of risks, emergencies and event safety needs? Event planners need to be constantly looking at foreseeable risks. Security plans are often an afterthought or a secondary need from an event planner’s perspective.

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