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Smart Moves in Mexico, Atlanta and More

Smart Meetings

Najera spent 12 years leading marketing and public relations at MSD México; he also ran his own marketing agency for six years and developed a special passion for hospitality during four years with Fairmont. Emma Elder Emma Elder, ACVB The Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) welcomes Elder as national sales manager.

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Converting In-Person Events To Virtual: How DMP Did It!

Endless Events

This is the show where you bring out all your new products”, explains Mark. “And the public relations before a trade show nowadays you can’t just drop it on the day of the trade show, they’ll never be seen. ” The name of our trade show is ISC.

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Outreach Cheat Sheet: How to Ask for Sponsorship for an Event

Eventbrite

Sponsorship is a multi-billion dollar industry, and its annual growth has surpassed advertising and other forms of marketing, including public relations, direct marketing, and promotions.

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Event Predictions for 2025

Convene by PCMA

And soon, a new year will bring even more new tools, tactics, and technologies that will enable us to better reach and communicate with our trade-show and conference audience and participants. Networking at scale is a key strength of trade shows and conferences something no local gathering or online option can match.

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20 Bright Ideas for Personalizing Attendee Experiences

Convene by PCMA

Yes to all of the above, according to Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes, CEM, president of the marketing and public relations firm, mdg, who offered 20 real-world examples of personalization in her presentation, “ Facilitating Curated Event Experiences: How Thinking Small Delivers Big Returns ,” at Convening Leaders 2024. Humanize your brand.

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When Marketing an Event, Advertise Outside Your Lane

Convene by PCMA

In light of this major trend and a large retiring workforce, event organizers must continue to prioritize finding and appealing to prospective trade-show and conference attendees who may not be aware of their events. On the Web. Read the Forbes article “ The Great Resignation Becomes the Great Reshuffle.”.

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8 Reasons to Gather at In-Person Events

Convene by PCMA

At least 80 percent of trade-show attendees and 83 percent of exhibitors are vaccinated — rates much higher than the latest CDC figures for vaccination nationally, which show that 56 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated. Here are some takeaways from those studies.