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How mutual respect, inclusion and open-mindedness provoke positive experiences at your corporate event

2017/05/31

What are you hiding from? On a recent flight, I was immersed in the story of Hidden Figures, which follows the colored women who were part of the collaborative team behind NASA’s manned space flight program. This movie sparked several thoughts. First, diversity and inclusion start at the top of an organization (or home), and require every single person to have respect for every other person. We must not base our assumptions on skin tone, spiritual belief, educational background, hometown…

Meeting Community, Social Media & Technology, Special Events & Conferences
Bridging the gap: Creating an event with multi-generational appeal

2016/12/07

By Kelly Furnish, Event Coordinator, Managing Matters Engaging a multi-generational audience is challenging for even the most experienced of planners. Today, attendees range from Baby Boomers to Gen Xers to Millennials, each with different values, attitudes and expectations of what makes a successful event experience. The need to bridge the gap between generational groups is greater than ever. So, how do we as event planners create an event with multi-generational appeal? Here are some of challenges you may face and…

Event Operations, Event Registration, Social Media & Technology, Speakers & Entertainment
Can’t we all just get along? APIs, integration and automation for event professionals

2016/09/27

Taking a deep dive into the way we work is the first step in improving our workflows, becoming more productive and ultimately spending less time working. If you’re thinking of taking stock of your productivity, I’ve talked a bit about it here. One of the common threads that people discover when doing this type of self-evaluation is the over reliance on one single application or program, or what I like to call inappropriate multitasking. A good example would be using…

Career Development, Event Operations, People & Profiles, Social Media & Technology
How to rock your second screen roll out

2016/07/04

By Victor Paan Mobile devices are a part of your attendees’ everyday routines, whether at home, on the job, or on a show site—so why not tap into this behavior by transforming the mobile device into a part of the overall event experience? Mobile devices can help amplify engagement, while working behind the scenes to gather immense data on audience preferences, speaker and content performance and more. Second screen is still a fairly new technology, but through our experience utilizing…

A/V & Special Effects, Event Branding & Marketing, Event Operations, Social Media & Technology
First report from IACC Meeting Room of The Future initiative highlights attendee desire for experience creation

2016/04/22

As part of a dynamic new initiative from IACC, a first set of research has been conducted and reported following the survey of global meeting planners. The IACC Meeting Room of the Future aims to transform the meeting experience through a global collaboration of leaders in conference room design, audiovisual technology, hospitality, academia and conference management. The project and initial global survey results were unveiled at IACC-America’s Connect annual conference in New York City this week. The project combines innovation…

A/V & Special Effects, Breaking News, Event Operations, Meeting Community, Social Media & Technology
Event technology checklist: 18 items to consider when planning your next event

2016/04/18

We’ve covered a lot of ground with this four-part series on technology, and this illustrates the depth and breadth of the topic and the important role it plays. Most meeting planners have learned as they go, and this is certainly how it worked for me. To help you feel comfortable talking about event technology and, more importantly, negotiating pricing on Internet service, here is a list of things to know that will help you in the process. First and foremost,…

Event Operations, Meeting Checklists, Site Selection, Social Media & Technology
How to effectively manage event technology

2016/02/11

Keeping attendees connected and up-to-date at corporate meetings and events Providing Internet services comes with challenges. How do you address the risk of an attendee using the conference WiFi to download a movie or other large file? Do you have the means to monitor usage and what will you do about it? At conferences I worked on, the IT team monitored usage and tracked down individuals downloading large files. We would make a point of speaking to those individuals because…

Event Operations, Social Media & Technology
IACC reveals Top 10 Meeting Tech Trends for 2015

2015/06/08

Following extensive research among the 355 members of the International Association of Conference Centres, the association released its Top 10 Meeting Tech Trends for 2015, which are influencing meeting planners and venue operators across the globe. Mark Cooper, IACC’s CEO, commented, “Meeting Planners are seeing their role influenced more and more by technology, not just for the meeting itself, but in researching and booking venues, how planners interact onsite and how they communicate following the meeting. The balance between technology…

Breaking News, Event Operations, Industry Research, Meeting Community, Social Media & Technology
Three key areas for improvement in the events industry

2015/03/11

It’s a new world, or is it? Just when I think we are making leaps ahead in how we are managing and delivering meetings, events and group experiences, something happens that makes me think, perhaps we are not. I have the opportunity to go to many conferences and events as part of my job and feel very fortunate for a number of reasons. The opportunities abound to see colleagues and friends from (literally) around the world, to learn from experienced…

Event Operations, Food & Beverage, Green/Sustainable Meetings, Social Media & Technology
QuickMobile introduces first mobile app certificate program for meeting industry professionals

2015/01/16

Meeting professionals can earn up to 10 continuing education credits towards CMP accreditation and recertification requirements QuickMobile, the global leader in mobile enterprise meeting and event apps, today announced the meeting industry’s first mobile app certificate program to award up to 10 continuing education units (CEs) towards Certified Meeting Professional (CMP and CMP-HS) accreditation and recertification requirements. The program is the first to focus solely on mobile technology and how it can be used to build and measure success points…

Breaking News, Career Development, Event Operations, Meeting Community, People & Profiles, Social Media & Technology

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