Meeting & Event Design

Meeting & Event Design

Effective Meetings, meeting agenda, efficient meetings, meeting schedule

5 Key Ingredients to Planning Effective Meetings

Setting meeting objectives and creating a meeting agenda will help make a meeting run effectively.
What I Know, meeting planner confessions, creative events, creative meetings

The Most Creative Event I Have Ever Produced Was…

In this meeting planner confession, planners share their most creative events to date.
Sensory Marketing, Dianne Devitt, five senses, colors

5 Reasons to Amp Up Your Sensory Marketing Strategy

Sensory experiences such as color and music can help enhance attendee participation.
Budget strategies, meetings budgets, event budgets, budgets, budgeting

3 Next-Level Budgeting Strategies for Event Planning

Here are three ways meeting planners can stay ahead of the numbers game when budgeting for their next event.
Event ROI, return on investment, return on event, event return

How To Increase Event ROI with These 5 Tips

Use gamification to increase attendee engagement at your event.
Lafayette Hotel, Swim Club & Bungalows; San Diego; millennials, millennial meetings

Deconstructing the Misconceptions of Millennials & Meetings

Millennials actually prefer face-to-face meetings and events just as much, if not more, than previous generations.
Passport, international meetings, meeting itinerary, global meetings, meeting travel

5 “Musts” Your International Meeting Itinerary Might Be Missing

In the Middle East for instance, some women feel uncomfortable shaking the hands of men they don’t know, even in professional settings.
San Francisco, destination marketing, selling destinations, meeting destinations

5 Ways CVBs Can Help Planners Market the Destination

Most CVBs and DMOs have downloadable information and interactive maps for meeting planners to provide to their clients and conference attendees.

4 Ways to Drive Attendee Engagement on the Show Floor

Break down the barriers between your conference and exhibition with short talks on hot topics.
meeting, Windy City Fieldhouse

5 Tips for Summer Outings

A recent trend toward evening picnics held from 5 to 9 p.m. is a good choice for a variety of reasons, including cooler weather and lower costs.
Spring-themed events

5 Ways to Liven Up Spring Events

As the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers,” and that sentiment is what makes parasols or umbrellas a fun, themed decoration.

My Biggest Meeting Nightmare…

Meeting and event planners share their biggest meeting nightmares in this "What I know" confession.

Doug Chorpenning on Millennials to Why Meetings Fail

As CEO and founder of wet paint group, Doug Chorpenning is tasked with helping organizations tell their story in creative ways. Here, he explains why meetings fail and how to spot these red flags before the game begins.

The Myth About Millennials

Dan Yaman, CEO of Live Spark, is glad that Millennials have inspired companies to rethink their presentations and to focus on engaging their audiences in brain-friendly, interactive ways. He also laments the fate of the poor, disengaged Gen Xers and Boomers who came before them.