I stumbled upon a twitter conversation with Heidi Thorne and Tahira Endean this morning regarding lanyards.
It all started with a terrific blog post by Heidi where she was discussing a Dark Side of Going Green at Events, i.e. the challenges with reusing lanyards for events when they may be soiled, have makeup on them, etc. and how some may be uncomfortable wearing a used lanyard. Some great comments came fast and furious... obviously it had touched the audience (way to go Heidi).
So this morning, the conversat...
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At the 30th Anniversary Educational Conference & MarketPlace, MPISCC used a conference navigation app for the first time. meetsmart mobile stepped up as a sponsor of the event and made it possible to cut last year’s printed program by 50%.
We saw an attempt at MPI’s World Education Congress last year to eliminate the printed program and rely on a mobile app for conference navigation. It seemed that many attendees were not quite ready to make the leap.
The MarketPlace committee decided to try a step in that ...
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When you get ready to start planning your next meeting, is your plan to make an incremental change or take a giant leap?
My guess is incremental change. And, I bet you then go look for new ideas that you can include in your event. Right now you might be excited about QR codes, mobile apps. and social media.
I have a question for you.
What would it mean to your organization if you could multiply the value of your meetings and events?
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Think about that questio...
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Pretty profound isn’t it. Say it with me again, “I’m a realist with an optimistic heart”.
These words were spoke by Dr. Karl-Henrik Robért during his presentation at the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference that I recently attended. Dr. Robért is the founder of the Natural Step and has worked with well-known organizations such as IKEA, McDonald’s, NIKE, Scandic Hotels, and Electrolux to help them pioneer sustainable solutions and transform their organizations. Dr. Robért is one of Sweden’s...
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Status updates, hashtags, location based check-ins, QR-codes....Today, there seems to be an endless supply of social media strategies for conferences and events. And there is no question, that social media provides a unique opportunity for organizers and attendees to connect and spread the knowledge they are gaining with the virtual world. But occasionally, as organizers, we forget that not all of our attendees are social media savvy or even users. It is important to provide tools and support for attendees wh...
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How many of us have asked the questions, "Why are meetings broken and how can they be fixed?"
Not for the first time, the "broken meetings" conversation was on the agenda at an event industry conference last weekend. W2W, which stands for Women to Women, is a yearly invitational conference for women in the event industry founded in 2004 by Joan Eisenstodt, chief strategist, Eisenstodt Associates LLC, Conference Consulting, Facilitation & Training, and Vanessa Vlay. It has followed an "open space" forma...
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