With the click of the mouse you are virtually connected to someone halfway around the world as easily as your neighbor down the street. But are these connections meaningful? Listen as Janine Garner discusses how to make sincere connections, including the four types of people that are integral to you, and your team's, success on any endeavor.
Virtual reality and augmented reality are tools for forward-thinking planners in addition to being cool technologies. VR allows you to tour your booth during the planning phase before you arrive onsite. AR allows you to demonstrate your product’s functionality in real time. These digital tools help tell your story and captivate your trade show audience during the few minutes you have together.
The art of strategic meetings management is viewing your organizational meetings holistically and seeing how they save costs and free up resources. But you can take SMM beyond tactical logistics and make it work harder for you. This session will explore simple ways to get started with SMM, how it can be used to deliver on the latest event trends, and what to do with your newfound free time.
LGBTQ+ business events attendees can still face challenges despite the best inclusion efforts of events organizers. In this session, we’ll take a closer look at the LGBTQ+ audience and how efforts including gender-neutral language and bathrooms can make all business events participants feel welcome.
China’s reputation as a top meeting destination continues to grow the Asia-Pacific region sees increases in its MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) industry. Hear about China’s evolution as a business events industry leader and gain strategies on how to navigate complex cultural and logistical relationships to ensure your organization’s success.
There are many altruistic reasons to make your events more sustainable. And, there’s a financial reason too. Explore the benefits of designing events with sustainability at the forefront in a way that makes financial sense. Examine the steps to build a business case for sustainability initiatives at your events and venues by using food waste as an example.
As one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs Naomi Simson (a Shark on Australian Shark Tank) shares a colorful entrepreneurial story of growth, leadership and culture. She expands on how aligning ‘the right team’ to purpose, vision, and values created a winning formula to scale her enterprise in a rapidly changing experience economy.
Having a fixed mindset and leaning on behaviors that have made your career successful up to now may hold you back in the future. Future of work strategist Heather McGowan will reveal the major shifts impacting workplace identity and why human-centered skills like creativity, empathy and communication will be essential to staying innovative and competitive especially for leadership.
Discover how “ubertrends” and innovations are reshaping business and consumer market behavior. Michael Tchong, an adjunct professor of innovation at the University of San Francisco and author of three books, takes you on a journey through the “landscape of now” to gain insights and ideas on how to connect with the future.
Discover the negotiation strategies that will help you secure the best hotel, facility and vendor contracts for your events and organization. You’ll her about key contract clauses, tips and variables that can influence negotiation outcomes. Find efficient and painless ways to get to “yes” in this session.
Leadership can be an elusive, but learned, skill. This session will help you understand the A.C.E. leadership approach (Appreciation, Contribution and Engagement) and how to effectively implement it at your organization. Hear how you can inspire your team to succeed and how A.C.E. culture can make you an effective leader.
Technology is aggregating the speed, scale, and synthesis of change. If your organization harbors a tech resistant culture, you may be leaving opportunities on the table. In the fast-paced business events industry, how are you integrating tech to better serve your audiences?
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