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General Data Protection Regulation: Are You Prepared?

A new law requiring businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens will affect meeting professionals across the globe.

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Event Planners Increase Focus on Personalized User Experience

Event and Meeting Planners are reporting an increased focus on personalized the user experiences via technology and data collection.
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Advocating for Face to Face Meetings with New Data

Preliminary data from an upcoming Meetings Significance Study showed increases in the number of meetings, participants and spending.
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Creating More Welcoming and Inclusive Events

If you want a strong team that can solve complex problems, you’d do best to select a group with diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and experiences.
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New Event Canvas Template Makes Event Design More Accessible

Event planners are ranging from the experienced to the most novice have heard of the #EventCanvas™, an event design template launched at the 2014 MPI World Education Congress (WEC)
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The Airbnbs of Event Planning

We take a look at EventUp, Peerspace, and Splacer online event booking services that offer an impressive variety of unique event venues you may never have previously considered.
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The Role of Event Technology in Event Strategy

The event industry is obviously, and at times painfully, aware that the digitization of event processes and experiences is not only worthy of consideration necessary for sustainability and growth.
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How Wearable Tech is Shaping the Future of Live Events

Forward-thinking organizations like South by Southwest and the Consumer Technology Association are hastening their adoption of wearable technology at live events.
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The Positive Growth of the Meeting and Event Industry

The blazing summer sun is not the only thing hot these days. How about the meeting and event industry?
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From Work-Life Balance to Work-Life Blending

In this modern world of online meetings, it all too easy to stay connected—so much so, that it has blurred the lines between personal life and work life.