Less than three weeks ahead of the IMEX America show, 53,000 employees at properties run by Caesars Entertainment, Four Seasons, MGM, Virgin, Wynn, and others will decide on Sept. 26 their union’s course of action if contract negotiations don’t advance.

Answers to participant-led event questions asked at our MeetingsNet webinar. Topics include: Open Space, marketing, event size, & more.

Being Schooled: Inside a Conference That Works is one of the best descriptions I've read of the opening of a peer conference

I was honored to be included on MeetingsNet’s annual Changemaker list, which "recognizes 20 outstanding meetings professionals…"

Being Schooled: Inside a Conference That Works is one of the best descriptions I've read of the opening of a peer conference

Answers to participant-led event questions asked at our MeetingsNet webinar. Topics include: Open Space, marketing, event size, & more.

I was honored to be included on MeetingsNet’s annual Changemaker list, which "recognizes 20 outstanding meetings professionals…"

Answers to participant-led event questions asked at our MeetingsNet webinar. Topics include: Open Space, marketing, event size, & more.

I was honored to be included on MeetingsNet’s annual Changemaker list, which "recognizes 20 outstanding meetings professionals…"

Planning Trends for 2024 Taking Shape. Lead times, patterns, RFP distribution, and more are revealed in recent Cvent customer data. Rob Carey | Apr ...

When stakeholders invest the time and budget to bring people together face-to-face, they want to know they achieved their goals. It's not enough simply to host an event; organizations need to be able to measure its impact. But measuring the impact of a networking event takes some extra effort. On a recent MeetingsNet webinar that examined the why and how of networking events, Cvent’s Carisa Bartelt, manager, industry marketing, spent some time discussing this crucial measurement question. 

This article originally ran in Corporate Event News, a sister media outlet to MeetingsNet. Look up “bad-ass event professional” and you’ll likely see a photo of Monique Ruff-Bell next to it. As the chief program and strategy officer for TED, producer of world-renowned TED conferences, Ruff-Bell isn’t afraid to push boundaries and disrupt TED’s winning formula to keep its events compelling, engaging, memorable, inclusive, and always on-trend. 

Khris Baizen
 Senior Director of Production Sales
 Encore
 “I’ve embraced a mindset where change is not a one-time occurrence but a continuous cycle of improvement.”
 Read Baizen’s change story. Jennifer Hadley
 Event Planner
 Calgary Real Estate Board
 In less than 18 months with the Calgary Real Estate Board, the “graciously audacious” Jennifer Hadley has revamped the logistics, agendas, and sponsorship programs for CREB’s big events.

This article originally ran in BizBash, a sister media outlet to MeetingsNet. The first Tuesday in November—a.k.a. Election Day—can bring distractions at business events taking place around that time. After all, every conference or show is designed to grab and hold the attention of attendees for a few days, but with politics top of mind it becomes easy for on-site conversations to gravitiate towards issues that can cause tension and dampen the atmosphere.

• Informa recently acquired London-based Ascential, best known for its flagship events, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Money 20/20. In a related move, the exhibitions giant (and parent company of MeetingsNet) announced the creation of Informa Festivals. The new division will be home to Cannes Lions, which Ascential acquired in 2004, as well as existing events in the Informa portfolio, such as London Tech Week and the Monaco Yacht Show.