So much more than mere line items on a budget, trade shows offer event planners the opportunity to grow professionally, to make the kind of vital industry connections that can ease the road to future event success. But let’s be honest — between the expenses associated with getting to a trade show…
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A problem shared is a problem halved, and with planners busier than ever, it makes sense to seek out practical solutions that can help to lift a heavy workload. When deployed with thought and care, generative AI offers a savvy means of managing both common planning tasks and problems as they arise…
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Whether you’re spinning lots of plates or wearing many hats, when you work within a SME (Small to medium sized enterprise), multi-tasking is simply part of the job. In this kind of “all hands on deck” environment, no task is too big (or too small) to go unnoticed (or unfinished). When it comes to…
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If the last five years have taught us anything, it’s that event technology isn’t just for event planners. While it’s conventionally associated with the management of conferences, exhibitions, and meetings, event-tech's inherent agility means it has the power to transform the operations of almost any…
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It’s been five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. From a wider perspective, we all know the profound impact this moment had on our individual lives and on our collective psyche. But with time comes reflection and with that, the knowledge needed to blaze a new path, to forge a new…
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Sometimes it’s hard to spot a fake, but in a world where inauthenticity is rife, you’re the real deal. Yet even as a professional planner, you’ve probably heard it at least once in your career: “Anyone can plan an event; it’s easy!”. On that thought, let’s separate fact from fiction with a little…
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In the doldrums of February, snowflakes offer us a lesson in love. Just like the human heart, no two are quite the same but all are alike in their fragility and complexity. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, that’s a timely reflection; after all, everyone loves differently and, as we’ll…
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Way back in ancient Rome, the image of the two-faced god Janus was everywhere. Hailed as the deity of beginnings and endings — of duality, time, and transition — his profile flanked doorways and gates and topped passages and temples. He doesn’t mean much to us today, but the word for this first…
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Here we are again. It’s mid-January and Blue Monday is upon us. For some, the 20th of the month is nothing but a grey blur of bills and bad weather; for others, this is the point when new year’s resolve begins to crack and waver. Ever perceptive, event planners know that this is a time of muted…
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Behind every innovation, there’s inspiration and — as any sci-fi fan will tell you — no place is more full of inspiration than the future, especially when it comes to technology. Indeed, if we think about some of the genre’s greatest works, every single one has dazzled readers and viewers alike with…
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