Meetings Today Podcast

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Meetings Today Podcast episodes

  • Sustainability Questions and Considerations for Convention Centers

    What should planners consider when selecting a sustainable city and convention center for their next event? What sustainability questions should they ask facilities to help their meetings go green? We explore all of this and more in an interview with Jeff Johnson, the executive director of the Minneapolis Convention Center, and its director of sales and marketing, Katie Smith.

    [Related Content: How 4 Cities Make It Easy to Go Green in 2019]

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    15 min
  • Why You Should Use Digital Display Tech at Your Next Convention

    Danielle LeBreck talks digital display tech with Ted Arbeiter, the tech services coordinator at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota. Learn how digital display tech can bring your event into the 21st century, elevate the attendee experience and enhance your event branding in a cost-effective way.

    [Related Content: 4 Reasons to Leverage Digital Displays at Conventions]

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    16 min
  • The Weekly Wrap: Film Locations for Events, Hiring Celebrity Speakers and a Cvent Study That Bodes Well for the Meetings Industry

    Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson details some of the top stories of the week from Meetings Today, including Hollywood-worthy meeting venues, how to book a celebrity speaker and a Cvent study that says meeting planners can expect to be busy, busy, busy planning more and more meetings.

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    7 min
  • Taking the Mystery Out of Mindfulness: How Can It Benefit You Personally and Professionally?

    Mindfulness seems to be everywhere these days, grabbing our attention on magazine covers at the grocer’s checkout stand, in posts on our social media feeds, in conversations from our favorite podcasts and in chats with friends and colleagues.

    Ever wonder what mindfulness really is and how it can truly benefit you—and your clients? Lori Tenny checked in with Lee Papa, mindfulness speaker, trainer and author, and creator of the successful Mindfulness Lounge™ to discuss mindfulness and meditation—demystifying it and focusing on key benefits and strategies for busy meeting professionals to incorporate it into their lives and event agendas.

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    49 min
  • The Weekly Wrap: More Horrifying Meetings Disasters, F&B Cost Control and Special Effects

    Tyler Davidson details some of the top stories of the week from Meetings Today, including our latest installment of Meetings Horror Stories, Joan Eisenstodt's blog post on F&B cost-control and an article on an event special effects company that brings the WOW and cuts the red tape.

    [Also Mentioned: My Lunch With Tom Sietsema, Washington Post Food Critic]

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    8 min
  • Brave New World: Disruption in the Meetings Industry

    Tyler Davidson talks with Alon Alroy, co-founder of cloud-based event management software company Bizzabo, about disruption in the meetings and events industry due to the forces of marketing ROI, data collection and analytics.

    Plus: Alroy's take on trends to look out for in the near future.

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    21 min
  • Meetings Trendsetter Will Curran on AV Trends, #EventIcons and Critical Wi-Fi Knowledge

    Tyler Davidson chats with the trailblazing Will Curran, "chief event Einstein" at Endless Events and a meetings and events cross-platform content machine. Learn why podcasting is so important to meeting planners, and how to identify the warning signs that you are about to get fleeced for your event Wi-Fi service.

    [Related Content: How to Use Gamification to Influence Attendee Behavior]

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    31 min

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Meetings Today and partner podcasts share valuable insights on topics pertinent to the industry such as current events, the future of meetings, career advice, expert interviews and more.