Skift Meetings Podcast

By Skift Meetings

The podcast for event professionals featuring the leading innovators in the industry. We cover the latest innovations in event technology, case studies of successful events, new thinking in event desi... more

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How many episodes does Skift Meetings Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 174 episodes available.

Skift Meetings Podcast episodes:

March 24, 2023#92 Anca Platon Trifan: Inspiring Women in Event Production
This episode features Anca Platon Trifan, founder, creator and CEO of Tree-Fan Events & head of Events: Demystified podcast, in a conversation about increasing female representation in event production.
Here are a few of the topics we cover:
Working from the bottom up in AV
Partnering with competitors or co-opetition is the secret to success
The challenge of normalizing women in event production and AV, particularly behind the scenes
The importance of following a program for achieving breakthroughs in fitness and life
Why Anca is actively exploring the metaverse

Skift Meetings is defining the future of business events. Visit our website for the latest news, reports, and events.
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52min
March 17, 2023#91 Virginie De Visscher: Environmental Change May Be Uncomfortable, but It Is Necessary
Virginie De Visscher is Senior Director of Business Development at Destination Canada Business Events.
This conversation focuses on sustainability, collaboration, turning obstacles into opportunities.
Here are a few of the topics we cover:
Adopting a strategic approach to improving their practices
Sustainability belongs to all
Change is uncomfortable but we must all embrace it and the discomfort of being outside our comfort zone
Why we should look to turn obstacles into opportunities
Sustainability isn’t a competitive advantage but an area where we must all collaborate

Skift Meetings is defining the future of business events. Visit our website for the latest news, reports, and events.
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38min
March 10, 2023#90 David Kliman: Speaking the Language of the C-Suite
David Kliman, owner of The Kliman Group and co-founder of Event Leaders Exchange (ELX).
The conversation focuses on belonging and the power of language plus more.
Here are a few of the topics we cover:
The need to speak the language of the c-suite and understand business objectives
How event program consolidation is linked with corporate culture
Why community and belonging are what makes events great, regardless of how senior you are or what your role is
Why neurodiversity will change the way meeting experiences work
How new workforce developments, sustainability, and the politics of meetings are top of mind for senior event leaders

Skift Meetings is defining the future of business events. Visit our website for the latest news, reports, and events.
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47min
March 03, 2023#89 Julie Coker: Breaking Barriers and Paving the Way
Julie Coker is CEO and President of the San Diego Tourism Authority.
The conversation focuses on the importance of community and mentorship and what it's like to break barriers and pave the way for others.
Here are a few of the topics we cover:
Why boycotting a destination may not always be the right move
The need for inclusivity to be intentional
The importance of diversity, which should always be evolving
The need for community when you are in a leadership role
The role of mentors

Skift Meetings is defining the future of business events. Visit our website for the latest news, reports, and events.
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37min
February 24, 2023#88 Paul Van Deventer: Proving the Value of Meetings to the Wider Business World
This episode features Paul Van Deventer, CEO of MPI (Meeting Professionals International).
The conversation focuses on proving the value of meetings to the wider business world.
Here are a few of the topics we cover:
How the events industry only started to learn how to tell its story after coming under attack from politicians during the 2008 financial crisis
how the absence of meetings proved their importance during the Covid pandemic
The value of local chapters, particularly with events like EMEC coming up
Why MPI takes risks at their events, so planners don’t have to do that on their own
Keeping an open mind about what MPI becomes and allowing people to customize their journey
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45min
February 17, 2023#87 Panos Moutafis: Understanding Attendee Behavior
This episode features Panos Moutafis, co-founder and CEO at Zenus.
The conversation focuses on Zenus AI. Here are a few of the topics we cover:
The power of using video to study human behavior
The advantages of using AI for understanding human behavior
Why Zenus opted not to work with Personal Identifiable Information
How the Zenus device and system works
Why events offer a unique challenge with being temporary, often last minute and risk averse by default

This episode of The Skift Meetings Podcast was produced in partnership with Zenus.
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46min
February 10, 2023#86 Annette Gregg: Incentives, Trends and Personal Missions
Annette Gregg, CEO at SITE discusses once-in-a-lifetime experiences, trends in incentive travel, female leadership and personal missions with Skift Meetings editor-in-chief Miguel Neves.
Here are a few of the topics we cover:
The SITE Global Conference as a example of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for participants
How to address the imbalance of female leadership across the meetings industry
The importance of having a personal mission that goes beyond how we define ourselves through work
Research results from the latest Incentive Research Foundation’s Trends report in partnership with FICP
The need to nurture the next generation working in incentive travel
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47min
February 03, 2023#85 Eric de Groot: Meetings by Design
This episode features Eric de Groot, managing partner and meeting designer at MindMeeting in a conversation about meeting design.
Here are a few of the topics we cover:
6 reasons to use meetings, which is different to the objective of the meetings
Why understanding people is so important to meeting design
The importance of combining different ways of thinking to become a meeting designer
Why meetings need more wellbeing and physical activity
Why the board level needs to be involved in meeting design
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57min
January 30, 2023#84 Kemp Gallineau & Drew Pinto: The Evolution of Instant Booking Solutions
This episode features Kemp Gallineau, CEO at Groups360 and Drew Pinto, global sales distribution, and revenue management at Marriott International.
The conversation focuses the newly announced partnership between Groups360 and Marriott International, which allows instant booking for small groups. Here are a few of the topics we cover:
The benefits of instant booking to both hotels and customers
The technology that facilitates instant bookings
The shifting behaviors in online booking
The role remote work has played in the recovery of the meetings industry

This episode was produced in partnership with Groups360
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32min
January 20, 2023#83 Tommy Goodwin: Elevating the Business Events Industry Starts With Advocacy
This episode features Tommy Goodwin, vice president, government affairs for the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA)
The conversation focuses on advocacy in the meetings industry. Here are a few of the topics we cover:
Fully welcoming international exhibitors and attendees back to the U.S.
Sustainability and climate change
Promoting government involvement in developing the industry’s future workforce
Bring back communicable disease coverage to event cancelation insurance
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36min

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