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Broadcasting LIVE Hybrid Sessions from EMA

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Participate in the EMA from Home! We’re here in the desert getting ready to kick off the January Elite Meetings Alliance at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa and it’s shaping up to be an amazing event! For those of you who weren’t able to be here in person, you’re invited to join us for our Educational Sessions via a live webcast! This will not be your average webcast. Our [...]

by Alina Itkin on January 27, 2012

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So Many Options – Which Event Tech Tools to Choose?

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Attendees arrive at our events with smart phones, laptops, tablets and other tech devices ready to tweet, blog, post and share. As event planners we need to embrace event technology tools as a means of enhancing the attendee experience and promoting the event. That said, amidst all this “socializing,” we mustn’t lose sight of our goal: bringing people together who share common interests and giving them a personal, face-to-face experience. [...]

by Kelly Morris on April 27, 2011

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An Evolution of Meetings – Part Two

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This post is a follow-up to An Evolution of Meetings which you can read here. “Beware the bright and shiny objects of social media and focus on your objective.” These words of wisdom were delivered by my VP on a recent conference call when people were getting spun up over a social media tool for events. It’s easy to get caught up in the social media maelstrom. To avoid wasted [...]

by Kelly Morris on October 11, 2010

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Evernote is Noteworthy

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Have you ever been on a site visit and struggled with capturing the details of the property, your ideas for meeting setups, and wondered how you would find the time to incorporate your photos into your notes in an easy and meaningful way. Then read on to learn more about an invaluable tool that should immediately add to your arsenal. I’m lucky enough to play with lots of the news [...]

by Brad Pirman on August 16, 2010

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Search on — EliteMeetings.com!

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We’re pretty sure that many of you already know what Elite Meetings does but here’s a little video created by our Marketing goddess, Amanda Smith, that should help clear up any confusion! Cheers Amanda!

by Brad Pirman on August 11, 2010

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SpeedRFP Changes – ver. 0.5.1

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Just recently we released an update to SpeedRFP.com. While there were lots of changes, some of the more notable ones are described below. Please remember, many of these changes are based on feedback that we get from our user community. Please don’t hesitate to use the “Feedback” tab on the right side of SpeedRFP.com to give us your ideas. We’ll probably incorporate them into future updates. Read more about the recent changes to SpeedRFP…

by Brad Pirman on June 14, 2010

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It’s Alive

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Updated: Please check out the “SpeedRFP Launches” press release for more information. I’m like a proud, yet mad, scientist (picture Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein) who’s spent months in the laboratory with a team creating what will hopefully save people countless hours of wasted time. SpeedRFP.com was conceived about 15 months ago and it’s now public for you to use. The concept was born from our truest intentions to provide [...]

by Brad Pirman on April 1, 2010

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Grow Locally before Growing Globally

To often social media is looked at as solely as marketing and business development tool for growing your exposure among those who have never, ever, heard of a product. It is seen as an avenue that will cut down the all the noise and bring in the new. The same ideas have been applied to meetings, and tradeshows, with many organizations using these tools in an effort to boost the [...]

by Mark Ley on March 18, 2010

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Beginners guide to Social Media

Are you unsure what do with social media? You’re not alone. Many meeting professionals  feel overwhelmed by the idea of establishing a presence in the social media world. Social Media Marketing is on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. Most though are unsure how to use these new mediums and struggle with understanding where to get started. Fortunately, it’s easier than you think. Meeting professionals that want to increase [...]

by Mark Ley on December 22, 2009

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New Technology changing the Face to Face Meeting

One of the great joys of our business is the development of new technologies that transform and enhance the landscape of our industry. The development of FaceTime was one such technology. From it’s inception for our own use at the Elite Meetings Alliance through the most recent IT&ME, we have seen it change the way that suppliers and buyers interact. It has provided a space for more open communication and [...]

by Mark Ley on December 1, 2009

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How to build and promote and event on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the “Go To” network for today’s professionals. It provides a solid platform for networking and endless possibilities for business development. With over 50 Million members it has passed the infancy stage breezed through puberty and is now into it’s life as a young adult. With so many members it only makes sense to use it as a platform for driving attendance to your event and cementing buy in [...]

by Mark Ley on November 25, 2009

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Tomorrow’s Tools

“You can’t expect to meet the challenges of today with yesterday’s tools and expect to be in business tomorrow.” As Meeting and Event professionals it is easy to get caught up in the world that we know. We spend a great deal of time managing, or better yet, taming, the chaos of the group mind. The process of planning an event is time consuming and challenges us to be creative [...]

by Mark Ley on November 11, 2009

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