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4 Min.Hybrid Event Planning: 5 Ways to Create an Amazing Dual Experience
It is time to REIMAGINE how we plan, produce, and execute meetings and events. Our goal as event planners and industry consultants is to provide new and improved best practices that stretch beyond enhanced SOPs, […]
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3 Min.M&IW Adds 75 Events Industry Certifications to its Bench Strength
The impact of the global health crisis on the events industry has accelerated the need to enhance skills. Our team used this time to earn event industry certifications to better respond to rapidly changing conditions […]
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10 Min.Experiences from the Road: Traveling and Managing Events During a Global Pandemic
Since March, M&IW has continued to support our clients’ essential face-to-face meetings. At any given time, many of our road warriors were onsite managing programs that are critical to the health and safety of our communities. […]
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6 Min.Hosting a Virtual Holiday Celebration — Entertainment & Activities
Make more than just the thought count this year! In a recent poll, over 150 event stakeholders, planners, and corporate employees expressed interest in spreading some cheer this season by celebrating the holidays virtually. At […]
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6 Min.Three Steps to Ensure You Are Hotel Contract Ready
Ultimately, the venue contract is the blueprint for your program. It outlines sleeping rooms and meeting spaces contracted along with the associated rates. The deposit schedule and thresholds for compliance and communications are also vital details. The contract is […]
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10 Min.Events > Forward — A Podcast for Live & Virtual Events
Welcome to the first episode of Events > Forward, a Podcast for live and virtual events. Our host, Jeff Naue, Special Projects Marketing Lead, and Mae Ibe, CMP, Director of Conferences and Tradeshows, talk about […]
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8 Min.(Don’t) Let Them Eat Cake
The Meeting World’s Healthy Food Scene By Cynthia Dial (Source) [This article was originally published on themeetingsmagazine.com, for Insurance & Financial Meetings Management.] “Healthy” is today’s across-the-board buzzword, even in the culinary world’s meetings scene. From […]
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45 Min. VideoCOVID Event Safety: What Meeting Professionals Need to Know
At M&IW, when it comes to event safety, we share the philosophy that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. For years, we’ve helped our clients develop and execute emergency preparedness and […]
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5 min.COVID-19: M&IW Update
In the meetings and travel business, we need to be acutely aware of risks. As part of M&IW’s Global Travel Risk Management program, we’ve been practicing emergency preparedness planning for decades. We are responsible for […]
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6 Min. ReadEmployee Spotlight: Global Operations
“The devil is in the details” is an idiom that refers to a mysterious element hidden in the details, meaning that something might seem simple at a first glance but will take more time and effort to complete […]
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5 Min. ReadPlanning for 2020 … and Beyond!
2020 budgeting and planning is well underway. In fact, there are only 75 days left until the end of 2019! With our focus turning from “finishing the year strong,” toward “planning for 2020,” we thought it would be a […]
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5 Min. ReadCreative Ways to Meet with Sustainability and Green in Mind
The Events Industry Council defines event sustainability as “taking action towards preserving our natural environment; promoting a healthy, inclusive society; and supporting a thriving economy.” We continue to hear buzzwords like “green” and “sustainable.” The […]
