Association Meetings International

Distracted delegates are costing the UK economy £20.7 billion a year. With a rising addiction to smart phones and screens in general, how do we get delegates to refocus and engage? Behavioural scientist Lea Karam and QEII Centre marketing and communications lead James Bogle joined Paul Harvey in hashtag #TheMeetingRoom to discuss how to get to the root of boredom and banish it... 🎙️ Check out all episodes and subscribe to the channel here: https://lnkd.in/eryz-dEU Behave Northstar Meetings Group #Eventplanners #Eventprofs #Meetings #trends #screentime

#TheMeetingRoom episode 10 - Getting to the root of boredom... Full episode out Friday 28 February! Subscribe to the channel to never miss an episode: https://lnkd.in/eKNGCKiS QEII Centre Behave Northstar Meetings Group #meetings #eventprofs

What are you forecasting for 2025? Catch up on the full episode of The Meeting Room, where James Lancaster and Holly Patrick share their predictions for the year ahead: https://lnkd.in/ebaw8WrG

Are you afraid of using AI? According to an audience survey at the Meetings Industry Association Summit in Liverpool, 50% of people are afraid of what it could do to company culture and whether it might dehumanise the way we work, while 37% are worried about its impact on security... Watch the full episode of The Meeting Room here: https://lnkd.in/eKNGCKiS

PCMA's Convening EMEA, taking place in Rotterdam in October, has named economist and author Noreena Hertz as its keynote speaker for this year’s conference...

We need to talk about sober inclusion... Watch the full episode of The Meeting Room here: https://lnkd.in/eKNGCKiS

Destination marketing organisations are finding it difficult to measure the effectiveness of their digital marketing campaigns, particularly in turning likes, impressions, and clicks into actual business results, according to a new report... Sojern | #destinationmarketing

When 70 association meeting professionals met at ICC Wales in early February for the VisitBritain Business Events Association Conference, they came up with a host of ideas to adapt to the changing landscape of event bidding...

Lyn Lewis-Smith, CEO of Business Events Sydney, and Gary Grimmer, chair of GainingEdge, have been recognised with the inaugural The Iceberg Excellence Awards for Advocacy of the Business & Professional Events Sector.

What do you think? Our industry is worried that artificial intelligence has the potential to dehumanise the way we work. But equally, it could free up time to be more strategic and creative... Catch up on the full episode of The Meeting Room here:https://lnkd.in/ebtjQma3