Meeting Planning Trends and Solutions

Most event professionals have a love-hate relationship with survey feedback. We’re anxious to know if we delivered on our promises, if attendees noticed and appreciated the risks we took, and if the attention to detail we gave to each aspect of the event paid off. But we also dread sorting through the conflicting feedback we often receive about F&B, room temperature, speaker selection, and venues. Here’s the unspoken truth that many of us know but never say out loud – not all feedback is created equal. Not all feedback matters. Join Crystal Neubauer (AVP, Education and Events at Cambridge Investment Research Inc.) as she discusses how to identify feedback that matters so you can leverage it to add value to future meetings. In this webinar, you’ll learn an easy process for evaluating the value of certain types of feedback, how to define action clear steps, and how to use feedback to manage expectations in the future.

Connexity is where community and connecting intersect, the two things your attendees are craving! Meetings need to be in the connexity business–making connections and building communities to become the new town square for your global village. Learn how to transform your live meetings to create “watering holes” where your villagers (attendees) can come to foster “Connexity.” Discover creative ways to deliver on the networking promise that your attendees are wanting but few events are providing.

Join Destination Canada for an intimate fireside discussion on the human element of sustainability. Hear from local community leaders on the work they are doing by sustaining cultural practices, creating a positive impact, and living and providing off the land. Event professionals will leave this program knowing how they can incorporate these cultural and environmental experiences into their programming. CMP-IS Domain G: Meeting or Event Design Speakers: Jennifer Attersall, Director of Incentive Travel, Destination Canada, Graham Dickson, Founder, Arctic Kingdom, Ernst Flach, Vice President Destination Marketing, Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge, Stephanie Crowchild, Founder and Owner, The Eagletail House Society and Stephanie Eagletail Designs, Mariana Shackleton, Manager, Business Events, Banff & Lake Louise Tourism