Skift Meetings Podcast

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 design, and exciting destination updates.

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#47 Fiona Bruder: Nothing Matters More Than Con...
42 min
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#46 Irina Graf: Influencing Destination Selection
This episode features Irina Graf, founder of The MICE Blog and Event Planners Talk.
51 min
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#45 Senthil Gopinath: Passionate Strategy
This episode features Senthil Gopinath, CEO at ICCA in a conversation about the future of the event industry.
44 min
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#44 Mathijs Vleeming: From Events to Communities
Our guest for this episode is Mathijs Vleeming, Online Community Evangelist & Strategy Consultant at Open Social.
43 min
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#43 Alon Alroy: Impactful Events Are Successful...
In this episode we talk with Alon Alroy, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Bizzabo.The main topic of our conversation is the recently launched book, Event Success - Maximizing the Business Impact of In-person, Virtual, and Hybrid Experiences.
51 min
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#42 Padraic Gilligan: Real People In Real Place...
The latest episode of the Event Manager Podcast focuses on incentive travel and motivational events and features Padraic Gilligan, managing partner at SoolNua and chief marketing officer of SITE Global.Here are a few of the topics we cover:How incentiv...
59 min
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#41 Alicia Schiro: Simplicity As the Key to Eve...
Episode #41 of the Event Manager Podcast features Alicia Schiro, CEO and founder of Aced It Events.The conversation focuses on how independent planners can deal with the challenges and opportunities they are facing.Providing a better alternative is the...
53 min
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#40 Cathy Breden: The Changing Face of Exhibitions
In this episode of the Event Manager Podcast, we talk with Cathy Breden, executive vice president, and chief operating officer at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE), and CEO of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research Found...
24 min
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#39 Patrick Delaney: Travel as a Transformative...
Episode #39 of the Event Manager Podcast features Patrick Delaney, Managing Partner at SoolNua in a conversation about the transformative power of travel. Here are a few of the topics we cover:Why destination marketing requires an alternative viewHow ...
47 min
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#38 Stephanie Cheung: Events as the Business of...
Episode #38 of the Event Manager Podcast features Stephanie Cheung, Director of Strategy & Insights at MarketID.The conversation focuses on the exciting world of destination marketing. Here are a few of the topics we cover:How cultural exchange can mak...
50 min
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#37 Georgia Suttie and Sophie Conlon: Empowerin...
This episode features Georgia Suttie, Venue Find Operations Manager at Agiito, and Sophie Conlon, Events and Communications Manager at the University of Essex, both mentees of the Fast Forward 15 program.The conversation focuses on how mentoring can emp...
29 min
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#36 Sabrina Meyers: Optimizing Online Visibility
This episode features Sabrina Meyers, founder of the Sabrina Meyers Consultancy in a conversation around online visibility. We discuss: Why documenting your experience should be the basis of your own contentThe challenges of taking on multiple overlap...
62 min
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#35 Heidi Legein: Redefining Digital Strategy f...
This episode features Heidi Legein, founder of The MICE Guru, in a discussion around digital strategy for events. We discuss: The importance of consciously creating a digital strategy for both events and businesses in the event industryWhy event tech v...
51 min
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#34 Tim Arnold: Unleashing the Superpower of Bo...
Tim Arnold is the President of Leaders for Leaders and the author of two books, the newly released, “Lead with And - The Secret to Resilience and Results in a Polarized World” and “The Power of Healthy Tension”In this episode, Tim Arnold covers the conc...
48 min
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#33 Marco Giberti: Investing in Event Tech
In this episode we talk with Marco Giberti, Founder and CEO of Vesuvio Ventures, about entrepreneurship and investing in event tech. Among other topics we cover: The fantastic mission of the event industry: connecting peopleWhy the event industry shoul...
29 min
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#32 Samme Allen: The Power of Building a Community
In this episode, Samme Allen, founder of conferenceemcees.com, discusses why building a community is the key to growing a sustainable business and more including:Why difficult journeys make us more resilient and lead to better products and servicesWhy ...
39 min
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#31 Kai Troll: Having a Positive Mindset Can Be...
This episode of the Event Manager Podcast features association leader Kai Troll. Join us as we discuss how we can learn to have a positive mindset and much, much more.We cover topics such as:Job titles and accolades are not as important as what you are...
49 min
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#30 Joe Atkinson: Taking the Stress Out of Conf...
Joe Atkinson, Co-founder of Lineup Ninja In this episode EventMB's editor-in-chief, Miguel Neves, and guest, Joe Atkinson, discuss stress, technology, conference planning and much more including:How bad event experiences can lead to important insights...
51 min
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#29 Carina Bauer: The Need for Flexibility and ...
Carina Bauer, CEO at IMEX Group, talks with EventMB Editor-in-chief Miguel Neves about the need for flexibility and collaboration in the events industry.They cover topics such as:How flexibility and cooperation with all clients and partners is key to d...
51 min
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#28 Shane Lewis and Elliot Jakobsen: Handling I...
Shane Lewis, Business Development Manager at VenuIQ and Elliot Jakobsen, Global Marketing Manager at Canapii In this episode, EventMB's editor-in-chief, Miguel Neves, and guests Shane Lewis and Elliot Jakobsen discuss not only their experiences with im...
60 min
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#27 Anh Nguyen: Humanizing Event Tech
Anh Nguyen, Head of Community Engagement at twine In this episode, EventMB's editor-in-chief, Miguel Neves, and guest, Ahn Nguyen, discuss the humanizing of event tech and other topics including:Why the high we get from in-person events is hard to rep...
43 min
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#26 Dahlia El Gazzar and Gemma Edwards: Conten...
Dahlia El Gazzar, Tech Evangelist + Idea Igniteur at DAHLIA+Agency, and Gemma Edwards, Co-founder of Canapii In this episode EventMB's editor-in-chief, Miguel Neves, deputy editor, Angela Tupper, and guests discuss hybrid engagement strategies, and top...
60 min
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#25 Tracy Halliwell: Why London’s Event Industr...
The latest episode features Tracy Halliwell, Director of Tourism & Convention Bureau for London & Partners, in conversation with EventMB deputy editor, Angela Tupper. In this episode titled, “Why London’s Event Industry Is Booming Again,” Tracy Halliwe...
22 min
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#24 Kathryn Frankson: How Data and Strategic Ma...
Kathryn Frankson is the Director of Event Marketing of Informa Connect In this episode titled "How Data and Strategic Marketing Drive Better Event ROI", Kathryn Frankson shares her expertise on mining event data for insights and designing marketing str...
47 min
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#23 Leanne Calderwood: The Power of Personal Br...
Leanne Calderwood, Personal Branding and LinkedIn Trainer In this episode EventMB's editor-in-chief, Miguel Neves, and guest Leanne Calderwood discuss: How our personal brands become part of what our clients experienceWhy you should always tie your p...
47 min