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JANUARY 2, 2014

Before taking your event planning solo, keep in mind the business factors that come with the territory. If you’ve been doing this event-planning thing for a while, you might be wondering to yourself what it’s like to strike out on your own. Starting Your Own Event Company via @hgivner [link] #eventprofs #mpi.

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APRIL 22, 2014

— Adrian Segar (@ASegar) April 21, 2014. The author of Conferences That Work had one of his biggest event-planning challenges ever recently, after a keynote panel at the 2014 Sustainable Meetings Conference. From broadcast to learning in 25 minutes #eventprofs #assnchat #mpi #pcma [link]. Adrian Segar works fast.

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APRIL 30, 2014

— Gallup (@Gallup) April 28, 2014. leadership development expert Samuel Bacharach offers four tips to help innovation flourish, even as you’re growing. Over at Cvent’s Event Planning blog, Donna Kastner considers how you can spruce up event sponsorships. Hands-Off Can Hurt.

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MAY 16, 2014

That inventiveness extends to its event planning. Every two years, the company puts on a Worldwide Convention in Orange County, California, and it tried a new approach to promote the event this year: Rather than simply launching an event site on its intranet, it created a content-heavy Facebook-style news feed.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

How else can we tap staff, volunteers and leadership to help first timers/solos move beyond hello? Adapted from Donna’s Meeting Innovation post on Cvent’s Event Planning blog. What steps are you taking to help first timers and solo attendees meet others at your conference?

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