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Start with One Change to Create a Sustainable Meeting

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Make one change, learn from your experience and start building a practice,” says Julia Spangler, a sustainable events consultant in Indianapolis. “It An Ignition pharmaceutical client recently exhibited at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners’ annual conference in Indianapolis. It doesn’t have to be perfect from the start.

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Fuel Your Meeting Attendees with Modern, Local Cuisine

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Meeting planners who underestimate modern cuisine in non-coastal cities like Indianapolis would be making a mistake. Some consider Indianapolis a fly-over city; they don’t expect good food here, but that’s changing,” says Lauren McGraw, event manager for the acclaimed Indianapolis restaurant Bluebeard.

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Match a City’s Perks with Your Attendees’ Interests

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The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) hosted its 100th annual meeting in Indianapolis June 28–July 2, 2019, knowing the sports-loving city would welcome the event and offer advantages over other cities. Headquartered in Indianapolis, NFHS is the national leadership organization for high school sports and activities.

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The Art of Designing a Memorable Food and Beverage Display

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In 2017, the AZA annual meeting was hosted by the Indianapolis Zoo, the location for Zoo Day. The zoo and the culinary team at its catering partner, Centerplate, knew they wanted to create food experiences guests would be talking about for weeks. Here are four tips that helped AZA and the Indianapolis Zoo wow attendees: 1.

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Thinking Beyond the Traditional Meeting Space

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While numerous cities are prioritizing this trend for meeting planners, Indianapolis has long been home to non-traditional spaces utilized for meetings and events. Bankers Life Fieldhouse , an award-winning retro-style arena that is home to the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever basketball teams. Learn more at VisitIndy.com.

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Can Encouraging Bleisure Travel Boost Millennial Conference Attendance?

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As millennials become a greater percentage of meeting attendees, catering to them a bit more—in both programming and marketing—makes sense. Indianapolis has joined the bike share revolution with the addition of 29 Indiana Pacers Bikeshare stations downtown. Here’s what to tout to get them to your next conference.

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Six Ways to Wow Attendees with International Cuisine

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Indianapolis culinary experts say the key is to have a few ideas—choose a few regions or countries—then partner with your catering staff to see what they are skilled at and what ingredients are available. This allows the catering teams to research, test and create unique ideas for the clients to choose from.”.