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  • 2 weeks ago | meetings.skift.com | Andrea Doyle

    Planners are increasingly passing on celebrity speakers in favor of subject matter experts who deliver deeper value at lower cost. It’s a shift speaker bureaus are tracking closely. Mike Taubleb, founder of Promenade Speakers Bureau, said his company has experienced not only a shift away from high-profile speakers with steep fees, but fewer inquiries overall, and longer decision-making lead times. “Some clients are simply unable to commit to premium fees,” said Taubleb.

  • 2 weeks ago | meetings.skift.com | Andrea Doyle

    Janet Traphagen joined Creative Group in 1996 and has risen from account manager to president, a role she’s held since 2014. Under her leadership, the company, which specializes in meetings, events, and incentive programs, has navigated major industry shifts. A past chair of the Incentive Research Foundation, Traphagen also serves as an advisor to global hospitality brands and mentors small business owners through programs in the Chicago area.

  • 3 weeks ago | meetings.skift.com | Andrea Doyle

    NASA is facing a proposed 24% budget cut. The financial uncertainty is already hitting the events sector. The International Space Station Research and Development Conference, planned for July in Seattle, has been canceled just two months out.

  • 3 weeks ago | meetings.skift.com | Andrea Doyle

    Visa delays, funding cuts, and geopolitical tensions are driving scientific conferences out of the U.S. Some are relocating. Others are canceling. The International Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (IACBT) canceled its August 14-17 conference in Nashville — its first U.S. meeting in 40 years. Approximately 900 were expected. Organizers cited visa uncertainty, federal funding cuts, and concerns about U.S. policy as reasons for the cancellation.

  • 4 weeks ago | meetings.skift.com | Andrea Doyle

    Want to keep attendees awake and engaged? Focus on energy, not the clock. That was a theme of "The Wellness Intersection," a Skift Meetings Backstage Briefing held on May 29. “Attention, information retention, energy, and connection come from events designed with the attendee in mind,” said Samantha T. Marie, chief experience officer at OmniEra Events and Travel. She was joined by Sepideh Eivazi, founder of Dawn of the Earth, a company that combines somatic breathwork with custom teas.

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