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The Future of the Global Meetings and Events Industry
Andy McNeill, CEO of American Meetings, Inc. was a recent guest on the Tourism Entrepreneur Podcast, where he shared his knowledge and expertise on the state and future of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry and tips for success. The following article is a Q&A derived from the podcast.
The Evolution of Virtual Meetings as B2B Events Emerge from the Pandemic
In this podcast episode of Destination on the Left Podcast, AMI Founder Andy McNeill talks about the evolution of virtual meetings as the event industry emerges from the pandemic. From the economic downturns of 9/11, the 2008 recession, and now COVID-19, Andy understands the highs and lows of the industry and how to shift and even grow during them.
How AMI Helps Fortune 500 Companies Host Amazing Hybrid Events
AMI Founder Andy McNeil was recently featured on Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast to share more about hybrid events. Before the pandemic, there was a lot of excitement about virtual events, but more people were experiencing some level of burnout through it. This often sounded like, “Ugh, another virtual meeting.”
True Hospitality: Relationships and Community Service Brings Award to Event Industry Professional
Recently AMI, American Meetings Inc. own Chelsea Litos was recognized as one of the 40 Under 40 Young Professionals of South Florida. Ms. Litos is the VP of Account Management at AMI, a company known as a global meeting and event industry leader. This honor is awarded to only the top 10 candidates across four industries: business, legal, healthcare, and real estate.
Three Meeting and Event Trends for 2021
As we begin to unravel from the 2020 pandemic, the demand for corporate meetings remains strong. We are social creatures, and business meetings must happen to help us align on goals and with each other. The shift organizations made to online meetings, and virtual events showed us that business, events, and meetings needed to continue to move forward, regardless of the global pandemic landscape.
Five Innovative Gifting ideas for Attendees and Staff
Participants at live events have grown accustomed to receiving their welcome packet, name badge, and swag bag. This last year of virtual meetings brought us creative unboxing parties, and this year, as hybrid meetings become the new normal, we expect to see the innovation grow.
Guides
Webinar Best Practices
Making sure your webinar exceeds the expectations of your audience is key. Check out this great take-a-way on 5 tips not to forget to include in your upcoming webinar.
Pre-webinar Best Practices
This infographic provides hints on the important pre-steps to create the perfect online experience that will WOW and inspire your attendees.
Post Webinar Best Practices
The five most important things to consider after executing a successful webinar
Taking Your Live Meeting To The Web Cost Savings Guide
AMI constantly seeks out ways for our clients to save money, gain efficiencies and meet compliance standards. Transitioning some meetings online produces significant value in these areas and is key to a successful overall meeting strategy.
5 Ways to Break Through Your Annual Sales Goals in The Meetings Industry
Click here to download an infographic Surpass your quarterly metrics by meeting with event planners directly Follow these 5 key points to hit your annual sales goals....
Top Five Pre-Webinar Best Practices
Click here for some great tips on how to begin planning your webinar. We get it. You’re busy. That’s why we’re here. When moving your Meetings Virtual, consider these...
Case Studies
Event Concept Development Case Study
This rapidly growing US-based investment firm was launching a media and event venture for the midcap markets. The objective was to build a profitable national brand online, a magazine and an annual conference for the midcap investor. They required professional consulting from a marketing and meeting services organization to launch the concept and provide logistic support around the conference portion of the strategy.
The Value of Face-to-Face Meetings: A Case Study
Conference calls and virtual meetings may be fine for the smaller details but when you need to motivate, inspire and/or close the big deal, there is no replacement for sharing the same physical space. Business leaders and their meeting planner partners have come a long way in developing metrics to calculate the return on investment of face-to-face conferences. And it’s amazing how many things CAN actually be measured. But there are some powerful intangibles that cannot be captured on a spreadsheet.
Videos
Onsite Meeting Sanitation, Safety & Resources for Live Meetings – An AMI Guide, Part 2
A live meeting checklist is always a good idea, but in our post-pandemic meeting and event world – health and safety are more important than ever. In this video, you’ll learn best practices that support the health and safety of your live meeting participants as AMI provides you with key insights for checking all those health and safety measures. In addition to tactical opportunities for you to instill meeting safety, AMI will manage your events across cleaner and wider spaces, along with enhanced sanitation in all meeting venues.
How Meetings Will Change in a Post Pandemic World – An AMI Executive Update
Hear from American Meetings, Inc. President, Todd Bludworth, on the changes you can expect going forward across the meetings and events industry. From social distancing, fewer attendees, and new technologies… Overall you can expect cleaner and wider spaces, along with more sanitation in your new meeting venues.
Tips for Negotiating with Hotels and Venues in the New Normal – An AMI Executive Update
Learn how negotiating with hotels and venues has changed drastically in the last few months. More agreeable cancellation terms, deposit schedules and no attrition are just a few of the tips that AMI President, Todd Bludworth shares in this AMI Executive Update.
Meet AMI’s Typical Client, Tom & Marie, busy business professionals and they have a meeting to plan.
Whether you are an association, business or fortune 500 company, we have the relationships, experience, technology and resources to help you develop a successful meeting, incentive, conference or tradeshow strategy.
Virtual Meeting Types Explained, with AMI CEO Andy McNeill
How Can Various Types of Virtual Meetings Support Your Business?
Discover the key differences between Virtual Collaboration Webinars, Dedicated Virtual Webcasts, and Virtual Conferences and Tradeshows. The experts at American Meetings, Inc. are ready to walk you through these key platforms to present the best solution for you to deliver the best in virtual meeting experiences and guaranteed meeting success.