Smart Meetings

Most of us already know music changes a room. We feel it when a walk-in track builds anticipation, when a soundtrack makes a video land harder or when one familiar chorus turns a room full of strangers into a shared moment. But too often, music is still treated as filler instead of strategy. That is the opportunity.

As someone who speaks on employee engagement and workplace culture, I hear this from meeting planners regularly: "How do we make the energy last?" The good news is that a few intentional design choices, built directly into your event experience, can dramatically extend the shelf life of what attendees learn and feel at your conference.

New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium is hosting the final match on July 19. While the event is taking place in East Rutherford, New Jersey, its placement near the New Jersey-New York border has led FIFA to name the venue “New York New Jersey Stadium” during the matches.

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) World Education Congress (WEC) welcomed nearly 1,800 meeting and event professionals to Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio for three days of education, immersion in Texas culture and a focus on the power of human connections.

When only the best will do, the Smart Meetings Community can always turn to their peers as a trusted source to learn the real deal on the grandest ballroom, who […]

MPI’s World Education Congress has long been known as the annual event for working event planners looking for education, hosted-buyer opportunities and a robust trade show to find news about […]