Meeting professionals want to use social media to foment more participant engagement around meetings and events, but getting started can be daunting. In a recent MeetingsNet webinar, Luann Edwards, CMP, CMM, social media strategist, FM Global, of...
Pharmaceutical and life sciences meeting managers are an intense and thoroughly professional niche of the meeting planning world, but is Pharma Forum all work and no play? No way. That would be a lost opportunity for sponsors to share innovative ...
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the old saying goes, and when Pharma Forum organizers needed a new opportunity for sponsor Hilton Worldwide, they came up with a creative twist to opening day that the life sciences planners truly enjoyed...
This was the third year Pharma Forum has used a tech tool to connect hosted buyers with exhibitors for appointments at the show. But it was the first year with a new platform that solved three vexing problems.
In 2014 and 2015, the meeting’s ...
Pharma Forum day chairs got into the spirit of the MadLib icebreaker at the newcomers reception.It’s always nice to kick off a newcomer’s orientation with an icebreaker, but coming up with one that isn’t hokey is a challenge.
For the 2016 Pharma...
The Pharma Forum general sessions typically have been headlined by pharmaceutical and other life sciences industry insiders. Last year, the organizers branched out by inviting Bill Levisay, chief customer officer of Bolthouse Farms, to share his...
MeetingsNet sat down with Chris Esposito of Totally Mod Furniture to learn about the interesting general session room set at Pharma Forum 2016 and furniture setup process best practices.
How do you start the process of working with meeting pla...
Another win-win for an innovation committee is to invite the participation of sponsors whose product or service is a good conceptual or literal fit. As a year-round destination focused on outdoor activities and health, Visit Newport Beach was int...
View of the stage from the control centerThe Pharma Forum, held in New York City in March and co-organized by MeetingsNet and CBI, for the first time contracted a production company for the program. “We were brought in to offer some new ideas and...
Photo by Frank VeronskyMeeting planners have always worked to top their previous events, add something new, and deliver more value to attendees. With today’s universe of possible program add-ons, technology tools, engagement strategies, learning ...
