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Hotel chains in Toronto are offering free rooms to frontline healthcare workers who are working day and night under extreme conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to read more from the blogTO article. … Read More about Toronto hotels donating rooms to frontline healthcare workers
Does your workday now include back-to-back Zoom calls? Learn how to fight "Zoom fatigue" and how to keep your energy up from this Fast Company article. Click here to read the full article. … Read More about How to fight ‘Zoom fatigue’
TORONTO – Event professionals around the world gathered virtually this week in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest audience for a virtual conference. On April 14, 2020, event professionals from across the globe got together for the Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) that went completely virtual as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The day was created to be an … Read More about GMID attempts to break World Record
In order to get to know our Hall of Famers better, CMEExpo will be interviewing inductees one by one after their induction. These interviews have been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. Name: Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald Inducted in: 2019 Category: Industry Planner Currently working as: Founder, president, and lead project manager at TAP … Read More about Getting to know our Hall of Famers – Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald
Editor’s Note: This article is provided for general information purposes and does not constitute legal advice. *** COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the meetings and events industry – that’s no secret. And among the cancellations and postponements, more event professionals are looking closer and harder at something that would barely get a second look before – contracts. That’s right. Event … Read More about How and why contracts might change thanks to COVID-19
It's no secret the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the meetings and events industry greatly. Most event planners are feeling the pressure to postpone their event to the fall, and in essence, re-plan their event all over again. Some event planners have had to cancel their event entirely. But there is another solution to saving your upcoming event – going virtual. Making your event virtual … Read More about How to make your (now) virtual event a success
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the restrictions and challenges its created to the meetings and events industry, Meetings Mean Business Canada announced today that its Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) will be going virtual this year. Scheduled for April 14, 2020, you can join Meetings Mean Business Canada as it hosts GMID as an online virtual event starting at 12 p.m. EST, 9 a.m. … Read More about Global Meetings Industry Day 2020 goes virtual
Being an event professional in these unprecedented times is challenging to say the least. With more and more events being cancelled and postponed around the world every day, planners are left with so many questions and uncertainties not only about their own events, but about the meetings and events industry as a whole. To answer these questions, CMEExpo spoke to Clark Grue, chairman of Meetings … Read More about How to navigate as a planner in these unprecedented times
TORONTO -- The Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) has found a way to help others during this time of global uncertainty and COVID-19. After many postponed and/or cancelled events at the MTCC, employees banded together to donate its food surplus to local shelters and other charitable organizations. "These food items were from cancelled or postponed events and included things like milk, … Read More about MTCC donates extra food from postponed or cancelled events to local charities
With many people working remotely as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, it can be hard for people to focus and stay productive. Fast Company has put together a list to help you stay level-headed while working during these trying times. Click here to read the article. … Read More about New to working from home? Here’s some helpful tips to keep you focused
