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Today’s attendees expect an experiential environment
Everyone has heard the high-level complaints about “what’s wrong with meetings”: Windowless, fluorescent-lit rooms, nap-inducing dark theaters, attendees sitting motionless for hours, sessions that are the same length whether there’s five minutes’ or an hour’s worth of information to be imparted...the list is long...Read More >>