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Happy Monday! We are back with our Huddle of the Week post!

The 2023 Cvent CONNECT agenda is now LIVE! Our sessions have been designed to fit your unique goals. Whether you're looking to find your event industry community, get fresh ideas, expand your planning toolkit, or just have fun – we've got you covered. There are so many opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills at Cvent CONNECT. Check out sessions recommended for your role in our attendee guides and build your custom experience.

Event Professionals Attendee Guide
Marketers Attendee Guide
Partners Attendee Guide
First Timer Attendee Guide
Hospitality Attendee Guide

Questions for you:
     - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT?
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts in the comment section below!

#CventCONNECT

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Megan Clark
Assistant Team Lead, Online Community Marketing
Cvent
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  - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT?  I am attending for the first time, and am looking forward to learning!
  - Which session are you looking forward to the most?  I am excited for the Best-in-Class Reporting session.  I'm always looking for new and interested way to examine the data collected by our events in order to share ROI data points with my executive team.

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Jess Olcott
Training Program Coordinator
ETC, Inc.
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     - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? not this year :-(
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most? roundtables always felt very beneficial

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Julie-Michelle Davis, CMP
Meetings Manager
Amex GBT - USA
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-18-2023 10:27
From: Jess Olcott
Subject: Cvent CONNECT 2023 Agenda is LIVE!

  - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT?  I am attending for the first time, and am looking forward to learning!
  - Which session are you looking forward to the most?  I am excited for the Best-in-Class Reporting session.  I'm always looking for new and interested way to examine the data collected by our events in order to share ROI data points with my executive team.

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Jess Olcott
Training Program Coordinator
ETC, Inc.
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- Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT?

Yes!

     - Which session are you looking forward to the most?

Looking Forward to in person sessions learning about Event ROI

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Jonathan
NY
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 - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? yes, virtually 
 - Which session are you looking forward to the most? attendees of the future 

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Elizabeth Rathje
Assoc Events Coordinator
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I will be attending virtually this year, and I always look forward to the big name speakers that are brought in and listening to their industry insights and predicitions. 

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Teresa James
Director of Sales and Marketing
Aloft Gainesville
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I'll be attending virtually and looking forward to the next product roadmap announcements.

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Megan Ridgway
internal events
S&P GlobalUnited States
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    - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? not this year. 
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most?

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Colleen Beck
Director of Sales & Marketing
The Westin Tampa Bay
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     - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? Yes, it will be my first in-person CVENT event. 
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most? From Thinking to Doing: Tackling Sustainability Goals Within Your Meetings & Events, as a newer member of my orgs Meetings team I am hoping to focus on learning with sustainability in mind for all meeting and events. 

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Amanda McLean
Meeting and Events Coordinator
National Association Of College And University AttorneysUnited States
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Yes, I'm attending. Very excited to attend a few sessions on building more engaging websites.

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Beth Vriesen.
Events Technology Administrator
Associated Bank Corporation
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     - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? Unfortunately only virtually this year
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most? Hoping there's some good virtual sessions on new design tools for websites

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Rachel
NJ
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     - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? Yes - virtual attendee :)
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most? More like what don't I want to attend ;)

The Innovation Pavilion, DEI in a Downturn: How to Do More With Less, The Balancing Act: How to Maximize ROI and Stay Within Budget, Training Camp: Build Engaging and Captivating Event Websites, The Digitalization of In-Person Events with Cvent Attendee Hub, The 10 Commandments of Amazing Web Experiences, Best-In-Class Reporting: Delivering Impactful Data that Matters to Your Event Stakeholders, How to Calculate Event ROI and Value for Internal Events, Optimize Event Data with Reports and Access Portals (Repeat), How to Calculate Event ROI and Value for External Events, Not Your Average Boring Session on Building an SMM Program, 

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Hallie Loeb, HMCC
Event Operations Specialist
CDW United States
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Looking forward to the virtual CventConnect!

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Elena Kitterman
Sales
Four Points by Sheraton KalamazooUnited States
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     - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? Yes, virtually!
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most? All of the General Sessions. Anything that relates to a DMO.

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Virginia McCoy
Sales Associate
Visit Savannah
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Yes, I will be there!
The sessions that pertain to me most as a builder were already full - I wish they were offered more times! But I'm excited about the tech tour!

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Tori Martinez
Event Technology Specialist
Direct Travel
United States
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@Tori Martinez are you referring to the "Building engaging and captivating event websites" training camp workshop? We are hoping to open another repeat so make sure you get added to the waitlist! I can get you added if you'd like! Hope to meet you in Las Vegas! 

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Nari Courtney
Senior Manager
Cvent Marketing Department
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-26-2023 09:06
From: Tori Martinez
Subject: Cvent CONNECT 2023 Agenda is LIVE!

Yes, I will be there!
The sessions that pertain to me most as a builder were already full - I wish they were offered more times! But I'm excited about the tech tour!

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Tori Martinez
Event Technology Specialist
Direct Travel
United States
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     - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT?
I won't be attending this year - I am passing the baton!
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most?
Data, reporting, ROI

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Lori Wildman
Marketing Director
DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.United States
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 - Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? - Yes! This will be my second Cvent CONNECT - looking forward to it. 
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most? - Bringing your Tier 1 Event to Life: The New Pre, During and Post event playbook for your marque event

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Leslie Daloia
Events Specialist
Corning IncorporatedUnited States
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 Are you planning on attending Cvent CONNECT? YES
     - Which session are you looking forward to the most? ROADMAP

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Amy Lum
Senior Systems & Tools Specialist
Boston Scientific CorporationUnited States
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