Open Forum

Happy Monday! Let's get started with our Huddle of the Week!

It was an amazing week at Cvent CONNECT! The event was full of outstanding content, engaging sessions, immersive experiences, dynamic conversations, and more!

My favorite part of the experience was having face-to-face interactions with everyone and seeing all the smiling faces around me!

There was so much to learn throughout the week, and I will definitely catch up on sessions that I missed or want to listen to again.

Make sure to log in to Attendee Hub to view all of the on-demand content from last week at Cvent CONNECT!

Questions for you:

• What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT?
• What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT?
• Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025?

#HuddleoftheWeek
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Megan Clark
Assistant Team Lead, Online Community Marketing
Cvent
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What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT?

• I loved listening to Karamo and Jasmine. Both their stories were so inspiring.

What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT?

• All the new features coming! I can't wait for the updates on Attendee Hub.

Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025?

• Yes! I'll try to attend onsite this time.

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Cassandre Therrien
Technology Coordinator - MICE
Laurier Du Vallon
Québec, Canada
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• What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT? I liked the Cvent TV segments
• What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT? AI Predictive registration!? 
• Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025? Heck yeah!

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Hallie Loeb
Program Manager, Events & Experiences
CDW USA
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• What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT?
  • That I was able to catch some of the sessions from home during my busy week!
• What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT?
  • New features. I also was very interested to hear that data is showing that smaller in-person events are gaining traction. We are seeing a lot of success with these as well. 
• Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025? Absolutely!

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Lori Wildman
Marketing Director
lwildman@dmainc.com
DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.United States
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• What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT?  I attended virtually, but loved the variety of topics
• What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT?  To verify times and sessions match up in Attendee Hub.  Many of my calendar reminders were off and didn't sync up with sessions being offered at that time (I added them the morning of and was in CST, so I'm not sure what happened)
• Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025?  Of course - it's such an evolving industry and Cvent is great at bringing important topics into focus

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Julie-Michelle Davis, CMP
Meetings Manager
Amex GBT - USA
Remote Location - Texas
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• What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT?
  • Meeting Megan Clark, Daniella Ellison in person and spending time with Brian Ludwig
• What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT?
  • Learning how to implement MRFs into our event process
• Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025?
  • I already pre-registered
    
    

I do want to say I met some fantastic people this year and my notepad is full of ideas. 

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James Rose | Senior Web Developer and Platform/Product Manager
Digital Infrastructure
Office of University Development | University of Michigan
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• What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT?
  • Listening to Karamo! "Hey Neighbor!"
  • Speaking during a session - it gave me behind the scenes insights into how CONNECT content is developed and how the Cvent team works with speakers. Plus I made great connections/relationships with those I worked with. 
  • Making new connections - so many! 
• What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT?
  • The importance of working with CVBs / DMOs
• Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025?
  • Absolutely!

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Katy Nichols
in_person
Christian Brothers Automotive CorporationUnited States
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• What is your favorite memory from Cvent CONNECT? I unfortunately fell ill and couldn't attend but had loved getting to catch up on many of the sessions on ondemand.
• What is one thing you learned from Cvent CONNECT? The future of tech in events had been a really interesting session. Was also excited to see some of the new features, particularly to the design of pages.
• Are you already excited for Cvent CONNECT 2025? Yes! Hoping I don't fall ill right before next year again!

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rachel
NJ
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