Open Forum

Hello, all the community champions! Let's kickstart our Huddle of the Week discussion!  

Before we hop onto today's huddle post, here's a reminder: We are hosting our next Ask the Expert session here in the Open Forum. Join 5 fantastic experts from Cvent's Product Management team who will answer all your questions on Engagement as part of Attendee Hub. If you're on Cvent Celebrity, then here's your chance to earn 300 points for asking questions!  

We are gearing up for the upcoming Cvent CONNECT 2022 and are super excited to host all of you. This year, we have planned so many exciting thought leader sessions, fun breakout sessions, new event technology updates, Cvent Academy Training Camp, networking opportunities, trade shows, and so much more. This hybrid experience welcomes all the event profs, marketers, production pros, experience makers, and engagement experts, who want to elevate their strategy to ace amidst the new era of events.  

Hope to see you in Las Vegas or virtually on April 11-14, 2022! Don't forget to check out the full agenda here. You can also avail an exclusive discount this week of 50% off with the code 'LASTCHANCE' and get yourselves registered today if not already done! 

With all the CONNECT 2022 excitement in the air, we would love to know your thoughts on –  

• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  

We look forward to hearing from you! #HuddleoftheWeek #VoiceIt

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#CventCONNECT

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Ridhima Krishan
Sr. Associate, Customer Marketing
Cvent
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Hello Ridhima, 

With all the CONNECT 2022 excitement in the air, we would love to know your thoughts on –  

• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  I love the Opening General Session and of course the session I will be part of, Practical Advice on Using Cvent Digital Tools to Improve Planner Engagement
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  New relationships and connections 

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Colleen Beck
Director of Sales & Marketing
The Westin Tampa Bay
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Hello!

• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  I'm interested in the Industry Trends: The Future of Higher Ed Events for Planners and learning more best practices related to the various Cvent Flex tools and applications.
  
  
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  I would love to know more about Cvent Studio and how I can creatively edit and produce video content for and from our online events. 

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Brianne Croteau
Assistant Director of Donor and Volunteer Relations
Bucknell University
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2022 16:08
From: Colleen Beck
Subject: What are you looking forward to at Cvent CONNECT 2022?

Hello Ridhima, 

With all the CONNECT 2022 excitement in the air, we would love to know your thoughts on –  

• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  I love the Opening General Session and of course the session I will be part of, Practical Advice on Using Cvent Digital Tools to Improve Planner Engagement
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  New relationships and connections 

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Colleen Beck
Director of Sales & Marketing
The Westin Tampa Bay
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Ridihma,

• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  Industry Trends: The Future of Higher Ed Events for Planners and Reggie's Keynote of course.
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  New relationships, the best way to organize our Address Book after too many years of disorganization,  and setting up portals for our team.

Hope to see you in LV

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James Rose | Senior Web Developer and Content Management
Digital Infrastructure
Office of University Development | University of Michigan
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• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  
  • Being from a university city, I am excited for The Future of Higher Ed Events
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?
  • New connections, and maybe a RFP or two :)

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Amy Zientek
Director Of Sales
Visit Lubbock The Convention and Visitors Bureau
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• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  
  • Advanced Website Design, Cvent Studio
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  
  • A comfort level to begin using Cvent Studio!

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Lori Wildman
Senior Marketing Manager
DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.
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I enjoy attending Cvent Connect to learn about what's coming up in the world of event tech, the innovations and product roadmaps. There is also a lot of great content geared towards helping planners refine event management practices, with lots of tips and best practices and ideas to take away.

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Bouran Qaddumi
Sr Manager, Training & Development
Cajun Operating Company d/b/a Church's Chicken
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I love the keynotes, and i look forward to seeing future trends in the events industry post COVID.

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Danielle Tambini
Event Manager
Pegasystems, Inc
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i am facing some of issues like that come to my site The vlogging tech   which is an about to tech and vlogging 

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kamran ali
SalesforceGenericAccount
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• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  Any ones on new ways to designs and brand in the system; technology trends emerging, changes in the industry and approach to events as a result of covid
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  New ways to evolve our event, particularly post-covid

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Rachel
NJ
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I'm passing on connect this year, but I liked roundtable discussions. Peer to peer problem solving. I learned more by hearing how others use cvent, Much like what we do here. :)

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Steven Schlossman
Jack of all trades. Master of none.
BMW Car Club of America
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I won't be able to attend this year, but I'm looking forward to hearing from my group of Cvent peers about what they discovered at the event! I formed great relationships with people I met at Cvent Connect in the past.

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Béline FALZON
Conference Program Specialist II
California Teachers Association
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Hi!

• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  I always look forward to the Opening General Session and the Product Roadmap. I love to see what's coming!
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022? New ideas and benchmarking off what other planners are doing.

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Gina Allega, CMP
Senior Program Manager
BCD M&E
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• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  Learning more about the integrations. I'm also looking to learn more about best practices with sessions and tracks within event websites.
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022? Bringing back some great best practices for our legacy events.

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Beth Vriesen
Events Registration Administrator
Associated Bank Corporation
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Hi Cvent Connect-ors!

What sessions are you most excited to attend?  

• System Administration Training Camp
• Any session with Cvent Client Presenter @Ginger Swart - Top notch Cvent user who is a Cvent Studio early adopter and Code wizard!
• Sessions having to do with applying Cvent to event program strategy 

What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  

• Meeting and learning from other event professionals.  Connecting with new Cvent Client peers!
• Checking out the roadmapped and newly released solutions to find opportunities for our event program
• Closing the knowledge gap on areas I am familiar with but need a deeper understanding

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Loretta Peterson
Events Coordinator
CDW
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• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  Can't wait for the tradeshow-- love getting to chat with everyone! 
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  Continuing to rebuild those relationships!

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Gregory Heinze
Director, Meetings & Events
Radisson Hospitality, Inc.
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Hello Ridhima,

With all the CONNECT 2022 excitement in the air, we would love to know your thoughts on – 

• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  
  • Training Camp: Attaining Actionable Insights from Your Meetings Program, How to Work Smarter Not Harder, Get More Attendees with the Right Tools, Solution Overview: Discover the Power of Apps and Integrations, etc. These are just a few of the sessions I am most excited to view.
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  
  • I am hoping to find new ways to improve the registration for future events using Cvent. I am also hoping to learn more information on the Event App. Currently we are using Crowd Compass but that will be going away in 2023 so it is time to start looking towards newer app technology,

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Bryce Ziemer
Registration Coordinator
JNR Incorporated
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I have been attending #CventConnect annually since 2017. Even in 2020, I was thrilled to attend Virtually.

For sessions, I am very much looking forward to the Monday Training Camp, and everything I can learn from the Cvent Studio session. I believe Cvent Studio is going to be a huge differentiator for Cvent being chosen again and again for existing customers as well as for new customers as their end-to-end platform of choice.

I am also greatly looking forward to the new Community User Groups - getting together in person, online, and perhaps even in a hybrid way, to connect, share best practices, and feel the camaraderie of our event experience. 

My main takeaways will be networking with others in the events industry, Cvent Studio application and best practices for online webinars, deminars, and various programs, and hopefully a new certification under my belt!​

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Brenda Ainsburg
Channel Program Manager, Americas Channel
brenda.ainsburg@siemens.com
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
United States
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• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  Industry Trends: The Future of Higher Ed Events for Planners and Reggie's Keynote of course.
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  Learn more about Attendee Hub and phasing out CrowdCompass

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Virginia Early
Sr. Associate Director of Events
William & Mary Foundation
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• What sessions are you most excited to attend?  Product Roadmap - can't wait to see what will be rolled out next. And I love the Flash sessions - bite size training sessions - would be great to make them available on demand. 
• What are you hoping to take away from Cvent CONNECT 2022?  Networking / brainstorming best practices with peers. 

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Bonnie
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