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Meet the 2024 Value Award Winners!
Discover why these outstanding team members were recognized for their exceptional contributions!
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Honoring the 2024 Value Award Winners
Honoring The 2024 Value Award Winners As Centrifuge Media closed another successful year, the team gathered for a festive and intimate evening to celebrate the hard work, dedication, and remarkable achievements. The end-of-year celebration wasn’t just about looking back—it was also about shining a spotlight on the individuals who embody our core values every day.…
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From Survey to Success: Leveraging Post-Event Feedback for Improvement
Meetings and events are a big investment in your team. They take time, energy, and resources to produce. But how do you know whether the event had the impact you were hoping for? After finishing an event, don’t just send attendees back into their normal routine. Ask them to provide feedback via a post-event survey…
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The Excellence Academy: Gaining Skills Through Internal Training Programs
Follow an Event Coordinator’s journey through Centrifuge Media’s Excellence Academy, an internal training program. Dive into the refelction, key takeaways, and the benefits gained from each certification.
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Top “5” Things to Look for When Selecting a Venue
The crucial decisions to make during the early stages of planning your event, expert insight to what questions to ask yourself when you’re selecting a location, and the Centrifuge Media team’s favorite venues!
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Ditch the Script: An Ode to Authenticity (Even in Virtual!)
Ditch the Script: An Ode to Authenticity (Even in Virtual!) Oh, the temptation. You’re already sitting in front of a computer for a virtual event, why not just write out your presentation or speech word-for-word and have it pulled up on screen? Now you can get away with ‘eye contact’ since your camera is… sort…
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Designing Sets and Spaces You Could Only Imagine Before
Designing Sets and Spaces You Could Only Imagine Before There’s a limitless beauty to this virtual world we’ve been forced into. It’s the beauty – literally – of 3D spaces, coming right out of your imagination! Up until March 2020, our 3D Event Designer, Suzanne Tudman, spent most of her time creating renderings of event spaces that would eventually come to life as a live, in-person event. Stages you could walk on, chairs…
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A Successful Virtual Event Includes an Emcee
A Successful Virtual Event Includes an Emcee When Centrifuge first called me for an opportunity to emcee a virtual event in late 2020, I was just a few months removed from my nearly 7-year career in television news and was actively hunting for my post-journalism adventure. “A virtual event? Sounds interesting,” I told Jack McDonald and Chris…
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So, You’re Thinking About A Hybrid Event?
So, You’re Thinking About A Hybrid Event? Briefly time travel back to March of 2020 for a minute. As event after event was cancelled or postponed, many companies optimistically eyed the Fall to once again be together in-person. We were hopeful. Our clients were hopeful. The world was hopeful it would all be over by…
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Congrats to Our 2020 Values Awards Winners
Congrats to Our 2020 Values Awards Winners Unprecedented challenges caused by COVID-19 threw a major wrench into the meetings and events industry throughout most of 2020, disrupting the work we’re so passionate about here at Centrifuge Media. But let’s be clear – we didn’t let the pandemic stop us. We adapted. We pivoted. The Centrifuge…
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Happy New Year! Our Thoughts on 2021
Happy New Year! Our Thoughts on 2021 As the ball dropped in an eerily quiet and empty Times Square, many of us were watching from the comfort of home – not dressed up and gathered together like in the days of old (Alright. It was only 365 days ago…but it feels like a century.) As is standard modern practice each January, we kick the past year to the curb…
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, Turn and Face The Strange
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, Turn and Face The Strange There’s been a slew of changes in the strange year 2020, particularly here at Centrifuge Media. The pandemic directly impacted what we do and how we do it. The event industry, as a whole, suffered immensely and was forced to rethink its strategies. Our incredible team members at CMI…
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Now is a Very Good Time to Revisit Your Brand
Now is a Very Good Time to Revisit Your Brand I think we can all agree that the world has shifted quite significantly in the past few months. From the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the difficult journey of much needed social reform, and the pressures of new economic realities, we are no longer operating under the status quo. The silver lining here…
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Making Your Next Virtual Team Presentation A Roaring Success
Making Your Next Virtual Team Presentation A Roaring Success It’s safe to say that the business environment and the way we interact with clients and prospects is very different than it was just several weeks ago. In-person contact has been replaced by social distancing, and virtual meetings have become the new norm. We find ourselves…
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When Should You Start Planning Your Next Event?
When Should You Start Planning Your Next Event? With travel and meeting restrictions bringing event plans to a grinding halt due to ever-evolving coronavirus concerns, production technicians, meeting managers, and training teams now find themselves with something that was previously hard to come by… TIME. Therefore, don’t fret if you’re staring at an empty event…