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Test your connections

July 23, 2014 by Plan Your Meetings Leave a Comment

Did you know there’s an online calculator you can use to see what kind of Internet speed your group will need? The APEX Bandwidth Calculator errs on the side of too much bandwidth, but it will give you a baseline from which to start venue negotiations. Once you’re on-site, you can test the speed in guest […]

Filed Under: PYM Blog Tagged With: bandwidth, meetings and events, social media, technology, test bandwidth, test your connections

Case study: Installing temporary Internet for meetings and events

March 11, 2013 by Kristi Casey Sanders 2 Comments

When our venue lost Internet days before our event, it required MacGyver-like action.

Filed Under: Event technology, Social media Tagged With: bandwidth, Case Study, Events, internet, meetings, portable, solutions, temporary

Five things meeting planners will have to do this year

January 6, 2012 by Kristi Casey Sanders Leave a Comment

What’s in store for meetings this year? I thought about renting a crystal ball but decided it’d be easier just to go from my gut. After all, I spend the year attending, planning and writing about meetings. Because PYM’s focus is always on how meeting and event planners can put innovative ideas into practice, I’m […]

Filed Under: PYM Blog Tagged With: apps, bandwidth, blogs, Internet speed, meeting and convention blogs, mobile phones, power of face-to-face, predictions







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