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Why You Still Need an Event Planner for a Virtual Meeting

Your face-to-face event has been canceled. Okay, now what? You’ve decided to switch to a virtual option. Great! This should be easy, right? Virtual events are not immune to Murphy’s Law – if something can go wrong, it likely will. In fact, recent news headlines have either had you gasping in disbelief or laughing out loud at virtual meeting mishaps gone viral – everything from attendees forgetting they are miked and on camera to unexpected video-bombing in the background. You can easily mitigate virtual meeting risks by simply hiring a...

Success Story: Hybrid (Virtual + In-Person) Investigator Meeting

THE EVENT U.S. Investigator Meeting for a Boston Biotech Company THE CHALLENGE Miller Tanner Associates (MTA) was asked to find a solution for an early June face-to-face (F2F) investigator meeting that could no longer take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While it was clear the June F2F event could not go forward as originally planned, the sponsor needed to meet their original FPI milestone and wanted to maintain a strong level of engagement with their sites. THE SOLUTION MTA designed a hybrid experience based on the goals and objectives...

Celebrating 23 Years of Planning Event Experiences

We are jazzed to be celebrating 23 incredible years in the global meeting and event industry!

Virtual Event Mash-Up

We’ve curated a mash-up of some of our best blogs with tips for creating successful virtual events. Now more than ever virtual events are essential. Use these strategies from the Miller Tanner Team to improve and maximize your meeting’s capabilities. Switching to Virtual Meeting Solutions Even when the face-to-face can’t go on, your meeting still can. Businesses can easily switch to virtual options and not miss a beat when they have the right partner in place to guide them through the switch. More here. 4 Tips for Virtual Meeting Success Virtual meetings...

Switching to Virtual Meetings

If you are accustomed to conducting meetings in person or face-to-face (F2F), these are challenging times. What do you do if you have a meeting need, but given the current circumstances, can’t have that meeting in a F2F format? What if you have an upcoming annual event that you now have to consider planning on-line? What if your business has had to down-size and your in-house planning team has to plan your event with limited resources? Shifting meeting and event formats from F2F to virtual formats can be accomplished when...

Miller Tanner Associates Virtual Event Solutions

Even during the unexpected, you can still expect that your meeting's message will be heard. How? Short answer - through our virtual event services and VALTs™ (Virtual Assessment Learning and Training Source).

5 Corporate Event Trends to Try

Bring these popular ideas to your next corporate event experience for an unforgettable experience. 1. Include Altruism, Wellness, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Tap into the emotional intelligence of your audience by bringing a more altruistic midset to your event. This is an important piece of everyday life for individuals so why not showcase at your event to inspire your attendees. Some ways to do this: 2. Content is Key With so much easy access to information 24-7, it’s vital that your event content is engaging in a way that...

Meet MTA: Melanie Riddick, Financial Compliance Manager

The Miller Tanner difference is our people. That’s why we want to introduce you to our team of superstars that bring our corporate meetings and events to life for our clients. Today we introduce you to Melanie Riddick, Financial Compliance Manager. With a knack for details and her sharp interpersonal skills, Melanie brings her extensive knowledge in data management and client relations to the MTA team. Meet Melanie Tell us about your current role with MTA. What are your primary responsibilities? As Financial Compliance Manager, I manage the financial compliance of transparency...

20 Ways to Create an Event that Your Attendees will Love

It’s February and love is in the air – even for events! Do you want to create an event experience that your attendees will love? Give your face-to-face meetings and events more TLC with these 20 tips from Miller Tanner Associates. Click on each tip for more information. Engage Your Audience Use technology for creative presentations like holograms, LED screens, video and more. Engage with Hybrid. Add more fun. Understand what your audience wants. Go paperless and digital. Make It Memorable Weave in a theme to transform your event from...

Case Study: Event Risk Management Solutions

Challenges Our client, a pharmaceutical company, needed to host a one-day, face-to-face advisory board meeting for 17 attendees in the region of Bogota, Columbia. Leading up to the event, protests began to break out in the city, near where the meeting was to be held. These types of event risk management challenges are not new to Miller Tanner Associates as we have planned many events in emerging markets and, at times, this has meant working in high-security risk areas where safety preparedness is paramount. Solutions Miller Tanner Associates has developed...