Web 2.0 and Meeting Planners

What is Web 2.0 and how will it affect how meeting planners do their jobs? Don’t worry; the World Wide Web isn’t going anywhere – at least not anytime soon.

Web 2.0 refers to the interactive part of the Internet that meeting planners are already utilizing. Social networking like Facebook and LinkIn, video sharing sites such as YouTube, and photo storage sites like Flickr are part of Web 2.0.

Meeting planners can get almost instant feedback due to the interactive technology available with Web 2.0. Attendees can use software like Plug’nPoll to tell event planner about their meeting experience. All they have to do is fill out a quick survey along with comments, which are relayed to the meeting planner.

If a situation arises during a conference or meeting, attendees can get in touch with the event planner and her team using interactive software. This technology makes emergency medical response faster than ever before and speeds up response time to other needs.

Have you ever lost a guest in a convention center? Nokia’s MARA technology can help. It allows a user to point his cell phone camera at a building and GPS technology immediately tells him the building’s name and links to other important information. Lost lambs return to the fold in record time.

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