Cvent on Future Skills for Meeting Professionals

Tyler Davidson

The world of meeting and event planning has been changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic made its unwelcome presence felt. But in truth, it’s been rapidly changing for years, especially with advances in technology and the prominence of data collection and analytics.

Meetings Today’s Tyler Davidson talked with meetings technology giant Cvent’s Patrick Smith, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, and Rachel Andrews, director of meetings and events, about the company’s successful CONNECT hybrid event and the future skills meeting and event planners will need to master to stay relevant in a dynamic profession.

What tools do you need to acquire and sharpen, and what skills do you need to have on your planning team in the future? Cvent shares its secrets to success.

About Our Guests

Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith is the Senior Vice President and Chief  Marketing Officer of Cvent. Prior to Cvent, Patrick was the CMO at Deltek, a global enterprise software company with over 23,000 customers around the world, where he built and promoted Deltek's global brand.

 

 

Rachel Andrews.
Rachel Andrews is the director of meetings and events for Cvent.

 

 

 

 

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Tyler Davidson | Editor, Vice President & Chief Content Director

Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

 

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years.  In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines. 

 

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism. 

Contact: tyler.davidson@meetingstoday.com

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