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Smart Start Radio: Fuel for the Purpose Generation of Meeting Planners
Smart Start Radio is Smart Meetings’ award-winning podcast for meeting planners, event professionals and hospitality leaders looking for practical ideas, fresh perspectives and the latest industry trends.
Hosted by Eming Piansay, the series explores attendee engagement, event technology, artificial intelligence, wellness, accessibility, entrepreneurship, empathy and the evolving expectations of today’s workforce. Through expert interviews and candid conversations, Smart Start Radio helps event professionals create more intentional, inclusive and engaging meeting experiences.
From Gen Z digital dreamers and millennial masters to boomer bosses, every generation has something to learn and something to teach.
Join the conversation and discover more meeting industry news, ideas and resources at SmartMeetings.com.
Smart Start Radio: Fuel for the Purpose Generation of Meeting Planners
Latest Episodes
Coffee Chat — Does Your Event Pass the Monday Morning Test?
In this Coffee Chat, Smart Meetings multimedia editor Eming Piansay explores how meeting planners can help an event’s impact last long after attendees return to their desks. Inspired by the Smart Meetings article
Designing for Awe: The Science of Unforgettable Events
What makes an event stay with attendees long after they return home?Smart Start Radio host Eming Piansay speaks with EJ Corporan, director of growth and marketing at Ansera, about the science behind unforgettable event experiences. Corpo...
Coffee Chat — Your Event Already Has a Soundtrack
Music is more than background noise. It can shape the way attendees enter a room, connect with one another and remember an experience.Inspired by David T. Stevens’ Smart Meetings story, “Wellness That Works: Sonic Power,” this Coffee Cha...
Coffee Chat — What Should Meetings Protect From Automation?
In this Smart Start Radio Coffee Chat, Eming Piansay looks at AI’s growing role in meetings and asks a more human-centered question: not just what can AI do, but what should still be protected from automation? Inspired by Malik Anderson’s story...
Coffee Chat — When the Line Becomes the Event
After an Ariana Grande concert merch line became its own side quest, Eming Piansay looks at what planners can learn from a funny-chaotic crowd flow moment. This Smart Start Radio Coffee Chat explores how unclear lines, limited signage and overl...
