2nd visit in 3 weeks for shot 1 and now shot 2 of Pfizer vaccine. Well lit and open public space. Small conference rooms for vaccinations were well lit, clean and both events were planned/run great. Bathrooms were stocked and clean.
I ve attended hundreds of trade shows and auto shows since this convention center opened decades ago. The remodeling of the center and new pedestrian bridge are welcome additions.
I attended the International Auto Shoe Thanksgiving Day as I have for dozens of years. The staff was helpful. The admission of $10 is an unbeatable value, just an outstanding experience. I urge you to attend too.
Came here for my vaccine shots
The center is absolutely massive, definitely can see why it's an ideal location for conventions or mass vaccinations.
Facilities was kept clean and tidy, there's ample room to setup more than enough receptions for even large groups of attendees.
Definitely feels like you could get lost in here, so staff and direction markers are a must-have for conventions.
Currently, one needs to show proof of vaccination for the covid virus. And everybody indoors needs to wear masks. Definitely feels safe!
Moscone Center is an absolutely beautiful Convention Center, located just South East of the Financial District, the area is lively and filled with lots of sculptures and there's an amazing Children's Carousel around the corner plus the greatest playground you've ever played on but I will save those details for a different maps review. The Convention Center itself, is really big and the amenities are very much as expected for a large city Convention Center, lots of restrooms all areas are oversized wheelchair/ double stroller accessible. WiFi is offered throughout. The grounds and interior are very clean and well maintained, every time I've enter I could be made to believe that it was just constructed and I was the first person in on opening day, that is the level of cleanliness! I do think that general convention staff can lack knowledge and customer service but the actual event staff are usually wonderful. The only Convention Center that I can think of that is better than Moscone would be the Central Florida Convention Center off of International Drive in Orlando, Florida as it is massive and really amazing plus hometown vibes.
An organized and great experience for getting your vaccination. Only a 15 minute wait to get my shot and a 15 minute post shot observation time.
The staff was friendly and their upbeat and fun music playlist was written up in the SF Chronicle. What songs played when you were there?
I got my first vaccine shot here, and I was so pleased at how streamlined and organized everything was. The line kept moving. From arrival to receiving my shot was only 5 minutes total. Observation took 15 minutes. Then I was free to go about my day.
Attended the Moscone Center for a Diabetes Conference. The building is very nice on the inside and there was plenty of room for the thousands of people that attended. I wish they d better label the water bottle filling stations as they can be a little difficult to find. Overall it was a nice convention center and event.
A large, up-to-date convention center with a few separate buildings. Well set up in doors and outdoors. Fits many exhibitors and visitors. We had a ~30k attendee convention and all went well. Surrounding area is also nice to discover.
6 Ways Meeting Planners Can Get More Value from Their Speakers
Bring more value & visibility, enhancing the experience for both attendees and speakers:
1. After you hire a speaker, ask that presenter to submit three actionable tips (under 100 words each, with embedded links) that they will offer in their presentation, plus a two-sentence bio with a link to a site where attendees can learn more tips from that speaker. Then create a valuable conference souvenir that you email to attendees as they are leaving the conference: an ebooklet of all speakers tips plus a list of who else contributed to the success of our conference a list of the conference committee members and others.
2. Strengthen the connective thematic thread of your conference by sending all speakers the collective list of speakers' tips and ask them to find at least one tip from another speaker that relates to their topic to refer to in their presentation.
3. During the conference, ask each speaker to creat e e one-minute video tips, with explanatory text titles using the free app Gloopt and their iPhone. Ask them to include the hashtag for the conference in each video, and suggest that they share them on social media while at the conference. This will boost the value and visibility of the conference itself, the ideas explored at the conference, and the speakers.
4. In advance of the conference, invite attendees to download the free app so that during the conference they can use their iPhone to video themselves asking other attendees for a tip they heard at the conference, and who they heard it from. Attendees might cite a speaker or exhibitor or other attendee from whom they learned something helpful. This gives four people bragging rights that can spur them to share these videos: the interviewee, the person interviewed, the person cited, and the meeting planner.
5. Act like a movie director and storyboard the sequence of meaningful moments attendees experience at a conference to increase the positive elements and reduce or eliminate the boring ones. See how here.
6. When attendees sign up, ask them to send you, by X date, the name of a book that helped them in their work last year, even if it does not seem to directly relate to their work. You can display the top 10 most-cited books at the conference, along with the names of the people who cited them. When you receive responses, send the respondents a PDF that reinforces the value of their attendance with some exciting news. Also include three alphabetical lists: a list of attendees, followed by the book title they submitted; a list of books, followed by the name of the attendee(s) who submitted them and a list of the attendees 10 favorite/most relevant books. Get 10 copies of each book from the publisher for free by telling them that you will display them throughout the conference then give them away, from the stage, to attendees you want to honor.
BIO: sent by a client: Kare Anderson is an Emmy-winning former NBC and Wall Street Journal reporter, now connective behavior and quotability speaker, author and former columnist for Forbes. Anderson s TED talk on The Web of Humanity: Be an Opportunity Maker has attracted over 2.6 million views. Her clients are as diverse as Salesforce, Novartis, and The Skoll Foundation. She was a founding board member of Annie s Homegrown, co-founder of nine political PACs, and author of Mutuality Matters, Moving From Me to We, Getting What You Want, and Resolving Conflict Sooner and 2 other books. Anderson served on the advisory boards of The Business Innovation Factory, Gloopt, TEDxMarin and World Affairs Council Marin. As David Rockefeller Jr. said after hearing her speak, Kare forever changes how you see yourself and your world.
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