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25 Events Pros to Follow on Twitter

Here’s our (highly subjective) list of active Twitter accounts sharing information of use to meeting and event planners.

Mitra Sorrells
August 25, 2015
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Last month we shared our suggestions of some follow-worthy accounts on Instagram. This time we’re tackling Twitter. With more than 316 million active users each month, Twitter provides a steady stream of thought leadership, innovative solutions, trends, and other ideas for event and meeting professionals. These 25 accounts (in no particular order) regularly post useful, interesting content for those in the industry. We also looked for accounts that have more than 1,000 followers.

This is certainly not an exhaustive list, so please share suggestions of accounts to follow by tweeting with the hashtag #BizBash. (You can also follow @BizBash and our C.E.O. @DavidAdler too.)

@IMEX_Group
IMEX Exhibitions hosts events in the United States and Europe for the incentive travel, meeting, and event industry and shares content on those topics.

 

@IssaJouaneh
This is the personal account of Issa Jouaneh, senior vice president and general manager of American Express Meetings & Events.

 

@Eventbrite
The self-service ticketing platform shares articles, photos, and other information related to events around the world.

 

@S_McKinley
Shawna McKinley, MeetGreen’s director of sustainability, tweets her take on events and green trends.

 

@SocialTables
The event planning software company tweets about a variety of event technology, design, and planning topics.

 

@MMcAllen
Mike McAllen is co-founder of Grass Shack Events & Media and one of the founders of Eventcamp.org, MeetingsPodcast.com, and AVforPlanners.com.

 

@LizKingEvents
Liz King’s planning firm focuses on how technology can enhance events; she’s also the founder of TechsyTalk and PlannerTech.

 

@SparksMarketing
The official Twitter account of Sparks, a global event marketing agency.

 

@AJSlavin
Amanda Slavin is C.E.O. and founder of CatalystCreativ, which creates millennial-focused experiential marketing activities for brands, cities, and movements.

 

@CorbinBall
Consultant Corbin Ball tweets primarily about technology impacting meetings, trade shows, and other events.

 

@Caravents
Cara Kleinhaut is founder and owner of Los Angeles-based Caravents.

 

@FreemanCo
Freeman provides marketing solutions for all types of face-to-face events and shares tweets about industry news and trends.

 

@EventMB
“Education, innovation, and inspiration” from Julius Solaris, founder and editor of Event Manager Blog.

 

@PCMAHQ
Official twitter account of the Professional Convention Management Association.

 

@KManfredi
Katherine Manfredi shares information about a variety of event-related topics such as venues, destinations, and sustainability.

 

@TSNN_Rachel
Official twitter account of Rachel Wimberly, president and editor in chief of Trade Show News Network.

 

@ASegar
Tweets from Adrian Segar, founder of consulting firm Conferences That Work and author of the book of the same name.

 

@Cvent
Cvent, a maker of cloud-based solutions for planners, shares information about event management best practices, site selections tips, industry news, and company updates.

 

@JeffHurt
Jeff Hurt, executive vice president at Velvet Chainsaw Consulting, tweets from his personal account about meeting design, education strategies, digital trends, social media, and more.

 

@MichelleBruno
Michelle Bruno, principal of Bruno Group Signature Events, shares her take on events, technology, and marketing.

 

@GPJExpMktg
The official Twitter account of George P. Johnson experiential marketing agency.

 

@TheToddGroup
The official Twitter account of the Todd Group, an event management and production firm based in Los Angeles.

 

@TahiraCreates
Tahira Endean, QuickMobile's manager of events, tweets her take on industry events and trends from her personal account.

 

@EventsUncovered
Silvia Pellegrini is a London-based planner sharing ideas and solutions from around the world.

 

@EventFarm
Event Farm provides branded invitation, ticketing, and guest registration experiences for events and tweets about a variety of industry topics.

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