BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:What can meeting and event professionals learn from the largest event that took place in Tennessee?\nOur speaker\, David Ewing\, is a 9th generation Nashville native who has over 25\,000 followers on his Instagra m page @TheNashvilleIwishIknew. He also has the largest private collection of Nashville memorabilia and many items from his 1897 Tennessee Centennia l Exposition Collection are on display at the Parthenon until the end of t he year.\nDavid&rsquo\;s presentation will feature the six-month event tha t took place in Nashville in 1897 when 1.8 million people visited the grou nds of Centennial Park. While this event took place over 100 years ago\, t here are some powerful lessons to be uncovered as well as important Tennes see history for meeting &\; event planners to know.\nKey learning objec tives from this event include:\n\n The power of partnerships: how to or ganize an event including the whole State of Tennessee.\n Getting posit ive press\, word of mouth to create excitement for your event.\n When t o delay an event to make it better\, sacrificing an important anniversary date.\n Create awards that celebrate the best of Tennessee.\n How to keep the organizers of your event together even when the big event is ove r.\n The importance of great speakers and music.\n DTEND:20221019T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260615T134408Z DTSTART:20221019T160000Z LOCATION:TN\,USA\,Nashville\,One Titans Way SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:How the Tennessee Centennial Exposition made Nashville an IT City 1 25 Years Later UID:RFCALITEM639171098483667144 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What can meeting and event professionals le arn from the largest event that took place in Tennessee?

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Our speak er\, David Ewing\, is a 9thgeneration Nashville native who has over 25\,00 0 followers on his Instagram page @TheNashvilleIwishIknew. He also has the largest private collection of Nashville memorabilia and many items from h is 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition Collection are on display at the P arthenon until the end of the year.

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David&rsquo\;s presentation wi ll feature the six-month event that took place in Nashville in 1897 when 1 .8 million people visited the grounds of Centennial Park. While this event took place over 100 years ago\, there are some powerful lessons to be unc overed as well as important Tennessee history for meeting &\; event pla nners to know.

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Key learning objectives from this event include:

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  1. The power of partnerships: how to organize an event inclu ding the whole State of Tennessee.
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  2. Getting positive press\, word of mouth to create excitement for your event.
    3. \n
  3. When to d elay an event to make it better\, sacrificing an important anniversary dat e.
    4. \n
  4. Create awards that celebrate the best of Tennessee.
    5. \ n
  5. How to keep the organizers of your event together even when the b ig event is over.
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  6. The importance of great speakers and music .
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