{"593981":{"#nid":"593981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Conference Services \u2013 Another Successful Summer In The Books","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s early August in the back of Commander Commons on West Campus.\u0026nbsp; Chairs are a little more worn, hard drive space is a little more full, desks are a little more littered and staff is a lot more tired. All signs of a fruitful summer conference season.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EConference Services just wrapped up its 19th\u0026nbsp; summer of one-stop-shop logistical and residential service for thousands of guests from around the world.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe small office across from the new West Village hosted 7,068 visitors in just a 10-week span.\u0026nbsp; This includes 69 summer programs and over 500 intern lodging guests.\u0026nbsp; It also created customized conference registration portals and provided on-site registration services to hundreds more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMost summer programs need more than just lodging.\u0026nbsp; Fortunately, brokering services of all types is a specialty at Conference Services.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to managing groups inside 32 residential buildings, this summer, Conference Services coordinated the sale of over 600 parking passes and 60-plus bus loops.\u0026nbsp; It prearranged over 73,000 meals.\u0026nbsp; It coordinated 316 meeting space reservations. It also brokered the sale of recreation services, technology amenities and upwards of 600 BuzzCards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe staff at Conference Services has not forgotten their business is located on a campus of higher learning.\u0026nbsp; Therefore, they employ college interns, student managers and student conference assistants.\u0026nbsp; In summer \u0026rsquo;17, the conference unit hired two interns, seven student managers and 27 conference assistants. \u0026nbsp;This provides students experiential education. It is an opportunity to hone their skills in a safe environment, while the hierarchy structure affords an opportunity for promotion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere is always a lot packed in to each successful summer at Conference Services.\u0026nbsp; Based on a few tired eyes in Commander, satisfied smiles on guests and a little extra green throughout campus budgets, many would say this conference season was no different! \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s early August in the back of Commander Commons on West Campus.\u0026nbsp; Chairs are a little more worn, hard drive space is a little more full, desks are a little more littered and staff is a lot more tired. All signs of a fruitful summer conference season.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Conference Services hosted 7,068 visitors in a 10-week span."}],"uid":"27297","created_gmt":"2017-08-02 15:07:00","changed_gmt":"2017-10-09 21:28:08","author":"Melissa Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"593979":{"id":"593979","type":"image","title":"Conference Services Student Staff 2017","body":null,"created":"1501686087","gmt_created":"2017-08-02 15:01:27","changed":"1501686475","gmt_changed":"2017-08-02 15:07:55","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226400","name":"conference_services_student_staff_2017_300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/conference_services_student_staff_2017_300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/conference_services_student_staff_2017_300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":875430,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/conference_services_student_staff_2017_300.jpg?itok=BN2zjciA"}},"597145":{"id":"597145","type":"image","title":"2017 Conference Services Snapshot","body":null,"created":"1507584441","gmt_created":"2017-10-09 21:27:21","changed":"1540490583","gmt_changed":"2018-10-25 18:03:03","alt":"Conference Services Statistics from Summer 2017","file":{"fid":"227590","name":"confservstats_2017horizontal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/confservstats_2017horizontal.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/confservstats_2017horizontal.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1233033,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/confservstats_2017horizontal.jpg?itok=-Ws-Nzl0"}}},"media_ids":["593979","597145"],"groups":[{"id":"499601","name":"Campus Services"},{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"80811","name":"Conference Services"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Nussear, Director, Conference Services\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[" john.nussear@conference.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}