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Stories by David Lytle : Contently

Content creator specializing in travel publishing, lifestyle writing, and non-fiction data-driven book publis…

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Get to Know Tess Vismale

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By David Lytle
| Event Planner News
13 March 2026 | By: David Lytle | Publisher: Smart Meetings Tess Vismale's path to receiving her CMP Fellow designation this year is less a straight line than a seasoned event professional's braided rope-threaded with on-the-ground grit, formal learning, mentorship and a persistent focus on execution. Today, she is the founder and CEO of iSocialExecution, Inc. (iSocialX) , a co-founder of Pull Up With Us and Event Tech Atlas , and a co-host of the Event Tech Pull Up podcast .
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Get to Know Michelle Allgauer

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By David Lytle
| Event Planner News
17 February 2026 | By: David Lytle | Publisher: Smart Meetings When Michelle Allgauer, CAE, CMM, CMP Fellow, thinks about the moment that set the course for her career, it isn't a single dramatic event but a series of small, formative experiences that added up to a vocation built on detail, service and connection.
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A Tale of Two Half-Time Shows

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By David Lytle
| Smart Meetings Verified
Some moments explode into culture, and others simply happen. For meeting planners, the difference between the two is everything—one becomes a shared memory that propels your organization’s relevance long after the lights go down; the other is a tidy, functional event that closes when the audience files out. A recent analysis from ad-tech firm Qortex makes this distinction vivid by comparing two very different Super Bowl halftime shows and why one kept living while the other did not.
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