Meeting of the Minds

About Meeting of the Minds

Smart Start Radio is Smart Meetings’ award-winning podcast for meeting planners, event professionals and hospitality leaders looking for practical ideas, fresh perspectives and the latest industry trends. Hosted by Eming Piansay, the series explores attendee engagement, event technology, artificial intelligence, wellness, accessibility, entrepreneurship, empathy and the evolving expectations of today’s workforce. Through expert interviews and candid conversations, Smart Start Radio helps event professionals create more intentional, inclusive and engaging meeting experiences. From Gen Z digital dreamers and millennial masters to boomer bosses, every generation has something to learn and something to teach. Join the conversation and discover more meeting industry news, ideas and resources at SmartMeetings.com.

Publisher

Smart Meetings

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Mar 2024

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Connection Before Content: How Drumming Brings People Together

   Let us know what you think! What do you want to hear about? What happens when every attendee walks into a meeting and finds a drum on their chair? For Natalie Spiro of Drum Cafe North America, it’s an invitation to connect. In this episode, Smart Meetings Multimedia Editor Eming Piansay explores how interactive drumming can shift the energy in a room, break down barriers and turn attendees into active participants. Spiro shares her unexpected journey into corporate events, explains how she we...

2. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Responsible AI Is the New Competitive Edge

   Let us know what you think! What do you want to hear about? AI is already changing how events are planned, marketed and experienced, but using more tools does not automatically lead to greater productivity. In this episode of Smart Start Radio, Smart Meetings Multimedia Editor Eming Piansay speaks with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings, and Allyson Keenan, senior manager of event technology and operations at Cvent, about how planners can move beyond experimentation and apply AI strate...

3. 

   27 Aug 2026

   Coffee Chat — The Predictability Problem

   Let us know what you think! What do you want to hear about? Keynote. Breakout. Lunch. Another session. Reception. If attendees can already predict the rhythm of an event before it begins, is it time to change the formula? Inspired by Sharon Reus’ Smart Meetings article, The Modern Audience Has Moved On. Your Corporate Events Haven’t., Smart Meetings Multimedia Editor Eming Piansay looks at how familiar event structures can slip from comfortable into predictable and what planners can do to bri...

Who has been a guest on Meeting of the Minds

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sara Robertson
• Eming Piansay
• Kristin Delahunt
• Brynn Johnson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32