B
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14% -- organisers saying ensuring right sme in room is their responsibility for event organisers (2025)
14% of event organisers believe it is their responsibility to ensure the right subject matter experts are in the room for networking.
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14%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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PCMA
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Tier C
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PCMA 2025 research
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event organisers: 14% organisers saying ensuring right sme in room is their responsibility. Source: PCMA (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/organisers-responsibility-sme-networking-2025
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