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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

According to a recent survey by The Exhibitor Advocate, exhibitors are seeing increased labor rates and material handling and shipping costs between 20-30% since 2017. More Survey/Industry Sources A January 2023 blog post by Cvent identified expense increases as a top concern for event organizers.

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A Cautionary Word From Research About Personalization

Velvet Chainsaw

Personalization—it seems to be the 2017 buzzword for nonprofit associations and conferences. Read more about these strategies in the next blog post. What has your organization done to implement personalization steps toward an improved conference or learning experience? Yet, personalization is more than technology.

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Webinar for Healthcare Event Organizers

Core-apps

A MeetingsNet 2017 Changemaker , Penelope is part of the team behind the revamped American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Meeting. Keith is the Managing Partner of i3 Events but is widely known as the publisher of the event industry blog, Plannerwire. dahliaelgazzar. plannerwire.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him? Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him? Where to find him?

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How to Plan a Crypto or Blockchain Conference: The Ultimate Guide

Bizzabo

Conferences give crypto and blockchain enthusiasts the rare opportunity to physically meet with people who are just as passionate about the future of the industry. Because a crypto conference is still an event at the end of the day, many of the same best practices of a sound event strategy apply to these conferences as well.

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5 Ways to Use Experiential Marketing for Events

Expo Logic

Another example of attendees working together in an interactive experience was at the AWS re:Invent 2017 event to build a structure completely out of LEGO® bricks. She enjoys learning about all aspects of events and sharing this knowledge through the Expo Logic Blog.