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Leveraging Local Intellectual Capital for Memorable Conventions

EventMB

This is a case study sponsored by Meetings + Conventions Calgary. More information about Event Manager Blog’s case studies. Most people come to conventions for learning and networking. When either of those is lackluster, you’ll see a drop in attendance. Yet, maintaining top-notch education and innovative discourse can be difficult. That’s why many savvy conference planners […].

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Use A Conference Story Arc To Shift Your Participants’ Brain Architecture And Strengthen Their Neural Connections

Velvet Chainsaw

We are helpless story junkies says author, journalist, and storyteller Michelle Weldon. We can’t help it. It’s part of our human nature to crave and connect with stories. Your brain on story acts very differently than when your brain is receiving data, facts and information. It changes its structure and releases cortisol and oxytocin–called the human bonding or empathy chemical.

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How to bring swag bag game to a new level? Tips & best bag ideas

Eventory

There are many ways to increase the level of happiness of your guests at the event. Swag bags, other known as goodie bags, are one of them. Marketing freebies are really popular. Heck, Oscar swag bags got even straight to Forbes and Business Insider as a scoop of the day. So what are the best swag bag ideas to bring the swag bag game to a whole new level?

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Scenes from a Participate! Workshop and Solution Room

Conferences that Work

[link] 40-seconds of highlights from the Participate! workshop and Solution Room I recently facilitated for the New York State Bar Association. Training associations how to create powerful and effective participant-driven and participation-rich conferences is one of the most rewarding aspects of my work: I love facilitating the learning that occurs, and the organization is then equipped with the process tools needed to transform their events.

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Unlock the Secrets of Event Marketing Masters

The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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Event Planning Template Bundle: 61 Templates for 2019

EventMB

Event planners have a lot on their plate. Knowing this, we pulled together our most useful free event planning templates, checklists, workflows, planning, and strategy cheat sheets to help you plan all elements of your event project. If you are looking to save time and effort this bundle of 61 items will help you […]. The post Event Planning Template Bundle: 61 Templates for 2019 by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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How to Prepare a Venue for an Event

GEVME

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. The rest of the preparation process will depend on the decision made about the venue. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues. Your task is to examine the pitfalls, consider the pros and cons, and choose the best venue for your event that fits with your set criteria and budget.

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3 Insights Into the Psychology of Event First Impressions

BizBash

As humans, we make judgments about people, places, and objects almost as soon as we see them. So, when it.

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All That Glitters Is…Biodegradable Sparkles and Ethically Sourced Feathers!

Eventbrite UK

The Jingo tribe are a sequin-wearing, smile-spreading team of artists and beauty experts that specialise in creating the most sensational sparkly looks through an ethical array of glitter, feathers, and henna. I had the great fortune of a chance encounter with Jingo founder Emily Chadwick in Croatia this summer when Emily got me all glittered […].

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Winners announced for the Event Technology Awards 2018

Event Industry News

East London’s Troxy hosted the 6 th Event Technology Awards, welcoming event professionals from around the globe to an exciting evening of food and celebration. A new addition to the 2018 ceremony was the Outstanding Contribution to Event Technology award, which was presented to Cvent founder Reggie Aggarwal. Highlights of the evening included word of mouth sales platform Verve taking home the gong for Best Festival Technology for the fourth year in a row.

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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video

In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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How to Prepare a Venue for an Event

GEVME

Knowing how to prepare a venue for an event is one of the key points in event planning. Choosing a venue for an event is also one of the first negotiation points as well. The rest of the preparation process will depend on the decision made about the venue. If you’re lucky, the event market will offer a variety of good venues. Your task is to examine the pitfalls, consider the pros and cons, and choose the best venue for your event that fits with your set criteria and budget.

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Forecast: 9 New Products & Ideas for Fall Events

BizBash

From a tapas food crawl in Boston to a wedding planning company in Orlando, here's a look at the latest.

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25+ Must-Attend Events for Event Professionals in 2019

Hubilo Blog

With the year 2019 round the corner, event professionals must be already busy with the planning of the set of events to plan and visit in the next year. MICE industry welcomes all the event planners, event ogranisers, event-tech enthusiasts and event professionals to witness the rise of MICE in all forms! Meetings and Conferences have seen a great rise across the world and MICE profs make sure to meet the demand of the attendees as well as the event professionals with every corporate event that

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Engage or die, the importance of audience engagement

Event Industry News

Mehram Sumray Roots will be presenting a session about audience engagement at Event Tech Live – she shares a preview of her session: Audience engagement is a much-discussed topic, but true engagement is still very elusive. In a competitive marketplace, every event should be looking to create strong and lasting connections with its audience to ensure a healthy future.

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Download Now: 2022 Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template - Enterprise Edition

Download 200+ new RFP questions for hybrid and virtual event technology success. After 10,000 downloads, the SpotMe Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template is the ultimate procurement tool for event technology. This template is ideal for companies looking for a vendor to fulfill their specific virtual + hybrid event platform needs and requirements!

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How to Pitch an Event in Asia

GEVME

Pitching an event requires a good presentation and is half of the event’s success. That is why event organizers should know how to pitch an event to sponsors in the best way possible. Reasons to pitch an event. Preparation of business events in Asia requires management at a highly professional level. At all stages of a planned event, which includes both organisation and quality control of all types of services included in certain event management, how to pitch an event to the media may turn out

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How to Use Tech to Win Social Events

Smart Meetings

Everyone knows this scenario. You attend a social event and serendipitously make a genuine business connection with someone. You can envision working together on an exciting project. After several minutes, you move on, only to realize too late that no form of contact was ever exchanged. This mistake is common, but not inevitable. Thanks to mobile phones and event apps, the chances of this unfortunate situation occurring can be lessened and your attendee’s ROI maximized.

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Are You Doing Enough to Engage Your Attendees?

Eventbrite UK

According to an Eventbrite survey, 65% of millennials are driving the “Experience Economy”, preferring to spend their hard-earned cash on real experiences that create moments of connection, rather than material goods. But how can you foster that sense of connection? Don’t just rely on big-name entertainment or a trendy venue to impress your attendees.

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Event Technology Buyer’s Guide

Event Industry News

Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Event Tech Buyer’s Guide, your comprehensive resource for learning what the latest trends are in this diverse industry. The growth of Event Tech Live has undoubtedly paralleled the expansion of the event tech industry, allowing it to flourish and develop its own identity and community. This year’s buyer’s guide reflects the way previous ‘new’ entries have blossomed into go-to suppliers.

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Dominate Your Local Market With These 4 Reputation Management Strategies

Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Lindsay Harrison, and Erin O'Brien

Did you know that 4 out of 5 consumers use local search and 88% use smartphones for those searches? With that in mind, I think it's safe to say your online presence is the silver bullet of your business. Think about the revenue you could be missing by not prioritizing local search optimization. Fortunately, there are a handful of steps you can take right now that will immediately impact your business's pace in local search, and we're happy to share them.

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20 Cocktail Ideas for Festive Fall Events

BizBash

Nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin, and figs are just some of the ingredients that can add a touch of fall flavor to.

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#FICP Just Pulled Off a Masterclass in Creating Meaningful Connections

Smart Meetings

When more than 750 financial and insurance conference professionals converged at JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes the first week of November for FICP Annual Conference 2018, the message that event professionals need to move from simply managing logistics to helping people make meaningful connections was loud and clear in word and deed. By exploring innovation, possibilities and imagination, speakers shared the science and best practices behind creating experiences that impact people’s lives.

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Facing Some Hard Truths After Attending #causeascene

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

A couple of weeks ago, myself, Paul and Doc were honoured to attend the #causeascene careers fair in London. Organised by Kim Crayton , the careers fair and accompanying conference provide safe spaces for marginalised people in tech to tell their stories. If you recognise Kim’s name, that may be because she spoke at Admission last month. Her mission, as she explains it, is “the strategic disruption of the status quo in tech organizations, communities and events”.

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Association for Women in Events announces new membership offering

Event Industry News

The Association for Women in Events (AWE) has announced a new membership model. AWE recognises that expanding its community is pivotal to creating positive change within the events industry. With this model, AWE is making it easier and more accessible for all event professionals to join our community, making it more inclusive than ever before. Two new membership options will now be offered upon joining AWE.

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B2B Events in 2023 - What You Need to Know

Get ahead of the curve and stay informed with Zuddl's industry report on the future of B2B events in 2023. Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from leading experts in the field. Make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.

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Why This Newsstand Displayed Fake News Headlines

BizBash

With the U.S. midterm elections happening Tuesday, the ability to spot misinformation in the news might be more important than.

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Election Results: What the Mid-Terms Meant for Events

Smart Meetings

From minimum wage increases to hotel taxes and subsidies for new conference properties, voters in mid-term elections on Tuesday were asked to weigh in on a number of issues that could affect where you hold your meetings and how much they will cost. Smart Meetings reached out to local experts to find out what you can expect once all the ballots are counted.

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Why WWDC Satellite Events Are Important for Apple and Its Fans

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

Every year Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) draws 5,000 (mainly) developers to California. It’s so popular that a ticket lottery has been created to facilitate demand after the 2013 edition sold out in two minutes. Yet, even with what seems like low odds in securing a ticket and the less-than-modest price tag of $1,599 per ticket, neither deter people from making the annual pilgrimage to San Jose.

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The Gate creates new social dining concept in Richmond

Event Industry News

A new social concept has been introduced to Richmond, welcoming relaxed all-day dining to Richmond Hill. Great food and drink, unpretentious and amazing value, The Gate officially opened its doors on November 2 nd and is open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner every day. Set opposite Richmond Park’s iconic gates, the restaurant offers light, seasonal and contemporary dining.

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5 Things Businesses Need to Know to Thrive in a Post-COVID World

People are itching to get back into the world. 54% of consumers say they plan to dine out at a restaurant at least once a week this year. As COVID-19 restrictions ease, the competition for their business is stronger than ever. Download this eBook today to learn how your restaurant can be prepared!

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The 3 Best Ways to Sell Out Your Next Event

Eventbrite UK

You and your team put a lot of hard work into planning your event, but none of it matters if no one turns up. Event marketing and promotion is a crucial step in selling out your event, and it’s not as complicated (or expensive) as you may think. To attract event attendees and drive ticket […]. The post The 3 Best Ways to Sell Out Your Next Event appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Caesars and Jimmy Kimmel To Open Comedy Club at The Linq

Smart Meetings

Caesars Entertainment is partnering with late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel to open Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club at The LINQ Promenade in Las Vegas in spring, 2019. Also coming to the entertainment area is Fly LINQ, 10 side-by-side zip lines that will launch from a 114-foot-tall tower. The Promenade is already home to High Roller—the world’s tallest observation wheel—and Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas.

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Our Favorite Events From 2018 – #EventIcons Episode 137

Endless Events

This is one of our favorite episodes of the year! If you follow #EventIcons you know our hosts travel the world and see so many epic events. Today our hosts are sharing their favorite events from 2018 with us. They will discuss what makes a great event, and highlights from the many events they attended this year. We will also cover what events are on their bucket lists for 2019.

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