Endless Events
AUGUST 30, 2018
Arranging a hotel block and finalizing the contract is one of the most important parts of planning an event. It can also be one of the most overwhelming and confusing processes. There’s hotel jargon, legal terms, and the idea of facing off against someone over the negotiating table. We’re here to walk you through the basics of negotiating hotel blocks.
Conferences that Work
AUGUST 27, 2018
An embarrassing incident I was hanging out at the Marlboro South Pond Regatta , a whimsical affair where local sailors of all stripes and abilities casually “race” around a few buoys in the lake, sometimes stopping to chat mid-race with each other or watch our beautiful loons. (They carry their babies on their backs — see photo!) A man passed, and our eyes met for a moment. “Have I met him before?
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GEVME
AUGUST 29, 2018
You’ve more than likely attended a workshop before, although it may have been called something else. The meetings and events industry is buzzing with terms like symposium, conference, workshop, training…we could go on and on. To avoid any confusion, it’s critical to understand that a workshop is any part of an educational program that caters to a specific audience.
Eventmobi
AUGUST 30, 2018
The challenge to keep attendees engaged at your events has never been greater. Decreasing attention spans, intensified vendor competition, and heightened attendee demands to be wowed are putting the pressure on event planners. In order to make sure your events are educational, meaningful, motivational, interesting, and above all, on budget. Which leads us to event experience design – the event planner’s new best friend.
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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.
Eventory
AUGUST 28, 2018
Events are meetings which have an exceptionally high level of professionalism. Though too much formality may create monotony. This explains the rising popularity of measuring audience interaction. This article discusses various measurement tools and provides a glimpse into their impact on the performance and strategy of your organization. The significance of audience response from different points of view.
Event Pro Update brings together the best content for event, conference, and meeting planning professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
EventMB
AUGUST 27, 2018
Event proposals. Two words guaranteed to make senior event planners, and anyone with a responsibility for business development, to groan. A good event proposal can make the difference between winning a lucrative new contract and being the star of the week. If you miss the mark you will be walking away disappointed and confused at why […]. The post Event Proposal: Templates and Tactics to Win business in 2019 by Dave Ferguson appeared first on [link].
Event Age by Swapcard
AUGUST 29, 2018
Ask any seasoned presenter and she’ll admit a simple truth. People don’t remember many details from a keynote, if at all. They don’t walk around memorizing the ins and outs of technical demos. They barely keep in mind a figure or two a speaker mentioned, usually right and at the start or the end of a presentation. They might feel they gained some tips that open the door to new skills.
BizBash
AUGUST 28, 2018
Summer music festivals are a great way for brands to forge a personal connection with an engaged audience—but with skyrocketing.
Cvent: Event Marketing
AUGUST 28, 2018
Events involve a lot of food and that’s not a secret. But how does juggling the menu properly play into the overall event experience? Food is crucial. It can make or break someone’s day, which is why it’s so important to make sure there are food options that everyone can eat. Trust me, we know how critical executing meals properly is, just imagine feeding 3,000 people at Cvent CONNECT !
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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
Event Industry News
AUGUST 28, 2018
Emerging festival ticketing technologies and new applications of existing technology are some of the biggest trends in the festival industry. With the right festival ticketing and registration mix, you can gather data to enhance the festival goer’s experience, reduce ticket fraud, and decrease entry waiting times. Enhancing the Event-Goer Customer Experience.
Smart Meetings
AUGUST 30, 2018
Food and beverage costs are increasingly taking a bigger slice of the meeting budget. Patrick Berwald, vice president of food and beverage for Benchmark Global Hospitality , offered some, ahem, food for thought about F&B for small meetings. What are some of the reasons for the increase in F&B cost? Cost of product and changes in commodity pricing have impacted food pricing.
BizBash
AUGUST 31, 2018
This week's roundup includes a Lexus LED installation at the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival; SpikedSeltzer's free bicycle promotion.
Eventory
AUGUST 30, 2018
There is a question that every event organizer need to ask at least once during the career. What are the ways to promote an event? To successfully give your event proper hype you need to think through various aspects and cover a lot of ways of promotion. While it’s good to have an idea on how to promote your event learning from the best, there’s no better way to avoid marketing blunders than by learning from the others’ mistakes.
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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!
Endless Events
AUGUST 31, 2018
Not all events need to done in person. Whether it’s a purely online event like a webinar or a hybrid event where online participants can be part of a real life event, virtual events can be a welcome addition for your audiences. Gain the trust of your audience by learning the ropes and getting an event planning certification. Make sure to mind your tech as well and update your systems for the smoothest event experience.
Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers
AUGUST 27, 2018
A number of women from the Women Who Tech community feel like large startups admit there are diversity issues, but not enough action is being taken to address the problems. Conferences can be a great venue for attendees who are in positions of management, including founders and future founders to get concrete advice. The fact that this post was published two years ago brings about mixed feelings in me.
BizBash
AUGUST 29, 2018
To celebrate the National Park Service’s 102nd birthday on August 25, the National Park Foundation, the official charity partner of.
Event Industry News
AUGUST 29, 2018
Twickenham Stadium is one of London’s premier conference and event venues and a unique destination for delivering inspired business and social events of all types. With excellent facilities, Twickenham can effortlessly cater for large-scale conferences and exhibitions, product launches, truly memorable incentives, private dinners and meetings to name a few.
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.
Endless Events
AUGUST 26, 2018
This week we are live from Connect Marketplace! If you are unfamiliar, Connect Marketplace is all about meeting with the best minds in the industry, they have the most interesting speakers from many industries and it’s a great time to well, connect! This weeks episode is an extended two-hour show with the best and brightest minds in the industry. This episode will touch on almost every topic in the events industry.
Smart Meetings
AUGUST 30, 2018
Jeff Bezos of Amazon banned the PowerPoint. It’s a bold move, especially when it is the standard. But going through photos, graphs and data can be, well…boring. Meetings are difficult enough, let alone meetings that revolve around clicking slide after slide. Consider pulling a Bezos, or at the least, incorporating something unique to keep morale and spirits high. 1.
BizBash
AUGUST 28, 2018
Hosts: David Adler, Beth Kormanik. Guest: Brett Lavender In this episode of GatherGeeks, David Adler, C.E.O. of BizBash, and Beth Kormanik.
Hubilo Blog
AUGUST 30, 2018
Short lead times for event planners, is an opinionated topic. While some event planners and event professionals view this as an opportunity, others view it as a planning risk and a rushed task. . Every topic in the meetings industry have opinions, one contradicting the viewpoint of the other. Let’s hear it from the event professionals, and then discuss the pros and cons of both the angles.
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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.
Event Industry News
AUGUST 31, 2018
By Victoria Phillips – Event Co-ordinator at drp. When planning and delivering a successful event there are so many crucial elements that go into each stage. When a client brief lands on your desk, you have to ask yourself what are all of the elements that need to be considered in order for the event to really come alive? What are the key objectives the audience should walk away with?
Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers
AUGUST 31, 2018
As a former event marketer , I can’t say I miss grappling with attribution, multi-channel conversion tracking, and ecommerce reports. Event marketing is hard ! Part of this is down to digital marketing being challenging generally, but much of it is due to the nature of conferences and events specifically. In this post I’m going to lay out: The reasons it’s nearly impossible to measure everything you want to measure.
BizBash
AUGUST 28, 2018
Call it fashion summer camp. More than 75 influencers, models, and bloggers partied in a cave and on yachts on.
Hubilo Blog
AUGUST 27, 2018
Getting a chance to visit “The Old Truman Brewery” in London or the “Grand Hall of Olympia” is not an everyday thing for people. Venues play quite an important role while planning an event. Be it a symbolic or historic, events success can also be measured by the location and the love for the venue that attendees show! Event venue management for events has become a huge deal for the planners.
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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!
Gallus Events
AUGUST 28, 2018
I received an email invite to an event this morning. It was from a Summit in Singapore called FUTR Asia 2018. It was an announcement of their KEYNOTE speakers along with other details of the event. I can’t remember subscribing to their list (but that’s a separate matter to be addressed I am sure in later blog posts) but I was surprised to see how they have listed their sponsors.
Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers
AUGUST 29, 2018
30 years is a long time. For context (and the thrill of making us feel ancient), here are just a few things that will be turning 30 this year: John McClane's biceps (and anything else that shares the screen in Die Hard.). Fast Car by Tracey Chapman (a.k.a. the unlocking of all human emotion.). And, by some miracle of genetics, Adele. Hugh Forrest has been in the events business for the same 30 years, and brings three decades' worth of event management tips with him as a result.
BizBash
AUGUST 27, 2018
At once exclusive and bizarre, the Watermill Center summer benefit remained a tentpole event within the frenetic Hamptons party scene.
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