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From Planners to Producers: Tech Tips for Virtual Event Success

Smart Meetings

Here are five tech tips to make your virtual event engaging. It’s Not All About the Tech: Make Sure the Content Connects. TED Talks are known for their speaker-based content— meaning, no flashy animation or stunts—that gain millions of online views. Read More : Tech Tips From the Top: Breaking Barriers and Defining Hybrid.

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Hybrid Meetings Doomed to Failure? Not So Fast

Velvet Chainsaw

I’ll admit that in 2011, when the Virtual Edge Institute (now called the Digital Experience Institute) first co-located its conference with the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders, the experience fell flat for me. and encouraged and vetted questions to ask of the speaker at the appropriate times.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Event technology how things haven’t really changed

Gallus Events

speaker management platforms. touchy tech. So to prove my point, these two lists came from a document I wrote back in 2011 when I came up with the idea for Tech Fest (slide 3 is our badges for Tech Fest 2012) which was to become Europe’s first dedicated event technology event. . So we have group one: .

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Spotlight: Caitlin O’Malley shares how PCMA is managing Virtual & Hybrid Events in 2021

Attendease

For Convening Leaders, whether it was pre-recorded or live, there weren’t a lot of speakers on stage this year: there were a couple in Singapore at one of our hubs, we had a couple of other hubs in the US, but not a lot of onstage presentations, a lot of them were pre-recorded and run semi-live. Get people’s fingers moving.

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4 Tech-Forward Hotels and Destinations

SmartMeetings

Miami Beach is leading the way in using tech to bolster inclusivity. Viceroy Hotels & Resorts is also taking advantage of advancements in tech to improve the experience of guests. Japanese-inspired Yotel hotel brand reimagined small-space hotel rooms in 2011 when they opened their first city property in downtown Manhattan.

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