Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The shortlist for the prestigious National Outdoor Events Association Awards 2018 has been announced. Alistair Turner, head judge and managing director of EIGHT PR & Marketing, said: “The quality of entry once again took a step forward and the introduction of Best New Event produced some amazing applications. Full Awards Listing.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 29, 2018

From the Brand and Buzz Stage at Event Tech Live, 9th November 2017. Speakers: Dr. Anja Schmidt-Ott – VOK DAMS Events & Live Marketing. Due to popular demand, the fifth edition of Event Tech Live will take place over two days 7th & 8th November 2018 at The Old Truman Brewery, London.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 20, 2018

INBOUND 2018 is one of the biggest marketing events of the year. We spoke with 15 experienced marketers to glean best practices and tips for getting the most out of this major happening. Britta Schellenberg, VP Corporate Marketing Ops, Brightcove. Jenny Mudarri, Content Marketing Manager, Wistia.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 13, 2017

is gearing up to host a slew of citywide conventions and meetings in 2018 that are coming to the capital for the first time. will welcome 21 citywide conventions and special events in 2018, with 422,434 total room nights and an economic impact of $361 million,” said Elliott L. In 2017, D.C. In 2017, D.C. Washington, D.C.,

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Bizzabo

APRIL 13, 2018

Disclaimer: Events which have passed at the time of writing as well as unconfirmed events in 2018 are not included in this list. 2) Google I/O 2018. 3) VRLA 2018 - Virtual Reality LA. 4) WWDC 2018 - Worldwide Developers Conference. 4) WWDC 2018 - Worldwide Developers Conference. AR - Augmented Reality.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Download the full show statistics from IMEX America 2017. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 18, 2018. Lead with a Story’ Keynote by Speaker, Trainer and Author Paul Smith. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 18, 2018. IMEX America Show Statistics. 12,389 total participants, including exhibitors.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals. She truly loves her job!

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Also solicited/accepted are keynote/motivational speakers who get paid large fees and provide exciting presentations with, in my experience, little or no content of long-term value to the meeting attendees. In the first quarter of 2018, I’ve booked more business than all of 2017.)

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Marketo Events

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Did you know that 24% of global marketing budgets were spent on events in 2017? In this blog, I’ve put together 3 strategies for how to get the most out of your events as you plan your marketing strategy in 2018. What kind of speakers/presenters do we need? User Group Meetings. Executive Networking Dinners.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

One thousand event professionals in the United States and Canada were surveyed on a wide range of topics, including budgets, marketing strategies and technology. Seventy-eight percent said they would continue using email marketing in 2018. Forty-three percent reported that most of their budget goes to marketing and promotion.

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Bizzabo

JULY 6, 2018

When understood in the right context, event engagement can become the aspect of your enterprise event marketing strategy that propels your events from good to great. Catchbox is a microphone that you can throw across the room to another speaker. What is Event Engagement? 5 Best Practices For Facilitating Attendee Engagement.

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Event Industry News

MAY 4, 2022

Dickinson has supported the association’s mission for many years, taking part in several UFI events as a speaker and being a sponsor of various UFI activities. The UFI Board of Directors has today elected Geoff Dickinson as UFI President for the 2023-24 period.

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EventBank Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Between 2017 to 2018, Malaysia saw a significant jump in its email open rate. It grew from 16.52% in 2017 to 23.38% in 2018. With this data, we can see that emails are becoming increasingly important in regard to a marketing standpoint in Malaysia. Creating Good Email Campaigns. Collecting Data. .

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 18, 2018

You found your keynote speaker , the PowerPoint slides are finished and the location is booked. A post shared by Sarah Doll (@doll.face.one) on Nov 27, 2017 at 10:45am PST. Consider it low-cost marketing. A post shared by ELneons (@elneons) on Jan 5, 2018 at 2:43pm PST. A Greeting to Remember. Decal the Walls.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

After a year marked by fire, flood and tragedy , the overall tone of Destination Marketing Association of the West ’s Education Summit 2018 was light, inspiring—even funny. A post shared by Oinkari Basque Dancers (@oinkariboise) on Jul 29, 2017 at 3:19pm PDT. Wellness trips are up 200 percent as compared to 2017.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 24, 2017

When we receive the results to our annual Meetings Market Survey every year, we turn first to the responses to open-ended questions. Recruiting speakers. Negotiating with hotels in a seller’s market. Speak your mind by participating in the 2017 Meetings Market Survey. Making revenue goals. Lack of staff. .

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The gathering is chock-full of amazing speakers like Jerry Rice, a pro football hall of famer; Dr. Kate Darling, an MIT Media Lab research specialist, and Salvatore Ancoretti, the head of customer marketing at Ferrari. In 2018, CloudFest played host to Beck and Portugal. September 26, 2017. Oracle Code One.

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Eventory

AUGUST 1, 2018

2018, are here to tell you about how they recently managed to do so. Schedule, speakers, locations, catering – it all needs to be well prepared in order to be enjoyable for both – organizers and attendees. We talked with Natalia about creating and organizing the 2018 edition of PowerUp! ,

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2018

After wrapping up what he felt was another successful Risk Management Society (RIMS) conference in 2017, RIMS vice president of events and education, Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, got some disturbing feedback: Multiple women said they had felt out of place at the event. For example, that needs to extend to speaker lineups and things like that.

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Marketo Events

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Did you know that 24% of global marketing budgets were spent on events in 2017? In this blog, I’ve put together 3 strategies for how to get the most out of your events as you plan your marketing strategy in 2018. What kind of speakers/presenters do we need? User Group Meetings. Executive Networking Dinners.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2018

Are you getting personal enough in your marketing techniques? The LeadDog Marketing Group took to the airports for the first National Business Travel Day. According to Forbes this 2017, being an event coordinator lands squarely in the 5th most stressful job in their ranking. Be Heard via Influencer Marketing.

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Oveit

JANUARY 30, 2018

Anyone on a stage of ours is there because they were invited on merit alone, we don’t sell stage time for marketing activity. There’s a definite sense of community in the Slack channel, and you can see excitement for the conferences building weeks or months ahead, as people start discussing speaker announcements, places to stay and so on.

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Eventory

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In 2018 she joined PROIDEA where together they evolve and organize top class events. Boosting an event experience like a boss – a case of 4Developers 2018. This way, we’re able to create a technological map of our country on which we can track the demand of local markets and determine regions of particular specialists.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

If you’re new to this series , we’ve spent the last few months discussing sales and marketing best practices with some of our favourite customers. link] — beyond tellerrand (@btconf) April 17, 2018. (12 DigidayHotTopic pic.twitter.com/zkBwSZpL4z — Digiday Events (@DigidayEvents) February 15, 2018. beyond tellerrand.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 21, 2020

In the early and mid-2000s, Rakuten began to acquire other businesses and expand into new markets such as travel, finance, and entertainment. Past gatherings brought hundreds of people together to learn, strategize, and network with top online performance and marketing professionals. For marketers, this is a must-attend conference.

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Eventory

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Marketing freebies are really popular. Swag bag is a bag filled with marketing freebies, gift cards, and other cool, themed stuff that attendees receive during various events. Here’s the 2017 edition. In the Forbes article, the author lists some gifts for 25 nominees in acting and directing categories from the 2018 Gala.

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Hubilo Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

“With the overwhelming number of conferences, panels and happy hours taking place in a given event cycle, the personalization factor is a marketing must. Understanding attendees’ personal interests is critical to standing out and marketing to all of these individuals.” – Adweek. Events are no longer a social gathering.

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e2m.live

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

e2m.live has been selected by the organisers as the official event app of APAC MedTech Forum for 3 years (2017, 2018, 2019) consecutively. Participants of APACMed interacted with the rest of other participants, including speakers, at the event’s private and secure social wall. A Need for Interactivity. Conclusion.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

As event marketers work to attract traffic to their trade-show floors, it’s common to tailor messaging based on where those prospective attendees live, what type of companies they represent, their age, and a number of other demographic factors. But what about a more fundamental piece of their identity — i.e., their gender?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 15, 2019

In August 2018, when Mark Addicks was in the midst of planning his first-ever event, the MANOVA Global Health Summit, he was determined to make it a dramatic departure from the typical medical conference. “We The roster of more than 100 speakers also drew heavily from the local community.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The sheer size and growth figures of ChinaJoy point to the event’s increasing success — the 2018 event drew in 350,000 people, 10,000 more than the 2017 edition. At the same time, if the event is a conference or forum, encourage the speakers to choose the format of their own segment. Increase Engagement.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 25, 2019

At the 2018 conference, Competitive Edge also selected three exhibitors for a new, best-of-show award. In 2017, Competitive Edge helped ATS launch a new program specifically for its first-timers. One approach that worked at the 2018 convention was the addition of a booth focused on wellness and physician burnout to the exhibit hall.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Every year, over 1,000 marketers, SEOs, agencies, consultants and executives converge on Seattle for MozCon. I had a discussion with someone and they told me about this exciting company named Moz who were hiring for their marketing team. Brandon: Was the initial position for event marketing? This year will be my seventh MozCon.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 5, 2018

The PLASA 2018 Members’ Day and AGM took place on Thursday 31 May at the Royal College of Physicians in Regent’s Park, London to reflect upon a year of specialist projects, industry collaboration and growth.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

You may have amazing speakers, an impressive event agenda and a strong event brand , but there’s another element that you can’t forget when putting together ideas for your next corporate event. It’s not shock that experiential marketing is booming think about escape rooms, pop-ups and more popping up everywhere. Puppy Play Pen.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Sports enthusiasts don’t have to travel to PyeongChang, South Korea, to watch the 2018 Olympic Winter Games this month. It’s a behind-the-scenes look — not the typical viewing experience,” Donny Neufuss, vertical market leader of eSports Americas for the Production Resource Group, told Convene.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 14, 2019

At each of these events, celebrated speakers engage with award-winning journalists to address the wide range of most pressing topics in current news. The NY Times has had so much success with their live events, mostly because it understands where their target marketing is located. Key Takeaway: Meet your audience where they're at.

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