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[WEBINAR]: Should You Move Ahead with Fall In-person Events? 9.29.21

Velvet Chainsaw

She has over 20 years of experience in management, planning and execution of impactful meetings, events and tradeshows. Davis is the Director, Exhibits & Sponsorships for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and leads the sales, client experience, and operations for all SHRM events.

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Game On! Returning to Face-to-Face

Velvet Chainsaw

Most Q3 and Q4, 2021 conferences are reporting attendance numbers that are 40 – 60% below 2019. If you do plan for hybrid, make sure that you have dedicated staff and trusted vendors to focus on delivering that experience. Sponsorship revenue, however, is holding its own–and in some cases–growing.

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Skyrocketing Costs Squeeze Event Budgets

Velvet Chainsaw

exhibitors are funding these higher expenses by sending fewer staff, opting for smaller booth space and/or decreasing their sponsorship investment. A 2022 CWT report estimated the cost-per-attendee for meetings and events to be “25% higher than in 2019, with this set to rise by another 7% in 2023.” in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

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Here Are Endless’ Greatest Hits!

Endless Events

Event WiFi: How To Use WiFi As An Event Sponsorship Asset. ? Using WiFi as a sponsorship asset is one thing. Your All-Out Guide to Conference Planning. How to Build “The Dream Event Planning Team”. ?? Event Brew – MeetingsNet Best Stories: The Most Read Articles Of 2019 ??. 8-minute video).

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. Li is a keynote speaker at many academic or influential conferences, including the World Economic Forum, the Grace Hopper Conference 2017 and the TED2015 main conference. Dave is a frequent industry speaker, facilitator, and author specializing in large conference innovation and growth.

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. Li is a keynote speaker at many academic or influential conferences, including the World Economic Forum, the Grace Hopper Conference 2017 and the TED2015 main conference. Dave is a frequent industry speaker, facilitator, and author specializing in large conference innovation and growth.

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Meet Accelevents, The All-In-One Event Management Platform!

Endless Events

“We had this big conference plan, but we had to pull the plug on it. However, we had all this content prepared for the conference we had intended to have in person. Don’t go back to 2019 just because it’s comfortable.” Virtual Event Management Platforms. Let’s start in the beginning.