Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 22, 2019

Traditionally teams from organizations attend a conference with a divide-and-conquer game plan, as they split up and attend as many different sessions as they can. What if you flipped that model and designed conferences that offered learning aimed at improving team collaboration and changes back in the workplace?

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

appointed Tracey Crouch as the Minister of Loneliness after the British parliament released a five year study on loneliness that found more than 9 million people in the country reported they often or always feel lonely. So what does this mean for those of us responsible for organizing and executing conferences and events?

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 28, 2019

In the first , we looked at why it’s a smart conference strategy. In this post, we’ll explore how to design, promote and execute it for your next conference. Since our work culture is mostly team-based, it’s about time we reflected it in our conference design. What would it take to implement a team strategy for your conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 2, 2016

Results from a recent CEIR study bolster that insight. It encompasses responses from both show organizers and their loyal attendees about the factors that drive attendance. But there was a huge divide on the third factor “to attend conference programs/sessions.” Organizers ranked the importance of this factor at 73%.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 28, 2016

A key takeaway from Part One of CEIR Attendee Retention Insights study, is the schism between what show organizers think is motivating their attendees, versus what the attendee says he or she really, really wants. This means the responses are more applicable to expositions that have a conference, not conferences that have an expo.

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Eventory

JANUARY 29, 2019

2019 is here with its event calendar full of the best marketing conferences waiting for you to attend them. The marketing industry changes at a very fast pace. While the internet can even your chances, it’s good to place a bet on industry conferences from time to time. Top 25 best marketing conferences in 2019.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. After studying 100 or so meetings’ profit and loss (P&L) statements in great detail, I can confirm that this expense line item varies greatly.

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