EventMB

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

GroupSync’s instant booking gives them the faster, smarter decision-making capabilities they crave. Skift Take: In today’s pressure-cooker environment, planners want the same immediacy and variety as in their online grocery shopping. Groups360 Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

DECEMBER 15, 2023

is helping the Radisson Hotel Group rewrite the playbook on group bookings. Skift Take: Hivr.ai Impressive leaps in lead-to-quote conversion and customer response rates suggest this automation approach is a game changer. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Skift Take: Wyndham has teamed with Groups360 to enable instant group bookings across its U.S. hotel portfolio. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Skift Take: At a time when virtual events seem to be losing steam, some are wildly successful and help companies generate millions of dollars in revenue. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

Room rates should be adjusted to keep attendees from booking outside the block. Look for hotels to run booking promotions and bring commissions back up to 10 percent. Also expect hotels to carefully review their practice of prepaying 50 percent of commissions to third parties at the time of booking.

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Attendease

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Venue management is another major pain point during the holidays when places book up quickly. Leverage venue sourcing features to easily search by your date, capacity, location requirements and start booking venues before they’re gone. How do I find and book the right venue for my holiday party?

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Book shops often worm their way into film and fiction – from “You’ve Got Mail” to The Neverending Story – but this one boasts a particular fantastical charm. There’s a cinematic element to The Last Bookstore tale, so it’s apt that it’s in Los Angeles. A noir red neon light denotes the corner of downtown […].

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It even appears in the title of my third book ! If you want to learn good ways to do this—well, I have a book for you to read! I use the phrase “wants and needs” a lot when talking about participant-driven and participation-rich conferences. But whose wants and needs are we talking about ? Whom is your event for?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Previous to the pandemic, if I’m booking somebody, I’d be limited to pairing […]. Living in the entertainment capital of the world, Live Talks Los Angeles founder and producer Ted Habte-Gabr already had an exhaustive rolodex of celebrity connections at his fingertips.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Seth Godin is a marketing guru: He’s written 20 best-selling books, including “This Is Marketing,” and is in the Marketing Hall of Fame. He’s also hosted successful events around the globe. During Eventbrite’s RECONVENE summit, Godin shared some of his favorite marketing secrets. He started by defining things.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 30, 2020

I’ll never forget a blog post, entitled “ Malcolm is Wrong ,” which Seth Godin penned back then on Chris Anderson’s book Free: The Future of a Radical Price. In his book, Anderson makes a compelling case that in many instances businesses can profit more from giving things away than charging for them.

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MARCH 29, 2022

As a creator, you can play a role in keeping your neighborhood’s music scene alive, and maybe even book the next big star. Every famous musician was once a local indie artist with a big dream — and their success wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for the support of their community. Why is it […].

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Conferences that Work

JULY 17, 2023

But I felt surprised, dismayed, and angry to discover that this $10 billion company, OpenAI, has misappropriated my copyright, by digesting my copyrighted book Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love without any notification, discussion, or thought of compensation. ChatGPT can be a useful tool. I don’t think so.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If you do this, using Google Books Ngram Viewer , you’ll notice a curious thing. In 1804, the earliest year included in the Google Books database, the word interaction barely appears. Society, as reflected by books in English, now talks about interaction about twice as often as presentation.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 11, 2021

You’ll get more than a few nuggets from Kristin’s just-published book, “123 Ways to Add Pizazz to a Panel Discussion.”. The shift to virtual events has magnified the need to add spice and spunk to your conference’s panel discussions so that you leave the audience begging for more. EST for an interactive webinar. And much, much more.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Write a book? Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. So here’s my story.

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Attendease

JANUARY 6, 2023

Whether you provide a directory hall where attendees can browse the profile or fellow event-goers, or connect directly with sponsors and exhibitors to book one-on-one meetings can go a long way. Give power to the people and let them select those they’d like to connect with and book their meetings using online event technology.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Her latest book, Go Big or Go Home , outlines five ways to create a memorable customer experience. This is a guest post by Diana Kander. Diane is a keynote speaker on curiosity and innovation and a New York Times Bestselling author. The event planning industry is one of immense creativity, innovation, and personal touches.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Finding and booking an appropriate event venue 2. Book a call with our team today! Book a demo The post 5 Ways to Streamline Your Corporate Event Planning appeared first on EventUp Planner. First, aligning the event objective with organizational goals while staying on budget is an ever-present balancing act.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

As readers of my books know, running a peer conference for this many people in one day would be a somewhat rushed affair. Read my book Event Crowdsourcing to learn in detail how to do these tasks.). 2—Crowdsourcing a program online the day before an in-person conference. They will also decide on leadership for each session.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Contact our team to book a demo! Its visitors are composed of event organisers, promoters, managers, venues, agencies and brands that are looking for fresh tech to take their events to the next level". Want to learn more about Attendease?

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Attendease

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Book: Intentional Event Design , by Tahira Endean. And this is what Tahira Endean talks about in her book, Intentional event Design. Event Design has never been more relevant. Meeting Minds Podcast. Meeting Minds Podcast has over 130 episodes recorded, sharing the ins and outs of meeting and event planning.

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Attendease

AUGUST 1, 2024

Designed with corporate and social event planners in mind, EventUp allows planners to browse and book the perfect venue for their event in only a few clicks. EventUp streamlines the event planning process by bringing the best venues across the US into one marketplace.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 7, 2021

The book presents a ton of evidence that — despite the torrent of bad news that daily floods our media — “humans are hardwired for kindness, geared towards cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another.” It’s not hard to unleash the power of social learning at your events!

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Attendease

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Book a free call with our team today to learn more about how EventUp Planner’s complete event management and reporting software platform can transform your event experience. Book a Call The post How to Measure Event Success: A Guide to Event Reporting & Analytics appeared first on EventUp Planner.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

So I had high hopes for a September 7 2022, City University of New York webinar introducing Cathy Davidson ‘s and Christina Katopodis’ book The New College Classroom , which is “about inspiring, effective, and inclusive teaching at the college level.” ” Sadly, I was disappointed.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2022

We’ve seen improved pacing when an association offers worry-free booking with no strings. Attendees will not be motivated to save $100 for registering early when you have the same cancellation policy as 2019. Consider changing your policy just for those who register before the early-bird deadline.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 19, 2021

Chapter 44 of my book The Power of Participation explains how facilitators use participatory voting to provide public information about viewpoints in the room, and pave the way for further discussion. In particular, we often use participatory voting to assess consensus.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Future bookings are getting more difficult as organizations are more reluctant to take on new risks. As optimism grows for business events returning later in 2021, hotels are testing the waters more aggressively on signed agreements. Challenges abound for event professionals looking to reduce housing block commitments.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 5, 2024

Focus by Jared Cherup I’ve been a big fan of Customer Centricity , a book written by Wharton’s Peter Fader for quite some time. Revenue by Cohort Last year, Fader and his co-authors released a new book, The Customer-Base Audit: The First Step on the Journey to Customer Centricity.

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Attendease

MAY 17, 2022

If you’re interested in learning how to optimize your event registration process with Attendease , book a demo today! The post How to optimize your event registration process appeared first on Attendease.

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Attendease

MAY 5, 2021

Contact us to book a demo and learn more about our all-in-all event management platform. Suggest people connect with at least three other attendees each day to make their most of their event experience. Would you like to see the Attendease Virtual Networking feature in action?

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Conferences that Work

MAY 11, 2020

I’ve written three books about why creating participation-rich conferences that deliver effective learning , connection , engagement , and action is so important, and how to do it for in person events. I’ll explain how to do this in a future post.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The constant back-and-forth emails, the nagging worry about double-booked sessions, and that sinking feeling when you discover a scheduling conflict minutes before your event goes live… For many event professionals, these scenarios still represent their daily reality. Double-booking dilemmas Oops!

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 31, 2020

for Sessions , described in Chapter 26 of my book Event Crowdsourcing , is exactly what you’ll need for an in-person session. Five minutes of Post It! Or use this variant if you’re meeting online. So, please stop treating adults like children at conferences.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 3, 2020

For Sessions technique described in Chapter 26 of my book Event Crowdsourcing. Check out the book for more details.). .” How to create great in-person breakout sessions. At in-person events, it’s easy to uncover audience interests using the Post It! How to create great online breakout sessions.

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