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Booking that Just Right Guest Speaker

Master the Event

There’s a lot I enjoy about my job and an area I have thoroughly appreciated has been working with guest speakers. And while the presentations were amazing, the time I spent with each guest speaker; getting them to the venue, on stage and then back to their hotel, were some of my most favorite moments with the exception of one or two.

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Case Study: Meeting Expectations Doubles Attendee Event App Adoption Year-Over-Year

Eventmobi

Meeting Expectations specializes in designing and executing strategies to achieve event and association management goals. The Event Goal. For their annual ‘Spotlight on HR’ conference, the Meeting Expectations management team wanted to set a new record for member adoption and engagement on their Event App. The Back Story.

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New Study: Almost Two-Thirds of Professional Event Speakers Are Male

Bizzabo

We analyzed event data from thousands of events over the past seven years and discovered that events still have a long way to go when it comes to gender diversity. We recently released the results of our annual “Gender Diversity & Inclusion in Events Report.” Almost Two-Thirds of All Event Speakers are Male.

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Concerns about using facial analysis at events: part two

Conferences that Work

My January 15, 2024 article “ Concerns about using facial analysis at events ” generated much discussion. Because, as I explained in my original post, combining Zenus facial analysis data with other attendee identification technology allows event owners to associate Zenus data with individual attendees.

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How Four Major Global Events Pivoted from In-Person to Virtual

Attendease

The novel coronavirus outbreak has had a significant impact on the events industry, from venues and vendors to speakers and sponsors. How do you turn a speaker’s spare room into a stage? This year, over two days, we drew more than twice as many speakers and more than twice the number of attendees. What SXSW did to adjust.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.