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The Top 5 Free Event Apps for 2024

Event Age by Swapcard

Once upon a time, mobile event apps were considered a luxury. These apps provide a platform where every update, networking opportunity, or important information is communicated quickly and effectively to your audience. Feature-rich event apps that don’t blow your budget! Our core criteria?

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7 Design Considerations for Your Conference Hub

Velvet Chainsaw

High-tech user conferences like Dreamforce and Microsoft Ignite have been designing innovative hub spaces to engage and nurture their top customers for years. Another popular addition is to incorporate demo kiosks where tech providers can share their solutions and grow connections.

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How Vox Media Revamped its Ultramodern Code Conference in SoCal

Event Marketer

” –Tara Reilly, VP-Experiential and Partnerships, Vox Media A trio of tech journalists served as event co-hosts this year, replacing veteran Kara Swisher, who stepped down from the role. But one thing didn’t change: Vox’s strategic approach to the event as “live journalism.”

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Guest blog: 3 reasons why we support the Gov’s £250,000 Wi-Fi competition for events

Event Industry News

Gary Exall is the director of NOBA Event Wi-Fi, one of the first event-specific IT companies in the UK to service the demand for high-quality event Wi-Fi, live streaming and bespoke software solutions in the live event sector. Successful events. A good Wi-Fi network is vital to the success of any event these days.

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Teaming Up to Learn Something Might Be The Key to Networking at Events

Endless Events

?? The Best of the Best: Learning and Growing: Why Collaborative Learning is the Future of Event-Networking. Virtual Events: How to Use AR and VR At Your Events. Event Design: 21 Creative Ideas for Corporate Stage Design. ? I missed seeing people’s perspectives on current events. Need some help?

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Your Trade Show Attendees: What Do They Really, Really Want?

Velvet Chainsaw

The researchers asked its show organizer audience to define what constitutes a loyal attendee, and by far the most popular definition is an attendee or attendee organization who has participated in at least two of the past four editions of an event. Roughly 90% of event organizers perceived both attributes as important to attendees.

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I Think We Cracked the Code on Digital Networking!

Velvet Chainsaw

Then we would transition into whole-group warm-up activities like reading the Golden Rule Haiku together, brainstorming or introducing the topic, and doing a quick tech overview; the warm-up took 10-15 minutes. I’m afraid if I tell my members this is a networking event, no one will show up. What can I do? Make friends/have fun.