Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Is your annual meeting more like a time capsule or a time machine? Conferences that are like time capsules promote and preserve nostalgia and the past. Conferences that are like time machines teleport people to the future so they can discover what’s next. Meeting Planning Evolves. Today, our jobs are evolving.

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InitLive

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

To help prepare for your next conference we thought the time was right to take a step back and look at how we manage logistics at our next conference and ask ourselves is there a better way? Over the last 23 years, I have built my marketing career around the enterprise technology space working for companies like IBM and Mitel.

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Coterie Spark

MAY 9, 2022

Laura has over 14 years of event and conference planning experience, as well as a bachelor’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Millersville University. There was a 10,000-person marathon on the morning of our Board meeting. What’s one thing you wish people knew about event planning?

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Most annual meetings have used the same template agenda for decades. If you want to breathe new life into your conference, and increase relevance for next-generation attendees, start with this kill/change list. Annual Business Meeting. Annual Meeting Brand. They just replace the filling each year. Bag Inserts.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through how to plan a conference from A to Z. We’ll cover everything from budgeting and marketing to finding sponsors and speakers to reporting and analytics. What Does It Take to Plan a Conference? But how long does it take to plan a conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Evergreen conference practices that have promising results are often obscured by our obsession with fads and trends. To avoid being fad-like in our conference planning process, here are seven emerging evergreen practices to consider and invest in instead. From Chief Meeting Planner To Chief Participant Experience Officers.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Paid influencer marketing is spreading to the event industry, and I doubt that it’s an ethical practice. Brand X’s Property in Somewhere, USA is a client of ours, and I am working on an influencer campaign to help promote Property Z’s event spaces as ideal venues for conferences and corporate meetings.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 2, 2016

So researchers focus on meeting their academic needs first before meeting the conference’s target market needs. Presenting at the conference is just another hoop they must jump through to gain credibility as an academic. They’ve lost touch with their target market. And they have limited budgets as well.

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Coterie Spark

JUNE 14, 2022

Everyone knows the power of marketing. And it is, of course, a crucial element of successful event and conference planning. . Done correctly, marketing has helped our clients exceed their goals related to attendee retention, bringing in new followers, and attracting speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors. The Planning Stage.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 25, 2018

Too often conference and meeting professionals assume that their role is best suited to planning and executing the conference. They leave the big decisions about target customers, their needs and their aspirations to the organization’s leaders, the marketing department or even the education division.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 3, 2017

Start by considering one or more of these conference big ideas. They are the conference planning road less traveled that harvests success! Big Conference Ideas On The Road Less Traveled Part 1. Here are the first five big conference ideas you should might embrace. What’s the next new conference format?

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

If you are, you need a conference intrapreneur! More than just one intrapreneur, you need a conference planning culture of intrapreneurship. Ultimately, you’ll want to develop a conference team of intrapreneurs. Ask yourself this: Do our conference planning teams have the willingness, capability and confidence to __?

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Following are considerations gathered from industry media, meetings market surveys and anecdotal reports from Velvet Chainsaw Consulting clients. Hotels are raising rates for both leisure and group business as they are currently experiencing strong demand in many markets. in group hotel rates, with a 7.8%

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MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2024

Most meeting planners have likely discovered the benefits of ChatGPT and other generative-A.I. applications for creating titles and descriptions for event sessions as well as for marketing and other communications aimed at attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and others. While touted as a time-saver, generative A.I.

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Eventory

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Conferences, summits, meetups – marketing managers’ calendars are bursting at the seams with the mass of industry events. However, it’s hard to miss the impression that more and more often, marketing conferences are like a sad duty for the marketing managers.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, with so many different event apps for conferences on the market, it can be tough to know which one is right for you! In this guide, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know about choosing the best conference app for your event—from locating the best event apps to key features to look for. Book demos.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 21, 2018

Uncovering Your North Star Conviction To Find Conference True Target Market. Before your conference can find its true target market, you as the conference organizer must find your conviction. What’s your conference conviction? What’s your conference North Star? Awakening The Inner Path To Purpose.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And, a majority of marketers agree. In fact, 83% of B2B marketers are heavily interested in events, and 80% of marketers believe events and event marketing are critical to their company’s success. It’s with good reason that 31% of marketers believe event marketing is the most effective marketing channel.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

If you are an event or meeting planner you’ve heard of PSAV. By acquiring arguably their biggest competitor in the United States there is no question they stand to dominate the market. The news makes for shaky ground and uncertainty for meeting and event planners nationwide. So why should event and meeting planners care?What

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GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

If you understand your target audience, it’s not a challenge to build such a conference vision. However, without a good conference planning checklist, the chances are you won’t be able to transform this vision into reality. What is a corporate conference planning checklist? Corporate conference planning checklist.

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Eventinterface

JULY 12, 2017

She has won the International Live Events Association awards in Marketing Design in 2014,15 and 16 for her design suites for Baldwin & Lyons Race Weekend. Today, we are speaking with Julia on how Meeting and Event Professionals can make their projects sustainable and what this means to the success story of these events. Save Save

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When you adopt a strategic objective like that for your conference, it leaves room for creativity in achieving that desired outcome. Work closely with your local chapter or Destination Marketing Organization to identify two or three local worthy causes that you’d like to help. Louis as meeting destinations. Choose Your Charity.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 13, 2018

Your conference purpose is about building sustainable conference value. When your conference purpose is properly aligned with your organization’s mission, strategy, business plans and target market, it will drive economic performance. Your conference purpose identifies its role in your customers’ ecosystem.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Naveen, who has worked in conference and events at Whittlebury Park for five years, will focus on identifying and advising the IACC board on emerging trends, particularly around the millennial market, and contribute to the annual conference planning group. www.whittlebury.com.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 3, 2018

She has won the International Live Events Association awards in Marketing Design in 2014,15 and 16 for her design suites for Baldwin & Lyons Race Weekend. Today, we are speaking with Julia on how Meeting and Event Professionals can make their projects sustainable and what this means to the success story of these events.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 3, 2018

She has won the International Live Events Association awards in Marketing Design in 2014,15 and 16 for her design suites for Baldwin & Lyons Race Weekend. Today, we are speaking with Julia on how Meeting and Event Professionals can make their projects sustainable and what this means to the success story of these events.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 30, 2018

Brooks also like the Ross Bridges, as well as Westin Nashville, as well as Embassy Suites Nashville SE & Conference Center. WaterColor Inn has “sweeping gulf views and multiple meeting space options perfect for your small meeting getaway,” Olivia Wells, marketing coordinator at St. Mississippi Gulf Coast. Chattanooga.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 26, 2018

Conference and meeting professionals like action when planning their events. Herein likes one of their challenges when starting a conference improvement process. A future back planning approach uses a distinct method of defining a future state and working backwards. You start with the end in mind.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 13, 2018

Paradigm: Our conference profits depend on what we plan and implement for our exhibitors/sponsors. Paradigm Busted: Our conference results depend on our target market customers—our paying attendees. Paradigm Busted: We achieve conference results and success by growing our target market’s discoveries.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

Cindy Hart joined Hotel Boulderado in Boulder, Colorado , as director of sales and marketing. Fernando most recently served as the director of sales and marketing for Catalonia Hotels & Resorts in Barcelona, Spain. Fernando has a strong history of driving sales and marketing strategies while managing and motivating his team.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 24, 2018

Do you consider how these pieces fit together creating the conference experience from your target market customer’s perspective? Do you know what your conference target market customer wants? Owning The Conference Customer Experience. What do your conference customers want? And what do they want and need?

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Humana decor 3_1.jpg. Gating level.

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Expo Logic

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Events are connecting with their attendees through new experiential marketing techniques that increase brand engagement and build a stronger connection between them and your brand. Experiential marketing is used to connect with an audience in an interactive and engaging way. Article Photo Credit: [link]. About the Author.

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Core-apps

MARCH 7, 2018

With more than a decade of experience in the meetings industry working both on the planning side and with associations to improve their events, Dahlia is known as the ‘go-to’ source for trend-setting solutions, tech news, and social media advice. dahliaelgazzar. dahliaelgazzar. plannerwire.

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InitLive

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Whether you’re a nonprofit event planner , association membership manager, event director, or convention planner, this guide will help you plan the most effective, engaging convention possible for your audience members. 11 Steps to Plan a Successful Convention. 5 Convention Planning Best Practices. What is a Convention?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 18, 2018

Established, successful conferences have leadership that are usually adept at incrementally improving their event each year. Or improving registration and marketing practices. Sure conference organizers have a tendency to follow the money. And yes, many of the conference components listed above are a source of money.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 23, 2017

Eventinterface has partnered with Tap To Speak to provide conference attendees with the technology to easily communicate in real time with speakers straight from our platform’s program and itinerary tool. Now apps are coming on the market to turn mobile devices into microphones, connecting attendees with speakers.

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