Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Most conference and meeting professionals want the coolest, hippest, latest ideas and trends for their events. We are on the hunt for the next meeting, seating, session format, technology, and food and beverage fad. We want to know what unique things other conferences are doing so we can borrow their ideas.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Choose the right event tech tools to help you streamline different aspects of planning and executing your conference, like registration, check-in, networking, panel discussion, and more. Now that you have the overview, let’s take a look at the breakdown of these steps to planning a conference! Who are you trying to reach?

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Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

And there’s a whole heck of a lot (and I do mean a lot) that goes into planning conferences. In general, the success of every meeting and conference starts with the experience, skills and organization of the conference planner. Conference Planner and Conference Planning – So Many Hats Upon One Little Head!

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

Meeting and event professionals are very much aware of the security challenges generated by bringing people together. They plan for accidents, venue problems, protesters, weather related issues, and much more. One piece of advice stood out most: planning event security is not a task that should be accomplished in isolation.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 4, 2018

Here are six ways to focus on designing your team’s experience during your next conference planning process. Hat tips Warren Nilsson and Tana Paddock’s writings on Social Innovations From The Inside Out. Read more about embracing your conference as a giving field here. Explore and experiment with each of them.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

If you have ever planned a meeting or event, then you know just how many details and tasks are involved to execute it. It doesn’t matter how much experience you have, you’ll still need an action plan to keep on top of what needs to be done, and when. And that’s where an event planning checklist comes in.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Planning a conference, planning an event for a huge crowd, an event where you are supposed to present your company, products, services, etc. In order to reduce the chances of that happening to you, take a look at some tips and tricks that will help you deal with stress better and boost your productivity. That isn’t easy.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 31, 2017

They design conference experiences that become meaning-making opportunities for their participants. And they make their planning teams’ work important. Hat tips Dr. Henry Cloud’s Integrity ; Will Mancini’s Auxano Vision Room ; Joe Rriman’s The Story Of Purpose ; and VitalSmarts Influencer: The New Science Of Leading Change.).

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InitLive

JULY 23, 2019

Conferences are some of the best places to meet like-minded colleagues within the same industry or creative individuals who share similar interests. In an increasingly interconnected world where relationship is key for business, conferences are a must-have for proper networking. Try these tips: Determine Your Objectives.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 17, 2019

Conference planning is a complex and intense task, with a whole host of ways in which things can go wrong. It can be very challenging to get right, so, without further ado, here are five tips for putting together effective session descriptions at your conference. More : 8 Essential Email Writing Tips. Conclusion.

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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. However, savvy meeting professional know that their conference’s success depends upon moving from customer fragmented touchpoints to designing holistic conference customer experience journeys.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 17, 2019

I have been struck by the disparity in how an association’s organizational culture translates (or doesn’t translate) to the on-site implementation or planning of its live events. But when it gets to “go time,” does that culture manifest at your conferences and meetings? Open Up that Tent.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 3, 2017

So how do you create a conference experience that is not like all the others? 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. What’s the next new conference format?

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InitLive

APRIL 17, 2019

Conferences are some of the best places to meet like-minded colleagues within the same industry or creative individuals who share similar interests. In an increasingly interconnected world where relationship is key for business, conferences are a must-have for proper networking. Try these five tips: 1.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 6, 2017

You’re expected to deliver highly participatory, forward-thinking, experience-driven, sensory-laden, learner-centered, performance-focused conferences that move the needle for your customers. Too often our current conference planning processes focus on the greatest common denominator. It runs smoothly as planned.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 25, 2017

Then we can focus on changing our conference participants’ learning spaces with the right goal in mind—nurturing their learning. Hat tips Rebecca Louise Hare and Dr. Robert Dillon authors of The Space: A Guide for Educators.). Are You Putting Lipstick On Outdated Conference Education Models And Calling It A Success?

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Eventinterface

JULY 12, 2017

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. For meeting planners who have never thought about sustainability, what are the areas of an event that could be most easily transformed and how? LISTEN TO THE SHOW.

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Master the Event

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The budget planning process for an event begins at the initial planning stage. That’s when the meeting planner sits down and maps out the various components of their conference or event. Pretty soon they’ll have an understanding of which parts of the program will need to be tweaked in order to meet the event’s budget.

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Boomset

AUGUST 5, 2018

In case networking is not your thing, conference planning should be a chance to share your talent with the guests. Do you want to know how to plan an efficient and effective conference event? Preparations These tips for organizing a conference start with prep work. Where exactly should you start?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 18, 2017

In the conference arena, conference choice architects frame their programming based on solving the needs of their target audience. And they nurture habit-forming learning design methods in their conference programming to make the entire process sticky, seamless and effort-free. ~

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Eventinterface

JUNE 3, 2018

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. Listen to show host Al Wynant and guest Julia Spangler discuss the following: How we should interpret “sustainability” in the context of the meetings and event industry?

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Eventinterface

JUNE 3, 2018

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. Listen to show host Al Wynant and guest Julia Spangler discuss the following: How we should interpret “sustainability” in the context of the meetings and event industry?

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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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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 19, 2016

If conference hosts and meeting professionals don’t foster and protect specific beliefs about today’s society and business, they lack the intellectual framework for their event to transform lives. Six 21st Century Conference Core Beliefs. Hat tips Stephen J. Articulating, Fostering And Advancing A Conference Purpose.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Well, hammer meet nail. Nail says to hammer, “Hammer, meet screwdriver, pliers, wrench, saw and the entire toolbox of unique tools to solve different challenges. When planning meetings, conferences and events, ask yourself, “What hammers are these people bringing to this experience?

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SevenEvents

MAY 26, 2022

Deciding on your conference space is a big decision when working in corporate event management, as the space needs to work for your event brief. Here at Seven Events, we offer conference planning services to make your next venue selection as smooth as possible. Lots to consider!

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Master the Event

APRIL 5, 2022

Convention centers play a major role in the meetings and events industry. Typically thought of as venues for large conferences, convention centers are now repositioning themselves to attract small to medium sized groups. Three Tips When Considering Your Convention Center Signage. Tip number one – walk the space yourself.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 28, 2017

These learners want the shortcuts, the high points, the handouts, the tips. They just give them the tips, their steps to success, their PowerPoint, and handouts. They eventually fail at customizing another person’s tips to their situation. They just want to meet the expectations of governing boards as approved speaker.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 17, 2016

For too long we have settled for too little from our conferences and annual meetings. We have allowed our past planning procedures, our structures and outdated traditions to hinder and handicap our conference creativity, innovation and uniqueness. We have allowed our conferences to creak along unchanged, year after year.

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Coterie Spark

JUNE 28, 2021

Overwhelmed by fall conference planning options? Well partner, what’s it gonna be: a virtual, in-person, or hybrid conference this fall? COVID-19 has changed the world, and has shifted how events and conferences are imagined/planned, it’s a new frontier! Want to read more about hybrid conference planning?

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 14, 2018

At conferences, our pursuit for silver-bullet succinct solutions engulfs us. We pursue quick tips, succinct highpoints, tried-and-true steps to success and accurate results. As meeting professionals you have a tremendous opportunity to create conferences that inspire your participants’ curiosity. We fix symptoms.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 27, 2018

You’ve got to plan and execute the right programming. More than providing a conference experience that meets your customer needs and helps them solve their problems, you’ve got to satisfy their wants. More than meeting your customers’ expectations, you’ve got to be unremarkably remarkable.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

If you are an event or meeting planner you’ve heard of PSAV. The news makes for shaky ground and uncertainty for meeting and event planners nationwide. So why should event and meeting planners care?What It could also mean a lack of choice for event and meeting planners and more. Will this merger change that? October 2018.

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Core-apps

MARCH 7, 2018

Explore tips from the healthcare trenches for making technology work for your event. 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.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Meetings are often so overloaded with material that learning may be hurt more than it’s enhanced,” says Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster, No More Boring Meetings. So why do so many meeting participants fail at applying their new learnings? The Conference Copycat Critter: Quick Just Give Me The Highpoints So I Can Copy Them!

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 22, 2017

They want to relate conference topics to their life and work through active experiences. Tips To Design Conferences That Go Full Frontal. Here are a few tips to design conferences that maximize participants’ frontal lobes. Help your conference stakeholders wield one of their most powerful tools: metacognition.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 14, 2017

I’ve been doing a lot of research and have learned that personalization can be achieved in a number of ways: Individualized — The customer gets exactly what meets their preferences or needs. Configurable — The customer can make certain choices that best meet their preferences. The PDF is downloadable at convn.org/custom-mckinsey.

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