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? Conference staff are not able to do everything!

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ePly

MARCH 22, 2024

A great conference agenda defines the event’s purpose, who will speak and when, and the conference location and activity. It is the most important tool available for encouraging attendee engagement , establishing expectations for their experience, and guiding them to the right locations at the right times during the conference.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They may need to straighten out seating, throw away trash, or be present to help supervise room setup turnovers and between-use cleaning. What are some other ways you have dealt with staff shortages at your conferences? How do you plan to prepare for your future meetings? Almost everything takes longer on site.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 31, 2018

As conference organizers, we frequently ignore the evidence all around us of what’s working and what’s not. Often our conference planning teams and volunteer advisors follow our lead as we give more precedent to what feels right. What type of data do we have already have in our hands for any conference improvement process?

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Host Hotels & Resorts’ Sourav Ghosh (clockwise from top left), STR’s Amanda Hite, and Hotel News Now’s Stephanie Ricca participate in the online Hotel Data Conference. The Hotel Data Conference has been held annually for around 700 attendees in Nashville for the past 12 years. Screenshot by Rachel Daub).

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Event Industry especially was hit the hardest but has sprung up to action with ideas as innovative as Virtual Conferences. . Being the norm of 2020, virtual conferences are now the staple form of delivering immediate content to one’s audience, while reaping immense benefits. WHY NOT PHYSICAL CONFERENCES? Schedule it right.

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Event Industry especially was hit the hardest but has sprung up to action with ideas as innovative as Virtual Conferences. . Being the norm of 2020, virtual conferences are now the staple form of delivering immediate content to one’s audience, while reaping immense benefits. WHY NOT PHYSICAL CONFERENCES? Schedule it right.

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Event Industry especially was hit the hardest but has sprung up to action with ideas as innovative as Virtual Conferences. . Being the norm of 2020, virtual conferences are now the staple form of delivering immediate content to one’s audience, while reaping immense benefits. WHY NOT PHYSICAL CONFERENCES? Schedule it right.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 28, 2017

It’s as if Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore’s Experience Economy is just now hitting its stride—for conferences at least. The word is out: we’ve got to create conference experiences, not just conferences that feel like a patchwork quilt of our great grandmother’s dresses. A Disturbing Conference Trend. Read on…).

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 7, 2019

Many conferences are stuck in the rut of legacy routines, age-old rituals and cloned programming. Conference organizers and its advisors replicate the past maintaining the traditions and well-established procedures of yesteryear. Conference organizers and advisors can breathe new life into their events. Robert Evans.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Our guide to the best virtual conference platforms helps you pick the right virtual solution. So we created this guide to the best virtual conference platforms to help you. So we created this guide to the best virtual conference platforms to help you. Virtual conference platforms. What is a virtual conference?

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Your association, annual conference, and governance are all institutions. One of the sacred cows for associations and their annual conference is attributing notoriety to the office of the president, board chair or annual conference committee chair. Smith’s year” or “Sally’s year” when referring to past annual conferences.

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Canadian Special Events

MARCH 17, 2024

The Canadian Dam Association Annual Conference is a heavily volunteer-led initiative. Most of the 14-person Conference Planning Committee were based in the conference destination, St. The planning committee was excited to bring in new staff to help with their upcoming in-person conference.

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SevenEvents

JULY 12, 2023

Are you currently thinking of organising a conference event for your company ? The success of your event depends on meticulous planning and flawless execution. That’s where our conference planning service can make all the difference.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 26, 2018

Within the conference arena, innovation is the process through which new value is created and delivered to customers. Our conferences need innovation in processes, systems and design more than it needs new inventions in technology. Innovation within the conference and meetings space is going to be about the way we do conferences.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 11, 2019

They offer significant membership and registration discounts as well as ample presentation opportunities. So is this the right strategy for your association and conference? A large percentage of student attendees won’t make all of your conference constituents happy. Does Investing Early Result In Loyalty?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 24, 2018

Who owns the overall experience that customers have at your conference? Who oversees and manages the conference customers’ journey? Or perhaps no one is considering the holistic experience of your conference customer? Do you know what your conference target market customer wants? Owning The Conference Customer Experience.

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Coterie Spark

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As we move into the fall conference season, the weather can become increasingly unpredictable. This is especially the case along the Gulf Coast, but even if you’re not hosting there you should still keep an eye on weather reports to better prepare your conference for weather-related disturbances. Always be marketing.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Big business, conferences, education, government, medicine, membership associations, nonprofits, professional societies, religious organizations, trade organizations, etc. Yes, your conference and your membership organization are customary, standard institutions. “I’m done with !”. The Research About Your Institution.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 29, 2018

A conference is more than just talks and booths inside a ballroom. This means their experience both during and in-between conference events are in your hands. Not to worry, that’s why we’ve put together all our conference planning guides here, to make sure you plan the best event experience for them.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 10, 2018

This is the first of two posts that are intended to be a helpful resource for conference organizers as they develop their attendee succession-plan strategy. Key Indicators For Most Conferences. Have leadership that is present. Transparency and trust are the future currencies for engagement. User Experience Design (UXD).

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Endless Events

AUGUST 23, 2019

Do you know how to make a good presentation? It’s critical to the success of your event that presentations go well. It’s a common occurrence for presentations to fall flat. We’ve all been there, you’re at a conference, you’ve been waiting for months to hear a particular speaker. Ban PowerPoint Forever .

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

As a conference organizer, you can seed your annual meeting with experiences that nurture authentic conversations, deep connections and community. You can design, structure and facilitate conference experiences that foster and reclaim meaningful dialogue in an age of digital disruptions. Your Conference Must Facilitate Community.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Let’s separate reality from fiction regarding personalized conference experiences and personalized learning. Fact: Meeting professionals and conference vendors frequently confuse personalization with configurable conference experiences. Defining Conference Personalization And Personalized Learning. Learner Profiles.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 15, 2018

As you know, conferences are the bread and butter of event planners. You plan so many conferences of a similar nature each year that it can be easy to get stale. But, just because conferences have a heavy business-focus, doesn’t mean they need to be (or should be) lifeless! Using projection for conference staging.

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webMOBI

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Conference planning is no cake walk. Every professional event planner and organizer has to pay attention to every possible nuance present at each stage in an event. The post 10 reasons why conference planning software are a boon for event planners appeared first on WebMobi.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 2, 2016

Many conferences depend upon academic researchers to present at their event. Yet that very research often puzzles their conference stakeholders. Other times, the research presented is so narrowly defined that it appears to lack real-life application. The Irony Of Academic Research And Conferences. Ironic, right?!?!

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 22, 2017

You can make your conference the purple cow of all conference experiences. By creating conference experiences that help your participants think smarter! This means designing conference experiences that go full frontal ! The Traditional Low Level Cognitive Conference. Most conference experiences are passive.

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Master the Event

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When setting out to plan a conference, it’s often said that choosing the right venue is the most important task. I find planning a conference is like playing cards, pick a card any card. They all hold weight and are equally important to the outcome of the conference. I remember my first time.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Your conference-slip is showing! Well conference professionals, your conference-slip is showing. 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. Conferences are for people.

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Hubilo Blog

APRIL 15, 2020

There are a handful of virtual medical conferences which are meticulously designed and implemented. With the era of digitalization and the current Coronavirus pandemic, hosting your medical conferences virtually will be a great idea to capitalize on what’s coming your way. Considering e-patient and patient audience for the conference.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 18, 2017

It’s the adventures of your next conference experience across the eighth dimension. Well, similar to Buckaroo’s adventures, you have the opportunity to take your band of conference participants into the 21st Century conference dimension. These conference programming trends are headed your way.

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SevenEvents

JANUARY 13, 2023

january 2023 is here and its time to start planning your next conference. but before we dive into the planning, there are a few things to consider. gone are the days of assuming every conference will be an in-person event as post pandemic life has highlighted the benefits of hybrid and virtual events. guest attendance.

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SevenEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the world of corporate events, conferences hold a special place as they bring together industry professionals and potential clients under one roof. however, organising a successful conference goes beyond logistics and venue selection. however, organising a successful conference goes beyond logistics and venue selection.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

It is much more effective to provide opportunities for conference participants to solve their own problems, then telling them how to solve it. Conference organizers automatically assume that if someone is attending their event, they expect the conference to help them solve their problems. Paraphrase Dr. A. There is another way!

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Endless Events

JANUARY 16, 2019

Are you using video to enhance your conference? Today Will Curran will walk you through 4 types of video that all conferences need to create your best conference yet! Today Will Curran will walk you through 4 types of video that all conferences need to create your best conference yet! Most conferences start that.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2023

Contingency plan, A, B & C: iStock Credit: Andrii Dodonov Last fall, two of our consulting clients were scheduled to have their annual conferences in Orlando. Fortunately, this association had already planned a digital version of the conference to be held four weeks after the in-person event.

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