Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Multi-award winning website specialists ASP launch Attendee Growth Services consultancy: revolutionising event website success and empowering exhibition and conference organisers for online marketplace excellence. ASP has today announced the launch of their portfolio of cutting-edge Attendee Growth Services.

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Kennedy

APRIL 4, 2024

In August 2023, the Ambition 2023 Be Bold Conference gathered 300 consultants at the Omni Hotel for a transformative event. The conference served as a platform for consultants to elevate themselves and their businesses, setting the stage for unprecedented success.

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SpotMe Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Organizing a medical conference that brings results can be stressful. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best medical conference apps to ensure you come away with actionable HCP insights and invaluable connections to drive your business forward. Want to jump straight to the list of the best medical conference apps?

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel appoint Manchester based consultancy Catch the MICE as part of their strategy to help drive future meeting and event business at the Glasgow flagship hotel. Having diversified our portfolio to include Event Technology in recent years, the Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel is a perfect fit all-round.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. But first…. …a

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The Planner's Lounge

MARCH 21, 2024

I had a great conversation with Veronica Foster of the Association of Bridal Consultants. I’m with Veronica Foster, the president of the Association of Bridal Consultants. Today, we’re here to discuss the Association of Bridal Consultants’ work, its purpose, and how it helps wedding planners and consultants.

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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. But as a consultant, I can call ‘em as I see ‘em. This article is for you.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 14, 2023

The Business of Events, the not-for-profit independent Think Tank for the events industry, has extended the deadline of its sector-wide Consultation. The aim of the Consultation is to gather sentiment among those owning, running, managing, and working in the events industry, which will lay the foundation for a […]

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Paje Consultancy are delighted to announce their partnership to provide a learning and development programme and course options for beam agency and venue members. Paje are specialists in the meetings, events, and conference market, who offer bespoke training for venues, hotels, and agencies.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 26, 2018

One of the strongest intangible attributes of a healthy conference is how much sharing takes place. Professions that deliver conference sessions with a high level of sharing – not diluted or generalized from the stage – are often in fields linked to prevention, healthcare, education and philanthropy.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 31, 2023

Though I’ve been a professional consultant of one kind or another for over forty years, I sometimes still fall victim to the Consultant’s Curse. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post The Consultant’s Curse appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Events agency Conference Care launched Carbon Consultancy in October 2021, following over a year of planning and development. The consultancy process involves several stages including gathering initial data from the event organiser and participants, to produce an estimated footprint. Often less than £1 per attendee.”.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 3, 2019

The first peer conference I convened and designed was held June 3 – 5, 1992 at Marlboro College, Vermont. So, as of today, the community of practice that eventually became edACCESS has enjoyed 27 years of peer conferences. Twenty-three people came to the inaugural conference. 27 years of peer conferences.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 12, 2018

At a recent conference consultation with a client, a millennial made me think that I wasn’t keeping up with the times. I voiced my strong opinion that conference organizers should embrace inbound marketing (pull) over traditional outbound marketing (push). I reiterated that their conference needed a home base to optimize.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 23, 2017

When considering long-term conference or organizational strategy, it’s wise to future-cast the impact major workforce trends may have on your profession, particularly because conferences are about people first and content second. What it means for you: Gig workers can be extremely influential (especially those damn consultants).

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Conferences that Work

MAY 14, 2018

Long ago, consultant Tom Gilb coined the term “mythodology” to describe erroneous but commonly held beliefs about how something should be done. Here are nine mythodologies about conferences. At least half the sessions programmed at traditional conferences are not what attendees want. Reality : No, you don’t.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 2, 2022

As its reputation and client portfolio continues to expand, DAHLIA+Agency has added event-industry analyst and content strategist Michelle Bruno MPC, CEM, CMP to its roster of strategic consultants. She is also an award-winning former meeting planner and conference and exhibition organizer.“I’ve

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EventMB

MAY 27, 2022

The second edition of the Leveraging Intellectual Capital report was released this week by convention industry consulting firm, GainingEdge. The post Conference Destinations Compete With Academic Firepower appeared first on Skift Meetings. London tops the 2021 city ranking, followed by Paris, Tokyo, Beijing and New York.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 10, 2023

At edACCESS 2008 I gave a 90-minute presentation entitled “Learning from the biggest consulting mistake I’ve made — and that you probably have too” OK, the formal title was “The Systematic Development of Informed Consent “, which sounds much fancier but requires explanation.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

thesis After a postdoctoral year at Tufts, I went on to manage a solar manufacturing company, teach college computer science, and develop a successful information technology consulting practice. I would need every scrap of my conviction about the importance of peer conferences to persist in what followed. My 1977 Ph.D. and the how?

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 18, 2020

Event gurus, Hybred Consultancy, have launched a specialist team dedicated entirely to delivering great experiences that are COVID-19 Secure, The team is already advising and producing virtual & hybrid conferences, virtual studios and outdoor cinema & outdoor experiences to go ahead, safely. Adapting to the New Normal.

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Picatic by Eventbrite

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We were on a shoestring budget for our first conference back in 2015,” says Melinda Epler, the CEO of Change Catalyst, a consulting firm that helps tech companies build inclusive ecosystems. Even when it’s your company’s driving force, being inclusive is not always easy. “We

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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

JUNE 29, 2016

Many built their expertise in an industry or function, shifted to consulting and then wrote a book to launch their speaking career. How your audience responds will have a direct impact on your conference’s brand image and credibility. This model sets the tone your conference and then sends the participants off with an emotional high.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 18, 2020

Micro-Consulting Bandwidth. For interested associations and suppliers that support the meeting industry, and are in need of help, we are offering consulting and coaching calls without the expectation of compensation. Conference P&L analysis. Conference education development processes. Event technology solution advice.

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Event Industry News

JULY 19, 2019

Next week will see the launch of a public consultation on the proposed re-development of the current EventCity site. Members of the public are invited to attend the planning consultation at EventCity next week, to be held in the foyer of Hall 1 at the following times: Thursday, 25 th July, 1400-2000 Friday 26 th July, 1200-1600.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As we progress through the event industry’s recovery to 2019 levels, conference organizers must have a laser focus on helping potential attendees make their business case for attending their events. Ensure that your conference website can apply these filters to help participants identify their can’t-miss sessions. ©2022. .

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 14, 2021

For well over a year, we’ve consulted with dozens of associations on their go/no-go event strategies. One of our early — and still applicable — recommendations was for conference organizers to communicate and publish the date when they expect to make the decision for their in-person conference.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2022

Based on our research, we estimate that there’s an even split between conference owners who are including synchronous or asynchronous hybrid options and those who aren’t. Conference organizers need to invest significantly in bandwidth, video cameras, lighting, and labor. The balance should be repeated content from the live conference.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If you had told me forty years ago, a freshly minted high-energy particle physics postdoc, that I’d go on to have four additional careers (owner of a solar manufacturing business, computer science professor, independent IT consultant, and meeting designer/facilitator) I wouldn’t have believed you. Consulting.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021. Paje Consultancy also provide a dedicated sales and marketing team for the acclaimed Academic Venue Solutions association.

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Eventmobi

MAY 4, 2018

As an event technology consultant for EventMobi, I speak to hundreds of event planners every month who need guidance on how to create a User Conference. One of the number one goals event planners are usually striving for with a User Conference is increasing attendee engagement and networking, especially between clients and prospects.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 10, 2020

Setting conference fees is tricky. The costs for the virtual meeting platform and associated consultants. • This article on conference pricing from The Balance Small Business blog was written pre-pandemic and is focused on live events, but its take on five basic strategies are evergreen.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

But I’m a consultant who has long subscribed to Jerry Weinberg’s Seventh Law of Marketing : “Give away your best ideas” and Credit Rule : “You’ll never accomplish anything if you care who gets the credit”, from his invaluable book The Secrets of Consulting. Stop the presses.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 2023 FICP Annual Conference will be staged Nov.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? “Members tend to walk right by them,” stated Corporate Partnership and Sponsorship Consultant Bruce Rosenthal. Give attendees a discount code on the last day of the conference that is only good for the next 30 days.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2021

Repackaging your conference content is one way to offer value to your members, says Dave Lutz, CMP. Your annual conference always has offered the best, most advanced, and relevant learning sessions for your profession. Conference content product management requires a good deal of business acumen. Here are five tips.

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