Socio Events

JANUARY 26, 2023

In-person events are a great way to connect with your audience and build relationships. Whether you’re hosting a conference, workshop, or networking event, there are many things to consider when planning and executing a successful event. They often include keynote speakers, vendor displays, and other activities.

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MAY 8, 2019

The numbers are in: live, in-person events are critical to company success, according to 84% of Vice President and C-Level executives. Amazon, the online retail behemoth, clearly agrees and understands the power of event marketing. Let's explore 12 of their most imaginative event types and conferences. The Events.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 12, 2023

Audience engagement In person events offer unique audience engagement opportunities, including: Interactive presentations Live product demos and demonstrations Q&As with special guests Networking sessions Experiential activations Give your attendees plenty of opportunities to try something new—curiosity is a great motivator for engagement!

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MARCH 22, 2024

You can challenge attendees to write a thank you card to someone in their life: a fellow conference attendee, a convention staff member, or a loved one back home. 3: Fika Break Recently, I was traveling through Sweden, and a local was telling me about this popular activity that people do called “fika” (pronounced “Fee-kah”).

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Speakers are an essential element that can take an event from ordinary to extraordinary. They’re crucial to setting the tone of the event, attracting attendees and educating their audience. Speakers go as far as influencing the entire direction of an event, so choosing the right ones is not to be taken lightly.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2020

They may be event tech enthusiasts, event planners , event speakers , but all of them are influencers for event enthusiasts and followers. With more than a decade of experience as a professional speaker, Dahlia founded The Meeting Pool , a great source of information for event professionals.

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Nunify

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

User conferences Theme: Bringing users of a specific product or service to engage with products, learn best practices, future roadmap, feedback and community building. Networking Events Theme: Professional engagement opportunities designed to build connections. These events are structured to maximize interaction among strangers.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The event series has been held for more than two decades and has featured well-known guests such as Bill Clinton, Stephen Colbert, Denzel Washington, and many, many more. Key Takeaway: TimesTalks is a great reminder to book interesting speakers for your events. The New York Times Travel Show. DealBook Conference.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 21, 2020

In the early and mid-2000s, Rakuten began to acquire other businesses and expand into new markets such as travel, finance, and entertainment. Today, Rakuten owns more than a dozen different companies and hosts events for many of them throughout the year. Turn your stand-alone shindig into an event series. Of course you do!

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Bizzabo

APRIL 28, 2020

Luckily, these tools can help you manage existing events and create valuable new ones. And as you’ll soon see from the trends below, event technology will become even more important for event planners seeking virtual event ideas for 2020 and beyond. Event technology trends to look for in 2020.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 1, 2019

In this article, we'll look at a collection of 12 events, brand activations, and experiential marketing campaigns from IBM. Think is IBM's biggest conference of the year and features well-known speakers like Joe Montana and Tony Hawk; dozens of workshop sessions on various technology subjects; and plenty of networking opportunities.

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Bizzabo

JANUARY 8, 2020

And for those involved in B2B event marketing , they are a force to be reckoned with. When the Qualcomm team isn't designing new tech, they can be found brainstorming new corporate event ideas and/or hosting a noteworthy conference. Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit. Source: Qualcomm. But it shouldn't be. Source: Qualcomm.

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Nunify

MAY 31, 2023

Attendees can choose to participate in-person, enjoying the networking opportunities and immersive experiences that come with it, or they can opt to attend virtually, benefiting from the convenience and accessibility of an online event. Besides helping you as an event organizer to streamline operations , save time and money.

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Socio Events

JUNE 22, 2021

How will you set your speakers up for success? What are potential issues that could arise during the event, and how will you solve them? What event platform will you use? Plan it like an in-person event (sans the cocktails and 3-D booths), so attendees enjoy the same type of experience. What technology will you use?

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Bizzabo

JUNE 14, 2019

In this article, we'll take a look at 10 publishers who are crushing it in the live events department. We’ll also explain what we can learn from each as we take a closer look at these amazing corporate event ideas. Source: NYT Conferences. But Forbes has also started to expand by offering custom events to other companies.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

But Oracle is more than software, it's also an incredible event host. In this article, we'll look at 12 of its best conferences, virtual gatherings, and corporate event ideas and tease out the things that make them so great. That way you can use the information to improve your company's events. Sound like a plan?

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Socio Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

When you’re an event planner, it isn’t always easy to come up with new, creative ways to maximize attendee engagement. It’s even harder to generate hybrid event ideas that engage both in-person and virtual participants. After all, 91% of event professionals agree that engagement is the biggest measure of success.

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Bizzabo

AUGUST 16, 2019

Cisco is a leader in the event space. Check out 12 of their best event examples and learn how to host better conferences, trainings, and seminars for your own company. Cisco is also a leader in the events space. The company hosts many highly regarded conferences, trainings, and experiential marketing events each year.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Keep reading to learn how you can improve your event strategy using tried and true Disney principles. Disney Live is an event series that brings beloved Disney characters to life in various cities around the world. Key Takeaway: An event series is a great way to reach more of your target market and boost event ROI.

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This has many advantages: firstly, people no longer need to worry about traveling long distances or dealing with complicated transportation schedules. Furthermore, it is possible to record virtual events so that people who cannot attend live can watch them later at their convenience.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 19, 2019

Want to host amazing and imaginative events like Apple? Each of these 10 corporate event ideas listed in the article will teach you how. Apple’s event marketing team also plays host to a few famous gatherings, including the highly anticipated annual WWDC conference (mentioned below). Apple Special Events.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Learn how robots, drones and Elvis can help you deliver an experience that your attendees will never forget in this list of 20+ creative corporate event ideas. For example, an aerial artist might also need a structure they can perform from, lighting so the crowd can see them, and speakers so the crowd can hear the music.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 14, 2019

Their yearly conference invites industry heavyweights like Ron Howard and Questlove to speak on what they’ve learned as content creators during their own prolific careers. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg for what they have planned for this year's conference! Adobe Summit is a digital experience conference. 99U Conference.

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The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

Now, after one year of hosting and attending virtual events, the events industry is facing the challenge of how to engage attendees and combat ‘zoom fatigue.’ The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M., Gamifying a conference – ShipCon case study. Further event ideas created by event participants: Personal reflections.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Build your brand, showcase potential, and engage your community with these thought leadership event ideas. The goal of a thought leadership or networking event is to present a brand’s authority in a particular domain and provide opportunities for people with related business interests to meet and interact with one another.

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Regpack

MARCH 7, 2018

There is currently no better way to communicate last minute changes or announcements quickly and easily to event-goers, whether they’re at the event or planning to attend. Event apps can be used for a range of tasks such as real-time content control, floor plans, itineraries and speaker sessions.

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Bizzabo

JANUARY 29, 2019

Build relationships, provide real value, and help attendees achieve their most important goals with these workshop event ideas. Workshop events allow businesses to target a variety of specific audiences in order to gain or maintain their patronage quickly and effectively. Add workshops to any conference.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Having hybrid events means lesser people travel around for attending the same; thus, the carbon footprint of the people reduces. Extending this same point, for the attendees, it can save money on their travel. The first step you should take is adding a virtual component to your event makes sense at all?

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GEVME

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Having hybrid events means lesser people travel around for attending the same; thus, the carbon footprint of the people reduces. Extending this same point, for the attendees, it can save money on their travel. The first step you should take is adding a virtual component to your event makes sense at all?

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. While the shifts are plentiful, there are five that stand out from the fold when it comes to modern event design. The Boston event, now in its fifth year, has countless moving parts.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

As a demographic, they also value experiences over material goods, want to share those experiences (usually via social media), have higher technological literacy, and are 62% more likely to travel then their generation X counterparts. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Where you meet matters more than ever before.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Gainsight has been hosting the flagship Pulse conferences (and the Pulse event series) for years.In response to COVID-19, the company adapted the annual in-person event into a virtual experience. Gainsight’s Pulse Everywhere event was a huge success and was as informative and engaging as their past events.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 7, 2020

When VICE and its numerous subsidiaries aren't producing top-notch print and digital content, they're probably hosting a stellar live event or planning the next great marketing activation. 29Rooms is a popular event hosted by Refinery29, a VICE subsidiary and the "leading media and entertainment company focused on women".

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Bizzabo

MAY 2, 2019

Looking to take your conference to multiple territories this year? Check out these 10 incredible event roadshow ideas with real examples you can use to supercharge your traveling get-together. Event roadshows are growing in popularity in 2019. They're amazing event marketing tools. Event Roadshow Ideas.

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Socio Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

More inclusivity: Attending an event in person isn’t practical for all types of people. Some may not have the budget to travel to the venue or book a hotel. The hybrid format allows these audiences to enjoy the event content no matter their circumstances. Normally, a hybrid event will reflect your brand image.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Here are some different virtual event use cases depending on your business goals. Virtual summits are as close as you can get to mimicking an in-person conference online. These events feature tons of speakers, a variety of session topics and product demos, depending on the industry. Virtual Conference Series.

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Bizzabo

JANUARY 22, 2021

While most event professionals are eager to return to in-person events, the virtual component of events is here to stay. 93% of event professionals plan to invest in virtual events moving forward according to our Event Outlook Repor t. Interactive Event Entertainment.

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