The MICE

JANUARY 15, 2024

START Summit offers an innovative take on entrepreneurship conferences – entirely student-run it gives a fresh perspective on Europe’s startup landscape. Fast forward to 2023, and START Summit attracted over 6,000 participants and featured 150+ speakers. It’s scheduled for March 21-22, 2024, in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New year, new conferences! Whether you’re looking to meet influential planners, improve networking skills, learn about emerging technologies, or simply reconnect with planner besties, this list of 2024 conferences and trade shows has something for everyone. It’s the event planning conference to attend in North America.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Conference speakers are the backbone of every event. In this post, some of our customers at Tito have shared how they work with speakers to help you learn some new ways to involve them for their benefit and for the benefit of your events. There’s another angle to marketing, which is speakers.

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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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Socio Events

AUGUST 4, 2022

Anybody who has ever planned a conference knows the value of flexibility and engagement. And if that’s what you’re looking for from your next event, you might want to consider planning a virtual conference. The good news is that in-person events are alive and well, but that doesn’t mean virtual conferences were a temporary fad.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Academic Venue Solutions (AVS), the UK’s only consortium dedicated to academic venues, hosted its annual conference on the 7 th -8 th December at The Jubilee Hotel & Conferences, Nottingham Venues. It is based on the belief that you can’t compete externally if you can’t collaborate internally first.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually. While 2021 may still look a little different than normal, expect to see many conferences back and ready to help industry professionals navigate the massive changes in the way they do business.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

After two years of virtual conferences the Association of Festival Organisers will hold a face-to-face Conference on Saturday 5 November at Fenton Town Hall, Albert Square, Fenton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Conference will open for registration at 9am with the Agenda commencing at 10am and run through until as late as we need.

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Endless Events

JUNE 14, 2018

Something often overlooked when booking hotel blocks for conferences are hotel amenities for conference attendees. People pay a lot of money and travel far to get to your conference, so don’t you want to make their home away from home a positive experience? Today we will show you how to do just that!

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Eventinterface

MARCH 26, 2018

Finding speakers for conferences and events can be an arduous task. Are we selecting the right speaker? Is what the speaker charges a fair fee? How do we know if the speaker can deliver the right message for our audience? Is the speaker the right, strategic partner for our conference?

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Eventinterface

MARCH 26, 2018

Finding speakers for conferences and events can be an arduous task. Are we selecting the right speaker? Is what the speaker charges a fair fee? How do we know if the speaker can deliver the right message for our audience? Is the speaker the right, strategic partner for our conference?

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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. Learn How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist from an FICP22 Speaker.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 19, 2022

While you’re at it, why not use referral marketing to drum up attendees? Yes — word-of-mouth marketing , or referrals, is an effective way of getting more attendees to your event. In this article, we cover powerful referral marketing strategies that you can use to reduce the heavy lifting and ensure more people come to your events.

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Gallus Events

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In February Gallus Events organised the fourth annual conference for Europe’s largest blog for Personal Assistants “Practically Perfect PA” Attracting over 150 attendees to the physical event in London and over 100 watching online, we created an event that was very different from any other conference for Assistants.

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Guidebook

JUNE 19, 2018

You’ve been working on your event for 6+ months — you’ve put in countless hours getting the venue locked down, the schedule finalized, speakers scheduled, the production design perfect. The day comes around and you wait in anticipation for your keynote speaker to step on stage. A great keynote speaker doesn’t just speak, though.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2022

Venues of Excellence (VoE) has hosted its first members Annual Conference under its new ownership with Mandy Jennings who took the helm of the award-winning consortium in May 2021. We are excited by the new landscape for the hospitality and events industry and truly believe the future is bright.”.

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GEVME

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Promotional tools for event marketing are powerful assistance for your event marketing. You are welcome to look them through and pick the most effective apps for your marketing needs from our top 12 marketing tools list. Reasons to use event marketing tools. Top 12 best event marketing tools for 2019.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 23, 2017

And your conference audience does. They can hear, watch and read the greatest speakers anytime. Technology Disrupts Traditional Content-Driven Conferences. So why should someone pay a registration fee, book a flight and hotel rooms, and take a couple of days off from their normal work to attend your conference?

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Stova

MARCH 20, 2023

The Ultimate List of Conferences to Attend in 2023 Are you struggling to find which conferences are worth investing your time and money in? We’ve put together a comprehensive list of 200+ top in-person, virtual and hybrid conferences that you should attend in 2023.

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Attendease

APRIL 4, 2024

So whether you’re planning corporate events, conferences, fundraisers, or beyond, you’ll find practical takeaways to level up your program. Think through the resources, staff, budget, venue size, marketing channels, etc., Or that a popular speaker doesn’t resonate the same way virtually vs. in person.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sustainability specialists, Greengage Solutions announced the winners of their 2024 Sustainability Awards at its annual sustainability conference held at the QEII Centre on 11 January. They now need to show tangible actions, measure the results and have a programme of continued improvement.

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EveryEventGuide

APRIL 2, 2019

Work conferences aren’t like any other event. Once you have a clear understanding of the conference’s theme, start planning the details. Here are some conference planning tips to make it epic. Here are some conference planning tips to make it epic. Thursdays and Fridays are generally good days for conferences.

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Social Tables

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Either way, many hotels offer positions for event planners that utilize the many skills you probably already have. Read on to get a sense of what a hotel event planner does in their day-to-day and whether the position is the right fit for you. A hotel event planner manages the space. No events, no job! You plan the events.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Welcome to your guide for virtual conferences in 2021. Discover best practices for launching a virtual conference, engaging your audience, and more. Within several months, many innovative approaches and tools quickly emerged onto the market. 2020 was the year of virtual conferences. 5 Benefits of a Virtual Conference.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

To do this, you need to make your conference memorable. Not planning conferences? Eventbrite has compiled some of the most relevant event statistics across various fronts, from event marketing and promotion to social media and technology. Make Your Next Conference Memorable via Venue Design. Click To Tweet.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 4, 2020

Event marketers are no strangers to last-minute changes and crises. These usually have to do with speaker cancellations, unexpectedly long registration lines, poor WiFi, and other last-minute challenges that may seem like a big deal in the moment but absolutely pale in comparison to the global buzzkill that is coronavirus.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2019

However, leaving audio visual (AV) equipment services to the end could be a costly mistake, especially when negotiating these services with a hotel. Many hotel contracts mandate use of an in-house AV provider and contain clauses prohibiting use of other vendors or charge for the privilege of using the planner’s preferred vendor.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 18, 2019

Hoteliers are getting creative in an effort to stand out in a crowded market. The Roosevelt New Orleans , a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, is the latest hotel to make us do a double take with a friendly invitation to those who been their less than scrupulously honest previous guests. Memories Are Powerful Marketing Tools.

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Social Tables

APRIL 16, 2019

Could you have navigated it all without conferences, blog posts, presentations, surveys, or your peers? 3 Big Takeaways Unique venues will be all the rage – A whopping majority (92.3%) of event professionals believe that meetings are more likely to be booked outside of a hotel than ever. We know we couldn’t have!

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Hubilo Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Hosting an online conference has its benefits. This makes online conferences an attractive option for event organizers and event participants. Want to make the most of your online conferences and amplify your growth trajectory? Here’s a handy guide to help you kickstart your next online conference with ease.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 15, 2022

In actuality, it was a forward-thinking dinner, gallery and performance experience activated by Hygienic Dress League (HDL) during Vox Media’s inaugural Pivot MIA conference, an event based on its “Pivot” podcast that addressed the intersection of technology with nearly all aspects of life.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

If you are planning an event that features keynote speakers, you want to provide the best possible experience. The better experience your guest speaker has, the more likely they will be to work with you again in the future. How to Find Your Next Event Speaker. Is there a speaker who has influenced or inspired them in the past?

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InitLive

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

With an excellent event team and a good strategy, you can plan and organize a successful conference for your organization. However, approaching conference planning with outdated methods can lead to a slow and exhausting planning process. Event Promotion and Marketing. We will cover the solutions under the following topics.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In July 2022, NASA flight engineers Jessica Watkins (left) and Kjell Lindgren addressed International Space Station Research and Development conference attendees from aboard the space station.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Is there a solution for putting an end to fake and predatory conferences? Be a speaker. Sounds like traditional association conferences’ calls for subject matter experts. If you trust the internet, you might expect to have a hard time finding a hotel room in Manchester this coming May. Cover Illustration by Ollanski).

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

How can you word the hotel contract to protect your company? Turn the RFP into a Marketing Tool Making your RFP as detailed as possible is also a good idea. You want to give as many details as possible about who, what, when, why, everything about your program to the hotel,” Poole said. It’s got to be a win for the hotel.

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