MeetingsNet

MARCH 31, 2023

The newest Speaking Industry Benchmark Report is out with details on this year’s hot topics, what speakers are charging (and what planners are paying), and more. Demand is hot for speakers who address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. For speakers with more than 10 years of experience, the average fee is $16,659. •

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Eventmobi

MAY 1, 2024

Selecting the best event technology for your association is crucial for creating engaging events and meetings for your members. Ensure the provider’s product is flexible enough to support your meeting and event requirements. members, non-members, sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers). Do you offer any additional services?

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 20, 2023

The integration of Bizly into Cvent’s system allows for more of an organization’s small-meeting data to land in one database, improving management’s visibility into overall meeting spend. The integration allows for use of Cvent’s meeting-request form by planners of small meetings who use the Bizly platform.

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2019

To run an event successfully, you need to prepare a good event program and an event speaker’s agenda—a schedule or protocol for speakers about what they will say and how they will act on the stage, etc. Reasons to create an agenda for event speakers. Prepare briefing materials for the event speakers.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

At Mobile World Congress 2024, the rapid advance of artificial intelligence is on display through “spatial computing” applications that will affect meetings, including augmented reality, virtual reality, and 3D teleconferencing. Are Real-Feel Virtual Meetings Almost Here? See image below.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

We analyzed event data from thousands of events over the past five years and discovered that events still have a long way to go when it comes to gender diversity. The report analyzed the gender diversity of more than 60,000 event speakers over a five-year period, from 2013 to 2018. Almost 70% of All Event Speakers are Male.

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Investigator meetings are a critical step in the clinical trial process. But it’s getting harder to get everyone to attend investigator meetings and harder to keep them engaged once they’re there. Why Investigator Meetings Matter Some say that investigator meetings are simply to entice investigators to take part in clinical trials.

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Eventmobi

JULY 3, 2019

Meeting and event planners manage significant amounts of data, from vendor and supplier information and budgets to registrant details and post-event surveys. It is of paramount importance that you are organized about how you collect, store and refer to the data you collect. Identify Elements of Data Management.

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Eventmobi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

If there’s one phrase that causes event planners to lose the most sleep—besides “The speaker dropped out!” it’s probably “data protection”, especially when it comes to event app security. Passcodes help limit public access to information in the event app—such as location, agenda, or a speaker list.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2024

On Tuesday, more than 9,000 flights going into or out of the United States were delayed and more than 1,466 of the same type were cancelled, according to FlightAware data. Read More : How Meeting Planners Can Pre-plan for Event Crisis Management The storm is expected to make its way north into Canada with wind gusts of up to 95 mph.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 22, 2024

” Moutafis begins: Ethical AI by Zenus: A Summary “Data from our ethical facial analysis service cannot be used to identify individuals. “If someone wants to use other technologies to identify individuals and combine the data [emphasis added], they need to obtain explicit consent first. Here we go. In simple words.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. The three other meetings did not share historical attendance data.).

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 17, 2019

The above technology is still around and heavily used at meetings and events. To increase engagement and adoption, share the in-app features with your attendees and have your speakers promote the app on your behalf as well. Ask Effective Questions to Turn Your Data Into Actionable Insights. Text Voting and Polling.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said. A More Customer-focused Virtual Environment. “We

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 17, 2017

At the time, a mere six years ago, the fledgling for-profit entity that wagered its future on the potential of virtual meetings staged sessions that were too heavily weighted toward the online audience in the verbal communication and moderation by the speakers. In my opinion, the perfect hybrid meeting. The Switch On.

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Attendify

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But if your speaker selection is off, your event has a big problem. That’s because while destination choice and networking opportunities are two top factors impacting event attendance (no data yet on coffee toppings), educational content is the number one driver that brings people to events. What we mean by “event data”.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, if you planned for 500 attendees and only 200 showed up, you likely will want to seek areas of improvement for the next time around so you can meet your targets and “wow” a larger crowd. This includes venue costs, marketing, speaker fees, and logistics. Getting people in the door is only the first step. Book a demo today!

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Attendease

JUNE 20, 2023

From coming up with a theme, to securing standout keynote speakers and handling the budget and more… you’re practically a superhero! So, even if you’re still pinning down sessions and confirming speakers, you are set up to capture attendee interest and begin your pre-event marketing efforts. The best part?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Often event planners find it difficult to find an easy reference list of keynote speakers or guest speakers for various industry segments. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. Seth Godin Who is he?

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Event planning apps and platforms will use AI and its advanced data collection abilities to make events more engaging and secure , as well as improve post-event analysis. Event personalization is likely to continue impacting meetings and events in 2024. We’ll see more and more event professionals use AI in a number of ways.

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Attendease

MARCH 19, 2024

Include standing meetings and appointments with key stakeholders. Identify opportunities to cross-train employees for different event roles, such as registration support or speaker management. Determine meeting cadences and use agendas to stay on track. Add key milestones like vendor booking deadlines and payment deadlines.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 8, 2023

ICC Wales is to host Europe’s largest data platform conference, SQLBits, further cementing Newport as a leading technology hub within Wales and the UK. Our goal of sharing experience and knowledge was swiftly achieved as this year we’ll have over 300 sessions and approximately 200 world-class speakers, which we can barely believe ourselves.”

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 24, 2019

Conference organizers are generally unaware that last year most event-technology software companies lost three or more months of future development time to focus instead on compliance requirements for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Overwhelmed by Big Data. The level of difficulty is high.

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InGo

MAY 31, 2022

There’s no doubt that the use of big data has exploded over the past few years with every industry – from finance to manufacturing – leveraging it for smarter and faster decision making. Get to know your audience with data. Are visitors more interested in the agenda or do they go straight to the speaker lineup?

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InGo

MAY 31, 2022

There’s no doubt that the use of big data has exploded over the past few years with every industry – from finance to manufacturing – leveraging it for smarter and faster decision making. Get to know your audience with data. Are visitors more interested in the agenda or do they go straight to the speaker lineup?

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Research professor and author Brené Brown is one of the most-searched TED Talk speakers of all time, according to VBQ Speakers. One way of determining the speakers who have the broadest and most enduring appeal comes from a U.K.-based Why do viewers continue searching for these particular speakers? Randal Ford photo).

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Endless Events

JUNE 19, 2020

You’re either a planner eager to learn how you can set your virtual speaker up for success, or you’re a speaker looking to be trained in the art of virtual presentations. You might also just be a curious person, but for the sake of purpose, let’s assume you’re either a planner or a speaker.

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Eventsforce

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The sudden shift to virtual events has created many challenges for planners – especially when it comes to managing remote speakers. In fact, the virtual event environment has made the whole process of speaker presentation and management more difficult, both in terms of providing value to attendees and meeting speaker expectations.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

When compared with physical event data, virtual event insights empower teams to manage, deliver, and optimize their events like never before. The RainFocus Platform merges cross-event data, brings companies and their customers together, and gives stakeholders a single, shared view of event success. Optimize Data.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

IBTM has announced Salesforce event lead Gareth Kelly as the first keynote speaker for IBTM World 2022 , which takes place at Fira, Barcelona, from the 29th of November to the 1st of December. Technology-focused exhibitors confirmed to attend include Cvent, Conference Compass and Parthen Meeting Services. www.ibtmworld.com.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 4, 2023

If other airlines follow suit, one effect on meetings could be that Wednesdays—traditionally the busiest travel day for attendees because of the meeting patterns preferred by host hotels—see fewer flights into and out of various destinations. travel demand appears to have peaked, taking away pricing power from the airlines.

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Socio Events

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Yet, nothing has proven quite as impactful as the way event professionals can now collect, analyze, and leverage event data, thanks to event technology. We’ve seen marketing teams and event professionals take notice by utilizing in-person and virtual event data to influence their broader marketing strategy. Download now.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Ask 4 nonobvious questions to find your dream speaker for a virtual, hybrid or F2F lineup. As meeting professionals, we design and produce one-of-a-kind event experiences. You’ll maximize the experiential quality of your meeting and further your organization’s reputation as a go-to resource for cutting-edge learning.

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Eventsforce

MAY 20, 2020

As well as doing things like making improvements to their planning and marketing processes, the results showed that nearly 40% are spending this time to look at their event data. Because event data is incredibly valuable. SIGN UP TO UPCOMING WEBINAR: COVID-19 – Use Your Event Data to Get Fit for the Future.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is best done by scheduling a planning meeting with company leadership and other key stakeholders for the event. Schedule regular status update meetings to discuss timelines, blockers, and wins. Schedule planning meetings at least monthly leading up to the event. Build in buffer time for inevitable delays.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 1, 2022

The repositioning of Encore as more than just an AV equipment supplier is being championed by a new senior team working with President and CEO (and 2021 Smart Meetings Catalyst Winner ) Ben Erwin. Read about how layoffs and investments are marking the next stage in the streaming meeting evolution.

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