Eventmobi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
This year’s IMEX America was held at Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, from Sept. 10th-12th. As the cornerstone event for this industry, it drew an estimated 14,000 attendees and generated an economic impact of more than $20 million, according to show officials. Having been held in Las Vegas for the past nine years, IMEX America has grown immensely over the past near-decade.
MeetingsNet
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Tahira Endean, head of events for Society for Incentive Travel Excellence, recounts how she made connections at a recent conference where she knew nobody, and nobody knew her. I frequently attend events solo, as a participant or as a speaker. But it had been more than a decade since I attended an event where I did not know even one other person who was attending.
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PCMA Convene
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
A recent pledge by corporation CEOs demonstrates that social responsibility is a shared responsibility. (Photo Credit Adobe Stock). Sherrif Karamat, CAE. As I started to think about what I wanted to talk about in this month’s column, the Business Roundtable — an association whose members are CEOs of major U.S. corporations — had just released its Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.
Picatic by Eventbrite
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
When you’ve spent hours crafting an event description, it sucks when your words don’t attract the ticket sales you hoped they would. And with so many other promotional and planning tasks piling up on your plate, finding time to go back and edit what you wrote can be hard. But your event description is often […].
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BizBash
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In a year of transition, HBO, Amazon, Disney, Netflix, the Television Academy, and other heavy-hitters continued to host design-heavy bashes surrounding the award show. Here's a peek inside.
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GEVME
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The block of event revenue streams or income streams includes the material profit that the company receives from each consumer segment. How can you find some new revenue streams? . Event revenue definition. The followin g event revenue definition is fairly simple. Event revenue means revenue generated in connection with events. If customers are the heart of any business model, then revenue streams are that heart’s arteries.
Eventbrite UK
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
This is the first part in our Talent to Tickets series, where we speak to DIY creators about how they turned their hobby into an event series. Head to one of Zack Mclaughlin’s workshops and you’ll find people bending wires, tracing shapes and cutting out pieces of paper. Concentration levels are high as delicate birds […]. The post Talent to Tickets: Meet the Creator of Paper & Wood’s Craft Events appeared first on Eventbrite UK.
Skift
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Skift Take: Meeting and event planners need to constantly restrategize as the industry steps into a new age of rapid innovation and digitalization. Otherwise, they risk being left behind amid today’s challenging economic climate and increasingly competitive market. — Read the Complete Story On Skift.
Eventbrite UK
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Event signage may seem like the most basic of all event details. But if you get it wrong, your entire attendee experience is at risk. Without clear and concise signage directing your attendees and helping them find what they’re looking for, any event will quickly descend into chaos. Signs don’t need to be utilitarian, though. […]. The post 19 Event Signage Ideas to Improve the Attendee Experience appeared first on Eventbrite UK.
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In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret
atEvent
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
This article is a guest contribution from HubSpot , published with permission. Lead scoring can be a critical tool to help your business automate its marketing process. However, lead scoring is not the right solution for all businesses. It’s important to understand where your business stands as a candidate for lead scoring before deciding whether or not to implement this highly useful tool into your marketing plan.
Eventsforce
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
For an industry continually seeking to innovate, it’s no surprise that technologically advanced venues are in the forefront of meetings and events. In fact, Event Academy’s latest report on industry trends has found that venues offering advanced technology solutions are one of the biggest trends we’re seeing with organisers today. We spoke to Event Academy’s principal, Claire Derreck, to discuss these findings and look at some of the other important venue trends they’re seeing this year.
Eventtia
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
We’re all familiar with the conversion funnel. Before buying your product or service, a lead will enter the awareness stage, get to know your brand, and extract its initial value from this interaction. Next, if the lead moves down through the funnel, he or she will enter the consideration stage, meaning he or she is very interested in what you have to offer.
Stova
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Our recent whitepaper developed following a survey of meeting planners, Tech-Savvy Planner Secrets , digs into some of the common challenges planners face when using event technology. One major insight is that 40 percent of survey respondents thought their attendees don’t understand why downloading an event app is worthwhile. The lesson here: it doesn't matter how much cutting-edge technology you pack into your app if you don't market it well.
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Endless Events
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
On a more serious note, today we’re talking about ethics in events. As event professionals, we’re probably one of the industries that mostly deals with people. And as an industry that holds so much power, the discussion about ethics becomes crucial. Having the ability to influence and impact the world demands that we pause and think about our actions.
Eventbrite UK
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
We are constantly improving our product offerings to ensure that valued Eventbrite customers like you can seamlessly create your events. Our aim is to create the best user experience that benefits our event organisers. These are just some of the new product features we have developed in the last month to help you sell more […]. The post New Product Features – September appeared first on Eventbrite UK.
PCMA Convene
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Hitting the right notes at Destinations International’s (DI) 2019 Annual Convention. When Gregg Shapiro took the stage at St. Louis’ Ballpark Village on July 23, he had the rare opportunity to combine two very different passions. The co-founder, chief creative officer, and president of travel marketing company Tempest was in town for Destinations International’s (DI) 2019 Annual Convention as a supplier partner and Foundation Board trustee.
Eventbrite UK
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
You’ve invested time, effort, and money into your event, and you’re confident attendees will have a blast. The only problem is your marketing budget is light. But if you don’t spend money promoting the event, how will you get the word out? Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to market your event for little to […]. The post 5 Best Ways to Promote Your Event Through Eventbrite appeared first on Eventbrite UK.
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Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
2020 sees Creamfields celebrate 15 years in Daresbury, Cheshire, and the festival plans to pump £2 million into ensuring a better and safer customer experience next year. What started as a one-day dance music event in 1998, has become one of the world’s leading electronic music festivals attracting 70,000 music fans who make the annual pilgrimage every August Bank holiday weekend.
Eventbrite UK
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
We’re excited to welcome you to Eventbrite’s new product updates blog series where you’ll learn about a number of improvements and new launches we’re introducing based on your feedback and unique needs – all designed to create a more intuitive event creation, promotion, and management platform. The first update in this series is an all-new […].
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The World’s greatest classical music festival, ‘Proms’, celebrated in Hyde Park, has seen EFS Europe install over 2800m 2 of the company’s own Temp-A-Path this year. The temporary pedestrian flooring was installed in the artist areas, VIP staging areas, disabled entrance and viewing platform and also around the toilet blocks. The show’s organisers, Festival Republic, commissioned EFS Europe to supply and install the event flooring and an additional 800sqm was deployed this year – almost
EventSource
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
With Autumn upon us this past weekend, the changing of seasons signaled another wave of newly engaged couples being welcomed into the luxurious Mississauga Convention Centre for their 2019 wedding fair open house. This is impressively their 21st year in operation, first opening their doors in 1999 and maintaining a steady popularity ever since. While this is not my first time covering this event, it was refreshing to be reminded of the many reasons this multi-faceted event venue with 6 separate
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For associations, the hybrid model is the future of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry. Hybrid events provide increased reach and scalability, improved engagement with association members, and insights from real-time analytics, making them an absolute necessity. This ready-to-use playbook presents a framework for event organizers embarking on the hybrid events journey.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Global healthcare event management business, Ashfield Meetings & Events (part of UDG Healthcare plc), and sister brand SPARK THINKING, which delivers events outside the healthcare industry, have moved UK offices to accommodate an expanding workforce. . Moving only a few hundred metres away, the Ashfield Meetings & Events and SPARK THINKING teams will now join Ashfield division colleagues at Ashfield House in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, UK – which is actually the same as the compan
Connect Your Meetings
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The future of work is a hot topic right now. Technological advancements and changes in society have always both eradicated and created new jobs. For instance, technological innovation first created the job of a telephone operator and later abolished it. Similarly, technology led to developing the job of an Uber driver, which will most probably disappear along with self-driving cars in the future.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Zenus, a leader in machine intelligence and face recognition solutions for the event industry announces a key partnership with GO WEST 2020. Only in its third year, GO WEST has already become one of the fastest growing, premier events designed by event professionals for event professionals. GO WEST 2020 will be hosted at the Edmonton Convention Centre, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 19 th -20 th January 2020.
InitLive
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
One of the most crucial aspects of planning a major event is securing sponsorship. Sponsors collaborate with you, spread awareness of your event through their own social reach, help raise money, and get your message out there. It's a big role to fill and you need to make sure you find the right sponsors whose goals match your own. How do you do that?
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Download "7 Exceptional Event Email Templates for Driving Attendee Engagement" eBook and write winning event emails right away! Relying on decades of social science research and cutting edge behavioral data, SpotMe shows you their science-based methods for creating wildly successful event-marketing email campaigns for almost any situation. SpotMe is the event management platform for B2B marketers.
SmartMeetings
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
You have the info—now what? You’ve set up your data collection points, your attendees have completed surveys and now, in your hands, is what is arguably the most valuable asset to understanding your attendees. What do you do with it? Freeman, one of the leading brand experience companies in events, released additional insights into its Data Benchmark Study, in which more than 650 brand marketing executives across multiple disciplines were surveyed.
Floktu
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
How many times have you let judgement (of self or others), perfectionism or the thought of not being enough, stand in the way of cultivating deep connections and sharing who you truly are with the world? Take the first step to releasing yourself from these judgements of being human and celebrate the transition into summer at the Don’t Judge A Rosé By Its Colour – Women’s Empowerment Evening on November 14th. .
PCMA Convene
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The Adoption Exchange Association pairs mentors with students to share experiences. (Courtesy AEA). Founded in 1982, the Adoption Exchange Association (AEA) was created by three female social workers in response to the cocaine epidemic that began in the 1980s, which led to many children entering — and very few leaving — the foster care system, said AEA’s CEO, Kamilah Bunn.
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