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Can a conference speaker measure audience interaction?

Eventory

Events are meetings which have an exceptionally high level of professionalism. Though too much formality may create monotony. This explains the rising popularity of measuring audience interaction. This article discusses various measurement tools and provides a glimpse into their impact on the performance and strategy of your organization. The significance of audience response from different points of view.

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What is the Most Efficient B2B Networking Format?

Eventtia

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How to Pick a Menu Everyone Can Enjoy

Cvent: Event Marketing

Events involve a lot of food and that’s not a secret. But how does juggling the menu properly play into the overall event experience? Food is crucial. It can make or break someone’s day, which is why it’s so important to make sure there are food options that everyone can eat. Trust me, we know how critical executing meals properly is, just imagine feeding 3,000 people at Cvent CONNECT !

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How Adidas Rethought the Music Festival With a Fan-First Event

BizBash

Summer music festivals are a great way for brands to forge a personal connection with an engaged audience—but with skyrocketing.

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Unlock the Secrets of Event Marketing Masters

The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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Event sponsorship packages are you STILL offering gold/silver/bronze?

Gallus Events

I received an email invite to an event this morning. It was from a Summit in Singapore called FUTR Asia 2018. It was an announcement of their KEYNOTE speakers along with other details of the event. I can’t remember subscribing to their list (but that’s a separate matter to be addressed I am sure in later blog posts) but I was surprised to see how they have listed their sponsors.

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Crewsaders 10K Club

Event Industry News

No, its nothing to do with what happens on an aeroplane. This is about rewarding crew members who have all completed 10,000 hours onsite building events around the United Kingdom. As part of Crewsaders 10 th Anniversary Family Fun Day celebrations at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre at Fillongly, six more Crewsaders staff were awarded their celebratory Tag Heuer watches.

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Inside Revolve's Experiential Marketing Vacation for Influencers

BizBash

Call it fashion summer camp. More than 75 influencers, models, and bloggers partied in a cave and on yachts on.

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20 Creative Fundraising Event Ideas

Bizzabo

Create a more engaging experience and generate more ROI from your fundraising events with these creative ideas. According to Rod Arnold, Founder of Leading Good, nonprofits need to focus on perfecting business fundamentals (like increasing your average event ROI ) to keep succeeding. While business fundamentals are absolutely for the success of venture, so is creativity.

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August 28, 2018: SAG and P.G.A. Awards Set 2020 Awards Dates In Advance of Early Oscars, Hotels Lack Security Protections from U.S. Government, Bride Cancels Wedding After Guests Refuse to Pay $1,500 Fee

BizBash

1. SAG AND P.G.A. AWARDS SET 2020 AWARDS DATES IN ADVANCE OF EARLY OSCARS: The Producers Guild of America has.

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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video

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

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Breaking: CreateSpace is requiring all customers to move to Kindle Direct Publishing!

Conferences that Work

I logged in to CreateSpace (CS) last night to check on my author royalties (always a pleasant task), only to see this stark message: Uh oh. I’ve been a happy customer of CreateSpace for three years, and this was, to say the least, unexpected. Perusing the differences between Kindle Direct Publishing and CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing’s FAQ on the topic I was relieved to see that, for me at least, this is not a major upset, with one exception.

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Cancun Safe for Visitors, Officials Say

Smart Meetings

The only bodies on the beaches of Cancun, Mexico, are bronzing in the sun. That’s the reassuring message from security experts and tourism officials in the wake of news that eight dead bodies were discovered within the confines of the international resort destination last week. The grisly episode—which occurred in a downtown neighborhood that is miles from the main tourist magnet, Zona Hotelera—prompted the U.S.

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Podcast: the growth of contactless payments

Event Industry News

Download this episode (right click and save). This week’s podcast looks at the rapid growth of contactless payments and how organisations are utilising he growth to their advantage. Joining podcast host James Dickson is CEO of Manifesto, Jim Bowes. Manifesto works with many not for profit organisations and has seen many of its clients benefit from the using contactless payment systems at their events.

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A First-Timer’s Takeaways From #ConnectMP

Connect Your Meetings

Visit Salt Lake promotes itself by saying, “Stereotypes be damned,” and I can certainly see why after attending #ConnectMP. Stunning sunsets and mountain views paired with delectable bites and sips sprinkled throughout downtown made the trek out to the Wild West memorable. As a new Connect employee and a first-timer at the event, I was shocked not only by how much went into putting on a conference of this size, but also impressed by how many attendees Connect personally touches and connects (no

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B2B Events in 2023 - What You Need to Know

Get ahead of the curve and stay informed with Zuddl's industry report on the future of B2B events in 2023. Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from leading experts in the field. Make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.

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Guest Blog: Major Event Growth – A risky business to be in?

Event Industry News

Thinking about risk. It is no stretch to state that the mega-event industry is enormous. This article will focus on major sporting events, an industry which exploded in the 1970s with the commercialisation of sport. The 2000s saw the IOC and FIFA’s marketing revenues top one billion US dollars. Attendance at professional sports events in the United Kingdom exceeded seventy-four million in 2017 – the highest outside of 2012.

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The Events Expert Interview Series #16: Elizabeth Glau

G2Planet

We've been interviewing expert event professionals in our industry, and sharing their insights, advice, and unique experiences. This week we sat down with Elizabeth Glau , the expert on applying emotional intelligence to her role as a Product Marketing Manager at Sciensio, as well as the myriad of other shoes that she fills.

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ESSA launches ‘Futures Focus Board’

Event Industry News

The Event Supplier and Services Association held its inaugural Futures Focus Board meeting on 23 August at the beMatrix premises in Oxfordshire. The board’s role is to look at all aspects of talent development and retention within the industry. At the meeting, Jess Corbett of Concept Furniture was elected as its first chair, the remaining board positions being filled by Louis Moorcraft of Freeman; Chloe Retter of Aztec; Daniela Ribeiro of Event Shaper; Abhijit Patel of 4D Design and Rebecc

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Handy Guide To The Do’s & Don’ts Of Mobile Event Apps

webMOBI

Mobile event apps have time and again offered a wide range of sophisticated features for both event attendees and planners to improve engagement rates and save majorly on costs. But before any event, it’s crucial for every event organizer to strategize and formulate the right and do’s and dont’s of mobile event apps. This is […].

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Download Now: 2022 Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template - Enterprise Edition

Download 200+ new RFP questions for hybrid and virtual event technology success. After 10,000 downloads, the SpotMe Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template is the ultimate procurement tool for event technology. This template is ideal for companies looking for a vendor to fulfill their specific virtual + hybrid event platform needs and requirements!

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Protec delivers another successful UNITE with Tomorrowland

Event Industry News

Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), in partnership with Dubai-based producer, organiser and promoter, Envie Events, connected more than 400,000 music lovers on Saturday July 28th, as revellers in du Forum, Yas Island were linked up via a live satellite connection to Belgium and beyond when the much-anticipated global EDM festival UNITE With Tomorrowland returned to the UAE.

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Walking the Talk

PCMA Convene

Earlier this summer, a panel of speakers from across a wide variety of industries — tech start-ups, pharmaceutical companies, and more — gathered at CNBC’s Talent@Work event to discuss a hot-button issue: diversity in the workplace. Those gathered were interested in more than just talking about inclusion — many came ready to share the steps that had been incorporated at their own companies.

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Venues to Fall for This Autumn

Unique Venues

There’s a time and a season for these eight venues—and that’s without a doubt autumn. When summer comes to an end, these properties really come to life with many of the best attributes that are unique to this time of year. These picks are located along the East Coast, where the foliage is unlike any other spot in the U.S. With trees of every shape and size, just driving into these areas is a special experience where you can witness changing leaves in a rainbow of colors.

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Is a Meetings Management Program Right for You?

Cvent: Event Marketing

While the concept of strategic meetings management (SMM) programs has been around for over a decade, many organizations still wonder if they it makes sense for them. A meetings management program can provide your organization with visibility into meetings and events activity, a streamlined planning process, realized cost savings, duty of care compliance, and reduce corporate risk, among other benefits.

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The Ultimate Guide to Hosting Hybrid Events For Your Association

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.

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Ticketing Technology for Festivals

Event Industry News

Emerging festival ticketing technologies and new applications of existing technology are some of the biggest trends in the festival industry. With the right festival ticketing and registration mix, you can gather data to enhance the festival goer’s experience, reduce ticket fraud, and decrease entry waiting times. Enhancing the Event-Goer Customer Experience.

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When Business Operates At Hyper-Speed, You Need Real-Time Mobile Solutions To Keep Up with Your Customers

CXApp Blog - Events

Mobile can inherently accomplish many things that static or desktop channels cannot. It is an essential platform for engagement that no business should ignore, especially not in the EBC. Business at Light Speed To understand why mobile is such a driving force, one need only consider some of the societal transformations that have happened over the last few years.

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AIF publishes UK festival ownership map and ‘stamp’ of Independence, renews call for competition investigation

Event Industry News

The Association of Independent Festivals has published a festival ownership map that highlights the continued dominance of a single major promoter in the sector, with Live Nation now controlling over a quarter of UK festivals over 5,000 capacity. The map is launched alongside an online ‘stamp’ of independence that will allow music fans to easily identify an independent festival and understand where the money they spend at events ultimately ends up.

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