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5 Ways to Use Data To Measure Event ROI

Eventmobi

A common question we often get from our clients is, “What’s the best way to measure event ROI?” . You, along with all of your event stakeholders, likely itch for an answer to that integral question after each one of your events. . Good news! In today’s digital age, event data and analytics are readily available to event planners. And when utilized to its full potential, this information can be used to quantify results, prove your event ROI, and help you create actionable insights for continu

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The Conference Debt You Cannot Afford

Velvet Chainsaw

There is one debt every conference organizer must face and vanquish. It can cripple a conference. It doesn’t show up on your profit and loss statement. What is this debt? Organizational debt—the interest your conference pays when its structures, policies, procedures, practices, committees and leadership roles stay fixed and accumulate even as the world around it changes.* Anyone striving to build a 21st century sustainable conference needs to understand organizational debt, how it impacts their

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Planning Pod: A Comprehensive Solution to Grow Your Events

EventMB

Planning Pod is a complete event planning and event registration platform to streamline your event processes. Here is our review. PLANNING POD: WHAT IS IT? Planning Pod is web-based event management software that streamlines the project planning that event professionals use to manage their event details, teams and attendees. Planning Pod is a toolkit designed for […].

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Event Photography Part 3 – How Investing in a Professional Photographer Adds Value

Eventbrite UK

Coming up with a brief and sharing it with your photographer is one thing, but really thinking about how they can add value to an event is another. It means looking for those above and beyond opportunities to maximise their time and the things you and your attendees get out of the booking. Being able […]. The post Event Photography Part 3 – How Investing in a Professional Photographer Adds Value appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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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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Pride 2018: 25 Highlights From Parties, Festivals, and Marches

BizBash

The end of June marks the end of Pride month, and brands, Pride event sponsors, and organizations took the opportunity.

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June 28, 2018: Bird's Nest Halts Preparations for Major Canada Music Festival, Cannes Lions Might Provide Childcare Next Year, Popular Festival in Sweden Shut Down After Rise in Sexual Assaults

BizBash

1. BIRD'S NEST HALTS PREPARATIONS FOR MAJOR CANADA MUSIC FESTIVAL: Preparations for Bluesfest, one of Canada’s biggest music festivals in.

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Conference Events Think Outside the Ballroom

Endless Events

When planning your next conference event, it’s always important to think of ways to add value for your attendees and promote your brand outside of the ballroom. While this can be done in many ways, one of our favorites is by planning conference events and parties. Conference events can be created in a variety of ways to create anticipation and buzz around your brand or event.

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How Google's Annual Conference Continues to Innovate—and Expand

BizBash

Google is known for taking risks with its annual I/O conference. For its 10th anniversary in 2016, the massive developer conference.

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Gauging the Success: What to Measure at Events?

Meeting Application

Working in the event industry, you might’ve been wondering: how do I measure the success of my show? Feedback collection, previously discussed on this blog, is one basic step towards learning more about the public’s reception of your event. I feel like you shouldn’t stop there, though. There’s a number of event key performance indicators you can set and measure your actions against.

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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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10 New Miami/South Florida Venues for Summer Entertaining and Events

BizBash

Here's a look at new Miami/South Florida eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces for all.

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Freeman named an official provider for Mobile World Congress events globally

Event Industry News

Freeman, the leading global provider of brand experiences, has been named an official approved partner for all Mobile World Congress (MWC) events worldwide, in a new three-year deal with leading event producer, the GSMA. The agreement will see Freeman act as a recommended agency for the flagship MWC event in Barcelona beginning in 2019. The company will have the opportunity to apply its creative and strategy expertise and work with exhibitors as their preferred creative agency and stand builder,

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Event Spotlight: Hola de nuevo, Mexico City

CXApp Blog - Events

The Citibanamex Center in Mexico City held the CXApp’s latest adventure: an event that brought together 7,479 industry leaders, analysts, partners, customers and prospects to collaborate and discuss business communication solutions and their applications. In its 13th year, the event focused on communicating the future of collaboration to its attendees and the digital innovations that would help bring them there.

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Ticketmaster leaks payment details of thousands of UK customers

Event Industry News

A data breach left tens of thousands of UK accounts on Ticketmaster exposed in a leak affecting 5pc of all the ticketing company’s accounts. Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation has almost 86 million annual customers worldwide, suggesting many more accounts could have been impacted around the world. It is now believed 40,000 UK accounts were exposed.

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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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Event Spotlight: Hola de nuevo, Mexico City

CXApp Blog - Events

The Citibanamex Center in Mexico City held the CXApp’s latest adventure: an event that brought together 7,479 industry leaders, analysts, partners, customers and prospects to collaborate and discuss business communication solutions and their applications. In its 13th year, the event focused on communicating the future of collaboration to its attendees and the digital innovations that would help bring them there.

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Star supports LIFT Festival’s Fly By Night spectacular

Event Industry News

Star Events supplied the best seats in the house, and more besides, for Fly By Night, artist Duke Riley’s spellbinding show featuring 1,500 pigeons wearing tiny LEDs, which took flight in Thamesmead at the weekend. Part of LIFT 2018, London’s premiere festival of international performance, and more than 12 months in the planning, Riley adapted Fly By Night from its New York debut in 2016 for three shows in the capital.

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The Events Expert Interview Series #8: Michael Shapiro

G2Planet

Over the course of the next several months, we'll be interviewing some of the smartest, most interesting event professionals around--sharing their insights, advice, and unique experiences. This week we sat down with Michael Shapiro , senior editor at Meetings & Conventions , with a focus on technology and the travel and meetings industry.

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5 Things to Expect From Your Banquet Event Order

Cvent: Event Marketing

A Banquet Event Order, or “BEO,” is a highly detailed outline of your event. A BEO is the main guideline for the hotel to execute and communicate logistics to all necessary hotel departments. The onsite Event or Catering Manager builds the BEO and will typically send it to you for review before the day of the event. The most important thing to know is if something is not listed in the BEO, don’t expect it to be at your event.

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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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AllSeated Launches First Ever Dynamic Virtual Reality Application for Event Industry

All Seated

AllSeated today unveiled the only dynamic virtual reality (VR) platform for the event industry, making it possible – for the first time – for venues and event planners to design every detail of an event and share 360-degree VR “walk-throughs” with clients, well in advance of an event. This capability, unique to AllSeated, radically enhances the event planning process, saves time, money, resources, eliminates surprises and mistakes, and allows changes to event floorplans and details in real-time

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The Best of the "Best Practices" For Experiential Marketing

G2Planet

Excerpted from Whitepaper 6 "Experiential Event Marketing" -- download paper at end of this post: While there is no “single quiver” to achieve the benefits of modern experiential marketing, the following tactics and practices are currently used by almost all the world’s leading brands.

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Expert-Approved Tips for Staying Sane While Planning Your Wedding

All Seated

Brides-to-be are peppered with plenty of questions: Did you set a date? Have you found a wedding dress? Can I see your engagement ring? But perhaps the most surprising to me was the one that come from a well-meaning coworker. After taking one look at my left hand, she asked, “Isn’t wedding planning the worst? So glad to be done with that!

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