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7 Tips for Leveraging Your Speakers as Event Advocates

Eventmobi

Are you including your event speakers in your marketing plan? Many keynote speakers and breakout session facilitators have extensive, active networks both on and offline. By enlisting the aid of speakers to reach out to their existing connections, event planners can tap into an unmined pool of potential attendees. But you can’t expect your event speakers to do all the work themselves.

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Getting the Most Out of Event Email Marketing: A Mini Guide

Attendease

Event email marketing is one of the most powerful online strategies you can use to promote events. By sending well-crafted marketing emails you can regularly check-in with your audience, increase registrations , secure sponsorships and speakers, and grow your brand visibility. This guide provides everything you need to consider when creating an effective email marketing strategy for your event.

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Leading Vegas Style

EventMB

Skift Take: Lisa Messina, the very first chief sales officer at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, discusses building back the convention market, women leadership, potential headwinds, and the new attractions groups have to look forward to.

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10 Ways to Make Meetings and Events Neuro-Inclusive

MeetingsNet

April is Autism Awareness Month, the perfect time for meeting professionals to commit to learning more about how a few simple changes can improve the meeting experience for neurodiverse attendees. As the growing interest in workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion expands, meeting professionals are considering how events can be more inclusive for neurodiverse attendees, including those with autism.

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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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How to Take Networking to a Higher Plane

Smart Meetings

5 Observation decks coast-to-coast offer sky-high meeting possibilities A well-designed networking event brings people together, elevates the conversation and leaves everyone with a perspective they didn’t have before. We scoped out five sky-high new and classic venues in the round with Instagram-worthy credentials to delight attendees. Whether you are going up for the opening reception or closing party, these backdrops serve as icebreakers with views inside and outside.

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Smart Moves in Qatar, London and More

Smart Meetings

Yazan Latif Latif is general manager for Marsa Malaz Kempinski, The Pearl—Doha in Qatar. Latif comes from The Ritz-Carlton Sharq Villas & Spa in Doha as general manager. In 2018, he worked as hotel manager for Sheraton Grand Doha. Prior to this, he was director of rooms at Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, as well as hotel manager task force for Viceroy Palm Jumeirah—Dubai and Viceroy Istanbul.

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The Business of Events extends Consultation deadline

Event Industry News

The Business of Events, the not-for-profit independent Think Tank for the events industry, has extended the deadline of its sector-wide Consultation. It will now close on 30th April.

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The Importance of Post Event Surveys

The Event Concierge

SURVEY SAYS The Importance of Post Event Surveys Julie Wong, CMP , Meeting and Event Planner Generating a post event survey to attendees within 1-3 days after the event is over is often helpful with planning annual or repetitive events. Seeking feedback from what worked well, what didn’t work, and what could be better next time helps to lay out the foundation for planning the next one.

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Las Vegas-based Lenny Talarico Events receives top international event industry award

Event Industry News

Lenny Talarico Events, a prominent Las Vegas-based event producer, has been recognized with a prestigious international award for its exceptional work in the Meetings, Events, and Convention industry.

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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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New Research Supports Women Who Want to Lead

MeetingsNet

Three studies—two from within the past year—show favorable personnel-development, project-management, and financial results when women are at the helm. As a professional field where women are especially well represented, the meeting- and event-planning niche provides good opportunity for women to show that their abilities would apply to roles above and beyond their present position.

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TCS-developed apps help drive the TCS London Marathon’s environmental and social responsibility goals

Event Industry News

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is set to supercharge the digital experience of the TCS London Marathon and TCS Mini London Marathon in its second year as Title Partner.

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Industry leaders share vital importance of Instant Book as they progress roll-out roadmap

Prestige Events Magazine

“The Leaders’ Roundtable was a real eye-opener. I heard from hotel groups that are making Instant Book work very effectively. It made me want to get more involved and help our sector to embrace this new way of booking.” That was the impact that the recent Instant Book Industry Leaders Roundtable made on Kerrin MacPhie, CEO of the Meetings Industry Association before adding “this is needed now.

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AEG Global Partnerships teams up with LS Events to open up live event sponsorships to more businesses

Event Industry News

AEG Global Partnerships, the team responsible for arranging partnerships for some of the UK’s most loved festivals, including American Express presents BST Hyde Park and Luno presents All Points East, has extended its relationship with event production company LS Events with a view to increasing authenticity and affordability.

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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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Visit West is awarded Local Visitor Economy Partnership status by VisitEngland

Prestige Events Magazine

Visit West has announced it has been awarded Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) accreditation by the national tourism agency, VisitEngland, in a move to reshape destination management across the country into a more cohesive structure. The partnership has been given to just 12 destinations in this first round and is expected to maximise the potential of the local visitor economy in Bristol, Bath and the west of England region, which pre-pandemic supported 45,000 jobs and is worth £2.33billi

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Invitation Inspiration

Special Events

Steal these invitation ideas to spark your creativity!

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The Business of Events Extends Consultation Deadline

Prestige Events Magazine

The Business of Events, the not-for-profit independent Think Tank for the events industry, has extended the deadline of its sector-wide Consultation. It will now close on 30th April. The aim of the Consultation is to gather sentiment among those owning, running, managing, and working in the events industry, which will lay the foundation for a comprehensive Policy Agenda for the sector.

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Going Green: Achieving Carbon Neutral Menus in the Catering Industry

Caterease

The post Going Green: Achieving Carbon Neutral Menus in the Catering Industry appeared first on Caterease.

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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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EIC announces CMP Advance – New York keynotes, programme

Event Industry News

The Events Industry Council (EIC) today announced the keynotes and the final programme for CMP Advance, 30 April – 2 May at the New York Hilton Midtown.

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Last Minute Tax Checks for Self-employed Meeting Planners

Smart Meetings

This year’s tax deadline is Tuesday, April 18 but for those late filers or for those self-employed meeting planners just waiting to sign and send, a last-minute check is always a good idea. Some things have changed and some have remained the same. We spoke to Bonnie Lee, an Enrolled IRS Agent whose California-based firm, Taxpertise, specializes in the self-employed.

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Monthly Pulse Survey Results: Artificial Intelligence in Events

Event Marketer

Event Marketer’s monthly Industry Pulse Survey fielded responses from the experiential marketing community in March on how artificial intelligence is impacting the industry. While most event professionals (86%) say they’re not actively using the technology at present, 75% say they believe AI will change the course of events. (Look out for our next survey in April.