Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2018

Once you’ve observed the conference through the lens of your target customer and gained insights from conference data, you can move to the next steps. These steps are critical for you and your conference planning teams to embrace, enlist and employ. You want to move from conference touchpoints to conference customer experience journeys. And remember, someone needs to own and to advocate on behalf of the conference customer’s experience.

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EventMB

JANUARY 26, 2018

Get the props flowing and snaps going with fantastic photo booths that are a guaranteed hit every time. Photo booths can be a participatory activity, an ice-breaker and a way to capture the event for attendees before having them share on social media, the perfect marketing trifecta for a successful event. They are suitable for […]. The post 17 Snappy Event Photo Booths by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Endless Events

JANUARY 26, 2018

Who doesn’t love a free event planning tool? One of the best free event planning tools an #eventprof can use are templates. You can avoid missing crucial event details, reduce the stress of recreating something from scratch, and hit the ground running from day one. Another excellent tool you need under your belt is a solid social media strategy.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2018

Showpass, Canada’s fastest-growing event platform, has secured a potentially game-changing position with Facebook, becoming one of the social media giant’s first native ticketing partners. More than 700m people a month take to Facebook to engage with event communities and Showpass provides a failsafe platform to purchase tickets right there. Directly.

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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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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 26, 2018

Jennifer Kingen Kush, DES. The evolution of PCMA’s Digital Experience Institute (DEI) reflects the evolution of digital events themselves. Originally begun in 2008 as the Virtual Edge Institute, focusing on early virtual programs like webinars, DEI today “supports and contributes to research, education, thought leadership, promotion, and the digital-events community,” according to its website.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Autonomous Events? What tech developments from CES mean for event organizers. It's a bit ironic that the largest collection of digital technology is displayed in a traditional trade show setup at CES LINK [link] each year. Even as technology advances, robots become more human, and the most talked-about innovation is AI that can't be seen, it still takes a human touch to put together the right display to market these products.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2018

EventsCase All-in-One Event Management Software focused on providing a very easy-to-use, powerful and comprehensive solution for event websites, on-line registration, on-site registration, native mobile apps and 1-2-1 meeting scheduler; has grown 312% during 2017. EventsCase received two small round of external capital funding in September 2016 and May 2017 with a total of $1.1m that have lead the company to build a strong product and expand internationally.

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Venyou

JANUARY 26, 2018

We sat down with Shanda Zelaya, owner of Eszi & Flor (soon to be Flor de Casa Designs), on how to best work with a floral designer. Shanda is based out of Tysons, Virginia and specializes in large bouquets, private events, and weddings. She mapped out the process for us below! What are the steps to book a floral designer? There are normally three steps to working with a floral designer.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2018

Levy UK, a leading sports, leisure and hospitality company, has secured a five-year catering contract with Goodwood, the 12,000-acre estate in West Sussex famous for its motorsport and horse-racing events. The partnership, which commences this month, will see Levy UK collaborate with Goodwood to provide world-class catering and hospitality at all Goodwood’s major events including the Members’ Meeting, Festival of Speed, Qatar Goodwood Festival and the Goodwood Revival.

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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

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

To successfully source in today’s tough climate, it pays to leverage the resources you already have. Let’s face it: This year will be tough for meeting planners. Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)?

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2018

Central London events venue the QEII Centre has been chosen as the new host venue for Social Media Week London 2018. Now in its 9th year, Social Media Week London (#SMWLDN) is one of three flagship events forming the worldwide Social Media Week conference, which aims to share the best ideas, innovations and insights into how social media and technology are changing business, society and culture around the world.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 26, 2018

Does the thought of eating bugs make your skin crawl? That might change soon. Earlier this month, Justin Timberlake served ants and grasshoppers at an album listening party. And it’s quite common globally. Insect-eating, or entomophagy , is big in most parts of the world, including Central and South America as well as Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2018

Eventex Awards – possibly the most coveted and recognisable awards in the world of events – has just announced the finalists for the 8th edition of the competition. 80 finalists in 26 categories were chosen from a total of 156 entries from 35 countries around the world. The post Eventex Awards 2018 – finalists announced appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Regpack

JANUARY 26, 2018

Planning an event? If so, you are probably in need of a registration software to help you manage everything. From applicant registration, vendor registration, emails, reporting, check-in, etc. There are many kinds of events out there and of course, there are many kinds of event software. Each one offers their own unique blend of features that work for some and not all.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2018

The ICC has secured a deal with the UK & Ireland SAP User Group that will bring its annual conference – UKISUG Connect – to the Birmingham based venue for 2019, 2020 and 2021. The three-day event for 900 attendees utilises the entire venue to facilitate networking, knowledge exchange and best practice amongst its members, culminating in SUGFest which gives delegates an evening of informal networking, great food and fantastic entertainment.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 26, 2018

Looking to earn your Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 2018? The CMP program was established in 1985 to enrich knowledge and performance of meeting professionals, endorse the status and credibility of the profession and establish a uniform standard in the field. The CMP is met with global recognition for excellence in the meeting, convention, exhibition and event industry.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 26, 2018

Photo credit: Elizabeth Lippman/for Peter Tunney. Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City was full of ornate décor. What came of the marquees, chandeliers, giant piano and concrete elephants when the hotel closed in October 2016? Artist Peter Tunney had a vision and created a new home for them—Miami Beach. By turning one man’s trash into his treasure, he transformed the hotel’s artifacts into an installation called “The Sinking of the Taj Mahal,” which was on display at Faena Hotel in Miami during the

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