Picatic by Eventbrite
MAY 27, 2021
The abrupt shift to virtual events in 2020 left many event organizers scrambling to tie up loose ends as they figured out how to livestream their events. Now, after a year of planning virtual events, the popularity of these events has been confirmed. That means it’s essential for event planners to understand how to host […].
GEVME
MAY 27, 2021
Leading virtual events and events technology provider GEVME has announced the launch of GEVME Studios — an online media network dedicated entirely to virtual events. Amidst the pandemic last year, event organizers and owners were forced to move to online platforms en masse — in an uneasy transition that many were unprepared for. To address this knowledge and experience gap, GEVME started the GEVME Academy to equip budding digital event managers with the skills and know-how needed to adopt the ne
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Attendease
MAY 27, 2021
In today’s Spotlight Series we had a chance to chat with Caitlin O’Malley, Program Manager at PCMA. Caitlin has been with PCMA for nearly six years and has created and managed the digital event experiences for PCMA flagship events, and has also been planning and producing some of PCMA virtual and hybrid experiences pre-pandemic and throughout the pandemic.
SpotMe Blog
MAY 27, 2021
This summer we are releasing a new version of our Eventspace app that has been re-engineered from the ground up for hybrid events. With built-in networking, personalization, content and analytics features, SpotMe now offers the most comprehensive hybrid event experience for you and your audience. The new version of Eventspace brings three key developments: Hybrid-ready : Bridge the gap between online and in-person attendees.
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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.
Picatic by Eventbrite
MAY 27, 2021
The weather is getting warmer and COVID-19 restrictions are easing as infection rates go down and people get vaccinated. Music event creators have a new way to offer concerts to fans who’ve been missing live music for the last year: pod concerts. This new concert format emerging in the music sphere allows for social distancing […].
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Stova
MAY 27, 2021
Building connections and increasing ROI are two of the most important aspects of your conference and meetings. At MeetingPlay, we understand that you need a virtual platform that meets your goals and exceeds expectations for user-experience and customer service. Exhibitor matchmaking is just one aspect of our virtual event technology stack that builds connections and brand loyalty.
PCMA Convene
MAY 27, 2021
Airbnb founders saw Airbnb Open, its in-person event for hosts, as the way for the then-fledgling company to gain credibility. Looking at Airbnb’s numbers today — listings in more than 220 countries, more than 800 million guest arrivals and counting, and a market capitalization of more than $109 billion — it’s hard to imagine that the San Francisco–based company had any initial headwinds.
QC Event School
MAY 27, 2021
If you’re reading this article, you’ve likely completed your event planning certification training. Now, you’re ready to start your very own event planning company and take the industry by storm. If this sounds like you then you’ve come to the right place! Today, we’re going to break down some top tips for successfully navigating one of the most important steps for starting a business: defining its objectives.
Event Age by Swapcard
MAY 27, 2021
We know that most of you have questions about the practical aspects of running a hybrid event.
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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
SmartMeetings
MAY 27, 2021
After a chaotic year, technology companies are disrupting what in-person and digital will mean. From around the world, announcements of dates and places for bringing tech minds together F2F have started to trickle in. Mobile World Congress was one of the first, with 25,000 people in Shanghai in February (another 175,000 watched remotely). The Space Symposium is scheduled in the new Bartolin Hall at The Broadmoor in August as part of Space Foundation’s Space Symposium 365 series.
Glisser
MAY 27, 2021
The event sector appears to be going through some sort of identity crisis. Are we still the event sector, or are we currently the virtual event sector? Soon to become the hybrid events sector? Or one the many names that one hears being used from ‘composite events’ to ‘blended events’ to ‘mash up events’. Who and what are we right now? Perhaps the better question is, does what we call these events really matter?
Decibel Management
MAY 27, 2021
Decibel Event Management is proud to have been awarded six Telly Awards in recognition of our partnership with the Library of Congress producing the 2020 Virtual National Book Festival. This is a huge honor for Team dB, but not for us alone; this national recognition is shared by everyone that had an impact on this event: tireless leaders, designers, producers, peers, and staff at the Library of Congress, all of whom put in the hours, the effort, and the creativity needed to transform a massive
Event Industry News
MAY 27, 2021
“It’s our job to create Super Bowls with virtual and hybrid events” – Joe Schwinger, MeetingPlay. MeetingPlay is an event technology platform tailor-made for you. They empower you to create an elevated experience that takes content, networking and engagement to a whole new level for live, virtual, and hybrid events. While many platforms use 3rd party vendors and lack the level of security most event organizers need for events, MeetingPlay’s proprietary technology utilizes government-level securi
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Smart Meetings
MAY 27, 2021
When Phil “Lefty” Mickelson drained that last putt and won the 103rd PGA Championship at age 50 last week, 6.5 million people were watching. That was the largest audience for a PGA final round in three years, with some 13 million tuning in earlier in the broadcast, according to CBS Sports. Those numbers illustrate the popularity of a hybrid experience that is a growing part of the meetings and conventions infrastructure. golf.
Event Industry News
MAY 27, 2021
Sophie has 20+ years of experience in media and events; including exhibitions, conferences, awards and training across multiple industry sectors. She has launched and led successful global industry-leading events. Her experience was gained on leading brands within global media, intelligence and events companies, including Reed Elsevier, Informa and Ascential.
Special Events
MAY 27, 2021
Events are once again allowed in California after over a year without guidelines.
Event Industry News
MAY 27, 2021
Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Wolf Alice and the Chemical Brothers have been named as the musical headliners for Latitude Festival. The four-day event is due to be held at Henham Park in Suffolk in July. Comedians Bill Bailey, Katherine Ryan and Jo Brand will also appear at the event, which was cancelled last year. Organiser Melvin Benn said he has “confidence” the festival would go ahead as planned, with limits on social contact due to be removed on 21 June.
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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!
Maritz Global Events
MAY 27, 2021
It’s everyone’s favorite question right now — “What are your other clients doing?” and I know you really want me to give you the answer. But the truth is, they're all asking the same exact question you are!
Event Industry News
MAY 27, 2021
Ungerboeck and EventBooking, two leading software providers of event and venue management tools, today announced a merger that will enable the unified company to offer customers an integrated set of capabilities that further enhance the world-class solutions they provide today. The consolidation will provide customers with expedited technology enhancements and accelerated innovation, while continuing the focus on customer success.
Hubb
MAY 27, 2021
Event planners now must be adept at producing virtual events. Casey Mirick, senior event manager at Vancouver-based Audigy, was one of the first to embrace the new paradigm. When COVID-19 derailed plans for Audigy’s flagship Summit in Nashville, TN last year, Mirick immediately began plans for a virtual event.
Event Industry News
MAY 27, 2021
This summer’s BBC Proms will go ahead with 52 concerts in front of live audiences at the Royal Albert Hall. The festival will open on 30 July with Vaughan Williams’ Serenade To Music, described as “a love song to music and musicians” after a year of lockdown. The Last Night will also see Rule, Britannia! sung in full, after a row over plans to omit the lyrics in 2020.
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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.
StraussCA
MAY 27, 2021
What does it take to be a good board chair? What skill set do you need and who do you partner with to fulfill the Vision & Mission of your association? The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) provide training sessions for Chief Elected Officers (board chairs) and Chief Staff officers (CEO, Executive Director, President) outlining what a successful chair and executive director’s relationship should look like to move the a
Maritz Global Events
MAY 27, 2021
It’s everyone’s favorite question right now — “What are your other clients doing?” and I know you really want me to give you the answer. But the truth is, they're all asking the same exact question you are!
Prestige Events Magazine
MAY 27, 2021
Gowaver is the newest and most valuable online platform designed for the event industry by experienced MICE professionals. Their mission is to become the go to platform for event buyers to find the best group and event deals worldwide. The idea is simple, Gowaver is the event industry’s only dedicated platform for marketing special offers, need dates or last-minute availability for hotels, venues, restaurants and bars.
Hubilo Blog
MAY 27, 2021
At Hubilo, our mission is to help organizations, big and small, in designing experiential virtual and hybrid events that reflect their vision. Since our launch, whenever any organization wanted to experience the platform, we would partner with them since navigating virtual events was a newer concept in 2020. But over the last year, the demand for delivering virtual events has scaled tremendously and since event organizers have gotten comfortable with them, they’ll love an easy way to see our pla
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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.
Prestige Events Magazine
MAY 27, 2021
Wyboston Lakes Resort has earned 45th place in the UK’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2021. In the Top 75 Best Companies to Work for in the East of England, Wyboston Lakes Resort was ranked 21st and also at 10th in Leisure & Hospitality’s 20 Best Companies to Work For. The conference, training and leisure venue also achieved its highest Best Companies Index (BCI) score of 753.7, based on a scale of 1 to 1000.
Exhibitor Magazine
MAY 27, 2021
May 28, 2021 - Popshap is an interactive technology company based in New York City, with locations in Las Vegas, Orlando, Minneapolis, Atlanta, L.A.
Prestige Events Magazine
MAY 27, 2021
The Royal College of Music (RCM) in South Kensington has announced its new accredited supplier list for events held at the world-famous institution from 2021. Offering a variety of event options for clients, the industry-leading suppliers will be accredited for the next two years, chosen for their high standards and expertise in creating stand-out events at the venue.
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