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Top Social Media Tools to Boost Your Event Marketing [Webinar]

EventMB

Join us for this free webinar to learn about the best social media tools to help boost your event marketing. In this webinar, you will learn about a carefully curated set of tools that can help you to boost the quality and quantity of your social media output. We will look at why these tools are important, give […]. The post Top Social Media Tools to Boost Your Event Marketing [Webinar] by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Interviews with Planners – Erik Fabian

Eventinterface

Erik Fabian is a brand marketer and event maker formerly at Moleskine and Greenhouse Software. He has an MFA in performance from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and been devising events for 20 years. He is especially fond of creating participatory cultural and business events where people make things together. He currently helps founders launch and build new brands at Upright Brand.

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Why Your Long Festival Queue Is Losing You Money

Eventbrite UK

Long queues produce unhappy attendees and will directly affect your bottom line through missing out on food & beverage sales. Say no to queues! The post Why Your Long Festival Queue Is Losing You Money appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Four Design Tips to Engage Your Millennial Workforce

BizBash

The lines between work and play continue to blur for the younger workforce, as people are always connected and can.

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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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Crowd Surf: Snapchat’s New Weapon In Event FOMO

EventMB

How Snapchat is helping events capitalize on event FOMO with user generated content and new features like Crowd Surf. Creating event FOMO (fear of missing out) is a great way to extend event reach beyond the localized audience. Thankfully for the event industry, Snapchat has this covered on several fronts. Almost every time Snapchat brings […].

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15 Ways to Tailor Event Education to Your Audience

EventMB

Personalization is essential to a successful event. It’s quickly becoming an attendee expectation. But how do you personalize learning outside of tracks in a way that scales? If marketers, and more generally business people, have discovered anything over the past few years it’s that everyone wants to be unique. Some of us even want to […]. The post 15 Ways to Tailor Event Education to Your Audience by Christina Green appeared first on [link].

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August 16, 2017: 2026 World Cup Is Considering 49 Venues Across U.S., Canada, and Mexico; Organizer of Canceled White Supremacist Event Threatens to Sue Texas; Why a U.K. Music Festival Banned Pineapples

BizBash

1. 2026 WORLD CUP IS CONSIDERING 49 VENUES ACROSS U.S., CANADA, AND MEXICO: FIFA has asked 44 cities across the.

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Event Technology Awards opens voting for ‘Favourite Event Technology Supplier’

Event Industry News

Voting is now open for the ‘Favourite Event Technology Supplier’ category of the Event Technology Awards. This prestigious award allows event professionals to vote, and ultimately, select their favourite event tech provider as the winner. Dubbed ‘The People’s Choice’ award, online voting will remain open until 30th September. Making the shortlist are: 20/20 Productions AllSeated […].

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14 Last-Minute Ideas for Summer Parties

BizBash

With about a month of summer left, some planners might be scrambling to find decor, catering, and activity ideas inspired.

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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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Andy Cohen & Residence Inn Lend Helping Paws to Adoptable Dogs

SmartMeetings

Andy Cohen is all about fun and games on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live,” but he means business when it comes to fetching “furever” homes for dogs. The talk show host, producer, author and proud papa to rescue pup Wacha teamed with Residence Inn by Marriott and North Shore Animal League America, the world’s largest no-kill shelter, for a pet adoption campaign this summer.

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10 New Venues in Phoenix/Scottsdale for Fall Meetings and Events

BizBash

Here's a look at new Phoenix/Scottsdale eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces to open for.

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Do or Die: Why Self-Sign up for Your Event Volunteers Is Essential

InitLive

It's not just an extra perk. Nowadays, providing volunteer self-sign up options for your event is a do-or-die essential. Below, we've listed five ways that allowing your event volunteers the freedom to select their duties and schedules online helps you stay on track during your event -- and it builds positive relationships with your event staff in the long run.

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Crystal Pepsi Relaunch Tour Brought Back Salt-N-Pepa, Fanny Packs

BizBash

From fanny packs to Steve Madden sandals, the 1990s recently experienced a bit of comeback in fashion—and now the decade.

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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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3 Ways Millennials Are Changing the Event Industry for the Better

Capterra Event Management

The way I see it, we Millennials are the low hanging fruit for the rest of society to blame their ills on. Barely a day goes by where my generation isn’t blamed for the death of another American cultural staple. In fact, it’s gotten so bad that tongue-in-cheek articles are popping up on the internet with headlines such as “ What are Millennials killing today?

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10 New Venues in San Diego for Fall Meetings and Events

BizBash

Here's a look at new San Diego eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces to open.

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Bibles are Disappearing from Hotel Rooms: What Planners Need to Know

SmartMeetings

Religion is a very tricky topic in modern America. Ideally, there would be a simple way to make everyone feel accepted and accommodated. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. Event professions are tasked with tactfully balancing appeasing non-religious individuals and those who practice a wide variety of religions. An enduring symbol of religion in the United States is the Bible in the drawer at hotels, motels and inns.

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E3S conference agenda announced

Event Industry News

Organisers of the Event Safety & Security Summit (E3S) have today announced the provisional conference agenda for the inaugural event on 10 October. The one-day meeting that brings together leading international venues, touring and sport professionals and security experts will see a mixture of dedicated presentations, keynote addresses and broader panel discussions.

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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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5 Tips to Vastly Improve All-Hands Meetings

SmartMeetings

One of the challenges for any company is to make everyone feel involved in a meaningful way. But unfortunately, many large companies, in particular, are structured and organized in such a way that only the leaders are aware of—and have a voice in—many important developments. Increasingly more companies have implemented regularly scheduled, all-hands meetings, in which all executives and employees get together in the same room to discuss the business philosophy and recent developments.

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A Digital Strategy

PCMA Convene

A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that Donald Trump’s presidency has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States. Just 22 percent of people surveyed across 37 nations expressed confidence in Trump’s handling of international affairs, and just less than half — 49 percent — have a favorable view of the U.S. For business event organizers who seek to attract international delegates to their U.S. events, this poor perception of the U.S. is a cause for concern.

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Hawaii Hotels Aloha Solar Power, Big Time

SmartMeetings

Most of Hawaii’s energy comes from expensive, imported fossil fuels, so it’s no surprise solar power is a hot ticket there. In fact, SolarPowerRocks.com ranks the state 15th best in the nation on its 2017 Solar Report Card. The hospitality sector has long been a sustainability leader in Hawaii , and going solar is high on the list for hotel and resort upgrades.

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Make Presentations Fun Again: How Sli.do Has Changed the Way We View Audience Participation

Planner WIre

You can start off your presentation by saying “I want this to be a discussion,” but it never is. Both you and the audience know that it’s probably going to be a lecture. Becau… Continue.

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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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Melia Accelerates Digital Transformation Efforts

SmartMeetings

Hospitality giant Melia Hotels International (MHI) will be implementing the cloud-based solutions of revenue-strategy technology firm Duetto as part of the company’s ongoing digital transformation. The implementation of Duetto’s price optimization application, GameChanger , and revenue intelligence application, ScoreBoard , is intended to further boost Melia’s revenue-strategy marketing and distribution capabilities.

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8 Time Wasting Habits Event Planners Should Quit

Canadian Special Events

Time. It’s the event planner’s most precious commodity and yet it is also one of the main challenges of organizing any type of event. Most of us simply don’t have enough of it, yet somehow, we manage to get it all done. It’s no wonder event planning is ranked as the fifth most stressful job in the world. Working in events is for everyone. Determination, experience, good communications and creativity are all essential skills for success in the job, but good time-management is even more importa

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