Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 16, 2018

Dear Association Leader: The status quo does not have your best interest at heart. It feels safe. And familiar. And comfortable. And even successful. But it’s not. It’s a very enticing powerful force. It can seduce you into a seemingly logical yet inadvisable present-forward mindset. You project today’s business into the future and expect yesterday’s success tomorrow…although the world continues to change.

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EventMB

JANUARY 16, 2018

Would you agree that planning corporate events is not an easy beast to tame? Seriously, how can you get advice on planning events for the most demanding audiences out there? You probably know it all. Yet the world is not perfect and attendees, especially corporate event attendees, get bored very easily. So, I got my […]. The post Advanced Corporate Event Planning Guide (2018 edition): Ideas, Checklists and Tips to Plan Successful Corporate Events by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Eventbrite UK

JANUARY 16, 2018

Find out how a new at-event introduction service is transforming DIY networking by helping to ensure attendees get to meet the people they want to. The post Why Old School Introductions are the New Networking Trend appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2018

The Future of Face2Face space at PCMA’s Convening Leaders. Photo Credit: Jacob Slaton. What’s the future of event technology? We asked participating tech companies in PCMA’s Convening Leaders Future of Face2Face open-space learning area at Nashville’s Music City Center to answer that question, with a catch: They had to capture their thoughts in one word, phrase, or sentence.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 16, 2018

Whether there is an event or not, event profs always face lack of sleep, long days and late nights of work! How can you stay healthy as an event prof when you feel like you are constantly running down the clock? It may seem daunting but we can teach you how! This week, we invite the ICONIC Kelly Treadway (EventCurious) and Tracy Stuckrath (Thrive! Meetings & Events) as our guest panelists to talk about healthy tips for event profs.

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Eventbrite UK

JANUARY 16, 2018

Are you thinking about how you can secure better sponsorships for your event this year? Join our sponsorship-themed week on EventTribe to find out how! The post Sponsorship Week: Helping You Improve Your Event Sponsorships in 2018 appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 16, 2018

Yesterday’s consumers of YouTube pranks and Instagrammable avocado toasts have become today’s executives, entrepreneurs, and high-qualified professionals. Their disruptive approaches are enabling the economy to spin the other way around, generating new value-exchange frameworks. Transforming the world into their playground, millennials are gradually building strong communities and businesses.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2018

Event technology collaborative, The Event Tech Tribe is kicking off the New Year with an announcement that their family of best-in-craft event tech suppliers has grown. Venue booking software, Meetingselect is to become the seventh member of the Tribe, which has seen a huge surge in popularity over the past 12 months as a result of their unique approach to the event technology ecosystem, recently being named one of the Top 10 Meetings Innovations of the Year.

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MeetingPool

JANUARY 16, 2018

While most events feature numerous breakout sessions, speakers, and floor demos, ensuring attendees have the ability to connect with other professionals and suppliers for one-to-one meetings is becoming a must. People don’t come to events just to go from one session to the next without networking or meeting other business needs, and even those with […].

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Capterra Event Management

JANUARY 16, 2018

The software users have spoken, and five event booking software champions have come out on top (well…based on certain parameters). I’ve combed through Capterra’s extensive software directory—filled with real user reviews and ratings—to find the five most popular products based on those reviews. The threshold for inclusion on this list is an average five-out-of-five star rating, paired with more than 50 reviews.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 16, 2018

Imagine a business conference where round tables are swapped out for swingsets flying high above the conference floor. In lieu of catering service, on-site restaurants serve inventive dishes from cargo containers. Traditional decor like draperies and floral arrangements are succeeded by mesmerizing, high-tech video mapping. It may sound like fiction, but it’s what you’ll find at C2 Montreal, one of the world’s most innovative and imaginative business conferences.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2018

On Friday 12th January 2018, Battersea Evolution welcomed the return of ‘Hospitality Rocks’, a post-Christmas party like no other! Created exclusively by Smart Group for those working within the hospitality and events industry over the busy festive period, the ice-cool Après-Ski party in the heart of Battersea Park, London, gave these hard-working people the opportunity to celebrate their own Christmas party in style.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 16, 2018

Delayed flights, missed connections, lost luggage and malfunctioning TV screens are all part of air travel, but where do you turn when you need to air grievances? Meeting and event planners and other flyers have increasingly looked to social media in hopes of having their questions answered quickly and effectively. Airlines, in turn, have met this surge in social media communication with varying degrees of success.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2018

Anna Valley, the leading provider of AV rental services and fixed installations to the event, retail, corporate and entertainment sectors has acquired live event specialists, Matrix UK Solutions. The purchase follows a long professional relationship and will strengthen Anna Valley’s position in the AV rental market with the addition of Matrix’s experienced staff and client base.

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techsytalk tech

JANUARY 16, 2018

Drones. Artificial Intelligence. Cryptocurrency. Vacation Space Travel (soon, soon.). Technology is morphing faster than a client’s mind and it ain’t slowing down! In less than 3 minutes we’ll give you 3 important event tech waves to surf in 2018: Artificial Intelligence. We’re not **quite** Tom Cruise in “Minority Report” level but, AI is impacting our industry TODAY and it will only increase in 2018.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 16, 2018

dmg events Middle East, Asia & Africa, a leading international events company, has acquired five exhibitions, and an associated publication, focused on the construction and transport infrastructure sectors from South African media company Hypenica. The post dmg events acquires suite of exhibitions and supporting media from South African media company appeared first on Event Industry News.

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Regpack

JANUARY 16, 2018

An incomplete registration email is a great way to give a gentle electronic reminder to parents who started but did not complete their child’s online camp registration. Many camps will not consider the spot “filled” until registration and deposit or payment is made. If this is your policy, a “Your registration is incomplete” email ready to go is imperative to keep your registration flowing.

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Attendify

JANUARY 16, 2018

It’s no secret that event managers and organizers face countless challenges, obstacles, roadblocks and problems. The PCMA conducted a research study to determine which challenges are most prevalent in the event and convention industry, and they compiled them in this article. The great news is that we’ve created our own list of ways event technology can contribute to solving nearly all of these problems in unique and simple ways.

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