Cvent: Event Marketing
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
It’s no secret that event planners have a stressful job. In fact, event planner has actually been ranked as one of the most stressful jobs in the world, alongside careers like Air Traffic Control. Seriously, it’s true. Working closely with event planners, I’ve come to learn that they wear many different hats, and therefore have many different names.
Velvet Chainsaw
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
You can never get enough of what you really don’t need says Eric Hoffer. To paraphrase Hoffer, you can never get enough of conference fads, gimmicks and trends. We want more, more, more! (Unless your a conference participant and we often have had enough!). Fads and trends are often about gaining attention. They also want access to your conference budget.
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BizBash
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations seem like a distant memory, and many events that pulled out all the stops in 2017.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
In recent years, we have seen an increase in the introduction of wearable technology at. festivals and events worldwide. Apple’s iWatch is the current global market leader in wearable technology, but the festival industry was actually one of the first to pioneer the idea of a wearable piece of technology to improve efficiency and enhance the experience of festival-goers.
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BizBash
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
No matter the industry, organizers of annual events usually try to wow attendees year after year—whether it is a change.
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BizBash
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Think you can get away with assembling a conference panel that includes no people of color? Or stage an award.
Eventbrite UK
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
This is the third interview feature in our Lessons in Successful Fundraising series profiling successful charity event organisers to learn how they unite supporters for their cause. A love of art and music, combined with a desire to give something back, led Sophie Billington to found Funraising Manchester, a first-of-its-kind journalistic platform which fuses creativity and charity. […].
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Blitz, a GES company, today announced a strategic alliance with Glisser, the award-winning audience engagement and event analytics platform. Glisser, based in London and New York, and Blitz, the technical event production arm of global events company GES, will collaborate on delivering a world-class audience participation and engagement solution to the extensive Blitz client base.
Smart Meetings
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
These new and renovated properties in St. Lucia, Honolulu, Miami and St. Barth serve to remind you—it’s summertime somewhere. Ladera Resort, St. Lucia Host your next Caribbean incentive or event by creating your own island retreat on St. Lucia. Perched on a volcano ridgeline, this treehouse-esque, adults-only resort just unveiled LeFleur, a private space complete with infinity pool.
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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
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Work up an app-etite before hitting the road to save yourself time and energy. The app store on smartphones and tablets is chock-full of apps for this, that and the other thing. Games can keep you occupied in the airport terminal, and airline apps enable passengers to check-in for flights. More sophisticated apps are also in the marketplace, and can help solve travel woes and unlock a world of special experiences.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
The Association of Event Venues (AEV) held its annual board meeting at Manchester Central on Thursday September 13, 2018, and has announced that Jeremy Rees, chief executive, ExCeL London (pictured left), is to step down as chair of the AEV Board, and Dan Thurlow, director of exhibition sales, SEC and the current vice-chair (pictured right), will take his place.
G2Planet
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Hopefully you've been following along as we interview expert event professionals in our industry, sharing their insights, advice, and unique experiences. This week we took a look into the mind of Travis Stanton , who shares his awareness and understanding of the events industry.
Unique Venues
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
For a planner, having a Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) as a partner in planning a meeting or event is like having a best man or maid of honor to help plan your wedding. Not only do CVBs have a planner’s best interests in mind but they also pick up much of the heavy load and pay attention to all the little details that ensure the day is a big success.
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All Seated
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
In the early days of search engines, there were definitely a lot of “tricks” that worked to get websites bumped up in search engine results, such as using your keywords as much as possible and putting them in nearly invisible text. For a short time, this strategy did actually move websites to the top, but only briefly. . Today, Google is much smarter and learning every day what searchers want.
CXApp Blog - Events
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Executive briefing centers are designed to bring together the right people, in the right room to propel the customer lifecycle forward at any stage. The primary responsibility of the EBC is to establish and enhance the general customer experience. This experience should be personalized and ‘wow’ the customer so they are encouraged to continue or begin doing business with you - because they know that they are in the right hands.
Hubilo Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Event planning is a skill that is to be built over time and experience. We believe that every event, no matter how big or small is an opportunity to learn. We try and find takeaways from every event we power to share with all you event professionals out there. These lessons can be implemented by planners to optimize their event experiences. We ourselves have put some of these pointers into consideration and have based our product improvements on it.
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GEVME
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
“Business, labor, and political organisations are the top three industries with a demand for event planning,” states Brandon Gaille in his article on event planning statistics. Because politics is all about communication and debate, it makes sense that government is so strongly tied to the industry of meetings and events. Have you ever wondered how organising a trade fair is different from setting up a government event?
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