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JULY 16, 2019

The best events don’t always start with a business plan. Often, they start with a spark. Someone has a passion they want to share, and a great idea about how to share it. They’re moved to bring people together around a vision, so they make it happen — even with no event planning experience. Here’s […]. The post How a Passion for Running Gave Birth to the Sasquatch Scramble appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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ESPN's 27th annual award show and its surrounding events were highlighted by eco-friendly decor, inspirational messaging, discussions of race and politics, and big wins for women.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

By Aaron Raybe, UK director of live events, Momentum Worldwide. The experience economy has continued to grow in recent years despite the current economic turmoil, with recent research suggesting that a third of chief marketing officers plan to devote up to 50% of their budget to experiential marketing. This is with good reason as consumers prefer to spend their money on experiences rather than products.

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JULY 16, 2019

Give the gift that everyone loves.ice cream! Scarborough & Tweed is excited to announce a hot (actually cold) new gift idea—gourmet ice cream delivered to your front door. Event guests will be delighted to receive this special treat after they arrive.

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Eventtia

JULY 16, 2019

Companies from all different types of industries are taking advantage of reaching niche audiences by hosting international summits, exhibitions, and trade shows.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Cvent, a meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, today released its annual list of the Top Meeting Destinations for meetings and events in Europe. For the fifth consecutive year, London retained its number one ranking as the most popular destination for business meetings and events. Three other UK cities were also featured in the top 25 ranking: Birmingham (up five places to 15 th ), Manchester (up two places to 20 th ) and Edinburgh, which is new to the list at number 22.

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Bizzabo

JULY 16, 2019

New York is known as the city that never sleeps, and rightfully so. Hundreds of millions of people come to the city every year to attend events and do business. There are plenty of great venues for event planners to explore in the city, ranging from the small and simple to the large and elegant. But finding the perfect New York City venue for your next event can feel overwhelming.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Thirteen events and festivals from across Scotland have been given a boost after receiving a share of £147, 576 funding from EventScotland, part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate. . Taking place between late August and mid-November this year, the 13 events from across 11 local authorities have received the funding from EventScotland’s National Programme Fund to enhance event delivery and to further develop Scotland’s diverse events portfolio.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 16, 2019

Everything You Heard About Brainstorming Is Wrong: How Data Disproved the Two Universal Rules of Brainstorming. 1. The Monster TED Talk That Fell From Grace. Amy Cuddy’s TED Talk on power poses is the second most popular TED video ever, having been viewed over 50 million times. In experiments she conducted at Princeton, participants were divided into two groups: half engaged in so-called ‘high power poses’, such as standing up with your hands on your hips; and half did ‘low power poses’, where

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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

JULY 16, 2019

When event professionals gathered recently for education and networking, they also helped people with physical challenges and limited means. During the Association of British Professional Conference Organizers’ annual conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in late June, one of the organization’s goals was to show attendees how to incorporate a destination’s knowledge base into an event’s social-giveback opportunities.

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EventUp

JULY 16, 2019

As more people opt for throwing casual get-togethers over high-end soirees, nontraditional venues, like loft spaces, are on the rise. Lofts can be a great event space choice for everything from engagement celebrations to company launch parties. Keep reading for the scoop on why loft parties are fast-becoming the venue type of season, and see a few of our hand-picked favorites from around the country. 1.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Company name: One Dead Pixel Web address: www.onedeadpixel.com Founded: 7 th January 2017. About: One Dead Pixel is a budget-friendly, creative content company capable of creating anything digital. Past projects have included super-fast turnaround promo films, 3D visuals of spaces, stands and floorplans, augmented and virtual reality for brand activations, projection mapping of the Rosewood Hotel in London, 360 tours of venues and anything else creative you can think of!

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 16, 2019

Everything You Heard About Brainstorming Is Wrong: How Data Disproved the Two Universal Rules of Brainstorming. 1. The Monster TED Talk That Fell From Grace. Amy Cuddy’s TED Talk on power poses is the second most popular TED video ever, having been viewed over 50 million times. In experiments she conducted at Princeton, participants were divided into two groups: half engaged in so-called ‘high power poses’, such as standing up with your hands on your hips; and half did ‘low power poses’, where

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JULY 16, 2019

For the second year in a row, Portable Toilets Limited (PTL www.ptl.uk.com ) has been proud to work with All Points East festival; a ten-day musical extravaganza in London’s Victoria Park. . Effectively a six-day musical festival spanning across two consecutive weekends, with a free-to-access four-day community event in the middle, All Points East brought some of the world’s biggest artists to East London earlier this year, and PTL were there to help them deliver it!

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G2Planet

JULY 16, 2019

What's most important when planning an event, data or experience and intuition? The clear answer from seven of the top women in event technology is clear: Both. Asked, "when making decisions as an event planner, how do you balance experience and intuition versus the use of data?," members of the Women in Event Tech community noted that while data is indispensable to understanding what's worked and what hasn't in the past, experience and intuition are vital when designing new experiences.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Event Industry News travelled down to Ragley Hall, Alcester, during the two-day build of the music festival to speak to everyone involved, including the festival organiser, Antonio Socci and Novum AV’s head of audio, Matt Hawkeswood. Born from a passion for live music, Swingtime in the Gardens is the first festival that Antonio has designed, planned and hosted himself, and incorporated all the styles of music and themes that he has enjoyed over the years.

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Planner WIre

JULY 16, 2019

There are lots of ways to get attendees from Point A to Point B. Buses are amazing. They move a ton of people quickly and can be really comfy but they can be limiting for smaller groups, smaller spaces, and smaller budgets. Let’s not mention that if an event runs long, you are going to be paying for another block of time and if it is a group of 300 or 3000 people, that will add up to a crap-ton of money that would be better spent on educational opportunities for your attendees.

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JULY 16, 2019

Leading venue, Manchester Central, is pleased to announce that it has extended its partnership with technical event production specialist, Blitz, a GES company, to be its preferred, in-house partner for audio visual services. Blitz has been working with the iconic city centre venue partner for 11 years and the new contract extends the agreement to 2022.

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Planner WIre

JULY 16, 2019

There are lots of ways to get attendees from Point A to Point B. Buses are amazing. They move a ton of people quickly and can be really comfy but they can be limiting for smaller groups, smaller spaces, and smaller budgets. Let’s not mention that if an event runs long, you are going to be paying for another block of time and if it is a group of 300 or 3000 people, that will add up to a crap-ton of money that would be better spent on educational opportunities for your attendees.

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

Croatian music festival, Fresh Island, was evacuated on Monday night after a forest fire endangered everyone on site. Hundreds of people were ordered to leave Zcre Beach ahead of the three-day, hip-hop festival while emergency services worked to contain the fire. However, organisers have since released a statement confirming the “great news” that the emergency services had managed to clear the fire and reopen the roads.

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All Seated

JULY 16, 2019

Think virtual reality (VR) goggles are only useful for your teenage nephew’s video games? Think again. Smart Meetings got a behind the scenes look at the emerging technology from Sandy Hammer, Co-Founder of AllSeated. This collaboration network for planning events uses stereoscopic display to create realistic VR tools for venues and planners. Here is what we learned: The post Why Virtual Reality Tours Will Become Your New Best Friend appeared first on AllSeated.

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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.

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JULY 16, 2019

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GEVME

JULY 16, 2019

A niche market is the subset of a market towards which a specific product is focused. It is also traditionally a small market segment. Thus, a niche events meaning is related to a narrow circle of events targeted at a single event segment at a time (meetings, weddings, corporate, tourism, etc.). Niche events meaning. Specialising on just one target market, such as corporate or social events, should make your focus narrowed within that market and will help you become the best possible event plann

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Event Industry News

JULY 16, 2019

AEG Presents drew the very best out of its considerable team to stretch the Victoria Park canvas tighter still at All Points East’s second edition. Event Industry News sees The Chemical Brothers’ dazzling headline set put a marker down on night one. Last year, AEG Presents brought its game-changing British Summer Time ingenuity across town. Stellar, stirring stage designs, super sharp sound, scenic ‘shop front’ bars, great food, a stomping line-up and a telling mid-week mix of free to attend eve

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