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Goodbye Quicken 2007 – Hello SEE Finance!

Conferences that Work

I have switched my personal finance software from Quicken 2007 to SEE Finance. For twelve years, I used the venerable Quicken 2007 to manage my personal finances; a lifetime for software these days. Later Quicken versions never matched the functionality of the 2007 version, which has consequently remained extremely popular. But software platforms constantly change, and Intuit recently announced the functional death of Quicken 2007 in two ways: one that can be worked around, and one that really

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Universal Pixels delivers stunning video package for Spice Girls’ tour

Event Industry News

Universal Pixels supplied the video package and crew for the Spice Girls’ hotly anticipated comeback tour, which featured a video-rich show design. Universal Pixels worked with Production Manager Tony Gittins, Creative Director Lee Lodge, Set Designer Jason Sherwood, Content Designer Kate Moross, and Video Director Jon Shrimpton to create the huge double-sided video ring in the centre of the stage, two large screens on the wings, and a header of video across the entire width of the stage, includ

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5 Disadvantages of Managing Strategic Meetings With Spreadsheets

Connect Your Meetings

In order to succeed, businesses must conduct strategic B2B meetings. While technology continues to grow, providing opportunities for businesses to connect with customers through calls, video chats and emails, 95 percent of people say face-to-face meetings are essential for long-term relationships. Most of these strategic meetings take place with customers, prospects, vendors and other stakeholders at events, briefing centers and roadshows.

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EventWell launches new mental health training courses for #EventWell19

Event Industry News

EventWell has announced that it will be launching its new mental health first aid training courses during this year’s Event Wellbeing Week, #EventWell19, taking place Monday 16th to Friday 20th September. The new MHFA two-day course, held on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th September, will see attendees who complete become qualified mental health first aiders, and earn a certificate from MHFA England.

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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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Tagvenue Expands to 7 New Cities Across the UK and Australia

Tagvenue

British start-up’s biggest expansion yet We are delighted to announce our biggest expansion to date. … Tagvenue Expands to 7 New Cities Across the UK and Australia Read More ».

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Hosting Events In Museums: What You Need To Know

Event Leadership Institute

Smarticle. READ TIME: 2.3 minutes. We’re considering a high-end museum for our upcoming client event. What do I need to know? Alternative Venues 101. Museums are a type of alternative venue, which we define as a venue whose main purpose and design is for something other than events. Unlike hotels and conference centers who live and die on event and meeting business, alternative venues want the additional revenue your event brings, but their first priority is always their core business, which can

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Behind the scenes at Black Deer festival

Event Industry News

The Event Industry News team was invited to the award-winning, country and Americana music festival in Kent. There, we spoke to festival co-founders, Gill Tee and Deb Shilling, toured the backstage area and got an insight into the brand-new cashless system. Gill and Deb were in their element; joking around backstage and revelling in the masterpiece that was the second edition of Black Deer.

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What's the most important skill for event planning? Communication!

eventplanner

Communication is often cited as the most important skill in any area of life. In events it takes on an even greater importance.

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Event Tech Spotlight: Vimsy

Event Industry News

Company name: Vimsy Ltd Founded: 16 th November 2015 Web address: www.vimsy.co. About: Vimsy Ltd is a small company located in Southampton, established within Southpoint Films Ltd. It develops a functional and branded platform to facilitate managed sharing of corporate videos that have been created of events, functions or training. Vimsy offers the ability to organise videos in one place that might be hosted on established third party platforms like YouTube and Vimeo.

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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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The Best Defense to Shooters at Events: Know and Control the Open-Air Environment

Special Events

In the wake of heartbreaking shootings, this event expert shares tips on making open-air environments safer.

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‘Green Sziget’ sustainability programme aims to achieve 50% recycling rate on waste

Event Industry News

Set on a leafy 108-hectare island on the Danube in Budapest with more than 1,000 performances across 60 stages, for seven days with half a million people from all over the world, Sziget Festival has established itself as one of the largest and most popular festivals in the world. . Acknowledging their responsibility to minimise the festival’s ecological footprint, Sziget Festival has been committed to reducing its environmental impact for almost 20 years. 2019 sees Sziget launch its ‘Green Szige

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Using Touch Mode for Tablets and iPads

Caterease

Using Touch Mode for Tablets and iPads Caterease Version: 20 Category: Miscellaneous Date: 08/05/2019. The post Using Touch Mode for Tablets and iPads appeared first on Caterease.

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attend2IT “steps up a gear” for 2019 edition of Black Deer

Event Industry News

attend2IT , an IT service provider for events, supplied internet and Wi-Fi connectivity to all the vendors and EPOS systems, during the three-day Black Deer festival (21 st -23 rd June 2019). Having supplied at last year’s inaugural event, attend2IT were invited back to provide internet for the brand-new cashless system. Project manager, Morgan Denton, spoke to Event Industry News about the project, giving us insight into the planning and execution of the event.

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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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4 Benefits of Selling Tickets Directly on Your Website

VBO Tickets

Curious as to how your organization can benefit from selling tickets online? In addition to reaching a wider audience, selling your tickets directly on your website not only makes your business seem more cohesive but also saves you money. These are four benefits of selling tickets on your website. Convenient For The Buyer. Studies show that the fewer clicks it takes to buy an item, the more purchases people make.

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PCMA strengthens executive leadership team

Event Industry News

PCMA has announced Bruce MacMillan, an experienced leader in the global business event industry, is joining as chief marketing officer, effective 2 nd September. The Chicago-based organisation also announced Michelle Crowley as its first chief growth & innovation officer, effective immediately. MacMillan, currently CEO of Visit DFW, a consumer content marketing venture for tourism stakeholders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will be responsible for PCMA’s global brand development and marketin

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The Exposure Podcast for August 2019

The Expo Group

This month, Todd and Dana talk with meeting planner, consultant and author Jessica Levin as she shares her insight on charitable activations for association and corporations. Also, we get to "let it go" with the monthly mindful moment, find out where The Expo Group is this month and a listener makes Todd very happy. Corey Kelley is on vacation and returns next month for another Digital Download.

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DBpixelhouse announce addition of 1.5mm LED to hire stock

Event Industry News

DBpixelhouse are delighted to announce the addition of 1.5mm LED screen to their hire stock, the highest resolution currently available for rental in the UK. As one of Europe’s leading suppliers of AV tech and interactive content for events, the addition of this versatile, high-definition LED technology will further enhance DBpixelhouse’s offering to customers.

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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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Designing Events To Inspire Emotion

Event Leadership Institute

In this video clip, Aaron Tharp, Executive Producer at Hello! Destination Management discusses how successful event design should inspire emotions in event attendees. Learn More About This Topic… Business Trends in Event Design | WHITE PAPER. Instructor: Howard Givner. Estimated Time: 18 pages. Level: Advanced. Categories: Creativity & Design , White Papers & E-books.

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Why aren’t my sponsors doing more to market my event?

Event Industry News

It makes no sense. You have one or two (or maybe a handful of) sponsors that would mutually benefit from your event gaining maximum exposure, yet, they do nothing to help promote it. So, what can you do about it? Let’s be clear; the people who signed your sponsorship forms are unlikely to be from a marketing background. They’re CEOs or business managers and they don’t specialise in event promotions.

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10 Signs You Need To Pay Closer Attention To Your Business Accounting

Event Leadership Institute

I’ve heard so many business owners talk about how they can’t stand accounting or that they “have an accountant for that”. If you’re one of those people, than this article is for you! It’s easy to pass things off that you don’t understand – or don’t want to understand, but the challenge is, how do you know that it is being done correctly? Understanding your business financials isn’t simply about keeping the books in order, it’s about really knowing where your business stands and how well it is pe

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Grahame Muir appointed new COO for Star Live

Event Industry News

Star Live, the full-service live event and brand experience partner which was launched last week, has announced the appointment of Grahame Muir as its chief operating officer. Muir brings with him more than 20 years of leadership experience and knowledge of the events, sport and experiential markets including global overlay projects at Olympics and Commonwealth Games.

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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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One Thing You Know About Salt Lake and 12 Things You Don’t

Connect Your Meetings

If there is one thing everyone knows about Salt Lake, it’s that it is beautiful: A year-round, drop dead gorgeous, manicured-city-with-majestic-mountains-for-a-background kind of beautiful. But, beyond that, what do you really know? You can get drunk here. (Okay, that was just a sensationally written line that should have read “You can drink here,” but it worked because you read it, so let’s move on.

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PlayPlass UK appoints new business development manager

Event Industry News

Josh Daniels has joined PlayPass UK as business development manager with a focus of introducing the company’s NFC event technology to the sports sector. PlayPass UK is enjoying its busiest ever summer in the live music sector, delivering cashless and interactive audience gamification to a rapidly expanding roster of UK festivals. PlayPass UK MD, Steve Jenner, commented: “We are establishing a trusted network of festival and music industry clients in the UK and Josh will help us introduce this ex

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Prevalence and nature of virtual reality for meeting pros

Plan Your Meetings

The topic of virtual reality (VR) and its use in the meeting/event industry first popped up in comments to MPI’s Meetings Outlook survey several years ago. A mere blip. Mentions have grown little by little since then, so this quarter several questions specifically about VR were included in the survey. While the immersive technology isn’t yet taking over, more and more industry professionals are experiencing it—and such first-hand experience is essential for the proliferation of VR as that’s the

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Brightelm grows team to support increased sponsorship and exhibition sales activity

Event Industry News

Bristol-based Brightelm, an independent professional conference organiser, has appointed Giulia Esposito to focus on sponsorship and exhibition sales. The growth in the team is a direct result of significant new business wins for the award-winning PCO. Originally from Naples, Italy, Giulia brings more than 10 years’ experience in the events industry to the Brightelm team.

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Download 7 Exceptional Event Email Templates for Driving Attendee Engagement

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.

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Why Innovative Event Tech Needs to Be Part of Your 2020 Marketing Budget

All Seated

In just a few short years, the event tech landscape has grown exponentially. Now up to nearly 450 providers, the still expanding landscape covers a full spectrum of event technologies that includes everything from event planning and event marketing to attendee tracking, data integration and management, to audience engagement and more. . As illustrated by the event tech landscape graphic, the evolution of event technology shows no signs of slowing down and planners have to find a way to keep up w

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D2i Systems grows Middle East business with new appointment

Event Industry News

Event technology supplier, D2i Systems, is growing its team in the Middle East by appointing Mohamed Bahgat as sales manager in the region. Bahgat, who will be based in the Dubai branch, will focus on developing new business in the Middle East for D2i Systems, whose strong client list already includes Messe Frankfurt Middle East amongst others. He will work largely on promoting the usage of ‘Engage’, D2i’s event management platform.

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This Is How To Do Event Tech On A Budget

Endless Events

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to talk event tech on a budget! Obviously, if you got this far down the road, you already know what this podcast is all about. And if the Event Tech Podcast is your Bible on all things technology related to the industry, today we bring a brand new gospel. As we all know, technology can get quite expensive. Not to mention the sort of technology you’d want for a large scale event!