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Event Schedule: How to Keep It From Going Overtime

Endless Events

Listen up event aficionados, because we’re about to break down your event schedule! Here at Endless, we’ve covered topics related to the timing of your events. And that’s because everyone knows exactly how much of a peril it is when your event drags on! You’ve spent weeks, and sometimes even months, planning everything from A to Z.

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8 Steps to a Solid Event Business Plan (With Examples)

Eventbrite UK

If you intend for your event to be a business — to make money and turn your passion into a project — you need a plan. That’s true for any kind of event, from a festival to a fundraiser. Writing a business plan might sound like a major project, and in a way it is. […]. The post 8 Steps to a Solid Event Business Plan (With Examples) appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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How to Knock Your Name Badge out of the Park!

Cvent: Event Marketing

As an Account Manager in pc/nametag’s sales department, I help customers create show-stopping name badges. So, if you have an event coming up or you just want some tips on designing an effective or memorable name tag, allow me to offer some ideas and provide time-tested solutions. Why does the badge matter? For starters, let’s talk about what to showcase on a badge.

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5 Fictional Characters Who Would Make Great Event Planners

Picatic by Eventbrite

While binging your favorite shows and movies, it’s easy to spot someone after your own event planner heart. Maybe they always have great ideas. Maybe they are even more organized than you. Or maybe you would just want to be there to see the resulting fireworks. Here are your top 5 favorite event planner kindred […]. The post 5 Fictional Characters Who Would Make Great Event Planners appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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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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Thinking about ditching your early bird rate for your event? Think again

Gallus Events

The “early bird” rate has been with us as long as we’ve had paid for events. And the reason they are still with us? Well, it is because they are so useful. In this post I want to make sure you are making the most of your early rates. This post will be really useful if you are planning to ditch your early rates, or introduce them, or simply looking to refresh those early rates.

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The future is visual part 2 – Why do we need to create visual content at events?

Event Industry News

Having discussed visual content at events in our first article of the Future is Visual, our guest writer, Bogdan Maran, explains why we need to create visual content in the first place. We are incredible at remembering pictures. Hear a piece of information, and three days later you’ll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you’ll remember 65%.

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Design Better Satisfaction Surveys to Get a Higher Rate of Feedback

Eventtia

In this article, we’ll talk about the satisfaction surveys you usually launch after the event, reasons why attendees may decide not to complete them, and how to improve your surveys to get better feedback.

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Leading CBD expo and music festival coming to Leamington

Event Industry News

An innovative national exhibition and music festival showcasing the rapid evolution of the CBD industry is coming to Leamington later this month. . Product Earth, which is the UK’s largest event for the CBD industry, will be taking its annual expo to NAEC Stoneleigh from Friday, 23 rd August to Sunday, 25 th August. . The event, which is being held in association with the British Hemp Association, will be presenting a number of innovators and pioneers who will lead seminars and talks on the vary

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The Complete Guide to Louisville, Home of Connect 2019

Connect Your Meetings

Louisville, Kentucky, is recognized as an international destination for festival events—most notably the Kentucky Derby—and conferences like Connect 2019. As one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachian Mountains, Louisville was named after King Louis XVI of France, but is celebrated as the all-American home of Muhammad Ali, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Louisville Slugger baseball bats and four of Kentucky’s seven Fortune 500 companies.

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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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How do you make sure your event is kept cigarette-butt free and smokers dispose of their debris safely?

Event Industry News

Smoking may be on the decline, but any event will still have attendees who want to smoke. How can you make sure smokers are properly managed – disposing of their debris safely and keeping to designated areas? In the seventies, half of all adults in the UK smoked and until the ban in 2007, it was common for many events to take place in fug of smoke with ashtrays on every table.

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Top 10 Apps For Executing Successful Trade Shows

Ins'Tent

Every year, millions of people visit trade shows across the United States. Whether it’s a tech expo or comic book convention, the average trade show visitor spends 5.5 hours at one of these events. It’s your job to convert these visitors into bonafide customers. Manual methods just won’t cut it. The most successful trade exhibits all incorporate the latest technology.

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People’s Choice now open for votes for Event Tech Awards!

Event Industry News

The vote is open for event professionals to choose their favourite event technology supplier to win the People’s Choice at the Event Technology Awards (ETA) 2019. . The accolade is awarded to the three top-most popular event tech providers – as decided completely by the industry – in the form of gold, silver and bronze. Making the shortlist this year are AllSeated, ASP, Bizzabo, Brella, CadmiumCD, D2i Systems, EventsCase Ltd, Freeman, Goomeo, MeetingPlay, One World Rental & Hire Tablets, Ta

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Hall of Fame Triathlete Siri Lindley’s Race to Find Herself

Connect Your Meetings

Hall of Fame Triathlete. Thirteen-time World Cup Champion. Wife, author, speaker, coach, philanthropist. There isn’t much that Siri Lindley can’t do. But, if there is one thing Lindley struggled with, it was her quest to accept she was gay and love herself regardless of her sexuality. Lindley’s path was riddled with anxiety and doubt. Through her voyage of self-discovery, she was able to embrace her sexuality and tackle her biggest obstacles: literally and metaphorically.

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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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Eventbrite’s Struggles Deepen as a Public Company

Skift

Attendees at MozFest at Ravensbourne University London. Dom Pates / Flickr Skift Take: One has to wonder whether Eventbrite's struggles as a public company will make the event-tech sector less attractive to investors in the future. — Andrew Sheivachman Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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REM seizes the moment at Bristol International Balloon Fiesta

Event Industry News

Event management company, REM, demonstrated its on-the-ground logistical management at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. While difficult weather conditions cancelled recent events up and down the country last weekend including Boardmasters and Houghton Festival , REM acted in a pre-emptive strike and brought the opening forward by seven hours.

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What's New At InGo

InGo

At InGo, we believe in the limitless value of your event community’s relationships. In 2019, we are improving and dramatically extending the community building experience by answering an attendees' most important question: “Which of my professional connections are also attending?” Imagine your most valuable event community member who has hundreds of other industry leaders and buyers in her network let’s call her Susan.

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Extended licences for pubs during Edinburgh’s festivals put city at risk

Event Industry News

Bars and pubs have had their licences extended to 5am during festivals in Scotland’s capital to accommodate the celebrations. However, Scottish Police Federation east area committee chair, Andy Malcolm, has criticised the move, stating that the subsequent increase in drunken offenders puts a strain on emergency services. He continued to claim that the extension of drinking hours is breached main objectives of the Licensing Act 2005 which was created to prevent crime and disorder, secure public s

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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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Top Christmas Party Venues in Birmingham

Eventsforce

If there’s one event type that stresses out event planners more than it really should it’s the Christmas party. What will people like? What will they want to do? Will they want to stay out? The list of questions that run through an organiser’s mind is seemingly endless. However, good planning is the answer. Understanding your budget you have and the expectations of people is equally important and puts you firmly on the path to developing a great event.

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tfconnect expands team with new industry expert

Event Industry News

tfconnect, the event and exhibition industry’s global talent partner, welcomes industry expert, Kim Willis, to the team. Kim is a very experienced exhibition industry senior executive who has, for the last seven years, run her own consulting business providing interim CEO support to ITE Plc in India and SE Asia, and business development Tarsus Group PLC in Indonesia.

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Anniversary Celebration for CrossIron Mills Calgary

Tigris Events

[…]. The post Anniversary Celebration for CrossIron Mills Calgary appeared first on Leading the Canadian Industry in Dynamic Event Staffing & Experiential Marketing.

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DRPG enhances its global digital team

Event Industry News

Three digital project managers have joined the global digital team at creative communications company, DRPG. Beth Regan and Leanne Freer joined the rapidly growing digital team having climbed the career ladder together at Spark 44, a creative agency serving brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley. . During their time there, they moved from content authors to digital project managers, leading teams to deliver websites and apps for clients and kickstarting successful careers in project managem

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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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How to Find the BEST Venue for Your Upcoming Event

ePly

Event planning is a fun and exciting process, but it has lots of components you have to be on top of! All these details, when given enough attention, will help make your next event a true success. One of these important components is picking a venue for your event. While this may seem like a simple task, there are a lot of things to keep in mind when selecting the perfect location.

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How to Build a Special Event Venue from Scratch

Special Events

Adding your own event venue to your portfolio can be a great asset; here are tips on making it a success.

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Get Interactive with This New Travel Tech Platform

SmartMeetings

Have you ever watched a video and wondered, “Where is that place?” And even after a session of deep searching, you just can’t seem to find it. Clicktivated , an interactive video platform, is aiming to fix that problem. With this platform, interactive videos allow users to find out further information about a destination’s attractions without having to search for each individual location.

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Venue Spotlight: Top Christmas Party Venues in Birmingham

Eventsforce

If there’s one event type that stresses out event planners more than it really should it’s the Christmas party. What will people like? What will they want to do? Will they want to stay out? The list of questions that run through an organiser’s mind is seemingly endless. However, good planning is the answer. Understanding your budget you have and the expectations of people is equally important and puts you firmly on the path to developing a great event.

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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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How Regular Sales Events Help Your Bottom Line

Eagle's Flight Corporate Events

Planning regular events for your sales team is a lot of work, but the good news is, there are a lot of benefits to getting your sales force together. For most organizations, the sales team tends to be dispersed over geographical regions in order to best serve clients. However, this structure can lead to sales reps feeling less than connected to the organization.

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With Conference Success Comes Burnout

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

From 2015 to 2019 Mark Scully’s Learn Inbound conferences have had continuous year on year growth. Before his conference, there were no world-class inbound marketing events in Ireland. He set the standard, but at what cost to him? “Those few weeks of planning and executing the event are incredibly hard on the body. The lack of sleep takes its toll. It will mentally drain you.

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Play With Your Food: Making Event Centered Meals More Fun

Coterie Spark

Here’s a fact of life: People need to eat. Whether you are hosting a conference, retreat, meeting, or any kind of event, you are likely to be providing food items to your guests. One of the biggest mistakes you can make as you wade through budget management is ignoring the importance of food and beverage. Attendees rarely notice a cut in decor, or an entertainment scale back, but they will notice (and talk about) food shortages and food quality. .