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How to Conduct Active Listening at Your Events

Eventtia

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Using event technology to personalize the pre-event attendee experience

Eventbase

In the run up to your conference there are opportunities to create lasting first impressions on the attendee experience. After all, the conference attendee’s journey begins long before the venue doors open on day one of your big show. Personalization plays an important role in shaping the early experiences for your attendees. Thanks to daily interactions with brands like Netflix, Google, and Amazon, today’s event attendees expect personalization in all areas of life — including corporate confere

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Event Pros: Get to Know the ‘Gender Fluid’ Generation

Special Events

As more members of Gen Z identify as "gender fluid," smart wedding planners will adapt.

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How to Build Your Event’s Brand on Eventbrite

Picatic by Eventbrite

Event-goers come to Eventbrite’s event discovery site every day to find things to do. They search by date, price range, place, and category to drill down to experiences just right for them. If your event matches what they’re looking for, it will appear in their search results. But just because your event comes up does not […].

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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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Emmys 2019 Preview: See This Year's Colorful 'Brilliance in Motion' Theme

BizBash

The Television Academy's official after-party will have a dramatic ceiling installation, a menu of small plates, and a new philanthropic mission.

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Wellness for Business Travel Is an Uphill Slog

Skift

Hilton Singapore introduced wellness options for meetings and events. Hilton Skift Take: It only makes sense that business travel — including meetings and conventions — would incorporate more aspects of the wellness movement. While industrywide changes are happening, it’s debatable whether they’ve made a real impact on the lives of business travelers yet. — Leslie Barrie Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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Passion to Project: Love Trail Running Create Social Sporting Events

Eventbrite UK

As a triathlon coach, Rodger Wilkins knows all about competition. Checking your fitness tracker, striving for a new personal best, collecting medals – it’s easy to get swept up in these things. But what about running for fun? Instead of sprinting to the finish line, the Love Trail Running (LTR) team place an emphasis on […]. The post Passion to Project: Love Trail Running Create Social Sporting Events appeared first on Eventbrite UK.

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Industry associations unite in support of The Business of Events

Event Industry News

The Business of Events (TBOE) has announced ABPCO, HBAA, IACC, ICCA, MPI, PCMA and UKinbound as supporting associations for its upcoming series of events. Designed to engage, support and promote the UK event industry, TBOE will take place during November 2019. The agreements with the supporting associations will allow TBOE to leverage its relationship with some of the event industry’s best-known and most respected organisations, giving it access to a highly engaged global audience of meetings an

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The Top 10 Event Planning Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Stova

As an event planner, you’re a natural problem solver. But when you’re knee-deep in the planning process, problem on top of problem is just plain unpleasant. To help you be as prepared as possible, we’ve compiled a list of the top ten event challenges planners face today, along with tips on how to overcome them.

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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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Event Tech Live’s first exhibitor masterclass hailed a success

Event Industry News

Exhibitors of Event Tech Live enjoyed a day filled with networking, refreshments and top advice yesterday (11 th September) when they gathered at 1 Wimpole Street, London, to learn how to get the most out of the show. Offering ample opportunities to connect with fellow event professionals, the day was filled with presentations from industry experts including Matt Coyne from Visit by GES, Katie Morhen from 52eight3, Krystle Davis from AEO, Tim Groot and Laurie Delpino from Grip, Matt Rakowski fro

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12 Imaginative Events from Oracle

Bizzabo

Oracle hosts many creative and engaging events each year. In this article, we look at 12 of them and tease out the things that make each so successful. Oracle is an American technology company based in Redwood Shores, CA. It was founded in 1977 and just 41 years later it has become the third largest software company by revenue. Not bad, not bad at all!

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Podcast: Cvent discusses the power of podcasts for events

Event Industry News

On this week’s podcast, we discussed how podcasts can benefit live events. Offering their expertise on the subject was Cvent’s marketing manager, Brooke Gracey, and team lead, Cody Liskh from their offices in Portland, Oregon. As hosts of the How Great Events Happen podcast, Brooke and Cody were able to offer our podcast host, James Dickson, invaluable advice on how to use podcasts for events.

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6 Strategies for Retaining Your Best Volunteers

InitLive

Not all event volunteers are the same. The very best volunteers for your event are reliable, tech-savvy, eager to learn, and wonderfully adaptive to the public and to an environment with swiftly changing priorities. However, top volunteers have lots of options, and find what they're looking for elsewhere in a volunteer experience if they can't find it at yours.

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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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Searcys pilots new menu to reduce food waste across venues

Event Industry News

Market-leading events caterer and restaurateur Searcys is ensuring sustainability is at the heart of its business with the announcement of company-wide menu waste management targets across its venues. Catering for conferences, events and private parties, Searcys’ has introduced a new set of menu planning procedures, with the hope of reducing food and packaging waste by 20%.

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To Bid or Not To Bid: When NOT to Respond to An RFP

Event Leadership Institute

Few things get an event company owner more excited than a new Request For Proposal (other than perhaps winning said RFP). A fully fleshed out RFP means there’s a real event opportunity that they want you to bid on. You can see the dollar signs, and envision your team producing a stellar event. And the creative brainstorming process that will be unleashed is exhilarating.

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Episode 9: A.C.T. National hears final verdict in mock trial

Event Industry News

In the final episode of A.C.T. National’s mock trial, the jury considered the evidence that had been presented throughout the day and gave its final verdict. Unanimously, the jury found both defendants, Chris Woodford and John Crouchley, of Wheeldon Builders Ltd and Arkwright Components Ltd respectively, guilty. The court proceeded to sentence the defendants who were directed to stand before the judge.

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Why you should take Mobile App Testing Seriously?

NVOLV

Since the number of mobile users is increasing exponentially, it is imperative for businesses to invest in mobile app development. Whether it is a start-up or well-established enterprise, mobile apps can help in gaining customer attention and earning business revenue. It helps build brand image too. However, it is important to ensure quality because building a mobile app is not a piece of cake.

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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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the eastside rooms announces director of operations

Event Industry News

David Chrimes will join the eastside rooms as director of operations, ahead of the venue’s launch, spring 2020. David represents the first of a number of high-profile appointments arriving at the venue as the business looks to build a senior team of meetings and events specialists. . David joins the eastside rooms after gaining quality experience at Hilton, De Vere, Park Regis and The Belfry.

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Venue Contracts: Maximizing Your Choice of an Audiovisual Provider

Connect Your Meetings

Register for webinar. How would you handle an unanticipated budget increase of $40,000 because the venue’s contract had fine print that dictated your client had to use the in-house preferred supplier for all breakout rooms? Think this is far-fetched? Not at all – true story! This webinar outlines the “Buyer’s Right to Freedom of Choice” clause developed by the Exhibition Services & Contractors Association and lays out the 11 points of consideration for building maximum flexibility for choosi

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People’s Postcode Lottery to join sponsors of NOEA Awards

Event Industry News

The National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA) has agreed a partnership with People’s Postcode Lottery to sponsor one of the awards at the association’s annual Awards, 27 th November. The organisation has chosen to support the Small Event of the Year category at the ceremony, as part of its wish to encourage grass roots and growing events. . The People’s Postcode Lottery’s in-house events team of seven plans and delivers all internal and external events and celebrations.

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The Hidden Value In Your Slides: Using Micro-Content Analytics to Drive Meeting Value

Event Leadership Institute

“I see people at our conferences stand up and take pictures of slides with their phones. I want to know which slides they are. For all of our sessions.” I was sitting with a new client, the chief marketing officer of an investment bank, when he made this seemingly obvious, but rarely implemented, request. Two of the biggest imperatives facing planners today are ROI (demonstrating an event’s value) and “big data” (using analytics to glean useful insights on your attendees).

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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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Science Gallery London at King’s College London becomes the latest member of Unique Venues of London

Event Industry News

Unique Venues of London, the membership organisation for specialist properties in the capital, has announced its newest member: Science Gallery London. The association’s membership criteria include the venue being located within the M25 and demonstration of the venue’s singularity. Furthermore, the primary purpose of a potential member must not be hospitality, corporate hospitality, entertaining, catering events, meetings or conferences.

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Suzanne and Jamie’s Magical Wedding at Kurtz Orchards

EventSource

Suzanne and Jamie’s big day at Kurtz Orchards will make you believe that there’s nothing more magical than blending elegance with whimsy in the most picturesque setting. The brilliant minds at Shaw Events really outdid themselves with this stunning celebration that incorporated lots of dainty details with organic elements. Put it all together, and you get one amazing gallery captured by the talented Purple Tree Photography.

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Europe’s largest lantern and light festival launches in Manchester this winter

Event Industry News

Taking place at Heaton Park, Manchester’s largest historic park and Europe’s largest municipal park, Lightopia is a brand new, immersive and visually-dramatic lantern and light festival, that aims to fuse beautiful art installations with human experience. . The very first of its kind in the UK and Europe, Lightopia is an exploration of light, movement and form, beautifully captivating the senses with unique interactive and immersive lights, lanterns, installations and incredible lasers with wate

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Our Event Industry Conference Attendee Strategies – Event Brew #001

Endless Events

Time to brew some conference attendee strategies! Welcome to the first official episode of Event Brew, the best event industry podcast out there. And just in case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, this is the podcast that’s going to change your life. Every week, our extraordinary hosts get together to discuss the hottest topics in the industry.

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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.