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How to Host a Virtual Event

Eventbrite UK

In today’s hyper-connected world, you don’t always need a physical location in order to host a successful event. Instead of booking a venue, ask attendees to join your virtual event from their workplace, their home office or their hotel room. What is a virtual event? It doesn’t matter if your presenters, speakers, lecturers or invitees […]. The post How to Host a Virtual Event appeared first on Eventbrite UK.

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Experiential Learning Ideas to Engage Event Attendees

Evenium

The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius once said: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” The simple idea of learning through doing – also known as experiential learning – has long been recognized as a beneficial approach in education and the classroom. Experiential learning approaches: Accelerate learning by bridging the gap between theory and practice by letting learners apply what is being taught Increase engagement levels through collaboration Enable personaliz

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10 Reasons Why Mobile Event Apps Fail

Stova

If you want to plan a successful event, mobile event apps are a critical piece of the puzzle. A user-friendly app with fun, engaging features is a powerful tool. But on the flip side, an app with clunky software, irrelevant content or an overwhelming interface can sink an event. Avoid these 10 common event planning mistakes to ensure a smooth, successful app experience.

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5 Different Ways to Describe Your Event

Picatic by Eventbrite

After putting pen to paper (or cursor to Google Doc) and crafting a stellar event description, you’re in a strong place to kick off promotions for your event. Now comes the fun part: versioning out your copy to suit each channel you’ll be using to advertise your event. That’s because you can’t just copy and […].

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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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The 15 Biggest Fintech Conferences

GEVME

The sphere of fintech technologies is developing at a surprisingly rapid pace. Every year, a huge number of international professional conferences are held throughout the world, where very important issues are discussed. Let’s check out the top fintech events for the upcoming year! Opportunities that open up at fintech conferences. Visiting events related to the financial sector provides a bright and useful perspective for any business as it sets a vector for further development in the industry.

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The Second Wave of Sustainability

PCMA Convene

The terrace at COOKFOX. (Photo by Eric Laigne). The intersection of Broadway and West 57th Street in midtown Manhattan is one of the busiest neighborhoods in New York City — at most hours of the day, the streets are congested with noisy buses, trucks, and cars, and the sidewalks are filled with quick-moving pedestrians. But on a Tuesday afternoon in early September, as I stood 17 floors above the pavement, the word that kept coming to mind was “bucolic.

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How to Organize an Awards Ceremony

Eventtia

Whether you are planning an award ceremony to thank your employees for their hard work or you are looking to recognize professionals in your industry for their success, these festivities are a great opportunity to gather everyone together to say thanks. In this article we will highlight how to plan a show-stopping awards ceremony.

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Reinventing the Health-Care Conference

PCMA Convene

Marilyn Carlson Nelson, co-CEO, Carlson Holdings Inc., and emeritus public trustee of the Mayo Clinic, talked at last year’s Manova Summit about how to make health care more affordable, accessible, and higher quality. When the inaugural Manova summit welcomed more than 1,000 attendees and 100-plus speakers to the Minneapolis Convention Center Oct. 8–11 last year, it was an “experiment,” Kathy Tunheim, a partner at Manova, recently told Convene.

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Top 10 Academic Venues: Swansea University Events & Hospitality

Event Industry News

Swansea University Events & Hospitality has everything your event needs…. Uniquely offering two first class campuses, one set in a park and another on a beach, we have been hosting events of all shapes and sizes in Swansea for almost a century amongst our hundreds of affordable and versatile meeting rooms. Whether you need a large lecture theatre, or a smaller main plenary space with lots of nearby breakout rooms for networking sessions, it can be accommodated at Swansea University.

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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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5 Influential Events To Keep Your Eye On This Year

InGo

The exhibition industry is thriving worldwide. According to 2019’s Oxford Economics and Events Industry Council , the exhibition industry produces an economic output of $198 billion in total global GDP, including direct, indirect, and induced GDP impacts. As the exhibition industry’s worldwide revenue continues to grow, the value of person-to-person meetings has also skyrocketed.

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Eventuality Group appoints 2 new non-executive directors

Event Industry News

The event and drinks industry company, Eventuality Group, has appointed senior industry figures, Nick Morgan and David Haimes, as non-executive directors. . David Haimes. Former ITSU CEO Mr Haimes, will be an adviser to the Group, which holds The Cocktail Service and Bar Nation in its portfolio. Mr Morgan, CEO of We Are The Fair and We Are Placemaking, will help Bar Nation with its strategic development.

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Dustynne and Fraser’s Country Chic Wedding at Kurtz Orchards

EventSource

Dustynne and Fraser’s country chic wedding at the stunning Gracewood Estate at Kurtz Orchards is truly a breath of fresh air. The couple, who met through mutual friends, created a day filled with modern flair and the most darling details — all of which added to the natural beauty of their venue. Of course when you have the brilliant minds at Shaw Events at the helm, it’s pretty much a given that you’ll have a wedding as gorgeous as this one.

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Benchmark Collective

Event Industry News

Benchmark Collective provide sales and customer service support to events of every shape and size. We utilise years of onsite exhibition sales experience to provide a range of affordable resource, coaching and consultancy solutions. Our team support, empower and advise sales teams to improve client retention and cash flow through a focus on onsite rebook.

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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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A Quick Guide to Marketing Your Event Using Social Media

InitLive

In today's climate, the best way to attract attention and attendance to any event is through social media. People are more likely to learn about what's going on in the community through quick check-ins to their favorite online media channels because they tend to look at those sites several times throughout every day. A strategic plan for getting your message out into the world can help ensure a successful event. 1.

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Event Tech Spotlight: Sava Events

Event Industry News

Company name: Sava Events Founded: 1 st December 2017 Web address: [link]. About: Sava Events is a SaaS tool created to cater to events of all sizes, types and industries. It helps you add a custom agenda, speakers and sponsors widget to your website, build native mobile apps for iOS and Android, launch your own branded chatbot, enable live audience engagement through Q&A and speaker rating.

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12 Imaginative Events from Intuit

Bizzabo

Learn about Intuit’s event strategy and how you can improve your company's in-person and digital gatherings through these great examples. Intuit is a California-based software company that makes tools for small business owners and financial professionals. And while the company's name may not be instantly recognizable to the masses, their products are.

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Getting Buy-In for Green Events

PCMA Convene

The 6.75-acre green roof at New York City’s Javits Center is home to 29 different species of birds, five bat species, and thousands of honeybees. (Photo Courtesy Javits Center). Mercedes Hunt, the founder and owner of Map & Compass Consulting, is a passionate advocate for event sustainability. Years of experience, as well as years of academic research, have revealed to her the secret of success in the operation of sustainability programs at event venues.

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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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19 Lit Letter Ideas to Brand Your Event

eventplanner

Decoration is always a challenge, especially if your budget is limited or you’re stuck on how to transform the venue. Luckily, lit letters can be a good idea for your space.

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Using AI to personalize the conference attendee experience

Eventbase

Today, conference organizers cater to a wide range of interests by creating complex, multi-track agendas that appeal to a broad audience. The sessions are as diverse as they are plentiful, and conference organizers generally tie them all together by a common theme in the keynote and spotlight sessions. This strategy enables a level of event personalization — the conference becomes configurable by providing attendees with options such as concurrent sessions and problem-based or role-based tracks

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Live Events Rule as Full-Funnel Engagement Channel [Research]

G2Planet

Despite the amount of attention focused on digital interaction technologies like social media and chatbots, old-school marketing channels like email and (even older-school) live events still perform best.

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AllSeated’s Top 4 Highlights from IMEX

All Seated

If you haven’t yet attended IMEX – the CES of trade shows for event planners in North America – it’s time to put it on your must-attend list. (Save the date alert: IMEX Frankfurt is May 12-14, 2020 and IMEX America is September 15-17, 2020 in Las Vegas.). The AllSeated team is back and almost fully recovered from this amazing event. Take a look at the official numbers from organizers to understand why IMEX is so inspiring (and why we’re still exhausted ): 13,500 total participants. 76,000 total

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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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What Did We Think of IMEX America 2019? – Event Brew #003

Endless Events

Because it was an event with so much to unpack, today we’re bringing you the IMEX America 2019 highlights! But this time around, we’re doing it Event Brew style. You already know this is the best podcast in the industry to learn what event professionals talk about behind closed doors. It’s your time to relax and get to the nitty-gritty of all the hottest topics and trends, unfiltered.

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