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The Societal Impact of Business Events

EventMB

Skift Take: Geneviève Leclerc, Co-Founder & CEO of #Meet4Impact, in a conversation about measuring the impact of business events.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

Harris Sakalis Sakalis is executive chef for Fairmont Vancouver Airport’s Globe@YVR Restaurant and Jetside Lounge. Sakalis arrived in Canada from Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2016, at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta as executive chef, his most recent role. He has also worked as executive chef for Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda and Rosewood Abu Dhabi as chef de cuisine.

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Hot Topics, Top Fees: 2023 Speaker Study

MeetingsNet

The newest Speaking Industry Benchmark Report is out with details on this year’s hot topics, what speakers are charging (and what planners are paying), and more. Demand is hot for speakers who address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. In fact, event professionals are just as eager to find DEI-focused speakers as those who address time-honored topics around leadership and motivation.

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Lead Management for Small Businesses: How to Compete with Limited Resources

MLeads

In today’s competitive business landscape, small enterprises often face the challenge of effectively managing leads with limited resources. However, by implementing smart strategies and utilizing cost-effective tools, small businesses can successfully manage their leads and level the playing field against larger competitors. In this blog post, we will explore various tips and tricks for optimizing lead management in small businesses with limited resources.

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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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Are You an Event Technologist—but Your Bosses Don’t Know It?

MeetingsNet

A recent MeetingsNet webinar addressed the role of event technologist in both strategy and logistics, and how planners seeking to be one can get their executives to buy into this now-critical skill set. Although the Covid pandemic is firmly in the rear-view mirror, the waves it created across the business-events industry will be permanent. A far greater reliance on technology has come to the meeting-planning task, producing a new role that many planners don’t realize has an actual name: event te

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How to Craft Your Perfect Event Invitation Email From Scratch: Tips and 6 Free Invitation Email Templates

Event Smart

Event creators, event organizers, and event marketers know that event invitation emails are hard to write. However, if done right, an event invitation email will lead to successful event promotion. On the other hand, if done wrong, it will lead to a waste of effort and poor return on investment.

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Expanded Event Technology Awards open for submissions on 1st April

Event Industry News

The Event Technology Awards (ETA) 2023 opens for entries on 1st April with five more categories. A product of exhaustive research, the Best Immersive Brand Experience, Best Metaverse Experience, Best Audio Visual Supplier, Best Event Technologist and Best CTO awards throw the coveted recognition out to a greater number of innovators.

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Reno Tahoe works hard to make event planning easy.

Smart Meetings

Let’s face it, there’s more to hosting a successful event than inviting people to an appealing destination. A lot more. When it comes down to taking care of business, Reno Tahoe has everything you could ask for. Starting with our team of experienced planning professionals. Whether it’s helping to find unique venues or connecting you with trusted local resources, our staff will work closely with you every step of the way to create the event you’ve imagined Reno Tahoe offers several benefits that

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Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance applauds Kentucky Space Rental Tax Revision

Event Industry News

The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) applauds the Kentucky General Assembly and Governor Andy Beshear for adopting a common-sense revision to the commonwealth’s sales tax on space rental for face-to-face business events.

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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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Now Playing: Sun, Surf & Luxury in Los Angeles

Smart Meetings

While centennial legends like The Hollywood Sign, The Biltmore Los Angeles, and the LA Memorial Coliseum stand as architectural testimonies to Los Angeles’ romance with history, it’s LA’s next big things happening that solidifies the destination’s endless love affair with not only ‘what once was’ but also … ‘what’s next?’ Learn More The Capital of Creativity, LA has an appeal to meeting and event professionals that extends beyond Downtown’s core and into its distinct regions – including Lo

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What Exactly Is the Metaverse? Here’s One Expert’s Take.

PCMA Convene

Phygtl founder Tommaso Di Bartolo, who spoke remotely for his Convening Leaders 2023 session, said of the metaverse, “What we are embarking on is to connect the physical and the digital world.” Convene editors gathered ideas and insights from a variety of sources to examine what the metaverse is and how business events professionals are and will be using it in the future.

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How to successfully manage events: A complete guide

Socio Events

Being an event manager is a big deal—and a lot of hard work. But it pays off in the most satisfying way when a large event makes a meaningful impact on the business, whether through earned revenue, brand awareness, or another goal achieved. From planning and logistics to day-of mic checks and pivots, event managers keep the show running smoothly so attendees can enjoy the experience and sponsors realize positive ROI.

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How the Metaverse Can Solve the Limitations of Physical Events

PCMA Convene

7-Eleven CEOs from 18 countries met in a summit hosted virtually in Allseated’s 3D digital experience platform. Convene editors gathered ideas and insights from a variety of sources to examine what the metaverse is and how business events professionals are and will be using it in the future. This is one in a series of stories (see list at bottom) from the March/April issue of Convene.

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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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Things to Consider When Hiring an Experiential Marketing Agency

Tigris Events

[…] The post Things to Consider When Hiring an Experiential Marketing Agency appeared first on Leading the Canadian Industry in Dynamic Event Staffing, Event Planning & Experiential Marketing.

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New Whitepaper: Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Should be a Priority for Event Planners

Eventscase Blog

Current data point to several deficiencies when it comes to adopting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the events industry. This reality does not only pervade the realm of attendees, but it is also experienced by event organisers themselves. In this new whitepaper, we are going to explore the importance of DEI in the context of events. We are going to remind you of the importance of inclusion, the different types of diversity, the common barriers we all have to overcome, as well as pract

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your next destinations for incentive travel

SevenEvents

a lot of companies use incentive travel to motivate their employees, it also gives the chance to reward your staff for all of their hard work and achievements. there are many different options to choose from for your incentive, it can be long haul or short haul, it can be international or local, it is completely up to you. here at seven events, we have a lot of experience when it comes to incentive travel programs and are here to help plan the perfect one for you and your colleagues. below we ha

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Jazzing Up Your Entertainment

Special Events

The latest entertainment trends to level up your next event

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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!