Wed.Sep 09, 2020

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How Event Creators Are Using Eventbrite to Help with Social Distancing

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As venues start to open back up under COVID-19 regulations, event organizers are looking for ways to follow guidelines while reaching their business goals and bringing live event experiences back to their audiences. But they’re facing a number of challenges that they haven’t seen before. With regulations on in-person gatherings rapidly evolving, being able to […].

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New Research Finds that Event Speaker Panels Are Still Not Diverse

EventMB

While 2020 has seen a major shift in priorities, the issue of systemic racism is front and center. The event industry must do better, and speaker selection is an easy but essential first step. We looked at 150 events to determine how diverse our speaker panels really are. The work of operating more diverse, inclusive, […]. The post New Research Finds that Event Speaker Panels Are Still Not Diverse by Keneisha Williams appeared first on [link].

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Set up an Event With Multiple Dates

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If you have an event with multiple dates or time slots, you need to choose the setup that best fits your event needs before getting started. There are two ways to set up multi-date events. This article will help you decide which setup is best for your event. Multiple dates and times with different details […].

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How Event Creators Are Using Eventbrite to Help with Social Distancing

Eventbrite UK

As venues start to open back up under COVID-19 regulations, event organisers are looking for ways to follow guidelines while reaching their business goals and bringing live event experiences back to their audiences. But they’re facing a number of challenges that they haven’t seen before. With regulations on in-person gatherings rapidly evolving, being able to […].

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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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Doncaster Racecourse told to stop spectators attending St Leger meeting

Event Industry News

Doncaster Racecourse has been told by local health officials to stop spectators attending its St Leger meeting after Wednesday’s opening day. “On the grounds of public health and public safety I have instructed the course to hold the St Leger Festival behind closed doors from tomorrow,” said Dr Rupert Suckling, director of Public Health for Doncaster.

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5 Reasons Why and 5 Ways to Bring Meditation Into Your Virtual Event

PCMA Convene

The practice of mindful movement, which can include basic and safe stretching, uses the body as the anchor of our awareness and can be guided seated or standing. A number of virtual events, including Symphony Talent’s Transform event , have introduced meditation breaks as a way to help attendees focus and provide some stress relief during the continuing COVID-19 crisis.

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New Virtual Event Platform Features that Boost Attendee Engagement

Stova

What’s better than new event technology that creates transformative experiences for audiences? As virtual event trailblazers, we at MeetingPlay are constantly innovating to create new solutions that not only boost attendee engagement, but help event organizers to understand the impact of their events. We want every attendee to leave our clients' events feeling like they have gained something truly valuable from attending.

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Neptunus provides social distancing facilities for Lancing College pupils

Event Industry News

Lancing College, an independent boarding and day school in southern England, appointed Neptunus to provide two temporary facilities which are being used as a canteen and an additional classroom to comply with the rules of social distancing. The facilities will be in place for six months until February 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic prevented students from attending school, but now that the virus is decreasing and the NHS Test and Trace system is up and running, the government asked schools to prepa

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Prepare Your Presenters to Give Their Best Performances at Online Events

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

There’s no one way to host an event, whether that be in-person or in cyberspace. As such, there’s no one way to deliver a talk anymore, especially if it’s geared towards a virtual audience. Thankfully, we’ve had some time now to learn about the options that are out there. As we began work on Vito in March, we started our own series of online events and, as part of that, we’ve since worked with a host of different presenters with different styles, opinions, experience, and backgrounds.

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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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Together Again Expo joins Texas Live Events Coalition to launch Hometown Series in Dallas, TX

Event Industry News

Alliance Nationwide Exposition is partnering with the Texas Live Events Coalition to host the first Together Again Expo Hometown Series on October 23, 2020, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, TX. In addition to the expo and education portion of the meeting, this event will include a socially distanced concert Thursday night. This concert will be a chance for the industry to have a night of celebration filled with music, food, and drinks.

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Eventbrite Wants You To Do Well

Eventbrite UK

Taking care of ourselves – and each other – has always been important, but perhaps not as top-of-mind or impactful to our overall well being as this year. Throughout 2020, we’ve been faced with unexpected and emotional triggers from living through a global health pandemic, a significant civil rights movement, an important U.S. Presidential Election […].

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Going Remote: New Realities for Virtual Employee Engagement 

Opus Agency

Raise your hand if you have found the past six months of remote work exhausting. Not taking into account the broader issues surrounding us—our families’ health and safety, online schooling, civil rights protests, the U.S. election cycle—our exhaustion is coming from the changing realities of remote work. Our working worlds have changed. Our teams […].

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Roller-Skating Carhops? How One CVB Took a Retro Approach to Safely Showcase its Dining Scene

PCMA Convene

The roller-skating servers surprised the crowd with a flash-mob dance performance. (Photos courtesy Newport Beach & Company). The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing organizations to get creative, finding new tech solutions and enforcing strict safety protocols to convene in-person events. To promote the first-ever Newport Beach Restaurant Month with a safe, socially distanced media event, Newport Beach & Company found that a retro approach — including drive-in restaurants and roller-skating ca

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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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Sarah and Damian’s European Style Wedding at Magna Golf Club

EventSource

With a sophisticated outdoor ceremony and an indoor reception that beautifully balances rustic charm with timeless style, Sarah and Damian’s wedding at Magna Golf Club has subtle provincial charm with off-the-charts elegance! The brilliant planner Shealyn Angus Weddings & Events helped create the wedding of the couple’s dreams, and Purple Tree Wedding Photography truly captured the joy and love-filled nature of their big day.

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DRPG looks to the future at virtual summer conference

Event Industry News

Global creative communications group DRPG held their annual summer conference this year as the need to contend with COVID-19 saw the team come together virtually, on Tuesday 8th September. The conference was attended by its 350 team members of the DRPG team across the wider group. Normally a full day’s itinerary, however using the 3 studios at its 212 headquarters and new Windsor media centre created an eventful afternoon filled with business updates and an insight into the future.

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How Venue Management Software Can Help in the Age of COVID-19

Event Guru

Our venue management software is designed to provide event professionals and venues with all the information they need to organize successful events. Like so many industries, the event industry has been rocked to its core due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, event managers and venues need venue management software they can trust. It’s always been important to stay organized but now the health of guests depends on It.

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Faculty Webinar: Navigating the Future of Events

PCMA Convene

The world of events is changing. Organizations and their members have now embraced the idea of digital meetings and events, something that many may have never considered before. Our experts, Hud Englehart and Jim Russell, will discuss where the industry was, how it is transitioning, and what they see for the future.

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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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Fairyscope

Event Industry News

Fairyscope is a Swedish company that partner with event organisers to supply an award-winning and sustainable win-win-win solution for all parties. Through a stand-alone digital service, exhibitors can distribute their marketing materials, generate additional leads and measure their ROI for the event. The visitors can easily capture, store, share and sort information of interest.

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Webinar: Re-Designing for Engagement in a Virtual Environment

PCMA Convene

In the past few months, the rapid adoption of virtual events and meetings have upended the events landscape and forced event professionals to rethink how participants engage, interact and communicate through a screen. How do you re-design your virtual events to effectively break through the noise to engage a distant (and often distracted) audience? Join this session to learn the principles (and tools) behind experience design, hear from case examples, that will enable your next virtual event to

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How to Scale Your Event with These 5 Steps

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When running a recurring event, you may discover that scaling is needed. Thanks to increased brand awareness and public interest, you’ll need to expand and grow your event. That’s good news, right?

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Imagination creates Ford Horizon – A Virtual Platform for Ford to host next generation interactive experiences

Event Industry News

Imagination has been working on an exciting new initiative for Ford of Europe which broke on 2 nd September, a brand new platform named Ford Horizon which will be the home for the automotive giant’s virtual experiences and events. Ford Horizon is a bespoke platform with single sign-on functionality that takes the audience away from the usual zoom-type call and into a designed and curated experience with rich interactivity, wrapped around next-level content.

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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.