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15 Virtual Event Sponsorship Ideas: Get Creative!

Endless Events

Last week, we explained how to deal and package your virtual event sponsorships. And today, we continue, with a second article about virtual event sponsorship ideas. Yes, convincing sponsors to be a part of your virtual event might seem like too daunting of a task. But just like we explained in the previous post, it’s not only necessary but also a plus for both parties involved.

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Free Meditation Apps for Event Planners on the Go

SmartMeetings

Event planning has often been cited as one of the most stressful jobs out there. Pile a global pandemic on top of that and it is a miracle that planners are still going strong. While we know you are resilient, hard-working and capable, everyone could use a little calm, especially now. Meditation and mindfulness practices can be great ways to reduce stress and re-center intentions.

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Embracing the Digital Opportunity

PCMA Convene

The COVID-19 pandemic forced business event planners to swiftly move canceled face-to-face events online, changing the digital event landscape forever. (Illustrations by Celyn Brazier). In March, despite the fact that the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) had never before offered an online education component to their annual meeting, the association converted a face-to-face meeting to a virtual one in just seven days.

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How to reset your attendee acquisition amidst a crisis

Event Industry News

By Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes, chief marketing strategist at mdg. Over the past couple of months, the world has changed in significant, unprecedented ways. As such, the approach to building live event audiences must change in significant, unprecedented ways. While no one knows exactly what the aftermath of the global COVID-19 pandemic will mean for the events industry, we expect to see two competing sentiments: lingering concerns about travel and mass gatherings and a pent-up demand for the comm

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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 Hygiene Guide: Hotel Cleaning Protocols for 2020 Reopenings

SmartMeetings

As hotels begin to reopen now and in the near future, many hotel companies are announcing new cleaning protocols to adapt to post-pandemic hygiene standards. Bookmark this page to stay up to date and to feel safe and reassured when booking your meetings. MGM Roars with a ‘7-Point Safety Plan’. With experience reopening its casino resort in Macau already under its belt, MGM Resorts International has released its plan for new health and safety protocols for its U.S. properties and resorts.

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3 Totally Valid Emotions You May be Feeling if Your Wedding Has Been Postponed (and how to deal with them)

EventSource

Planning a wedding can take over your life, especially as the date draws nearer. If you, like many other couples, were in the home stretch before COVID-19 hit, and your wedding has been postponed, you are likely feeling a lot of different emotions right now. When the pandemic first arrived, you were likely kept busy trying to rearrange all your vendors, guests and everything else to do with the day of.

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Virtual Events Take Center Stage: Pivoting Live Events to Virtual Experiences

Special Events

This special event pros shares tips on successfully pivoting live events to virtual events.

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18 Outdoor Dining Experiences Your Guests Won't Forget

eventplanner

Enjoying a lovely meal outside can be a delightful experience. Your attendees will never forget how it felt to eat at a beautiful table with simple and nature-inspired decorations and be surrounded by enchanting views.

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‘Project Confidence’ introduced as new cross association working group

Event Industry News

The Event Industry Alliance (EIA) – the collective associations of AEO, AEV and ESSA, is pleased to introduce its latest cross association working group initiative – ‘Project Confidence’. . The purpose of the group is to formulate and implement consistent, timely and relevant communications across the three sides of the events industry – event organisers, venues and suppliers – to inform and engage stakeholders on the work being done to facilitate the safe resurgence of events, at the earl

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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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Mental health during tumultuous times

Plan Your Meetings

In times of tumult, it’s easy to get caught up on nearly every major issue making the news. This is an ill-advised practice. It doesn’t matter on what side of the political spectrum you fall: These days, it’s easy to open a newspaper, surf the web, flip on the TV or tap your smartphone to find news items from around the world that are not to your liking.

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DRPG and Performing Artistes team up once again for virtual BBQ experience with celebrities Zoe Lyons and Russell Kane

Event Industry News

After the success of their last ‘Lockdown Dine In’, DRPG partnered once again with Performing Artistes to create a virtual dinner party complete with BBQ cook-along, interactive quiz and entertainment from top comedians including Zoe Lyons and Russell Kane. On Thursday 28th May guests tuned in to the feel-good themed broadcast, which encouraged them to cook along with the presenters on their BBQs or grills at home.

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Announcing: Glisser x etc.venues

Glisser

Event.Video will also be supporting Glisser and etc.venues in the UK to provide broadcast grade filming and production, alongside etc.venues in-house team who will provide support in the US.

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Animated Envelope Invitations

Sendo

Do you want to impress your party guests from the instant they open their email invitation ? With Sendo’s new animated envelope emails, you can do just that. Choose your favorite envelope liner, and get the party started! The envelopes are perfect for birthday parties, wedding events, baby showers, and more! Take a peek… Animated Envelope Invitation in Pink.

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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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BREAKING: WHO provides guidelines for mass events

eventplanner

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines for organizing mass events.

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The Exposure Podcast June 2020

The Expo Group

This month, Todd and Dana visit with psychology professor Dr. Shawn Bediako on when will people be ready to return to large events. Also, we discover that Dana is binging an old favorite and a quick monthly mindful moment to help you relax. This month, Todd and Dana visit with psychology professor Dr. Shawn Bediako on when will people be ready to return to large events.

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Reviewing Sub-Event Details in Event Queries

Caterease

The post Reviewing Sub-Event Details in Event Queries appeared first on Caterease.

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Virtual Event Engagement – illustrated

Planner WIre

Engaging your attendees in any setting is tough and in a virtual setting, it can seem downright daunting which is why for the next couple of episodes, we will be focusing on guests that have some unique ideas that will energize your event. First up is Dusty Folwarczny and Emma from Ink Factory. If you are not in the know, Ink Factory helps engage your audience, employees, and clients by bringing content to life by drawing real-time visual notes at events and meetings.

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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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20th Anniversary

Click & Pledge

Click & Pledge started 20 years ago as a small project to help a local United Way accept online payments… Over the years, we have grown to proudly serve tens of thousands of customers on five continents around the globe. As a result, our team has expanded throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia, to serve the needs of customers worldwide. We’ve celebrated milestones along the journey, like surpassing a billion dollars of processed donations, and launching our Click and Pledge Foundation, which h

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Not So Close! New Distancing Tool Eases Transition to F2F Meetings

All Seated

What should ballrooms look like when we are all back to meeting again? Meeting planners no longer have to worry about figuring that out. A new event-tech tool could smooth the return to meeting by making it easy to plan room layouts that take each region’s safety rules and recommendations into account. The post Not So Close! New Distancing Tool Eases Transition to F2F Meetings appeared first on AllSeated.

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How Venues and Event Planners Are Collaborating to Find New Ways Forward From Covid-19

Skift

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The Hybrid Event Spectrum Concept

Nth Degree

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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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Leadership, Events, Shackleton, Survival, and Hope

Conferences that Work

If you missed David Adler ‘s & my closing keynote Leadership, Events, Shackleton, Survival, and Hope at Untethered2020 , you can watch it at the end of this post. I’ve also included a lightly edited transcript, complete with timeline, so you can watch/listen/read as the fancy takes you. David and I structured this session as an unrehearsed conversation, so it’s a little rough — but I think that keeps it fresh!

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27 Strategies to Run a Successful Webinar

EventBank Insights

Running a webinar can be a daunting task and may not be a process you know very much about. However, companies around the world have been implementing webinars as part of their strategies in order to adapt to the changing business and social environments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Anyone can launch a webinar but to make a webinar successful is no easy task.

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The Ultimate Venue Guide 2020

Event Industry News

Only Donald Trump and a few flat earthers can really think COVID-19 will jump off a metaphorical cliff of its own volition. The rest of us are learning to live our lives around the virus while hoping for a breakthrough in treatment and, ultimately, a vaccine. In the meantime, with enquiries for Q3/Q4 and 2021 significantly up on this time last year, UK venues are prepared to provide a physical/ virtual/hybrid platform for events of every shape and priority.

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ETA People’s Choice – enter now

Event Industry News

Voted for, as the name suggests, by EIN readers, ETL visitors, and the public at large, the Event Technology Awards (ETA) People’s Choice opens for nominations today, Monday June 1, through to June 30. It’s a democratic process, highlighting teams, individuals, companies big and small, whose tech ingenuity, and its impact, deserves to be recognised.

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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.