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8 Hacks to Organize and Declutter Your Email Inbox for Good

Picatic by Eventbrite

Event planners are notorious for being hyper-organized. But there is one unspoken chaos in your life that few people know about — the overflowing state of your email inbox. You know the feeling — with every notification, you see the giant pile of unread messages getting bigger. Some persistent emails clog every event manager’s inbox, […]. The post 8 Hacks to Organize and Declutter Your Email Inbox for Good appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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Extended Reality for Events: The Next Frontier in Event Technology

EventMB

Extended reality (XR) is taking businesses by storm, opening up opportunities for easy remote access and faster, safer learning. The emergence of augmented experiences—the strongest application of extended reality—has revealed an intriguing new playground for event technology. I get asked very often about what’s next in event technology. The past three waves of eventtech trends […].

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25 Event Trends Predictions for 2019

Eventbrite UK

Feeling excited about 2019 and all the opportunities the new year will bring? You should be! We asked 25 event professionals to tell us the key factors they think will shape the events industry next year and their answers paint an optimistic future. They believe events will become more focused on well-being, on creating emotions […]. The post 25 Event Trends Predictions for 2019 appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Easy A(R): Simple Ways to Add the High-Tech Trend to Events

BizBash

Augmented reality isn’t a new technology. But in terms of events, it’s still in its infancy, slowly inching its way.

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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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2019 Event Trends That Will Change the Path of Events

Endless Events

The year 2019 is almost upon us. How will the events industry fare this year, and what trends will rule the roost when it comes to event planners’ priorities? Let’s take a look at these trends and how you can ride their waves successfully. 2019 Event Trends: Your Audience Craves Authenticity. Infusing Events With Hands-On Experiences. Brain Dates: Networking 2.0.

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Make Your Events More Theatrical – #EventIcons Episode 141

Endless Events

A great event is very similar to a great theatrical production. There is the grand entrance , the setting, a narrative, building the story, emotions, and an ending that makes us think. On top of a storyline, there is the technical side with set changes, technology to enhance the experience and a cast that brings it all to life. It makes sense to make your events more theatrical to enhance the attendee experience.

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Zenus: Event Tech Award winning facial recognition solutions

Event Industry News

Zenus is the market leader of face recognition solutions in the events industry. As a premier technology provider, we excel in large-scale applications and optimal user experience. To make a high-end technology accessible at an affordable price , we work with registration companies which integrate and distribute our service. Zenus has powered approximately 50 events in the past 12 months offering amazing support to both event planners and registration companies.

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This Holiday-Theme Art Exhibit Gives New Meaning to the Word 'Immersive'

BizBash

Los Angeles-based visual artist Alexa Meade is known for painting whimsical, 3-D spaces that create the appearance of a two-dimensional.

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Making Vinyl Event Expands Offerings, Audience

PCMA Convene

The Making Vinyl convention delves into the rebirth of vinyl records. (Carmen Segova illustration). Bryan Ekus and Larry Jaffee met 20 years ago while both were working in the compact disc-making industry. While the CD might be dead (for now, at least), the two friends and music lovers — Ekus, president of media manufacturing group Colonial Purchasing Co-Op, and Jaffee, a communications professional and New York Institute of Technology professor — recognized over the past few years that the revi

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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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TOP 10 event trends in 2019 and how to measure which works best for you

Eventory

What are the ten hottest event trends for 2019? To answer this questions I have examined trends in four event-related areas. My research covered trends in event management, current trends in event planning, corporate event trends and technology trends in event management. Are you interested what are my discoveries? Do you want to know how to pick event trends that will work best in your strategy?

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Kinetic win ‘Best Venue Booking Solution’

Event Industry News

Kinetic was founded in 1998 with one aim: To develop the most innovative software to help unique venues and conferencing teams deliver the best customer experiences possible. Fast forward 20 years, our focus remains the same, with our Kx user base stretching across the UK, North America, Australasia, Europe and Malaysia. When we say ‘we understand your business’, we mean it.

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3 Companies Score Big at IBTM World’s Tech Watch Awards

Smart Meetings

Tech companies Zenus, Fielddrive and Kubify each recently won a 2018 IBTM World Tech Watch Award , the longest-running industry prize of its kind. Taking home this year’s awards were Zenus and Fielddrive. Though originally separate applicants, the two companies were judged together due to their interlinked nature. The joint-effort won them first place out of a list of nine finalists, earned by receiving the largest number of online votes from members of the MICE industry.

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Vote for events industry cause “Events for Namuwongo” in the Charity Film Awards!

Event Industry News

Events for Namuwongo (EFN) was established in September 2011 by Events Industry leaders at the Global Event Summit who decided to create an industry cause. Led by Chris Hughes ( Brand Events ) as Chairman and Trevor Foley ( tfconnect ) as CEO of the charity, EFN has raised over £900,000 – an absolutely brilliant contribution – that has meant huge improvements to the basic living conditions of the estimated 30,000 people in the slum community of Namuwongo in Uganda.

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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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TSNN Interviews a2z & Personify

a2z Innovation Insider

We are very excited about the compelling unification of a2z and Personify in the marketplace! The coming together of the two leading innovative technology platforms will result in enhanced audience engagement and more frictionless operations for users in the exhibition, conference, and meeting industry space. On Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, Rachel Wimberly, President of TSNN, will be interviewing Eric Thurston, President & CEO of Personify, and Rajiv Jain, Managing Director of a2z, to explore th

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Digital Construction Week acquired by Diversified Communications

Event Industry News

Diversified Communications UK is delighted to announce the acquisition of Digital Construction Week – the UK’s leading trade show dedicated to digital construction, engineering, design, manufacturing, and operation. Digital Construction Week (DCW), which has grown rapidly since its launch event in 2015, has become known for its comprehensive, high-quality seminar and conference programme and for the seniority of delegates who annually attend.

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20 Dallas Event Venues Your Attendees Will Love

Bizzabo

From aerial performance spaces to the world famous AT&T Stadium, there are plenty of Dallas event venues to choose from. But when hosting a gathering your guests won't soon forget, you’ll want to choose a location with a little extra pizazz. Take a look at this list of 20 Dallas event venues for some great ideas. The venue is a critical component of a successful event.

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Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. launches at ExCeL London

Event Industry News

Event Industry News visited the launch of the highly anticipated Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. which opened last week at ExCeL London following a hugely successful run in New York, Seoul, Paris, Singapore, Beijing, Taipei and Las Vegas, where it has set up a permanent exhibition. EIN interviewed Nathan Stone, Creative Director at the MJR Group about the launch.

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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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A Day in the Life of an Event Planner [Survey Results]

Cvent: Event Marketing

Event planning is one of the rare jobs where no two days are the same. Each event an event planner organizes can be vastly different. This is what makes event planning one of the world’s most stressful jobs. But this got us thinking, how could we best describe a ‘typical’ day in an event planner’s life … if there were no typical days? We conducted a survey specifically for event planners to try to get an inside look into their busy lives.

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drp win five awards at the EVCOM Industry Awards

Event Industry News

Creative communications agency drp brought home five awards at the annual EVCOM Industry Awards on 30th November. Taking place at Tobacco Dock, London, the awards showcased 33 categories for the very best in video, live events, and internal and external communications within the creative industry. Recognised in 14 different categories drp took home three gold awards, one for ‘Best Promotional Film’ with Gett UK, GROSVENORFILM ‘Brand Communications’ for their work with Forces4Incluion, and thirdl

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What Do the Top 100 Events of 2018 Tell Us?

PCMA Convene

pcma.org. Four ways all events can borrow from the success of BizBash’s annual list of best events. ( pcma ). Read More.

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How to Think Like a Startup

Connect Your Meetings

The words “startup culture” likely paint a familiar picture: casually dressed millennials working out of a renovated hipster-chic warehouse. They write code while sipping on craft beer and take breaks at the beloved ping-pong table. Not only do these generalizations fail to acknowledge the range of innovation startups create in order to engage and inspire their employees, they also trivialize the essence of what it means to be a startup.

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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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Bellhop Bar by Loews Hotels Unpacks Craft Drinks, Nostalgia

PCMA Convene

Nineteen Loews Hotels properties are serving up craft drinks from The Bellhop Bars like this one. (Loews Hotels & Co. photo). Loews Hotels is getting nostalgic this holiday season, serving locally-inspired cocktails from The Bellhop Bar by Loews Hotels. The concept pays homage to “the golden age of the cocktail era” with its use of an oversized steamer trunk retrofitted as a bar and antique, apothecary-style bottles.

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8 Party Balloons Decoration Ideas – Great Ideas By Master the Event

Master the Event

The post 8 Party Balloons Decoration Ideas – Great Ideas By Master the Event appeared first on mastertheevent.com.

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U.S. Wants to Expand Air Passenger Data Collection

PCMA Convene

reuters.com. According to a new report, the U.S. is advocating for a new global aviation data-collection standard to be put in place by 2019, a request that is raising privacy concerns. ( Reuters ). Read More.

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How to Revitalize the Executive Networking Experience

Eventtia

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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.

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United Launches New ‘Premium Economy’ Class

PCMA Convene

usatoday.com. The “premium plus” seats are part of United’s new international-style premium-economy cabin that tries to split the difference between business class and economy. ( USA Today ). Read More.

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Phocuswright Conference (Watch This Now!)

All Seated

AllSeated’s CEO, Yaron Lipshitz, recently attended the Phocuswright Conference in Los Angeles, CA. For 25 years, The Phocuswright Conference has delivered an unbeatable combination of compelling content, top­ tier attendees and an electrified atmosphere. It’s where ideas are born, partners are found, strategies are honed, and deals are done.

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With Deal in San Francisco, Marriott Strikes Nationwide End

PCMA Convene

The New York Times. After almost two months of picket lines, nearly 8,000 workers at the hotel giant have agreed to a settlement that includes increased wages and improved working conditions. ( The New York Times ). Read More.

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