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How to Get Corporate Sponsorship for Your Charity Event

Picatic by Eventbrite

Attracting corporate sponsorship for your event can significantly increase your fundraising ability. Many businesses have a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative that encourages them to get involved in their communities and to consider their business decisions’ social and environmental impacts. One common way to do that is by providing sponsorships for charity events.

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The State of Event Tech

EventMB

Skift Take: Following the Covid-induced roller coaster ride of the last two-and-a-half years, event tech is in recovery mode. By most accounts the sector is over twice the size compared to before the Covid pandemic, but it is still coming to terms with the bubble it went through. — Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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How to Run a Golf Charity Fundraiser

Picatic by Eventbrite

Golf is in its heyday. According to Forbes, the number of rounds played in 2020 was up by 60 million, the largest increase in decades. Golf’s renewed popularity is a great reason to think about making your next fundraising event a charity golf tournament. This type of event can generate funds and, when carefully planned, become […].

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10 Reasons Why Your Wedding Planning Business Isn’t Making Money

QC Event School

Are you a professional wedding planner that’s finding it difficult to make money? Here’s the good news: you’re not alone. In fact, a number wedding planners struggle to turn a profit at some point in their career. There may be a number of reasons why your wedding planning business isn’t making money, but don’t worry – we’re going to help you figure out what’s going wrong and how to fix it!

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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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Smart Moves in New York, Panama City Beach and More

Smart Meetings

Brigette Bienvenu. Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Bienvenu previously worked at W Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Residences; before this, she was director of sales and marketing at W Hollywood & Residence in Los Angeles. She also spent nearly a decade working with Hilton Hotels & Resorts in marketing and sales roles.

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Designing the Perfect Event Attendee Arrival

Endless Events

Attendee arrival has changed in recent years. Before the pandemic, attendees would have booked hotels and made transportation arrangements in the days or weeks leading up to the event. With online events, they’ve cut that time down to a few minutes, and no one understands this better than today’s #EventIcons guest, Arianna Black. Arianna has a long-standing relationship with events.

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44 Christmas Fundraiser Ideas

Eventbrite UK

The Christmas season is a time of generosity, so appeal to festive event-goers with a chance to give back. You can start hosting Christmas events as soon as December hits, but keep in mind that people’s schedules get fuller as the holidays near.

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Inflation, Recession Fears Drive Changes in Planning Departments

MeetingsNet

The latest MPI Quarterly Meetings Outlook sees more contractor usage, less staff travel, a hunt for new event-revenue streams, and other adjustments going into 2023. The effects of inflation are bringing a shift in tactics among meeting departments and meeting-planning agencies, according to the just-released Fall 2022 Meetings Outlook from Meeting Professionals International.

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Emirates Old Trafford events drive £27 million boost to the Greater Manchester economy

Event Industry News

New research from Marketing Manchester shows broader value of Emirates Old Trafford’s biggest events to the local economy. This year, international cricket, The Hundred and four sold-out concerts delivered an estimated £27m in value to Manchester’s economy. More than 325,000 spectators attended events at Emirates Old Trafford in 2022. New research has revealed the estimated economic impact of Emirates Old Trafford’s major events in 2022 to be worth in excess of £27 million to the local economy.

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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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NFTs for Events: Creating Memorable Emotions for Your Attendees

Eventtia

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of NFTs? Best-case scenario, people will associate NFTs with digital collectibles. Worst-case scenario, they’ll see NFTs as an overblown speculative bubble. Neither of these two scenarios is wrong. However, they’re far from providing an accurate overview of the new digital world built based on NFTs and blockchain technology.

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Day in the Life of a Wedding & Event Planner with Marcea Galindo

The Planner's Lounge

Welcome to our “Day in the Life” series! We feature wedding and event planners from around the world with many different levels of experience. If you would like to be featured, download our questionnaire here and email your responses and photos to info@plannerslounge.com. We are excited to featur Marcea Galindo of MG Event Design in Bellevue Washington.

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Managing Meetings Means Managing Stakeholders

MeetingsNet

Your executive is a commitment-phobe but the hotel won’t hold your space. What’s a planner to do? Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. In retrospect, planning was relatively smooth before the pandemic, says Koleen Roach, director, meetings & conference management at Securian Financial Group.

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FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records

Smart Meetings

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 21st annual Silent Auction raised $106,896.02, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by $6,114.02.

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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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Cocktail Spotlight: The Fall Spirit

Special Events

Autumn-inspired cocktails for your next event

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Lessons from The Valuable 500’s Most Accessible Cities in the World

Smart Meetings

Leaving the comfort of your own city and venturing out in the great big world for a conference is exciting. For some, however, the unfamiliar can create anxiety about whether there will be barriers that keep them from fully participating. Since choosing a destination that welcomes everyone is one of the top responsibilities of an event organizer, a closer look at what makes a city accessible is in order.

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De Vere changes ‘Showtime’ to ‘Grow-time’ this December  

Prestige Events Magazine

De Vere , a collection of historic mansion house estates and distinctive contemporary hotels and event destinations, has partnered with Make it Wild to plant trees instead of issuing cinema tickets as part of its Showtime loyalty scheme for the month of December. The scheme will see De Vere’s loyalty scheme for meeting and events clients rebranded to ‘Grow-time’ for the month.

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ExCeL on track to deliver major expansion programme putting London at forefront of global events after successful completion of first build phase

Event Industry News

ExCeL London has completed the first phase of its major expansion project, which is set to add to the venue’s existing world-class conference and exhibition facilities with a 25% increase to its 100,000sqm (1,076,000sqft) capacity. The 25,000sqm (270,000sqft) expansion at the carbon neutral venue will create additional state-of-the-art ICC convention facilities, exhibition halls and conference rooms, together with stunning outdoor spaces – all helping to put London at the forefront of the global

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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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Friday Faves for Wedding & Event Planners

The Planner's Lounge

Welcome to our Friday Favorites! Every couple of weeks we share some of our favorite articles from around the web that we find interesting or will help you succeed in your wedding planning business. Destination Weddings: Latest Trends, International vs Domestic, Hottest Locations {Money Control}. Fall Weddings Are Hotter than Ever According to HotelPlanner {Haute Living}. 23 Behind-the-Scenes Wedding Catastrophes That Venue Staff Witnessed in Horror {BuzzFeed}.

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What is a Hybrid Event?

Socio Events

When it comes to the future of the event industry, some people might imagine a return to in-person events. Others envision online audiences live streaming content from the comfort of their homes. The truth is that both outcomes are correct—but how can that be? Because event planners are deciding to make the best of both worlds. In other words, they’re choosing to organize hybrid events.

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ExCeL London leads the way in the future of sustainable events with first UK use of innovative robots

Event Industry News

‘Lionel’ – the world’s most advanced floor marking robot – completes UK’s first real-world application for Event Tech Live 2022. Robots allow for faster, more accurate and efficient event space mark-up, leading to a range of business and sustainability benefits for industry. Technology expected to lead to significant reduction in single-use carpets.