Mon.Sep 21, 2020

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Get Registered for the Biggest Event in 2020

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With the presidential election less than 50 days away, voting is top-of-mind for many Americans. Throughout history, voter turnout in the U.S. has often been low as a result of confusion about deadlines, logistics, and election procedures. This will likely only be exacerbated this year by the global pandemic, making this year’s National Voter Registration Day […].

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A standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers

Conferences that Work

? ? Here’s a standing invitation for event and hospitality teachers. I will meet online with your class for free. During the COVID-19 pandemic, much education has moved online. One small silver lining of this disruption? It’s a good time to invite guest presenters into your online classroom. As an experienced facilitator and designer of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings, I love to share what I’ve learned during my four decades in the meeting industry.

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How Long Should a Virtual Event Be?

GEVME

Intro. Let’s say you want to host a successful virtual event. Among other questions, you will probably ask yourself, “ how long should a virtual event be ?” In addition to content creation, the length of virtual events is an essential factor influencing a virtual event’s success. A virtual event timeline is fundamental to attendance engagement and your overall success. .

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Virtual Events are content. So let’s make some good internet!

Expo Pass

(3 Minute Read). Every second of every event is content. Content for organizers. For presenters. And even for the audience. We checked out a few recent events — Wizard World, The Virtual Ironman, and The NBA Bubble, and took some notes on how virtual events are making good internet. For everyone. For organizers, clients, and everyone running the show Show-off your brand, and your virtual self.

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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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Uncertain European Travel Spells Trouble for Popular, Hosted-Buyer Trade Shows

EventMB

With cases on the rise around the world, the ramifications of a second wave are threatening European hosted buyer events. The future of physical gatherings in the near future is uncertain, and with their reliance on in-person interactions, these trade shows are struggling to recover. Hosted buyer events are being hit particularly hard by the […].

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Intelligent lead capture from a new player with old timer experience

Event Industry News

Simply Intelligent have provided in-the-moment feedback, event management and lead capture solutions for over 15 years. Providing solutions before cloud and mobile technology were part of our day to day lives. Yet you may not have heard of them…. They aim to bring a fresh, adaptable and affordable approach to event tech. Drawing on years of experience, they hope to simply provide answers for those that have thought… ‘Wouldn’t it be great if …’ But have yet to find a solution that meets the

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Elope Now, Party Later: The COVID-19 Trend of Two-Part Weddings

EventSource

This year, weddings have looked a little different. From Zoom weddings, to intimate elopements and sadly, some events being pushed off entirely– we have adapted to a new normal. But we have also seen rise of a COVID-19 trend for weddings that we are totally here for: the two-step wedding. Yes, many couples are opting for a small, intimate ceremony/elopement in the near future and then planning to tear it up with a big party in 2021.

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Guest Blog: How to create virtual experiences that don’t just answer a need for now

Event Industry News

Opinion piece from Thom Greybe, Digital Creative Director at Avantgarde. During the peak of lockdown, brands and agencies in the event industry had to pivot and create ideas suitable for the times we were living in. But as we now finally find ourselves moving back to some sort of normal, we must make sure the ideas and experiences we are developing are future proof and not just fit for lockdown life.

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How Social Muslims Built a Strong Community During the COVID-19 Lockdown

Eventbrite UK

COVID-19 has impacted everyone, but the pandemic has been particularly difficult for the UK’s Muslim community. Three significant religious events fell during lockdown restrictions: Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, and Eid al-Adha. With mosques closed and large gatherings banned, people were forced to find new ways to celebrate as a group. Clever thinking (and a little assistance […].

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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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Bizzabo Shortlisted for Five out of Five Event Tech 'Oscars

Bizzabo

The Bizzabo team is excited to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for five Event Technology Awards this year. Here's the full scoop. The Event Technology Awards are hosted by Event Industry News as a part of their annual conference. The awards recognize the achievements of companies delivering digital and technological solutions to the events industry.

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Top Takeaways from the Primetime Emmy Awards — a Normal, and New Normal, Production

PCMA Convene

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where cutouts of celebrities made up the “live” audience. (Courtesy ABC). The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards — which celebrates a steadfast quarantine companion, television — aired on Sept. 20, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting live from an audience-free Staples Center and nominees tuning in from approximately 130 locations around the world.

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26 Best Mobile Conference and Event Apps + 14 Must-Have Features

Planning Pod

Integration is a hot term that won’t be dying down anytime soon in the event industry when it comes to attendee engagement. As more and more attendees rely on their mobile devices at events for information and communications, event organizers have been compelled to integrate the live event experience with the online experience. And as hybrid events and virtual events grow in popularity in a post-COVID world, this merging of real-world and online realms is only going to get deeper and more common

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The Events UK Consumers Are Searching For

Eventbrite UK

We process hundreds of thousands of event searches on Eventbrite every week. Today, we are taking a deep dive into which events UK consumers have searched for over the past seven days (Friday, September 12 to Friday, September 18). Outdoor Cinema Across the whole of the UK, the most widely searched for event type was […]. The post The Events UK Consumers Are Searching For appeared first on Eventbrite UK.

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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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Event Companies During Pandemic: Adam Leffel Productions

All Seated

As we continue to speak with event professionals throughout our industry who were panelists during the Connecting Our Community webinar series, we reached out to Adam Leffel of Adam Leffel Productions to check in and see how his floral design business has been since he last joined us for a webinar in the spring. How has your business been since we last spoke during our Connecting Our Community Webinar?

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Evvnt Goes Live Across 20 Community Media Group Newspapers

Evvnt

Evvnt is excited to announce that we are now live across 20 Community Media Group newspapers! CMG owns and operates community newspapers with websites in several Midwestern states. Including Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, as well as newspapers in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York. Each CMG newspaper has been fitted with our Revenue Generating Events calendars, […].

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Rearranging and Reorganizing Default Menus

Caterease

The post Rearranging and Reorganizing Default Menus appeared first on Caterease.

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Uncertain European Travel Spells Trouble for Popular, Hosted-Buyer Trade Shows

Skift

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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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Get Smart! There Was Never a Better Time to Up Your Game

SmartMeetings

Kiersten Walker. Kiersten Walker is a believer. She “jumped two levels up.” An experiential event strategist for an association for the past five years, she’s just become associate vice president overseeing events at Women in Cable Telecommunications, in Washington, D.C. In her job interviews, she had to sell her worth directly to the organization’s C-suite—in fact, every single one of her employment interviews was with top brass.

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Tackling the Elephant in the Zoom Room: Paid vs. Free Virtual Events

SmartMeetings

To pay or not to pay (for virtual events ), that is the question. And the answer? Well, the debate is ongoing. Event organizers and meeting planners are still exploring how they should monetize their virtual events. But, the question behind paid or free isn’t just a monetization question—it ties into every step of the event marketing journey and has a major impact on long-term event and organizational strategy.