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How Two Women-Owned Businesses Get the Most Out of Eventbrite

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For women entrepreneurs, who may face challenges such as gender discrimination and harassment on top of everyday business demands, a service like Eventbrite offers a handy combination of control and automation. This puts greater autonomy and power in your hands — and a full range of easy-to-use tools at your fingertips — to make building […].

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Caveat Emptor: Is Event Planner Certification Worth the Investment?

EventMB

Skift Take: There are more certificates for event planners than ever before. The question is, are they a real measure of competence? And is the more rigorous certification process worth the time, effort, and money? — Julie Moline Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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How Two Women-Owned Businesses Get the Most Out of Eventbrite

Picatic by Eventbrite

For women entrepreneurs, who may face challenges such as gender discrimination and harassment on top of everyday business demands, a service like Eventbrite offers a handy combination of control and automation. This puts greater autonomy and power in your hands — and a full range of easy-to-use tools at your fingertips — to make building […]. The post How Two Women-Owned Businesses Get the Most Out of Eventbrite appeared first on Eventbrite Blog.

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Conference Compass share 5 features of their Virtual Event Platform

Event Industry News

We don’t want to bring up COVID anymore. But when talking about the event industry in 2022 and how necessary virtual platforms are for events, we need to discuss the lessons COVID has taught us. And why we must use these lessons when organizing events. So what did we learn? Anything can happen. But, you have to prepare for all situations. In-person is better.

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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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Cross-team Collaboration — the Most Overlooked Event Strategy

PCMA Convene

Cross-team collaboration can help an organization fit all the pieces together to create a must-attend event. Your next annual meeting, conference, or trade show has the potential to be the most successful event in the history of your organization. Pandemic-induced health and safety restrictions are gradually easing, consumer confidence in travel is increasing, and the world is coming to terms with the “living with COVID” era.

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Plan a Disability-friendly Event with this Local Accessibility Guide

Smart Meetings

Many event planners look for destinations with good food, local culture and plenty of leisure activities for attendees. However, accessibility for wheelchair users isn’t always factored into the equation. To encourage the inclusion of disabled travelers in the event agenda, Marquette County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has put together an accessibility guide.

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Reach Out and Get Results with this Conference Speaker Checklist

Eventbrite UK

When you offer the right lineup of business conference speakers, people will travel far and wide to attend your event. Finding and securing premium speakers enhances your reputation as an event organiser, and lends credibility to your conference. That said, knowing where to find a speaker for an event, and getting them involved, isn’t always […].

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Event Tech Live On Demand – A multi-dimensional approach to event technology

Event Industry News

It’s week 4 of the Event Tech Live Summit on-demand series and this week we’re focusing on “A multi-dimensional approach to event technology”. This session saw speakers Amara Heroux (Event Technology Manager at Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, Inc) and Elle Chan (Co-CEO at Trademark Event Productions) discuss how to determine the way technology can naturally fit into your overall engagement strategy to deliver the best possible brand experience to your customers, partners and staff.

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(1/10) How To Define Clear Goals for Your Corporate Events

Eventtia

Event marketing is part of most corporate growth playbooks. In 2021, companies spent almost 9% of their marketing budget on events. If a corporation allocates $5,000,000 annually to fuel its marketing strategy, $450,000 will be dedicated to running events. Considering such a significant investment, the company leaders will obviously expect a positive ROI.

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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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Four Tips for a Stellar Gala Award Submission

Special Events

Follow this advice for your best shot at a Gala Award

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Smart Moves in Tennessee, D.C. and More

Smart Meetings

Jennifer Erney, CMP, CMM. International hospitality group Accor appointed Erney executive director of global sales for meetings, incentives and industry relations. Erney was most recently regional vice president of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International. She brings over 25 years of sales and events experience, recognized in 2019 as Supplier of the Year (Doer category) by Smart Meetings.

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Career Resource Guide

SmartMeetings

2022. How to Generate Event Success in a Changing World. Events offer a key opportunity to impact business outcomes, expand market outreach, increase brand awareness and more. Pandemic Planning 101 from Million Dollar Event Career Course. A new Million Dollar Event Career Course covers everything from career path to CSR and Inclusion. In the Midst of a Pandemic, Planning Resources Are Moving the Industry Forward.

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Cancun FAM Trip

SevenEvents

last week we had the pleasure of being invited by hosmark hotels and all about flights on a fam trip to cancun, mexico for 5 days. all about flights very kindly organised the flights for the trip and they generously upgraded us both ways. flying with british airways we were able to experience both premium economy and business class seats. both products offered a great service and would be a great addition to any event to make your guests feel comfortable. flying business class on the way back wa

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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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Case Studies

SmartMeetings

These stories dive behind-the-scenes of events. Prone to hiccups as events are, there are numerous tips to glean and lessons to learn. Read on to get the inside scoop. 2022. Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim. Last year, National Association of Music Merchants had to cancel its annual shows amid myriad challenges. What followed is a tale of resilience, positivity and a burning desire to make things happen.

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Venues of Excellence sees 15% growth to kickstart their membership year

Prestige Events Magazine

Venues of Excellence, the UK’s leading collection of independent venues has announced a 15% growth to start of its new membership year, welcoming 5 new unique and innovative venues into the Venues of Excellence family and has also realised a 98% retention from its member venues as it commences its second business year under the new ownership. Our new venues include a great selection of locations across the UK: Central Campus Venues – Warwick Conferences, Scarman – Warwick Conferences, Winter Gar

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Reimagining the Conference Experience: Four Areas to Pay Attention to Now

Event Farm

To ensure that your attendees return to your conference year after year delivering a memorable event experience is key. And while event planning can be stressful, it’s also important to note that there is a huge difference between hosting an event and creating an event experience, and after two years of a global pandemic—experience matters more than ever. .

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Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim

Smart Meetings

At the end of last year, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) was facing a tough decision. As one of the largest associations in the world with 10,000 member companies from over 100 countries, including manufacturers, distributors and retail music and sound products, the group had canceled their pair of 2021 events and were looking forward to getting back to the bi-annual schedule their members expected with a summer show at Nashville Music City Center and a winter show at Anaheim Conv

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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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Reimagining the Conference Experience: Four Areas to Pay Attention to Now

Event Farm

To ensure that your attendees return to your conference year after year delivering a memorable event experience is key. And while event planning can be stressful, it’s also important to note that there is a huge difference between hosting an event and creating an event experience, and after two years of a global pandemic—experience matters more than ever.

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Green Meeting Resource Guide

SmartMeetings

This is your guide to all things green meetings, from sustainability efforts to tips on making your meetings more eco-friendly. 2022. Taking Ecotourism to the Next Level: Glamping in a Yurt with Only Renewable Energy. New Collaborative Course Offers Tips for Easy Sustainable Travel. In partnership with WeTravel, this course by Tourism Cares discusses how to offset carbon emissions, find sustainable suppliers and more.