Mon.Dec 27, 2021

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25 Positive Predictions for 2022, Part 1

Special Events

Let’s start off the new year with some positivity—here are 25 ways your special events colleagues are positioning 2022 for a healthy, prosperous, and fabulous fiscal year.

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These Cause Marketing Activations Were Built to Align with Consumers’ Evolving Priorities

Event Marketer

Between climate change, widespread racial injustice, deeply divided political lines and, oh yeah, that pesky global pandemic we’ve been battling, it’s more critical than ever for brands to prove that they support causes that are bigger than business. And it can’t just be about optics—the young consumers driving cause marketing’s modern evolution are particularly adept at seeing through flowery language and empty promises. .

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CES Leans into Hybrid Meeting Format in Uncertain Times

Smart Meetings

As of Monday, CES is planning to go forward in Las Vegas, Jan. 5-8, 2022. But with news of the Omicron variant changing day-to-day, conference organizers and sponsors are using the skills they’ve acquired in Covid times: flexibility and leveraging virtual options to replace some face-to-face experiences. The conference formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show hosted by Consumer Technology Association (CTA) attracted 180,000 attendees as recently as 2019, and maxed out in 2015 with 3,600 e

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SISO and ExpoDevCo Extend Management Agreement

Exhibitor Magazine

Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and Exposition. Development Company Inc. (ExpoDevCo) have signed a three-year extension to the. manage.

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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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Are your Conferences Boring? Here’s the Cure

Smart Meetings

What do you do to incentivize attendees to visit a city? Are there exceptional experiences? Is there a goal toward a common good? Are they just there for a good time? What if there were a way to check all the boxes on the same trip? In a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “ The Cure for the Boring Conference: How a Chicago Event Leveraged Local Resources to Engage Attendees and Raise Money for an Important Cause ,” learn how American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Choose Chicago ’s partners

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Best of 2021: Meetingprof Videos to Binge

Smart Meetings

Grab your popcorn! From IMEX highlights to a captivating television show for meeting planners, we’ve rounded up the best of our 2021 videos for you to binge this week. Enjoy. The Adventures of James Caspian. James Caspian is a world traveler. Heather Mason, CEO of Caspian Agency, and Carl Winston, founding director of Payne School of Hospitality of San Diego State University, follow the legendary meeting professional as he travels the world inventing the future of events-based science.

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Get Excited About 2022! (End of Year Note from Sandy Hammer)

All Seated

I’m not going to focus this message on 2021 but instead, get excited about 2022 – and talk about the future! As a technology company, people tend to ask what we think will be coming in 2022. However, technology does not play a part on its own – when we move forward with ideas, we ask ourselves two very important questions. One is, will our customers be able to use it?

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Smart Moves in LA, Encinitas and More

Smart Meetings

Nina Dela Fuente. Dela Fuente rejoined The Hollywood Roosevelt as director of sales and marketing. Between 2012 and 2015, Fuente moved from senior sales manager to director of entertainment group sales. She was most recently director of sales and marketing at Kimpton Everly Hotel in Hollywood. Dela Fuente has also held sales directorships and management positions at The Redbury Hotel in Hollywood, The Garden City Hotel in Long Beach and others.

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Missing Live Events? Here is a Look Back at Six That Went off in 2021

Decibel Management

Remember 2019? Back when there were large-scale events held. Maybe one that you had attended previously, maybe one that you hadn’t ever attended before but you felt it was time to check it out. So, you’d make plans to attend. You’d buy tickets. You’d make travel arrangements. You’d book childcare. You’d buy a new outfit. You’d attend the event. You’d take lots of pictures.

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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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Contracts and Negotiations Amid Covid: Best of What’s Worked in 2021

Smart Meetings

Reasonable care has become an elevated priority—and so has liability. With the pandemic and public concern fluctuating in the midst of uncertainty, event planners and professionals are left with an enormous responsibility to prepare themselves, their guests and their contracts for whatever comes next. But we’ve anticipated this. This year, we talked tips, tricks and insights with legal professionals on negotiating event contracts and navigating the current legal landscape.

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Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Manage Event Menus

Caterease

The post Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Manage Event Menus appeared first on Caterease.

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Best Health and Wellness Tips of 2021

Smart Meetings

Last year, with global lockdowns and a lack of face-to-face communication and interactions, the health and wellness of many took a hit. This year, while some tentatively returned in-person meetings, others continued to work from afar, unsure of what the next Covid-related news article might bring. We’ve learned much about how to remain calm and preserve our well-being despite the craziness going on around us.

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Create Engaging Content at your Hybrid Event

Hubb

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTENT THAT ENGAGES AND CONTENT THAT BORES?

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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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Best of 2021: Strategic Tips for Event Mastery

Smart Meetings

In the meeting professional world there is no “one-size-fits-all” when solving any problem. Nuances, circumstances and ever-changing rules shape how one goes about tackling an issue. Much like the event planner, strategic solutions can wear many hats. Event cancellations, postponements, hybrid engaged dominated conversations over the last 12 months.

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How to stay on time at online meetings

Conferences that Work

Tired of meetings that don’t end on time? Who isn’t? Things were bad enough when we held our meetings in person. Now so many meetings are online, it’s easy to saddle remote workers with back-to-back meetings. When one overruns, you’re late to the next one. Hey presto, your tardiness snowballs! (And, no, you can’t be on two Zooms at once without going through tortuous hacks.

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Reimagine Virtual Events in 2022 with nunify

Nunify

You might be in the process of searching for a virtual event platform. There are several platform options for virtual or hybrid events, but nunify is the most advanced and experienced, starting as far back as 2014. The nunify platform already integrated hybrid events long before the pandemic. nunify offers numerous features to its platform, from social media integration to AI networking capabilities.

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Year in Review: The Top 10 Stories of 2021, Plus Our 2022 Futurecast

Event Marketer

Picture last year at this time: the ambiguity around the rollout of the vaccine, the experiential programs easing into singular markets, the longing for personal connection beyond a Zoom call. Indeed, as we rang in 2021, uncertainty loomed. But what has unfolded across this industry over the last 12 months is nothing short of remarkable. You’ve learned to pivot virtual programming developed at the height of the pandemic back into in-person experiences.

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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!