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How to Approach Food & Beverage at Events During Covid

EventMB

Food and beverage, like many other features of events, will need to be adapted moving forward to ensure compliance with current health and safety guidelines. What will this look like as live events start to resume? The ongoing global pandemic has forced eventprofs to rethink many aspects of events — much of what used to […]. The post How to Approach Food & Beverage at Events During Covid by Victoria Copans appeared first on [link].

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Big tech and virtual events. It’s finally happening?

Event Industry News

By Marco Giberti , Founder and CEO of Vesuvio Ventures. What do Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Spotify, Zoom and Airbnb have in common these days? Well, in some way or the other, all of them are experimenting with Virtual Events Experiences. After decades of almost ignoring virtual events, it seems that now many of the big tech guys have begun paying attention.

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Aileen and Dave’s Artistic Wedding at the Arlington Estate

EventSource

Aileen and Dave’s artistic wedding is everything that glam, colourful, and eclectic dreams are made of. Co-created with the design team at Fleur Weddings , the couple’s wedding at the The Arlington Estate had an upscale yet playful and artistic vibe with tons of flair and personality that was nothing short of spectacular. Thankfully the talented lens of AGI Studio was on hand to capture each memorable moment.

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Vote for your favourite #eventtech start-up

Event Industry News

Virtual Event Tech Live (ETL)’s competition for start-ups, formally Launchpad, is now open to the public. Part of the show’s acclaimed focus on ‘new technologists’, the start-up competition is an opportunity for these fledgling businesses to get ideas in front of international buyers and investors. The three with the most votes will present their tech via livestream, on day four of Event Tech Live and an expert panel of judges will rank them Bronze, Silver and Gold.

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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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Retreats For Event Profs: Do We Need Them?

Endless Events

Let’s talk about retreats for event profs. So, who doesn’t love a good retreat? Whether it is within your company or you go all by yourself, these experiences can be life-changing. Because it’s no secret that, human beings, we all need to retreat from something at some point. Maybe we just want to recharge. Or maybe we need to stay quiet for a little while.

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ShowShoppa shortlisted for two Event Technology Awards

Event Industry News

ShowShoppa, the event industry’s leading marketplace platform for organisers, has been shortlisted for two Event Technology Awards 2020; Best New Technology Product and Best Sales Technology. ShowShoppa is the only dedicated marketplace platform built for event organisers that creates a new revenue stream for event brands by selling exhibitor’s products and services online and all year round.

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Holiday Gift Ideas from Women-Owned Brands in Austin

Kennedy

While 2020 may seem like it’s taking a hundred years to slog through, the holidays are— true story — just up around the bend. Although the season may look a little different this year, one important thing hasn’t changed: there are still plenty of reasons to show people we care. If you’re on the hunt for holiday gift ideas as the end of the year finally approaches, you’re in luck: we’ve got tip-top suggestions that will both a) make someone in your life smile and b) support a woman-owned Austin b

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Venues of Excellence partners with Paddy and Scott’s to support Ruiga Primary School in Kenya

Event Industry News

Good days start with a great cup of coffee, and the coffee industry has over the past few years gained strength providing the market with great coffee menu choices. The Venues of Excellence (VoE) consortium members share the love of great coffee and like everything they stand for want to ensure their coffee offers the best quality and choice, so to welcome Paddy & Scott’s into the Preferred Partner Programme was a natural partnering choice.

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Holiday Gift Ideas from Women-Owned Brands in Austin

Kennedy

While 2020 may seem like it’s taking a hundred years to slog through, the holidays are— true story — just up around the bend. Although the season may look a little different this year, one important thing hasn’t changed: there are still plenty of reasons to show people we care. If you’re on the hunt for holiday gift ideas as the end of the year finally approaches, you’re in luck: we’ve got tip-top suggestions that will both a) make someone in your life smile and b) support a woman-owned Austin b

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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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Podcast: A sense of Touch

Event Industry News

With more than 20-years’ experience in and around live events, Mike Ford, director at UK/US based full-service engagement agency Touch Associates, has been involved in delivering and developing hybrid and virtual solutions since 2015. In this episode, Mike talks about the reasons clients wanted to switch away from physical show in those early days, highlighting how budget constraints took one company from hybrid and on to fully virtual within about three years, but kept all the plates spinning.

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Holiday Gift Ideas from Women-Owned Brands in Austin

Kennedy

While 2020 may seem like it’s taking a hundred years to slog through, the holidays are— true story — just up around the bend. Although the season may look a little different this year, one important thing hasn’t changed: there are still plenty of reasons to show people we care. If you’re on the hunt for holiday gift ideas as the end of the year finally approaches, you’re in luck: we’ve got tip-top suggestions that will both a) make someone in your life smile and b) support a woman-owned Austin b

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SeatAdvisor customers find a home with VBO Tickets

VBO Tickets

The landscape of the event industry has changed, and you probably know this by now. However, many companies that provided the tools and software, for organizations to sell tickets to their events, are being forced to exit the industry due to the pandemic. Resilience and determination during this time, has allowed VBO Tickets to provide a home to many organizations that have found themselves recently abandoned by their previous ticketing company.

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Penguins produce first live Honda Motor Europe event since the start of the pandemic, serviced out of Cologne offices

Event Industry News

Penguins have worked with Honda Motor Europe for the past five years including the event production for the media launch of their all new fully electric Honda e in early 2020. Honda then had to launch their latest hybrid electric vehicle, the Jazz e:HEV, throughout the lockdown without a centralised live event. Following these launches, further communications were somewhat limited by the pandemic.

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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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Measuring and Increasing Volunteer Impact In Your Nonprofit Organization

InitLive

When it comes to managing a nonprofit, your organization must track and regulate an infinite number of things. Creating and maintaining a volunteer schedule, training new volunteers, ensuring your nonprofit has enough resources, and more can create an overwhelming mountain of responsibilities. With all of this going on, how can any nonprofit reasonably expect to collect and interpret volunteer impact data?

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Podcast: A sense of Touch

Event Industry News

With more than 20-years’ experience in and around live events, Mike Ford, director at UK/US based full-service engagement agency Touch Associates, has been involved in delivering and developing hybrid and virtual solutions since 2015. In this episode, Mike talks about the reasons clients wanted to switch away from physical show in those early days, highlighting how budget constraints took one company from hybrid and on to fully virtual within about three years, but kept all the plates spinning.

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Tips for hosting an online event

Special Events

The demand for digital and hybrid events will be growing.

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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE POSITION

All Seated

Location: US – REMOTE. Allseated is a rapidly growing venture-backed company with best-in-class products for event planning and layouts. We are changing the game in our industry sector by leveraging 3D and Virtual Reality technology to provide vivid visualization of setups and venue settings. We have thousands of customers representing both small businesses up to enterprise, and there’s significant market opportunity ahead!

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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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How to Approach Food and Beverage at Events During Covid

Skift

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Tips and Tricks for Being the Face of Your Brand

Special Events

Not every business has a single person as the face of their brand, but it can be a powerful way to build a reputation and establish a market domain for those that do.

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EventsAIR

Event Industry News

EventsAIR has been at the forefront of event technology and innovation for over 30 years. Our focus is on creating first-rate event management software that allows our clients to easily build and host highly engaging events. Through our commitment to pushing the boundaries of event management system capabilities, our event technology solutions are constantly evolving.

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[Infographic] The State of Virtual & Hybrid Events: Trends & Opportunities

Attendease

The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way event organizers plan, run and measure the success of meetings and conferences. Here are some insights on what attendees expect and how event planners are adjusting to meet the challenge. Virtual events stats: Unsurprisingly, Google searches for “ virtual event ” and “ virtual conference ” have steadily increased in the US and Canada since COVID-19 struck in early March.

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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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New Regenerative Revolution report urges events industry to regenerate, not just restart

Event Industry News

In the same month that 93-year old Sir David Attenborough’s witness statement, “A Life on Our Planet” launches on Netflix, the IMEX Group (global business event organiser) is publishing a research report that urges the global meetings, incentive travel and events industry to adopt a new economic model – the circular economy. Launching today (Weds 14 Oct), The Regenerative Revolution, A New Paradigm for Event Management calls on the global events industry to embrace circular design thinking

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