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Destinations Going Digital Offer Event Planners Engagement and Inspiration

EventMB

Even with many face-to-face events on hiatus, event planners still have to think about maintaining audience engagement while making plans for future in-person events. Destinations that wholly embrace the pivot to virtual respond to these needs by creatively adapting their core services to online platforms. Although international travel may be severely limited right now, many […].

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12,000 visitors attended a Covid-19 secure Truckfest 2020

Event Industry News

The festival of all things trucks, Truckfest, was held at the East of England Arena and Events Centre, Peterborough, over the Sunday and Monday of the August Bank Holiday and saw over 6,000 visitors per day come to the two day show to see more than 1000 trucks, and with over 500 camping pitches at the event. Organised by Live Promotions the annual event is usually held over the May Bank Holiday but was rolled back to the end of August, in the hope that it would be possible to develop and impleme

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Virtual Music Festivals: Experiences For The Masses, Curated For The Individual

Opus Agency

Maybe your vision board of travel and entertainment didn’t manifest this summer. But don’t sleep on virtual music festivals, where the digital experience can be curated to be a personal adventure. Burning Man, the self-described “temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance,” took its metropolis completely online this week.

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Turning failure into success: Fyre Festival’s Andy King to share learnings with The Meetings Show

Event Industry News

Event planner Andy King, known for his role in planning the infamous Fyre Festival, is to share learnings from his illustrious 30-year career and top tips for success in an exclusive session for The Meetings Show. King, who helped put together the ill-fated Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, will lead a virtual keynote session on Wednesday 21 October 2020 at The Meetings Show, the UK’s leading platform for the world’s meetings and events community.

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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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Evvnt goes live across SCNI 7 local newspapers !!

Evvnt

We have launched with Southern Community Newspapers Inc. who operates a newspaper publishing business, which consists of six daily newspapers and one weekly newspaper that emphasize coverage of local news and local sports. Southern Community Newspapers represents 400 employees in metro Atlanta and Albany, Georgia, all dedicated to one principle: doing great things for you. […].

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Podcast: Powering up a personal brand

Event Industry News

Alongside her role as senior events manager at specialist information provider Chemical Watch, Juliet Tripp is her own brand; a professional speaker, host, blogger and more besides with an inspiring take on the global event industry picture. In this episode we talk about the transition from physical to virtual events, the value of having that alternative in the shadow of a pandemic, creating effective content and delivering it, in both domains, social engagement and more besides.

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Four Content Design Tips for Virtual Events and Meetings

Event Leadership Institute

The Event Leadership Institute began serving up online education for event and meeting professionals in 2010. In those last ten years, we ‘ ve seen – and been a champion of – the continued evolution of effective online content and education delivery. . N ow that events and meetings of all kinds have moved to virtual formats, p lanners face additional considerations around content design. .

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Make Events launches sister company HM Events – We’re here & there’s Moore

Event Industry News

Since the launch of Make Events in 2012, CEO and Founder Holly Moore has been delivering private parties, weddings and events to an extensive, diverse and impressive client list. Often operating in the shadows of its sister company, HM Events has had no marketing and little social or online presence but now they are singing louder than ever, with the launch of their new brand and marketing campaign.

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Pre-Production in the Virtual Event Era

Do Good Events

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Planning with Heroic Productions. At Do Good Events, we value partnership, collaboration, and bringing you the latest information to help you be successful in planning your event. This month, we caught up with Heroic Productions to give you a deeper look at the pre-production process for virtual events. When planning your virtual event, your production team takes on an even larger role.

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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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GL events boosts UK events offering with furniture acquisition

Event Industry News

GL events UK is delighted to announce that it has extended its service offering for the UK events, exhibitions and conferences market, through the addition of its new furniture division, which operates under the brand name, Xpect Furniture. The acquisition will be headed up by two leading lights of the European furniture rental market both of whom come with an extensive portfolio of events delivered, and an impressive track record of industry, venue and product knowledge.

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Connecting Our Community: California Event Pro Panel

All Seated

In this session, join California event pros Lindsey Nickel of Lovely Day Strategy, Natasha Miller of Entire Productions, Joanne Purnell of Good Gracious Events, and Jason Rhee of Rheefined Company to see what’s going on in their region as we continue to move forward together during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Plenty of time for Q & A! The post Connecting Our Community: California Event Pro Panel appeared first on AllSeated.

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Giant iTab launches the World’s first Hybrid Sanitiser Smartphone for events

Event Industry News

Event technology and digital solutions provider Giant iTab has launched the world’s first Hybrid Sanitiser Smartphone to keep event goers safe during the pandemic. Based on its award-winning smartphone solutions, the new kit has added health and safety features including auto hand-sanitiser and a visitor temperature reader plus analytics to show how they were used (where and when) with an on screen message each time the sanitiser is used.

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Destinations Going Digital Push to Offer Event Planners Engagement and Inspiration

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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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Live Events Coalition: Is It Helping The Industry?

Endless Events

The Live Events Coalition has been making waves around the industry. After a pandemic almost put a complete stop to the industry, a group of people knew something had to be done. And so, they rallied together in the name of the events industry and all of the people who found themselves jobless and hopeless without a single warning. But what exactly is the Live Events Coalition?

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This, right here, is what a totally cool virtual event looks like… With screenshots! (obviously)

Expo Pass

(2 Minute Read). Virtual events are happening. Everyday. Everywhere. They may not be perfect, but they are definitely working — creating experiences that are real, funny, and actually kinda cool. We took a look at 3 big events — the DNC, Comic-Con, and WWDC, and made some notes on what really popped off of the screen. The Democratic National Convention.

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Small Meetings Are a Big Deal

SmartMeetings

How to design intimate gatherings that get business done. Small meetings may just be the new black for pandemic season. When distancing requirements across the country result in capacities of 25 percent to 66 percent fewer people, setting the stage for the most productive experience possible for those in the room requires all the creativity of a couture designer.