Skift

MARCH 16, 2021

Activision's Blizzard unit has laid off 50 employees working in live events as the pandemic has caused the company to rethink the future of that business. Tarcil Tarcil / Flickr Skift Take: Perhaps a telling sign about the permanence of the pandemic's impact on live events. A year after Activision's Blizzard events screeched to a halt, executives announced it was laying off 50 workers assigned to esports events. — Tom Lowry Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2021

More than 165 attendees recently participated in the inaugural Women in Exhibitions Network (WIEN) North America chapter Zoom event March 8 in celebration of International Women’s Day. The virtual event featured three female leaders in the exhibitions industry: Nancy Walsh, President of North America, Informa Mary Larkin, President, Diversified Carrie Freeman Parsons, Chair, Freeman.

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EventSource

MARCH 16, 2021

Zim and Daniel’s winter wedding at Palais Royale is giving us all the wintery, glam, romantic vibes. From the bride and groom’s love-filled first look to the warmth and magic of their venue, the couple’s special day is definitely Pin-worthy. Consultant Cherry & Baker Event Specialists helped bring the couple’s wedding dreams to life and we’re sure you’ll fall in love with this winter wonderland of a celebration.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 16, 2021

The Events Industry Council is gearing up for a global economic-impact study that will quantify losses from the pandemic. It’s been more than two years since the Events Industry Council released the Global Economic Significance of Business Events study, and the world has been through a lot since then. As a result, the umbrella organization for the meeting and convention industry has set its sights on a similar study, with a twist.

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Socio Events

MARCH 16, 2021

Inc. Magazine today revealed Socio ranks No. 9 on its 2021 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies across 12 Midwest states. Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, the list spotlights elite companies within the Midwest economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. “We are incredibly humbled and excited by this prestigious ranking, which is a direct result of our commitment to serving our customers, employees, an

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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2021

Dailos Rodriguez has recently joined Creative Technology Middle East (CTME) as the Venue Operations Manager for the newly formed Venue Services Department. He has over 24 years of experience in the hospitality and audio-visual industry and has worked across multiple venues. Dailos has secured various high-profile contracts during his time and implemented in-house audio-visual services for some of the Middle East’s biggest hotel chains.

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Attendify

MARCH 16, 2021

Any marketing, or event professional, knows how important sponsors and exhibitors are to a successful in-person, hybrid, or virtual event. Not only do sponsors and exhibitors serve as an important financial investor in today’s events. They also help make the event more appealing for an audience to attend, add additional credibility and draw to the event, and often deliver attractive, relevant sessions and speakers in addition to helping their event hosts with joint promotion of their virtual eve

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Skiddle

MARCH 16, 2021

This week, we’re proud to announce the introduction of our EMBARGO FEATURE. Our embargo feature allows you to select a date and time for your event to automatically go live. You can find this feature in the final step of adding a listing. Events which are under embargo will remain in draft (meaning they won’t show on the Skiddle website and app) and show a special status of “embargoed” in your main events dashboard.

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The Planner's Lounge

MARCH 16, 2021

Today I am sharing a few secrets that successful planners don’t always talk about. These are not “fun” secrets but more like real truths. For newer wedding planners , these may be helpful to set expectations about what it takes to be successful in this industry. Secrets of Experienced Wedding Planners. 1) Running a full-time business can take the joy out of planning events.

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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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Event Industry News

MARCH 16, 2021

Today it was announced that leading brand experiences and live events agency TBA Group have acquired a majority stake in creative communications agency Top Banana. . TBA Group has successfully built on differentiated agency expertise over recent years as experience makers in three specialist areas: Sport, Brands, Entertainment. Top Banana will sit within the ‘Brands’ division, which works across corporate and consumer projects through its specialist agencies TBA, Optimum and LGA.

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Attendify

MARCH 16, 2021

In our last blog , we discovered that the event technology’s market dynamics and its software providers need to quickly pivot in the face of COVID-19 left sponsors in last place at today’s virtual events. So, how can we reverse this trend and put virtual event sponsors in their rightful and prioritized place? To truly deliver meaningful value for today’s virtual event sponsors and exhibitors , it’s worthwhile to consider the challenges they face today, so we can solve for their key needs: Brand

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Opus Agency

MARCH 16, 2021

While the industry embraces digital-first events, how is digital sponsorship strategy changing to meet the moment?

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Event Birdie

MARCH 16, 2021

Australia is leading the way in regards to getting COVID under control and returning to life as normal, as safely as possible. As event professionals, we need to be leading the way too. If we can plan and activate events safely, the community as a whole will be better off. Social interaction, whether it be for fun or business, needs to happen – we cannot sit in front of a screen for the rest of our lives!

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Skift

MARCH 16, 2021

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Attendease

MARCH 16, 2021

5 trends that are transforming events in a pandemic world. We have now reached the one-year anniversary of the global COVID-19 pandemic: one year since the world and the events industry has turned upside down. During this time, we have seen the entire industry pivot from in-person to virtual events while event professionals scrambled to find footing on unstable grounds.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

“Why should I join your virtual event?”. This question is what you as an organizer should answer when promoting your conference. There are lots of online conferences and events nowadays due to businesses adapting to the changing times. So you need to figure out how to stand out from the crowd and make an impression on your audience. Here are some of the best ways to ensure that people attend your virtual conference, as part of your content marketing strategy: 1.

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