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These Experts Share Exclusive Insight Into Event Tech Post-COVID

Event Age by Swapcard

Adopt to Adapt: Technologies to Take You Further with KiKi L'Italien, Community Engagement Expert, Association Chat | Tecker International; Corbin Ball, Meetings Technology Speaker, Consultant, and Writer, Corbin Ball and Co; and Stephan Forseilles, CTO, Easyfairs.

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The Virtual Event Tech Guide 2020 [Free Report]

EventMB

Covid-19 has changed the event tech landscape forever. Until 2020, a trend of event tech mergers and acquisitions saw the rise of monolithic one-stop shops and the event tech industry became harder and harder to penetrate. Now, virtual events have created a new vertical, and the horizon is filled with new players. Large, inflexible platforms […].

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Why live music is instrumental to the recovery of the hospitality industry

Event Industry News

By Chloe-Jean Grey, ? Mr & Mrs Grey. Three months in and it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the impact that COVID-19 has had on the music industry. Since the UK went into lockdown, we’ve seen the closure of concert venues and hospitality spots that welcome everything from emerging artists to global performers, leaving the industry on the brink of collapse. .

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How Virtual Medical Conferences Offer Greater Flexibility, Better Learning Experiences, and Attract Larger Audiences

PCMA Convene

When the in-person the Latin American Peritoneal Dialysis Extended Congress was canceled, an extended online congress was designed. A silver lining in the move from in-person event programs to online platforms brought on by COVID-19? The rollout of the Extended Congress, according to a recent article in MedEdPublish , the journal of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).

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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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Industry leaders express urgency about naming a reopening date to Minister

Event Industry News

At the most recent Senior Events Industry Leaders Panel held with the Minister of Tourism, Nigel Huddleston MP, industry leaders voiced their concerns, about the critical importance of a date for reopening to be given, if further damage to an already fragile Industry was to be avoided. Industry leaders said a go date was essential as for many events, at least eight to twelve weeks, was necessary for planning purposes.

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Virtual Event Module is now live!

rsvpBOOK

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Virtual Event Module! You can now connect your rsvpBOOK sessions/workshops directly to your Zoom, Webex, GoTo Meeting and GoTo Webinar accounts, as well as any other provider that you have details for. This module will allow you to offer social distancing options to your event […]. The post Virtual Event Module is now live!

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Making Lemonade From Lemons

Best Corporate Events

When the Going got tough…We got Virtual. We were in our groove, delivering nearly 1,000 events in 2019, all across America, while maintaining our #1 ranked Customer TrustScore of 4.9/5.0. Then, the Live Events Industry collapsed and vanished in an instant. The calm actually allowed us to reflect. We’d been so busy for so long delivering In-Person events that we didn’t have time for much else.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Events Fail

Floktu

Whilst we would love to live in a world where events always run exactly to plan, we know that the chance of an event failing is actually quite high. We would like to outline the Top 5 reasons why events fail so that you can avoid them! Some fail spectacularly (think Fyre Festival) and others just fail to meet their event objectives or have minor mishaps during the event.

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How to Keep Attendees Informed and Engaged from Start to Finish

ePly

The main goal for any event is getting people there in the first place — so you probably have a pretty solid plan for promoting it to your audience and generating registrations.but, that said, do you have a plan for communicating with your attendees? The people who’ve already signed up? You ABSOLUTELY should. Whether you’ll be face-to-face, all online, or some combination of the two, keeping attendees informed and engaged is imperative to event success.

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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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The Keys for Event Pros to Stand Out from the Competition

Special Events

Tips for event pros to stand out from their competition.

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AI?powered news aggregation software launches to “transform every market sector”

Event Industry News

A new artificial intelligence software hailed as the “Apple News” for businesses in any sector launched yesterday (30 June). Designed to deliver more content, engagement and revenue, it creates news platforms and content for businesses to deliver rolling aggregated news to users without the need for employing staff. It promises to deliver a new revenue stream or a new business within hours.

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Restaurants That Are Now Open For Dine-In In South Carolina

EventUp

Post-coronavirus, restaurants are slowly reopening in various stages — which started with takeout and delivery and has evolved into partial capacity for dine-in— in order to ensure a safe experience until the days of everyone operating at full capacity. We are just as excited as you to get out of our own messy kitchens and back into a restaurant enjoying food and drink crafted by someone else along with new and old friends.

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MEDIAmaker

Event Industry News

After 26 years, MEDIAmaker continue to design & deliver Live Event & Digital communications solutions for businesses worldwide. In this new world we are well placed to accommodate change, with our live & digital talent we create Virtual and Hybrid Events alongside Digital communications solutions to engage, motivate & grow your business.

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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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What Does A Wedding with 50 Guests Look Like?

Milestone Events Group

Wedding of 50 Guests . Congratulations!!! You have decided to start planning your wedding of 50 guests. A smaller wedding is so much easier to plan and much more enjoyable. You will worry less about the large crowd coming and enjoy your day so much more. . . Venue . Many venues have maximum capacity due to space and city/county permits. Typically, when you go over 100 guests, your choice of sites is reduced by 50%.

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Scene2

Event Industry News

Established in 1999, Scene2 Ltd is the design, production & build “go-to” event production partner for brands, agencies, charities, theatre and film industries. Renowned work includes: “If Carslberg made chocolate bars….” PR stunt for Carlsberg at Truman Brewery, London with agencies Blackjack/Fold 7. Lego Movie 2: Coffee Unchained pop-up Café – international film promotion, converted shipping container tour with The Sunshine Agency.

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Virtual Event Module is now live!

rsvpBOOK

We are excited to announce the launch of our new Virtual Event Module! You can now connect your rsvpBOOK sessions/workshops directly to your Zoom, Webex, GoTo Meeting and GoTo Webinar accounts, as well as any other provider that you have details for. This module will allow you to offer social distancing options to your event […]. The post Virtual Event Module is now live!

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3 Lessons from Virtual Shifts

SmartMeetings

Mastering virtualization. One of the most effective ways to learn is by doing—but watching others doing works, too. In this time of repackaging grand destination programs to fit onto computer screens, a great way to avoid mistakes is to study how our peers are shape-shifting. Smart Meetings asked three meeting planners how they kept everyone tuned in.

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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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The Don’ts of Delivering Successful Virtual Events

Hubilo Blog

Some mistakes are so costly that you don’t have a chance to rectify them. Event professionals and organizers of virtual conferences, summits, trade shows and meetings are rigorously thinking about how to ensure that they are able to host and deliver successful events. Whilst you work hard to do things perfectly with brilliant execution, you also need to make sure that you avoid doing certain things for your virtual events. .

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Licensing & Safety Lawyers

Event Industry News

LSL (Licensing & Safety Lawyers) offer a range of legal services to the event industry, from drafting contracts to applying for licenses and dealing with enforcement. We were formed in 2013 to provide a specialist law service to the events and hospitality industry. The firm is headed by Jon Payne, who is dual qualified as a barrister and solicitor and in addition to his legal qualifications has over 20 years of event industry experience and previously worked within local authorities and at s

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Festicket’s Ed Walsh joins Goho for free webinar to discuss future of events industry

Event Genius

The post Festicket’s Ed Walsh joins Goho for free webinar to discuss future of events industry appeared first on Event Genius.

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Planet EcoBags

Event Industry News

Planet EcoBags have been supplying promotional bags for over a decade. We use environmentally responsible, biodegradeable fabrics such as Hemp, Juco and Bamboo. We have quirky, tactile bags and desk tidies in washable paper, ultra-strong water resistant DuraPaper shoppers, and full colour woven bags in recycled PP. We also make bespoke bags to your design, and fully-printed table runners.

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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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Your Guide to Technology for Virtual Events

Skift

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Adapting Your Code of Conduct for Virtual Events

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

You might have seen that we’ve been running our first fully-virtual series for event organisers, Admission Online, on our new platform, Vito. We’re intentionally designing Vito to facilitate inclusivity by default. And, when we started running Admission Online, one of the first pieces of content we populated in the system was the code of conduct (CoC).