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Have I Met You Before? Three ways to minimize embarrassment when meeting people

Conferences that Work

An embarrassing incident I was hanging out at the Marlboro South Pond Regatta , a whimsical affair where local sailors of all stripes and abilities casually “race” around a few buoys in the lake, sometimes stopping to chat mid-race with each other or watch our beautiful loons. (They carry their babies on their backs — see photo!) A man passed, and our eyes met for a moment. “Have I met him before?

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How to Transform Your Attendees into Networking Butterflies

Smart Meetings

Thanks to social media—and a whole host of event marketing platforms—it’s never been easier to set up a networking event. The challenge is ensuring that the event is a genuine success for those in attendance. Before starting, it’s worth asking the following questions: Will the event make it easy to facilitate introductions? Will there be enough engaging activities?

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Event Proposal: Templates and Tactics to Win business in 2019

EventMB

Event proposals. Two words guaranteed to make senior event planners, and anyone with a responsibility for business development, to groan. A good event proposal can make the difference between winning a lucrative new contract and being the star of the week. If you miss the mark you will be walking away disappointed and confused at why […]. The post Event Proposal: Templates and Tactics to Win business in 2019 by Dave Ferguson appeared first on [link].

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See How This Hamptons Benefit Celebrated its 25th Anniversary

BizBash

At once exclusive and bizarre, the Watermill Center summer benefit remained a tentpole event within the frenetic Hamptons party scene.

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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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10 Tips for Planning a Tech Conference that Women Will Actually Want to Attend

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

A number of women from the Women Who Tech community feel like large startups admit there are diversity issues, but not enough action is being taken to address the problems. Conferences can be a great venue for attendees who are in positions of management, including founders and future founders to get concrete advice. The fact that this post was published two years ago brings about mixed feelings in me.

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Event Venue Management Checklist for Event Planners

Hubilo Blog

Getting a chance to visit “The Old Truman Brewery” in London or the “Grand Hall of Olympia” is not an everyday thing for people. Venues play quite an important role while planning an event. Be it a symbolic or historic, events success can also be measured by the location and the love for the venue that attendees show! Event venue management for events has become a huge deal for the planners.

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August 27, 2018: Two Dead in Shooting at Esports Tournament, Burning Man Tries to Emphasize Importance of Consent, Judge Issues Injunction in Comic-Con Trademark Case

BizBash

1. TWO DEAD IN SHOOTING AT ESPORTS TOURNAMENT: Two people were killed in a shooting at an esports competition in.

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Event Apps and Brand Activations

Core-apps

The busy fall conference, trade show and event season is about to be in full swing! We know event organizers are anxiously waiting to try new things and to see what their colleagues are up to with technology and beyond. One big movement in the event space right now is part technology, part creative execution and part budget…of course! We’re talking about a recipe for experiential brand activations, and it’s the future of all events.

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Event Marketing Automation: The 2018 Guide

Bizzabo

Learn how to increase your productivity and get more out of your events in this guide to event marketing automation. Ask any successful marketer how to promote a product or service effectively, and they’ll tell you that success starts with understanding your target audience. Once you’ve identified that audience, the name of the game is providing personalized experiences to members of that audience.

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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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[Webinar] Everyday Meeting Disasters: Creative Work Arounds—and Smart Planning Strategies to Save Your Event

MeetingsNet

Webinar live date: September 25, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. Webinar live date: September 25, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. While it’s critical to prepare for once-a-career issues like hurricanes or terrorism, it’s the “everyday disasters” that meeting professionals have to manage wisely onsite that can make or break a meeting.

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Tips from HBR for Measuring Event Impact

Smart Meetings

Bank Street Events, Stamford. A new Harvard Business Review study shows an overwhelming majority of companies (90 percent) prioritize staging events for customers and potential customers because for more than half of them, event marketing is the most valuable marketing channel they have. The survey of 700 senior executives, titled “ The Event Marketing Evolution: An Era of Data, Technology, and Revenue Impact ,” found that the fastest-growing companies are increasing event activity the most, wi

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MeetingsNet Debuts New Conference Dedicated to Risk Management

MeetingsNet

Risk360 will take place November 29, 2018, at Convene Rockefeller Plaza in New York. MeetingsNet, the meeting industry’s premier resource for news, business intelligence, ideas and more, today launched Risk360, a new one-day conference focusing on risk management for meetings and events professionals. Risk360 will focus on real-life security scenarios, topical advice and best practices, and boots-on-the-ground information that meeting professionals need to know in today’s increasingly insecure w

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Promoting Bands and Gigs on Twitter

Evvnt

The internet has always been a brilliant way to share music and since the advent of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, there are now even more opportunities for promoting bands and gigs online. Twitter is still a largely underrated tool for finding and sharing music but that looks set to change as Twitter is slowly boosting the site functionality to include hosting images, video and music on their site.

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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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[Webinar] Build your ROI Emergency Kit: 5 tips for proving the value of your events

MeetingsNet

Webinar live date: September 18, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. Webinar live date: September 18, 2018 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. We all know that feeling of sheer panic that happens when our boss (or bosses’ boss) asks for an update on the return we got from our last event.

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Establishing Custom Editor Settings

Caterease

Establishing Custom Editor Settings Caterease Version: 18 Category: Event Manager Date: 08/27/2018. The post Establishing Custom Editor Settings appeared first on Caterease.

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Tips for Clients Wanting to Incorporate Their Pet into Their Wedding Day

All Seated

You’ve booked your ideal client. Only thing is, they want to have their dog at the wedding. You know it’s a great idea, but you cringe to think about the amount of work that’s involved with getting the dog there, holding on to him/her, and caring for that sweet fur baby all while focusing on what you were hired to do. No more cringing – here a few tips to help you and your couple pull off this fantastic idea.

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New Feature: The Caterease Payment Link

Caterease

The Caterease Payment Link feature through Vantiv/Worldpay is the latest innovative way Caterease Software can save you time and make your workday easier. Using this handy tool, you can quickly send payment links to your customers – individually or in batch – and let the customers make payments themselves! From any event in Caterease, The post New Feature: The Caterease Payment Link appeared first on Caterease.

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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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Meet and Retreat on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Cvent: Event Marketing

Meet. The Mississippi Gulf Coast has meeting venues to suit any event. The Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center offers over 400,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting space and can comfortably house groups of up to 6,000 people. Food and beverage provider Levy serves up dishes with delicious local ingredients and inspiration, such as fresh Gulf shrimp and freshly picked blueberries.

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Mastodon: Social media for people

Plan Your Meetings

All the cool kids jump ship from a social media platform once it gets too mainstream or too corporatized. Friendster > MySpace > Facebook > Twitter > Tumblr > Snapchat, and on and on… As a result, investing too much time and resources into developing your presence on such sites can turn into a gut punch when your audience departs for the next big thing and you have to start all over.

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Body Language Confidential

Connect Your Meetings

Register for “Body Language Confidential” Discover strategic body language so you can uncover secrets hidden in plain view and hear “yes!” more easily and more often during interviews, networking events, sales meetings and negotiations. In this fast-paced, interactive program, Traci teaches lie, fraud and identity theft detection she’s used to get to the truth in billion-dollar business deals, crimes and politics.

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Collaborating Across Borders for Border Security

PCMA Convene

International Border Management and Technologies Association Chair Tony Smith. Before he retired from his position in 2013 as director general of the U.K. Border Force, Tony Smith, CBE, was frequently asked to speak at events around the world about border management. He said he found “real value in being in charge of a border agency in one country speaking to people who were in charge of border agencies in other countries, because obviously my inbound is your outbound, my imports are your export

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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.