April, 2020

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What do Post-Coronavirus Events Look Like?

EventMB

The most pressing question on event professionals’ minds is what events will look like once the lockdowns have been lifted. We explore some potential scenarios of the aftermath of Covid-19. The event industry remains one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis. A lot of uncertainty remains on the future of meetings and […]. The post What do Post-Coronavirus Events Look Like?

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5 Tips to Guarantee Engagement at Your Virtual Event

Velvet Chainsaw

To design a virtual event with the participants in mind, you need to create an engaging, interactive experience that provides relevant content and promotes knowledge sharing and networking value—often the missing link in our new virtual reality. In this short video , we give you five tips to ensure that you’ll achieve amazing and impactful engagement with your next digital event.

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3 Important Hacks When Using Event Psychology

Event Planning BluePrint

Have you ever attended an event and then asked yourself why you choose that event over another? Or, have you wondered what it takes to get event attendees to buy tickets to your event? That’s where event psychology comes in. It’s a relatively new area of study in the event world and…. Simply put, it’s the understanding of people’s behaviour and experience.

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Gather ‘Round Your Screen: Online Events are the Live Experiences of Now

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COVID-19 has ground the Live Experiences economy to a halt. However, our timeless need for human connection remains as strong as ever. Eventbrite has seen a significant shift in consumer behavior with a 9x increase in searches for “online events” on our platform as people are craving ways to connect. With a 1,000+% year-over-year rise […].

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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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9 Fun Ideas to Spice Up Your Online Workshop and Engage Your Audience

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Teaching is an art form. It doesn’t matter if you’re teaching online or in person. Great teachers hold our attention, make us laugh, help us understand the subject matter and, most of all, inspire us. Achieving engagement from your students, especially online, takes practice and experience. Even if you’re new to teaching—or just new to […].

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Coronavirus and Events: Outlook and Recovery Timeline

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When will the event industry recover from the coronavirus? When is it safe to schedule your event? Here is a forecast of when things will go back to normal. 2020 has quickly gone from a promising year for the events industry into one of the most damaging, and the estimated recovery period has already […]. The post Coronavirus and Events: Outlook and Recovery Timeline by Julius Solaris appeared first on [link].

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New Research Hints At a New Normal for The Event Industry

EventMB

Germany is carrying out one of the largest researches on how the Coronaviurs spreads. The provisional results discuss the role of events on spreading the virus and depict what the next six to nine months look like. Professor Hendrick Streeck has been tasked by the local government of one of the worst infected areas […]. The post New Research Hints At a New Normal for The Event Industry by Julius Solaris appeared first on [link].

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5 Ways Event Professionals Can Manage Stress During Uncertain Times

EventMB

Event planning is never easy, and it's only been made more chaotic by the current global pandemic. But it’s also an industry that trains us to deal with adversity, to be adaptable, to be resilient. Here are 5 tips to help with stress management during this uncertain time. The coronavirus outbreak has placed an […]. The post 5 Ways Event Professionals Can Manage Stress During Uncertain Times by EventMB Studio Team appeared first on [link].

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How eventprofs are feeling during COVID-19

Conferences that Work

How are eventprofs feeling during COVID-19? Over the past few weeks in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, I’ve listened to hundreds of people share their feelings at online meetings I’ve led and joined. Though everyone’s response has been unique, three distinct sets of emotions stand out. Here they are, from the perspective of the many meeting professionals I’ve heard.

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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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9 Ways to Support Event Venues and Organizers through COVID-19

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With gatherings across the country canceled due to COVID-19, event venues and organizers have been some of the businesses hit hardest by this pandemic. We’ve seen theaters sit empty, sports teams pause mid-season, and events like the Olympics, music festivals, and TED conferences get postponed. As we miss out on our favorite annual events and […].

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Leading Through the Pandemic: Generosity + Empathy = Future Brand

Velvet Chainsaw

This is the first in a series of blogs posts, written collaboratively by our team, which uncover lessons learned in advising our clients on their events in the time of COVID-19. Over the past 30 days, the VCC team has helped dozens of conference and show organizers with their decisions on how to respond to the pandemic. Although each situation has its own unique issues, we wanted to share some of what we’ve learned to help you with your disruption response and planning.

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Implementation Guide for Online Events

Attendease

On our latest blog post, we shared the benefits of running online events and why you should considere turning your in-person conference into a virtual summit. Today, we will share an implementation guide with technical considerations and event requirements you need to know before you plan your online event and how to implement it. What Technologies Do You Need to Run an Online Conference.

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Top Event Designers Are Creating Jaw-Dropping 'Quarantine Tables' From Items Around Their Homes

BizBash

While live events are on hold due to COVID-19, Ed Libby started the #DreamersAlwaysDream Instagram challenge as a way to keep his skills sharp—and to reconnect with his love for design.

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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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10 Standout Virtual Event Ideas From Around the Industry

EventMB

While some planners are scrambling to figure out the saving grace that is virtual events, others are leading the way with novel virtual event experiences. Here are some original ideas and insights from recent online events to help inspire your own. Virtual events are nothing new, but the industry has been slow to fully […]. The post 10 Standout Virtual Event Ideas From Around the Industry by Victoria Copans appeared first on [link].

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Who goes next — protocols for online meetings

Conferences that Work

You’ve surely overheard or been part of a “conversation” where one person talks non-stop. Who goes next? Nobody! “Free discussions” at meetings frequently suffer from the same phenomenon. A few people monopolize most of the time, and many people, often a majority, say nothing. If you want to support everyone’s right to share at a meeting, you’ll need to facilitate what happens via defining and agreeing on who can speak, and when, and for how long.

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Finding Community Online in the Age of COVID-19

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If you’ve ventured outside anytime in the last few weeks, chances are that the desolate scene beyond your front door is a bit unsettling. But know this: Even though folks aren’t congregating in person (in accordance with stay-at-home orders the nation over) the online world is an entirely different subject. Across the web, a diverse […].

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Conference Go/No-Go Decisions in a Pandemic

Velvet Chainsaw

This is the second in a series of blogs posts, written collaboratively by our team, which uncover lessons learned in advising dozens of our clients on their events in the time of COVID-19. Although each situation has its own unique issues, we hope you find nuggets to help you with your disruption response and planning. Scenario Planning. Where lead time permits, work through at least three scenarios – optimistic, pessimistic and somewhere in the middle.

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Dominate Your Local Market With These 4 Reputation Management Strategies

Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Lindsay Harrison, and Erin O'Brien

Did you know that 4 out of 5 consumers use local search and 88% use smartphones for those searches? With that in mind, I think it's safe to say your online presence is the silver bullet of your business. Think about the revenue you could be missing by not prioritizing local search optimization. Fortunately, there are a handful of steps you can take right now that will immediately impact your business's pace in local search, and we're happy to share them.

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How to work remotely from home during COVID-19 – for event professionals

Planning Pod

Here at Planning Pod , we know firsthand how hard COVID-19 has hit the events industry, including millions of event professionals, event planners and event venues. In addition to businesses furloughing / laying off employees, eliminating jobs and closing their doors, millions of people have found themselves in totally uncharted territory – facilitating e-learning for their children, adjusting business practices and working from home.

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Gallus Events Does HOPIN the online events platform

Gallus Events

Hopin the online events platform is fast becoming a very popular choice for small to medium sized online events. So we thought Gallus Events would have a look at Hopin. And you can too! Here are our objectives for the event: Run the event as a LIVE test to see if we want to run one of our big events on the platform. Allow other organisers to check out every functionality of the platform in a LIVE environment.

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Eventbrite Layoffs Are A Turning Point for Event Technology

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Eventbrite announced yesterday that it was letting go 45% of its staff. What does it mean for the delicate balance of the event technology sector? Many Eventbrite workers are referring to what happened yesterday as to the ‘Blood Orange Wednesday’. It was heart-wrenching to see the news of Eventbrite laying of approximately 500 ‘Britelings’ […].

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How This Annual Gala Used Eclectic Decor to Keep Things Fresh

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Held before the museum's temporary closure due to COVID-19, the California Science's Center's annual Discovery Ball shook things up with two out-of-the-box themes and a new after-party layout.

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5 Things Businesses Need to Know to Thrive in a Post-COVID World

People are itching to get back into the world. 54% of consumers say they plan to dine out at a restaurant at least once a week this year. As COVID-19 restrictions ease, the competition for their business is stronger than ever. Download this eBook today to learn how your restaurant can be prepared!

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30 Tips and Tricks for Hosting a Successful Online Event

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Virtual events have quickly become the norm — and for good reason. Not only can you host them from anywhere in the world, but they can save you money, increase engagement with your audience and potential customers, generate leads, build your brand, and help you establish yourself or your clients as industry leaders. What is […].

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Renegotiating Live Event Agreements When All Parties Are Innocent Victims

Velvet Chainsaw

This is the third in a series of blogs posts, written collaboratively by our team, which uncover lessons learned in advising dozens of our clients on their events in the time of COVID-19. Although each situation has its own unique issues, we hope you find nuggets to help you with your disruption response and planning. The U.S. hotel industry is projected to report a 51-percent decline in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2020, according to a special forecast revision from STR and Tourism

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Paycheck Protection Program Explained – For Events and Hospitality Businesses

Planning Pod

As a proud member of the events industry, I will start by saying how much empathy and collective pain I feel for all of us. Our businesses are quiet and dark, and being someone who has attended thousands of events in his lifetime (let alone built a business in the hospitality industry), this kind of silence is something I never thought I would witness or experience.

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30 Tips and Tricks for Hosting a Successful Online Event

Eventbrite UK

Virtual events have quickly become the norm — and for good reason. Not only can you host them from anywhere in the world, but they can save you money, increase engagement with your audience and potential customers, generate leads, build your brand, and help you establish yourself or your clients as industry leaders. What is […]. The post 30 Tips and Tricks for Hosting a Successful Online Event appeared first on Eventbrite UK.

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A CHRO’s Perspective on Substance Use in the Workplace: Supportive Strategies to Help Your Workforce Thrive

Speaker: Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, Medical Director, Psychiatry and Naj Wright, MBA, C-Suite HR Executive

The last year and a half has been one of extreme stress and anxiety for the American Workforce. A 2021 New York University School of Global Public Health survey of 5,850 people who drink alcohol found that 29 percent have increased their drinking during the pandemic. Among people who have been experiencing depression (64% more likely) and anxiety (41% more likely), which have also become more prevalent over the last 18 months, the risk is even higher.

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How Venues Are Preparing With Social Distancing Measures

EventMB

One avenue some venues are taking to return to normalcy is to implement social distancing-friendly infrastructure and policies to try to create safety around in-person events. Here's what that may look like and when we might expect the first attempts. As the peak of coronavirus infections starts to level off in many countries — […]. The post How Venues Are Preparing With Social Distancing Measures by Victoria Copans appeared first on [link].

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Stay Inspired with Event Design Ideas From This 'Mulan'-Theme Dinner

BizBash

Houston-based Event Sociétal designed a dark and moody event setting for a recent photo shoot.

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Taking “Shop Local” Global: Renegade Craft Fair’s First Fully-Virtual Event

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When can virtual shopping feel authentic? When there’s more to it than just shopping. Renegade Craft Fair knows this. For the last 17 years, they’ve orchestrated art- and design-focused events across the country, in cities like San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, and Brooklyn. But now that COVID-19 has quashed any opportunity to do things in-person, they’re […].

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