Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I was inspired by a post by Lisa Cowley, CEO of Beacon, who penned a moving article entitled “ It Is Okay Not to Be Okay.” I recommend you read her moving story and then come back. Some days, I can relate! Application for Associations. It’s getting harder and harder to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Prognosticators and industry cheerleaders keep telling us that things will get back to normal…but who can say what normal is?

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EventMB

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In August, Germany performed an experiment with 2,000 participants to understand how the Coronavirus spreads at events. Here are the results. In August 2020, many of us were captured by a very promising experiment that planned to shed light on how the virus spreads at events. The event industry has been devastated under the stigma […]. The post Understanding How Coronavirus Spreads at Events: New Research by Julius Solaris appeared first on [link].

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EventMB

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Planners aren’t the only eventprofs getting used to virtual events — speakers also have a steep learning curve. One of the most important factors in keeping an audience’s attention is production value. Here’s how speakers and planners can work to deliver it. The events industry has largely shifted to virtual over the past several months, […]. The post How to Set Virtual Event Speakers Up for Success by Victoria Copans appeared first on [link].

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Even though we’re living through a global pandemic, people are hungry to connect, and they’re taking to Eventbrite to search for and discover a variety of events each week. We’re always intrigued by what we find. Here’s a look at what consumers across the U.S. searched for on Eventbrite last week (between Oct. 16 – […].

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Is most classroom practice astrology? David Bowles thinks so. I’ll let you in on a secret. I have a doctorate in education, but the field’s basically just a 100 years old. We don’t really know what we’re doing. Our scholarly understanding of how learning happens is like astronomy 2000 years ago. Most classroom practice is astrology. [link] — David Bowles (M?

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EventMB

OCTOBER 27, 2020

What we know about the Covid-19 crisis is that we don’t know much. As the worst crisis ever to hit the event industry is wreaking havoc with damage that it will take years to contain, there are lingering questions that will shape the future of events. We’ll explore some. Europe and the United States are […]. The post 20 Questions Facing The Event Industry in 2021 by Julius Solaris appeared first on [link].

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again — we’re inspired every day by the determination and drive from the creators on Eventbrite’s platform to bring people together despite the ongoing global pandemic. While we’re all eagerly awaiting the return to life as we knew it, with indoor dining, in-person schooling and big, live […].

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Skift

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Skift Take: Everyone forgets that in the moment in business, everything is cyclical, and the fate of business forever is bundling and unbundling over a period of time, even if they're put back together in different and potentially unrecognizable ways. — Rafat Ali Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Supporting live music and events industry professionals hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bringing overall recorded music sector donations to the artist and music community co-ordinated by the BPI to around £1.67 million. The BPI/BRIT Awards can announce the donation of £54,000 to the COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund administered by Stagehand – the Production Services Association (PSA) Welfare and Benevolent Fund.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 28, 2020

LinkedIn is reportedly building more products for virtual events. And it’s not what you think. Right after posting this tweet on the state of networking during virtual events Most agree that networking at virtual events is a problem. Yet Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Snap do social networking. The question is should we ask virtual […].

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Marketing for hybrid events can include virtual experiences, podcasts, chat, commerce, and more. As we wrestle with how to plan for the coming year, we’re realizing that hybrid is not just a contingency plan or a Band-Aid. Incorporating integrated models is a viable business strategy that allows event producers to think beyond their physical events and deliver more holistic, omni-channel engagement — and new revenue streams.

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ePly

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Planning events, whether in-person, virtual, or a combination of the two, is hard enough as is. Finding speakers, securing sponsors, coming up with new and creative ways to engage attendees.it’s a pretty hefty undertaking (to say the least). So the last thing you need is multiple software systems you have to jump back and forth between. (One for registrations, one to actually host the event and/or livestream sessions, etc.).

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EventSource

OCTOBER 27, 2020

High school sweethearts Susana and Mark made it official at a beautiful outdoor wedding that complemented both of their personalities as well as their mutual passion for the great outdoors. The results? Rustic, romantic, and elegant. The gorgeous Kortright Eventspace was chosen for its green surroundings, which worked perfectly with the couple’s wedding organic theme.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Virtual events mean steeper competition as traditional barriers to entry fall to the wayside, but the limitations of having to be in the same physical place and time are also reduced. How can planners take advantage to create ongoing community engagement? Even in the best of times, event brands spend an enormous amount of time […]. The post How to Build Community Around Virtual Events by Angela Tupper appeared first on [link].

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It was and is a major blow to our sector, not at all what any of us wanted to hear. It hasn’t just affected Events Organisers, but everything in the supply chain of our industry. Even Event Tech businesses are not immune as we have seen in recent days. Oliver Rowe Co-Founder, VenuIQ. However – there are still opportunities though to deliver meaningful content, experiences and events.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Think back to February, when the life of a meeting prof was relatively predictable. Annual meetings and incentive trips were planned years in advance on the assumption that people would be able to do courageous things like sit in a metal tube packed with lots of other people and fly for hours thigh-to-thigh to reach a destination where they would shake hands, occasionally hug, eat from the same buffet and breathe the same air in conference rooms where the chairs were linked together in a way tha

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Edo Anceaux (left) of the Royal Delft pottery factory, and Eric Bakermans of NBTC Holland Marketing, help lead a painting workshop for event planners over Zoom. The event was filmed live from the museum at the factory. In a crowded field of requests for online attention, an email invitation Convene received from the Netherlands Tourism Board a few weeks ago stood out.

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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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EventMB

OCTOBER 29, 2020

A complex and evolving landscape of virtual event tech has left event professionals with a lot of questions. How long will virtual events last? How much should I charge for them? How do I fight Zoom fatigue and keep my virtual audience from feeling like an afterthought? What do I need? Fortunately, EventMB has the […]. The post Virtual Event Tech Playbook 2020 Free Report by EventMB Studio Team appeared first on [link].

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Experienced events and creative industry professionals Mark Davies (pictured right), Jerry Cleary (pictured left) and Edwin Higgins (pictured centre) have joined forces to launch a new event production company, JEM LIVE. JEM LIVE combines a physical event production offering with services such as live streaming, extended reality (xR) and social media amplification to enable organisers and agencies to expand the reach of their event.

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EventSource

OCTOBER 30, 2020

When you’re planning a wedding, you will be dealing with lots of different vendors who will all play a crucial role in making your day come together. Once your wedding is over, many vendors will ask you to write a review or testimonial so that they can use your feedback to help other perspective clients choose them. If your vendor has gone beyond the call of duty and done an amazing job, please do them a kindness and write a glowing testimonial so their business can thrive.

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Special Events

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Your website and social media are channels to build connections and engage with your target market, but if you’re not communicating on their level, they’ll likely move on to someone who “speaks their language.

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InitLive

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Food banks and pantries provide an essential service in their community, ensuring nobody goes hungry. As an essential community service, food banks rely on community members to volunteer their time to help with operational tasks to ensure every client receives the food and goods they need, when they need them. Volunteers are the primary workforce for most food banks, and as demands on the food banks service increase, so must the volunteer team to keep up with that demand.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

One Industry One Voice, the coalition of events industry associations and businesses supporting the coordination of individual sector campaigns, are now planning a national and regional media campaign #WeCreateExperiences, aimed at the public and corporate buyers. The campaign planning work started in September and is aiming to launch before the end of the year, subject to the prevailing national situation and any developments in relation to the consumer/business market guidance for events re-op

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Even though digital experiences are our industry’s bread and butter right now, some doubts still linger. Because everything is so new, that’s more than understandable! And one of the biggest question marks we’ve noticed pertains to a virtual event RFP. In the past, these were pretty straightforward. But now that the rules of the game have completely changed, how are organizations supposed to go about the Request For Proposal process?

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Hubilo Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2020

RAISE 2020 (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020), a mega virtual summit on Artificial Intelligence was held on Hubilo’s Virtual Event Platform from October 5 – 9, 2020. Organized by the Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog, the 5-day online conference brought together global minds to discuss how artificial intelligence can be used for social transformation, inclusion and empowerment in different sectors of the society (such as heal

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Members of PCMA’s Catalyst community discuss when they might be able to invoke the force majeure clause in contracts for 2021 meetings. PCMA’s Catalyst community offers members a platform to ask each other questions, share ideas, or, as the website says, “communicate and collaborate.” Here’s a sampling from a recent Catalyst discussion. “I’m looking for some advice on how people are handling 2021 contracts and force majeure clauses,” Richard Munisteri , director of meetings, National Art Materia

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Launched five years ago, the virtual Exhibition Buyer’s Guide doesn’t have to change its format to accommodate 2020’s coronavirus concessions. The message is a little different this year though, with a focus on how ‘traditional’ flesh and blood events have made the digital switch. To that end, this fifth edition of the Guide features suppliers practicing contemporary solutions in their element of the supply chain, providing a responsible resource for buyers to research and source innovative new

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Stova

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Picture this. You are an event attendee who loyally attends the same conference every year. What do you most look forward to (aside from getting you up to speed on the latest and greatest)? You look forward to joining the 6:00 am running group in the streets of San Diego. You look forward to the networking lunch groups (you know.the ones assigned based on your interests or company type).

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