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Are you old yet?

Conferences that Work

Are you old yet? (Click on the image to watch the skateboarding professor, who’s my age.). I turned 69 last week. My body and mind do not work as well as they used to. Oh for the days, long gone, when I went to bed, fell asleep immediately, and woke up eight hours later feeling refreshed! My stamina starts to drop at five pm; no more long productive bouts of late night work.

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9 Ways to Get Job-Ready for the Event Industry Recovery

EventMB

Some might argue that professional development is a waste of energy right now, but there has never been more reason to adapt. Events are changing and so are the demands on event professionals. Here are nine ways to win work as soon as it becomes available. With live events still severely limited, most event planners […]. The post 9 Ways to Get Job-Ready for the Event Industry Recovery by The Vendry appeared first on [link].

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The Best Ideas for Virtual Event Engagement

GEVME

Intro. Are you thinking about how to increase audience engagement ? You have come to the right place. With the way things are going today, event planners have no choice but to make the best out of their online events and the virtual event engagement tools that come along with them. However, to engage event attendees requires effort and creativity. It’s simply not that easy.

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Is the Price Right? How Event Creators Are Pricing Their Events

Picatic by Eventbrite

As events have moved online, it’s become increasingly more difficult to know what the worth of your event might be to your audience. But that doesn’t mean you should offer cheap or even free tickets for an experience you’ve worked hard to produce. Looking into averages for online ticket pricing, we see a range from […].

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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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How To Find The Perfect Speaker for Your Event

Attendease

Speakers can easily make or break an event. If you have a presenter who doesn’t understand who they’re talking to, or who can’t keep the audience’s attention, you’re wasting everyone’s time (and possibly their money). Conversely, if you have a speaker who has a compelling topic and knows how to deliver it with clear takeaways, you’ll have a happy crowd who will leave positive reviews for your event, and tell others.

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EventMobi Virtual Event Platform [Review]

EventMB

EventMobi's Virtual Event Platform is a web-based and mobile platform for highly customized virtual events. It lets planners design, monetize, and produce fully virtual or hybrid events. Here is our review. EventMobi Virtual Event Platform: What Is It? EventMobi's Virtual Event Platform is a robust virtual event tool that is available as both a […].

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It’s Not Too Late to Host a Virtual Halloween Event

Picatic by Eventbrite

Halloween 2020 isn’t cancelled — it’s just going virtual. If you’re still thinking of hosting an online event for Halloween, don’t be dismayed by the date on your calendar. In fact, unlike in-person events, tickets to virtual events often sell best closer to the actual date, so there’s still time! Here’s our best advice for […].

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Is the Price Right? How Event Creators Are Pricing Their Online Events

Eventbrite UK

As events have moved online, it’s become increasingly more difficult to know what the worth of your event might be to your audience. But that doesn’t mean you should offer cheap or even free tickets for an experience you’ve worked hard to produce. Looking into averages for online ticket pricing, we see a range from […]. The post Is the Price Right?

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Fall Tabletop Inspiration: See This Harvest-Inspired Micro-Event for Jewish Holiday Sukkot

BizBash

Boston-based TYGER | Event Design + Production created a modern take on the traditional holiday—while also offering design inspiration for small events of all types.

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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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Are New Event Cleaning Protocols Just Hygiene Theater?

EventMB

With the increasing realization that Covid-19 can spread through the air, emphasis has gradually shifted away from surface transmission. Some are even dismissing sanitation measures at events as mere ‘hygiene theater.’ What does the evidence tell us? When the pandemic first began, careful hand washing was presented as the number one way to reduce infection […].

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What Events U.S. Consumers Searched for Last Week

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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 Sept. 25 – […].

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UK events industry campaigns combine forces to deliver One Industry One Voice

Event Industry News

Organisers of several high-profile events industry campaigns have created a taskforce to ensure stronger alignment and more effective communication in fighting for awareness and financial support for the whole industry. The organisations behind #WeMakeEvents, #Let the Music Play and #WeCreateExperiences will align with One Industry One Voice and are encouraging other campaigns to get in touch.

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Event Prof Stories: Having A Human Response To The Pandemic

Endless Events

?? The Best of the Best: Iconic Stories: How To Pivot With An Emphasis On Human Relationships. Event Jobs: Event Company Hiring vs Unemployed Event Prof: Different Perspectives. ? Learn more about navigating this virtual event landscape with our Virtual Event Handbook. . 4th Quarter, Reviews, and Reflection. It’s October, and as an October baby, I have reached my full form!

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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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UK Goes Back and Forth on Business Events — What’s to Come?

EventMB

The UK, a country with huge event institutions like Reed and Informa, doesn’t seem to be able to make up its mind about whether or not live events can happen. With the virus' second wave now upon us and renewed restrictions being implemented, we need a plan. Regulations when it comes to live events have […]. The post UK Goes Back and Forth on Business Events — What’s to Come?

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Back from the Dead: Virtual Events Give New Life to Halloween This Year

Picatic by Eventbrite

Like most things, Halloween will look a bit different this year as people continue to social distance across the globe. With annual costume parties and trick-or-treating plans off the table for most, consumers of all ages are looking for new ways to celebrate the spooky season, while engaging and connecting with their communities. Eventbrite has […].

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The hidden steps to avoiding problems with your virtual or hybrid event

Event Industry News

Our industry’s long-awaited pivot from in-person to virtual has been a real sight to behold. Some players have emerged even stronger than before, applying careful consideration to their new environment and proving that we really are on the cusp of innovation with what many deemed a stopgap. Others have been less fortunate; their lack of attention highlighting the chasm between the old and new normal, spelt out by live stream crashes, clunky experiences and – worst of all – the dreade

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How to Get More People into Your Venue

Special Events

Marketing a venue is a whole different ball game than promoting a product or service; venues serve as the backdrop of an event and clients seek out a space they can envision in their memories for years to come.

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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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Polls Show What Attendees Find Challenging and What They Want at Virtual Events

PCMA Convene

Futurist John Gerzema, CEO, Harris Insights & Analytics/The Harris Poll, speaks at CIR Predict 2019. Her returned for this year’s virtual conference, giving two presentations. This year, the name CEIR’s Annual Exhibition Industry Outlook Conference has always gone by — Predict — couldn’t have come any closer to describing what event professionals are looking for in today’s uncertain and unchartered times: a sense of what’s to come next and how to prepare.

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Platforms Are The New Venues…But Is That Enough?

Endless Events

It’s hardly news that the rules of the game have changed drastically. And now that we’re all getting up close and personal with the concept of virtual experiences, the focus becomes elevating the experience. We’ve already discussed at length why planners need to get creative with storytelling. But perhaps we jumped the gun too quickly – back when we published our Back To The Basics article , things were still very much up in the air.

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Business events get green signal across New Zealand

Event Industry News

Auckland’s move to Alert Level 1 is great news for the business events industry and will give decision-makers confidence across the country, said Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) chief executive, Lisa Hopkins. Auckland will join the rest of New Zealand in Covid-19 alert level 1 on 7 October. “The new announcement by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern dispels all confusion about who can meet and where.

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5 Ways Food Banks Can Benefit From Volunteer Management Software

InitLive

Food banks have played a pivotal role in our communities for decades, and they will continue to positively impact the millions of people who struggle with food insecurity each year. According to the USDA , over 10% of households in America worked with food security at some point in 2018. Thanks to food banks, many of those families were able to put food on the table when they needed it.

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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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Amanda and David’s Socially Distanced Ceremony at Casa Loma

EventSource

It turns out fairy tales do come true, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we’ve got proof from Amanda and David’s socially distanced ceremony at Casa Loma. The creative team at Designed Dream Wedding Planning provided the magical touch when it came to planning the couple’s dream ceremony that was a beautiful confection of old world tradition and whimsy.

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Mapping the Way Forward

SmartMeetings

Frustrated industry leaders brainstorm ways to get back to business. The most coveted amenity in the meetings and hospitality world right now is…confidence. For attendees, that translates to a sense of security they will be safe if they resume traveling …for meeting planners, a certainty that guidelines are correct…and for venues, peace of mind that the jurisdiction won’t reverse course and make them scrap plans in the works for months or years, and would have put hundreds of people to work at a

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Event Tech Live 2020 reveals still more content, still more reach

Event Industry News

Fully virtual for the first time, Event Tech Live 2020 (ETL20) will feature more than 100 sessions and 70 plus demos, from home and abroad, delivered by show partners First Sight Media, Glisser and Grip. Three separate streams mean ETL20 can maintain its acclaimed content categorisation formula – typically across several stages at Old Truman Brewery – in play online.

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ELI Virtual Event Profile: Suzanne Neve

Event Leadership Institute

For over 20 years, the Florida Festivals & Events Association (FFEA) has promoted large community events in Florida, including festivals, food & wine events, and state and local fairs. FFEA supports more than 700 event industry professional members who collectively represent 5,500 events. Each year the association hosts an annual conference for members featuring three full days of in-person networking and education.

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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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Courtney and Tyler’s Gorgeous Fall Wedding at the Symes

EventSource

There’s a lot to love about Courtney and Tyler’s rustic romantic wedding. With the help of the brilliant planners at As You Wish Weddings , the couple’s gorgeous fall wedding incorporated tons of florals and lovely texture along with natural backdrops that emanated a fresh and friendly feel. Put it together with the breathtaking location of The Symes , and you’ve got one stunner of a celebration.

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How to Make the Last 3 Months of 2020 a Victory for Event Pros

SmartMeetings

If you’re reading this, then congratulations—you’ve made it to October. I feel like we all deserve awards at this point but then again, maybe you’re thinking, “Girl, we still have three more months in this crazy year. I’m ready to put this one to bed!” And I hear you—but what if. victory. What if three months from now you could look back on this challenging time with pride?

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Maintaining CPD standards at Event Tech Live

Event Industry News

Granted full accreditation by the CPD Standards Office ahead of the 2019 show, virtual Event Tech Live 2020 maintains the same status. Continued Professional Development (CPD) encompasses educational content relating to an industry that many employers require their staff to complete as part of their contract. With more than 100 hours of content scheduled, delegates attending Event Tech Live, online this year, will be able to log the sessions they watch and apply for official certification recogn