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22 Important KPIs for Measuring Event Success

Bizzabo

Event KPIs (key performance indicators) are the best way to track and measure your event's success. How do you decide which are the most impactful KPIs to measure? We will walk you through 22 event KPIs and how you can apply them to your event below. When determining KPIs, your event goals and desired event outcomes are the best places to start. Goals will guide what you should measure to determine event success.

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Hybrid Event Best Practices: A Virtual-First Approach

Eventmobi

After a year of adapting to virtual-only formats, many within the events industry are eagerly predicting that 2021 will be the year of hybrid events. What best practices will be essential in this new landscape? While hybrid events may seem like more familiar territory than strictly virtual formats, it is still too early to fall back on old models. Before the pandemic hit, most hybrid events treated the virtual audience as an afterthought.

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Venues set to trial You Check health passport

Event Industry News

Working with the Music Venue Trust (MVT) and approved for trial by the DCMS, start-up company You Check will test its new health passport with live audiences as a means to safely reopen UK music venues. Pencilled in for the 100 Club in London and Bristol’s 250 capacity Exchange, the first test events can’t come soon enough. According to MVT research more than 400 grassroots music venues are at imminent risk of being closed permanently.

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Gamification makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli

Conferences that Work

Gamification “makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli” Education professor Amy Bruckman , coined this analogy in a 1999 paper on game software design: “Most attempts at making software both educational and fun end up being neither. Fun is often treated like a sugar coating to be added to an educational core. Which makes about as much sense as chocolate-dipped broccoli.

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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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7 Stunning Examples of Event Planner Website Design

Social Tables

Skip to content Menu Solutions Interactive Floor Plans Collaborative event sales software that increases qualified leads and drives direct revenue. Event Diagramming Collaborative event management software that saves time, boosts revenue and drives loyalty. NEW Sales & Catering CRM Seamlessly manage and optimize group sales performance across your entire portfolio.

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Mixed Reality For Virtual Events With Touchcast!

Endless Events

On this week’s episode of #EventIcons, we’re happy to introduce one of our amazing partners. Edo Segal is the founder and CEO of Touchcast , an innovative solution that’s bringing a human connection back to virtual events. One of the many trends we identified for the upcoming months was the implementation of mixed reality in digital experiences.

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Toronto Caterers Offering Special Valentine’s Day Menus

EventSource

We can certainly all benefit from a little extra love these days! Valentine’s Day is coming up fast and with everything closed down, couples are on the hunt for unique, tasty, and romantic meal ideas to help spice things up! We got you covered – many of Toronto’s top caterers are offering up some at-home Valentine’s Day delivery ideas that are sure to please the palate.

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VenuIQ ensures go ahead of vital NHS leadership conferences

Event Industry News

The NHS Confederation has celebrated the successful conclusion of its latest virtual event for the leadership of the NHS, created by award-winning events software provider VenuIQ, to meet necessary COVID-19 restrictions. . The annual PNC Network Conference took place on 11th November 2020 and welcomed 1000 delegates nationwide to discuss the innovation and issues in primary care.

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[TEMPLATE] How to Help Conference Attendees Justify Event Cost

ePly

Increasing conference attendance can be a seriously arduous task. You must convince your audience to commit not only their money, but also their time. (And we all know, time is money.) Tack on travel fees for a national (or international) in-person event and, well, it can be a bit of an uphill climb asking attendees to spend hundreds, even thousands to attend your event.

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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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Fun tech tools to one-up your next virtual presentation!

Expo Pass

Ever wanted to turn that big virtual presentation into an animated short? Or maybe add some illustrations, graphics, or engagement tools? Or maybe you just want to turn yourself into a potato on Zoom! It’s all possible in the virtual world these days — even the potato. In this article, we take a look at all the best apps and add-ons that can help take your next virtual presentation, or Zoom meeting, to the next level!

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The 6 Most Important Things to Remember for Your Outdoor Wedding!

EventSource

There’s a reason that summer weddings are so popular – the weather! Warmer temperatures and longer days mean that having your wedding outside is not only possible it’s almost preferable! So, if you are planning to have an outdoor wedding, here are some things that you don’t want to leave off your list! Shelter Regardless of the weather, having some sort of shelter should be priority number one on your list!

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Cornbury Festival 2021: Music fans will need Covid vaccine or negative test

Event Industry News

While the future of music festivals in Oxfordshire is still uncertain due to Covid-19, some organisers are doing everything they can to ensure they can go ahead in 2021. This includes the organisers of Truck Festival in Steventon and Cornbury Festival at Great Tew. Truck is scheduled to take place from July 23-25, while Cornbury is scheduled to take place July 9-11.

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20 Sure Fire Ways to Maximize Event Engagement

Bizzabo

Event engagement is a critical component of a successful event. Keeping attendees participating has always been a challenge, but this gets even more complex in a virtual setting. In this article, we will show you the best ways to maximize event engagement at your next event. Let's dive in! More than half (67.7%) of event marketers find it more difficult to keep attendees engaged during sessions at virtual events.

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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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What Business Events Pros Learned in 2020

PCMA Convene

Hybrid events, like the recent Convening Leaders 2021 which help a live event at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore (above), are the next iteration of events during the pandemic. (Syafiq AB photo). The pandemic forced massive innovation for the business events industry after an initial swirl of false starts and stops, event postponements, meeting cancellations, massive layoffs, and upended traditional business models.

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Stephanie and Teddy’s Magical Wedding at The Four Seasons

EventSource

Stephanie and Teddy’s city chic wedding at the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto is definitely a sight to see! Perfectly curated by the creative team at Helen Q Events , the couple’s big day is a perfect blend of delicate and refined details with a dash of modern flair. Shot by the brilliant lens of AGI Studio , you’re going to want to check out this gallery!

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Ahead of the curve with GDS Group

Event Industry News

Harlan Davis is vice president of Product and Innovation at US-based GDS Group. In business for nearly 30 years, GDS started as a publisher, producing B2B journals for select markets including retail and healthcare, before moving across to events in 2005. Running between 50 and 100 executive summits every year pre-pandemic, for clients as illustrious as IBM and Dell, the GDS model already incorporated the virtual world so was a few steps ahead come the travel restrictions and lockdowns.

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The Pros and Cons of Hybrid Events

Eventsforce

Want the lowdown on tech trends and virtual events? In your inbox, every week. Right now, virtual events will likely stay the dominant player in the events space for at least the next six months of the year. However, as we start to see the impact of Covid-19 vaccination programmes and lockdown restrictions slowly start to ease, in-person events will return – albeit in a modest size.

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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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Hybrid Is the Way Forward, But Double the Work and Expense

PCMA Convene

Respondents to the January Dashboard survey shared their thoughts on the cost of hybrid events like Convening Leaders 2021 (above). (Syafiq AB photo). When we wrapped up the December Recovery Dashboard survey results, we noticed that both planners and suppliers reported feeling significantly more hopeful than in November. We attributed that to the timing of the survey, which went out the same week that the first wave of vaccines was being given to health-care workers.

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ELI Virtual Event Profile: Nicole Noonan, Grainger

Event Leadership Institute

Grainger Show is an annual event that brings together Grainger customers, vendors, and team members to share great ideas, new products, and strategies for working smarter and more safely. This live event draws around 6,000 customers, 4,000 team members, and 3,000 exhibitors from 550 companies during an average year. But 2020 was not an average year.

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Live events industry urge MPs to save the festival season and its wider supply chain

Event Industry News

Yesterday, (2 nd February,) the future of the UK’s world-leading music festivals and the live events supply chain were left in the hands of MPs during a critical parliamentary committee inquiry this morning. The committee, led by leaders in the industry, discussed the impact of COVID-19, the support needed for events to safely return, and urged for a government-backed insurance scheme.

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5 Tips to Write an Effective Script for Virtual Event

SmartMeetings

We’ve all been to virtual events before—conferences, webinars, online summits, or fairs. Some were great, others—not so much. When a virtual event is effective, it can help with sales, building a reputation and expanding a professional network. When it’s bad, the viewers are disengaged or even upset that they’re wasting their time. The script is what drives the flow of a virtual event.

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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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With Digital Events, All the World’s a Stage

PCMA Convene

Frances McDormand (clockwise from left), Nyasha Hatendi, and Frankie Faison perform Sophocles’ Philoctetes during a Theater of War Frontline production. Before the pandemic, if someone had asked Bryan Doerries, the cofounder of Theater of War Productions , whether his company’s performances, which interlace dramatic readings of ancient Greek plays with audience conversations, could transfer successfully to an online corporate communication platform, he would have said no.

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17 Event Ideas that Will Surprise Your Attendees

eventplanner

Is your event exciting enough for your attendees, or are you just copying and pasting your previous conferences, trade shows, or workshops? What’s the craziest idea you ever had when planning an event and weren’t afraid to make a reality?

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Coachella postponed for the third time in twelve months

Event Industry News

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will not go ahead in April 2021. Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the public health officer in charge of Riverside County, where Coachella is held, made the announcement today (January 29). Dr. Kaiser signed a public health order cancelling the festival, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Due to the pandemic, Public Health Officer Dr.

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Why Meeting Planners are Jumping on Clubhouse

SmartMeetings

When members of the Smartie community reach out with an idea, we listen. So, when Megan Finnell, director of meetings and conferences with MGMA, pinged me with an invitation to join Clubhouse , I jumped on it. For those who haven’t had a chance to sit in on some of these high-energy conversations on what is billed as a drop-in audio chat social media platform, the iPhone-only, invitation-only feed seems to be popping up everywhere, including an exclusive announcement from Elon Musk about Dogecoi

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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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What’s Next for Association Events?

PCMA Convene

The ability to hold effective in-person events and the ability to fundraise are the top challenges for association employees, according to Personify’s research report, “The Journey Ahead: The Future of Associations, Nonprofits, and Events.”. Amid all of the negatives in 2020, including canceled events and disappearing revenue streams, there is encouraging news for associations.

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A Crash Course on Utilizing Chat Marketing in Your Business

Special Events

Chat marketing is easy to automate so it offers a streamlined sales funnel and an immersive client experience, all for minimal effort.

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Top Virtual Platforms for Events: Launch Interactions

Event Industry News

Launch Interactions partners with the leading event technologies to offer agencies and organisations across the globe a one-stop-shop for everything event-tech in the physical, virtual, hybrid and webinar event space. Launch has been supporting clients with event technology since early 2017, offering clients the freedom to change their technology without needing to change trusted teams and partners when a different solution is required for an event.