Conferences that Work
MAY 16, 2022
I recently ran a workshop , hosted by the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Society of Association Professionals (CSAE), on the design of participation-rich events. Here are the lessons I learned from this online workshop. [Note: This event was a workshop , not a presentation. Sessions are often advertised as “workshops” that aren’t.
Expo Pass
MAY 18, 2022
Events need marketing. This is a fact. Attendees need to know when the event will happen, who’s speaking, and it all has to sound like an amazing time. But how can event marketing actually boost attendance and revenue? Also, what’s the best way for organizers to connect with attendees when there are so many different types of content and media channels?
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Event Marketer
MAY 16, 2022
We tend to think of event sustainability in terms of large, sweeping efforts that require big budgets and run the risk of disrupting the attendee experience. But there are smaller eco-friendly tweaks to be made that have the potential to add up to big change—all while upholding, or even enhancing, the experience. And the growing number of attendees who not only accept, but embrace, thoughtful, eco-driven event modifications are making the process that much smoother.
Picatic by Eventbrite
MAY 20, 2022
The saying “if you build it, they will come” only rings true when they know what you built and where to go. The members of Eventbrite’s Music Council, which is composed of artists, promoters, festivals, and venues, knows that in order to fill seats at a concert or music event, you need to reach the […].
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Attendease
MAY 17, 2022
While you’ve likely heard the cliché “there is strength in numbers” many times before, there is no more succinct way to describe an event’s success. Events are always a great opportunity for people to learn and network—but simply put, the more people attend, the more successful your event will be! Therefore, it’s crucial to design your event onboarding process to be as easy and smooth as possible.
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SpotMe Blog
MAY 17, 2022
Our guide to the best virtual conference platforms helps you pick the right virtual solution. There has never been a wider selection of tools to create virtual events. This level of choice is both an opportunity and a burden. Which solution will suit your needs? What to look for? So we created this guide to the best virtual conference platforms to help you.
Eventbrite UK
MAY 19, 2022
The days are long, the sun is out, and it’s time for “Hot Event Summer” Those seeking experiences are flocking back to live events – in the first quarter of 2022 alone, Eventbrite processed 700,000 tickets every day. With the festival and holiday season upon us, now is the time to ignite your ticket sales. […]. The post 15 Marketing Tips to Promote Your Summer Events appeared first on Eventbrite UK.
Attendease
MAY 17, 2022
While you’ve likely heard the cliché “there is strength in numbers” many times before, there is no more succinct way to describe an event’s success. Events are always a great opportunity for people to learn and network—but simply put, the more people attend, the more successful your event will be! Therefore, it’s crucial to design your event onboarding process to be as easy and smooth as possible.
EventMB
MAY 19, 2022
That’s right, the best event industry coverage is now even better. Don’t worry, we’ll still be covering all the content you know and love – just under a new name, with even more coverage opportunities. Why. You may be wondering why we are rebranding – and why now. Let us explain … Since Skift acquired EventMB in 2019, we have witnessed a dramatic shift in the event industry.
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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
Endless Events
MAY 20, 2022
Let’s talk about one of the most dreaded subjects in the events industry: the hybrid event budget. As an amalgamation of in-person and virtual events, hybrid events are complex, versatile, and hard to budget for. While they are typically more expensive than in-person events, there are also many ways event planners can save money with a hybrid event and see a higher event ROI.
Event Industry News
MAY 16, 2022
More than 100 UK festivals – including Parklife and Boardmasters – have committed to tackling sexual violence. The festivals have pledged to take a survivor-led approach and that all allegations will be taken seriously. Dr Hannah Bows from Durham University said research has shown sexual violence is a “common experience for festival attendees – especially for women” and is “often minimised or ignored” The criminal law professor said the move was an ̶
Event Marketer
MAY 16, 2022
Around this time last year, the world was opening up, Covid restrictions were loosening and many people were prepared to put the pandemic in the rearview mirror. Then the Delta variant hit. Then Omicron. Then BA.2—and everything in between. For event marketers, keeping track of these ever-changing variants is like keeping up with the Kardashians. Fortunately, it’s not 2020 anymore, and experience builders have been through enough planning, pivoting and canceling to know how to build rock-solid b
EventMB
MAY 20, 2022
Leanne, who is based in Brisbane Australia, is an international consultant, facilitator, advisor and speaker who believes in creating unpredictable workshop experiences that predictably work! She is also the host of two podcasts; First Time Facilitator and Leanne Hughes’ Work and Live Large. In 2021 she was awarded the Asia Pacific Institute for Learning and Performance – Learning Professional of the Year (external) – which is awarded to ‘ an individual (employed or contractor)
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Smart Meetings
MAY 20, 2022
“You have to know what you’re trying to accomplish before you even try and think about doing the technology,” urged Brandt Krueger, technical producer, owner of Event Technology Consulting and Smart Meetings’ event tech correspondent, during the Smart Chat Live! webinar, “Top Event Tech Tips From a Year of Change.”. With Tess Vismale, award-winning Event Rescuer and founder and CEO of iSocialExecution Inc., the conversation focused on attendee questions about what we’ve learned, how to inc
Event Industry News
MAY 19, 2022
Storytime. It’s the day of your virtual event, people have started to log in, and the show’s about to start. You’re now 5 minutes into your presentation and you get distracted by a number on your screen: 19% show-up rate. Sounds familiar? Don’t worry, it happened to all of us. The hype of virtual events has worn off, people’s calendars are jam-packed with back-to-back virtual meetings, and having to attend another event can sometimes feel exhausting.
MeetingsNet
MAY 18, 2022
A Guide for Event Organizers. Sponsored by: You’re planning events and trying to find the right technology, and you want a platform that saves people time and helps you produce extraordinary events. To find the right platform, you need to consider factors like the reliability, support, data security, customization, and overall value of one system versus another.
EventMB
MAY 17, 2022
Skift threw out the standard conference template during its Future of Lodging Forum and this is what it looked like. “The pandemic has merged all boundaries of work and personal lives, in many cases permanently. And technology and life have adjusted to address this new reality of ours,” Rafat Ali, founder of Skift said about […]. The post Future of Lodging Demonstrates How Events Have Evolved Post-Pandemic by Andrea Doyle appeared first on [link].
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.
Smart Meetings
MAY 20, 2022
One of the most critical questions IMEX encounters during the planning and operations of their iconic annual tradeshows in Las Vegas, Nevada and Frankfurt, Germany, is how to convene thousands of attendees from across the globe, while balancing a responsibility to do so sustainably, and ensuring that environmental impacts are mitigated to the greatest degree possible.
Event Industry News
MAY 18, 2022
Mentoring charity aims to take a slice of the growing speaker market and launches with varied mix of social entrepreneurs, entertainers and thought leaders. Expert Impact, a charity which has matched more than 400 social entrepreneurs with notable and successful business people as mentors, is launching the world’s first social enterprise speakers agency.
Prestige Events Magazine
MAY 20, 2022
We have all heard the famous question about whether the chicken or the egg came first – the same though can be true of venues and dates when trying to book a wedding. As much as that might sound like a dreadful thought, it isn’t actually far from the truth. Planning a wedding is all about priorities. That might not sound particularly romantic and creative, but it is a cold hard fact that all newly engaged couple need to be aware of.
EventMB
MAY 17, 2022
A weeklong event in Buenos Aires acted as the unofficial relaunch of the meetings sector after the pandemic slump. But recovering lost ground — just 20 percent of the business is back — while dealing with new hybrid models could take about two years, tourism officials admit. Buenos Aires is gearing up to reclaim its […]. The post Buenos Aires Delivers a Fresh Pitch to Revive Its Once-Dominant Meetings Market by Paula Krizanovic appeared first on [link].
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The Castle Group
MAY 19, 2022
Photo by @AustinDistel on Unsplash. A famous study published by Microsoft in 2015 found that people tend to start losing concentration after about eight seconds—that’s one second less than the average attention span of a goldfish. It’s a symbolic comparison that has been scrutinized in recent years, but the message still hits home. We live in a time where social media, newscasts, reality TV, streaming platforms, and other media and entertainment channels have increased the amount of information
Event Industry News
MAY 16, 2022
Our Time on Earth, a major exhibition celebrating the power of global creativity to transform the conversation around the climate emergency, opened on 5th May at the Barbican. The launch comes shortly after the arts and conference centre announced it would be hosting the 2023 Ecocity World Summit; as well as two major award wins for venue sustainability*.
EncoreAPAC
MAY 19, 2022
It’s a sign of the times when the brief to Encore is to go from a virtual event to a large in-person event. The catch – it’s within the same venue space and the next event starts in a little over an hour. Go! With the world now in the recovery phase since the pandemic, more and more mixed event format briefs are hitting Encore’s desk. As the chosen in-house event services provider at the Victoria Pavilion, Melbourne Showgrounds , the challenge to Encore was devising a solution that accommodated
EventMB
MAY 17, 2022
Buenos Aires is gearing up to reclaim its position as a top destination for meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions – the MICE market – in South America. This segment has only come back 20 percent since its decline during the pandemic – one reason officials were happy to host MICE WEEK , a first for Argentina comprising a series of events from May 10 to 12 to woo international buyers.
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Coterie Spark
MAY 18, 2022
Like a parent budgeting for a college fund, a lawyer anticipating counter arguments from opposing counsel, or a poker master studying other players for a tell, event planners must think two steps ahead of any potential event complications. That’s why our rallying cry is: Organization, communication, and regulation. In other words, Coterie Spark plans for every possible outcome.
Event Industry News
MAY 17, 2022
EUROPALCO , the largest provider of solutions for events in Southern Europe, has launched STUDIO EUROPALCO, a new concept of hybrid events that mixes the best of the face-to-face and virtual formats using Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR). Its objective is to transform the distance into a benefit and get an exponential increase in audiences as a result.
PCMA Convene
MAY 17, 2022
Separate studies reveal that the number of women participating in virtual STEM conferences, both as speakers and attendees, increased during the pandemic. As conferences — in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and economics fields —moved online during the pandemic, one silver lining was that far more women participated virtually than in person.
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