GEVME

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the last two years, people have gotten comfortable with the idea of attending a virtual event from home. However, what is the chance that we will transition permanently to the online medium? When asked about the virtual events taking over the in-person ones, Sara Lieber, Event Marketing Manager at Drift said that ‘’While we are looking for the in-person events to be back in 2022, the virtual component is going to be there to reach larger audiences’’. .

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Video live streaming of events is simple to set up, easy to use, entertaining to watch, and most importantly accessible by all. It’s also unedited, unplanned, and unprocessed content being broadcasted live. There’s lots of potential for using this technology to live stream in-person sessions to a remote audience at your event. However, with great power comes great legal implication.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Virtual events are not a product of the pandemic, but the pandemic has definitely pushed many organizations to rethink the format they run their portfolio of events. Whether some events may have gone completely virtual or are fully back to in-person, the common trend is that the event portfolio as whole is more diverse now with some meetings and events being hosted virtually, in-person, or hybrid – depending on the objectives in mind.

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Event Farm

JUNE 14, 2022

Last year in May, when in-person events started showing signs of life again (after being nonexistent with the pandemic), our team set out to check the pulse of our event community with a 2021 Back to In-Person Events Survey — leaving us with really helpful insights as we evaluated how event professionals were feeling about a comeback. This year, we performed a 2022 In-Person Events Survey , which received over 220 responses, and here’s what the results revealed… Events are back, and now we

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Speaker: Hanan Polinovski, Events Manager and David Brown, Sr. Marketing & Events Lead

Are your events living up to expectations? Are you getting quality leads from your sponsorships? Have you ever wondered if that branded notebook actually makes an impact? Get ready to transform your event strategy! Join event marketing pros Hanan Polinovski from Printfection and David Brown from Bonusly for a fast-paced webinar about turning your event efforts into serious ROI.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Promenade, a hub experience at PCMA’s Convening Leaders 2022, in Las Vegas. High-tech user conferences like Dreamforce and Microsoft Ignite have been designing innovative hub spaces to engage and nurture their top customers for years. While some of the elements in these areas can be costly to implement, they don’t have to break the budget.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Event season is in full swing! Here at Swapcard, we’ve had the opportunity to not only support organizers as they deliver unforgettable in-person experiences, but also participate as attendees and exhibitors in support of the events industry.

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SpotMe Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Corporate event trends have changed rapidly in recent years. And with 2023 just around the corner, you need to be ready for what’s in store. There’s so much at stake when you host an event. So it’s important to keep up with new corporate event industry trends to make your events more successful than ever. . We’ve gathered information from meetings, conversations, and reports with event industry experts, analysts, and our customers from leading Fortune 500 companies to identify the 13 corpo

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Conferences that Work

JULY 11, 2022

It’s time to stop networking at meetings. No, I’m not saying we should only listen to lectures at meetings. Rather, I’m going to explain why using the term “networking” for all occasions when attendees get to talk with one another subtly directs attention away from can be the most valuable outcome of well-designed meetings: connecting with others.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Event promotion and social media have always been a match made in heaven. Event marketing on TikTok is no different. From event ticket sales to drumming up new event clients, event professionals can take advantage of this creative and far-reaching platform to capture the right audiences. Whether you’re just getting started on TikTok or are brushing up on TikTok event marketing techniques, we have ideas for every skill level.

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Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Before you start contacting your sponsors, you'll want to consider parting ways with a longstanding tradition: tiered sponsorship levels.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 24, 2022

Along with the recent social audio boom and an uptick in sonic branding tactics, audio-centric activations and events, both physical and virtual, are on the rise. Marketers are not only recognizing the power of sound to improve attendees’ wellbeing, but the importance of stimulating more than one sense to create longer-lasting, richer memories. And brands are serving up everything from wellness-based sound baths to content-driven sound art installations to make it happen.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 9, 2022

About Meeting Expectations. Meeting Expectations specializes in designing and executing strategies to achieve event and association management goals. Their clientele includes organizations like the Atlanta Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-Atlanta). The Event Goal. For their annual ‘Spotlight on HR’ conference, the Meeting Expectations management team wanted to set a new record for member adoption and engagement on their Event App.

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Attendease

MARCH 10, 2022

When organizing an event, prioritizing a frictionless, successful registration experience will have a positive ripple effect that can be felt through the entire event and beyond. Registering for an event is often the first touchpoint for attendees , and having flexible online registration is paramount to a positive registration experience. However, when it comes to event registration, one size does not fit all.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 30, 2022

When most Americans think of the Fourth of July, they fantasize about family barbecues, community fireworks and local parades. It’s a time to enjoy the summer weather and celebrate veterans for their service. However, for millions of Native Americans alive today, the day carries a reminder of how their ancestors were gravely mistreated by European colonizers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2022

Before March of 2020, pacing data was a useful tool for predicting final attendance and revenue. If you were pacing behind, you could make midcourse corrections. As we come out of the pandemic, we need a different playbook to drive attendance and earlier commitment. Use these five tips to develop a plan for optimizing registration for your major event in quarters 2, 3, and 4.

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EventSource

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

After so many years apart, it’s refreshing and exciting to be networking with the event industry again. Running into contacts you haven’t seen in years and reacquainting yourself can feel daunting, especially when our social skills may need a tune up, but I feel so lucky in the event industry to have inspired spaces within which to face this challenge.

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Event Farm

JANUARY 18, 2022

You are not event planners; you are experience makers. To craft event experiences that wow your attendees, work on shifting to an experience-maker mindset and self-image. Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm and chief strategy officer at MemberSuite, shared this advice during WOWing Attendees Beyond the Door , the third workshop in our Crafting the Event Experience series.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 13, 2022

What is the real job of leadership? Kevin Kelly provides this suggestion in this April 2022 post: “When you lead, your real job is to create more leaders, not more followers.” —Kevin Kelly, 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known. (Kelly offers plenty of other great advice; check out the link!). The real job of leadership — create more leaders!

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

I’m about to go on my first pre-con site visit since the Covid pandemic started over two years ago. My work at a pre-con is different from that of a typical meeting planner since I focus on the meeting’s design and facilitation. I’ve been convening meetings for decades, though, so I know a fair amount about meeting planning. As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 6, 2022

Sometimes, it’s only at the end that we realize we’re just scratching the surface. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Scratching the surface appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 18, 2022

I’ve been writing about hybrid meetings for a long time; my first post was in February 2010. The COVID19 pandemic created an explosion of interest in hybrid meetings, and the marketplace and event professionals are still defining what “hybrid” means. (No, sticking a streaming camera in the back of the room does not make an in-person meeting hybrid.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 27, 2022

Want a simple way to improve meeting session learning? Provide a shared Google doc where all participants can take notes, ask questions, and get answers! Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Improve meeting session learning with this simple tip! appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I’m a longtime proponent of more engaging activities , participation , and connection around relevant content at events. Sometimes, I feel like I’m whistling in the wind. So I felt happy when I saw the following in a global poll by PCMA of 4,500 members of Generation Z. If you could change something about the business event(s) you’ve been to in the past, what would it be?

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 21, 2022

Earlier this month, the folks at Gatherly kindly invited me to host an event of my choosing for their clients and potential users. I decided to facilitate an online workshop in Gatherly that took full advantage of the platform. This coming June will mark my 30th year of designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. So I designed the workshop as an “ Ask Adrian Anything ” about meeting design and facilitation.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 1, 2022

These days I am blessed with clients who are a joy to work with. But that wasn’t always true. Here’s how I learned to attract great consulting clients. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post How to attract great consulting clients appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

For couples, celebrating Valentine’s Day can too easily fall into a routine with restaurant reservations, bouquets, chocolates, or a familiar retreat to a movie. Offer them an alternative by organizing a Valentine’s Day workshop — they can enjoy time together while avoiding crowded reservation lists and unexciting prix fixe menus. A workshop is a tried-and-true […].

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We are extremely excited to welcome David Beckett, Vice President, Business Model & Performance to the Velvet Chainsaw Consulting team! To me, this is kind of like getting the band back together! I had the privilege to hire and work closely with David at Experient as well as when I was on the board of Eventcore. He knows what it takes to pull off the largest and most complex events in our space.

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Picatic by Eventbrite

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Event cancellations happen to the best of us. Here's how to turn an unfortunate situation into an opportunity to delight!

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