Planning Pod

APRIL 2, 2020

For corporate events, it’s to promote a product/service, enhance your brand or facilitate staff bonding. And for conferences or meetings, it’s to educate attendees or create connections. Your first step is to identify this one primary purpose and plan your event setup and activities around achieving this goal.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average, 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. They value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual.

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Marketing Meetings Food and Beverage Advertising 51

Canadian Special Events

APRIL 23, 2020

Additional objectives were to ensure it represented Vancouver; that the food was amazing and creatively presented; the design needed to be edgy and never seen before; include elements of surprise and awe, and that it be a party full of “insta” moments.” screen – the crowd went wild!

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Food and Beverage Trade Shows Social Media 2020 52

Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Tracking event industry trends is a favorite activity here at Meeting Tomorrow. Rising: AR/VR at events. As a bonus, this format also seems to encourage much higher usage of digital engagement tools as a unifying platform which means as a planner, there is more data to help you improve the next meeting.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Give attendees a deal on your next event. On the last day of the conference, let them know if they sign up and pay for the next meeting on that day, they will receive a significant discount. One of the biggest obstacles in selling an event into the future is the possibility the attendee can’t make it. Add a trade show.

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Planning Pod

JULY 27, 2022

To that end, we have assembled a list of 25 (+2) proven event sales techniques and strategies from seasoned pros that you can implement quickly to boost your lead generation, qualifying and close rates. And, yes, these can definitely help in this post-pandemic sales world of Zoom meetings and electronic communications.

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Venues Hospitality Contracts Events 103

Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

All of these things are the result of flawed (or no) event floor layout design, and poor event layout design can be just as damaging to the success of your event as bad food or a no-show speaker or entertainer. and scope of the event activities. Food-and-Beverage.

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Event Design Food and Beverage Venues Events 100

PCMA Convene

MAY 30, 2017

But every event’s success is equally dependent on the work of people on the ground, and those traits aren’t limited to the c-suite. We’re doing the same this year. Here’s your chance to recognize the service professionals — you can pick from among 18 categories — you’re indebted to.

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Meetings Trade Shows Events Event Design 45

PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2019

That was the — tongue-in-cheek, we hope — response from one participant in Convene’ s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey to the question, “What is your No. Visit Meetings Market Survey for more results. go to 1st-tier cities, and it is getting very expensive, making it very difficult to keep cost of event under control.

Contracts 69

Contracts Hotels Food and Beverage Negotiating 69

Stova

MARCH 23, 2023

While it is exciting to resume in-person meetings, virtual and hybrid events remain critical. According to the Skift Meetings 2022 State of Business Events , 64 percent of event professionals offer a virtual component for their major events. By contrast, a hybrid event mixes virtual and in-person formats.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Conferences - Conferences are the backbone of the tech events industry and can be both B2C or B2B events. Trade Shows - Trade shows give companies in a specific industry the opportunity to showcase their products and services. CES (Consumer Electronics Show). East Meets West. Las Vegas, NV.

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