Event Industry News

JULY 6, 2023

Venue Search London and the London Christmas Party Show have just published the results of their recent survey of over 160 corporate event buyers, revealing the changing trends and plans for companies’ 2023 end-of year celebrations.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 15, 2024

million delegates to 32,600 business events, which has brought £413 […] The UK has hosted 1.02million conferences in the last year alone, generating an outstanding £16.3 billion for the economies of popular conference destinations1.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

” —Excerpts from the Winter 2024 Freeman Syndicated Survey of Event Attendees. Most event owners know that these expressed wants and needs are important. But what most event owners don’t know is how to satisfy them. You name it, I’ve probably done it. What do my clients think? They love my work !

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. Convene Salary Survey 2017. What else does the survey reveal? percent) reported in our 2016 survey.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2017

Check out careercast.com’s 2017 most-stressful jobs list, on which you’ll find event coordinators occupy the fifth spot, right after police officers and before newspaper reporters. Convene Salary Survey 2017. What else does the survey reveal? percent) reported in our 2016 survey.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 19, 2018

?. According to the results of this year’s Convene Salary Survey, respondents average a 46-hour workweek — and nearly one-quarter spend more than 50 hours a week on the job. Seventy-two percent received an increase in pay within the last 12 months, three points down from last year’s survey.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 27, 2023

What event planners do, and I’m guilty, is you put on an event, you are very grateful if the room is filled, and then you survey and say, “How did we do?” Not just a normal “fill out this survey” kind of thing, but, “We noticed you did this.”

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Maritz Global Events

JUNE 17, 2019

Great experience design is rooted in empathy,” according to Tim Simpson , brand & engagement strategist at Maritz Global Events (MGE). Event Design Comes Down to 4 Attendee Types. Understanding and delivering on what that mix is at the persona or even individual level will add great value to your event design.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 13, 2017

Listen in as Convene TV hosts Carrie Ferenac and Kimberly Bottom discuss the results of Convene ‘s 2017 salary survey. Some highlights: “event coordinator” came in as the fifth-most stressful job in a job site survey — yet a vast majority of respondents express satisfaction with the meetings and events industry as a whole.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Typically, this is done at event registration, or via a survey form sent out a few months before the event. Sadly, asking attendees in advance what they want to learn and talk about at an event doesn’t work ! Most folks who try to do this, however, make an understandable mistake.

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Picatic by Eventbrite

MARCH 6, 2020

Taken from a survey of over 800 event professionals, these three trends are shaping the competitive landscape of conferences and corporate events.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 6, 2024

Couple that with the fact that 70 percent of those surveyed by VML said that they prefer to spend money on experiences, not things, and planners have their marching orders: Make your audiences feel something. Jennifer N. Dienst is senior editor at Convene.

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Event Leadership Institute

AUGUST 28, 2020

This is just one of several key findings from the ELI research report released today, “Attendee Preferences for Live Events in the COVID-19 Era.”. A total of 764 event and meeting planners, agencies, and other industry vendors and suppliers completed the online survey, conducted July 7 – 31, 2020. Start Date: November 10, 2020.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This is what makes event planning one of the world’s most stressful jobs. But this got us thinking, how could we best describe a ‘typical’ day in an event planner’s life … if there were no typical days? We conducted a survey specifically for event planners to try to get an inside look into their busy lives.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Networking is often a primary goal for event participants. Consider organizing speed networking events, designated meetups around shared interests or specializations, or fun social activities. Hybrid events blend physical and virtual elements to increase flexibility, reach, and engagement for remote and in-person attendees.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2019

Don’t just send surveys. Send surveys that attract a high volume of insightful responses from your meeting’s attendees. Eventbrite. Eventbrite ). Read More.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2017

Convene TV hosts Carrie Ferenac and Cara Moore unpack Convene ‘s 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey , including looking back over a decade’s worth of data.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Based on survey data from thousands of organizations, these are the top five event survey questions business-event organizers should ask their attendees. Eventbrite. Eventbrite ). Read More.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Key headlines: In summer 2023, Julie’s Bicycle surveyed disabled people about access and environmental sustainability at live events and festivals.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For internal stakeholders: Create a core event committee with reps from legal, marketing, facilities, IT, etc. Schedule planning meetings at least monthly leading up to the event. Designate team leads for registration, catering, production, etc., Analyze results to continually evolve your programming and improve future events.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 22, 2018

Take the survey here. The post Survey: Has Homelessness Changed How You Make Decisions About Your Meeting? Your answers to the following questions will be anonymous, but we have included a place for you to leave your name if you would like to share a challenge, solution, or story related to homelessness with us. Thank you. .

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EventMB

JUNE 28, 2022

Pinpoint the Right Survey Strategy for Your Audience. You also have to get that information, and, realistically, attendees do not always show up to events as enthusiastic partners in this cause. Surveys are a tried-and-tested favorite method in the industry, but getting attendees to answer them may require some finesse.

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EncoreAPAC

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, since the disruption of COVID we’ve noticed a shift in client demand moving away from tried and true to more bespoke event design. A carefully considered mix of installed and mobile equipment to give versatility and enhance the event experience. Venue Technology Survey 2022. Venue Technology Survey 2022.

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EncoreAPAC

AUGUST 20, 2023

As our industry rapidly returns to full activity, we’ve seen an increased demand among our customers for more bespoke solutions to their event designs – an industry adjustment to how we envision both our space and asset allocation. Outdated technology was the main reason event planners chose not to use a venue.

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EncoreAPAC

AUGUST 27, 2022

According to the Encore Summer Planner Pulse 2022 report, that number represents 71% of 461 survey respondents, who represent a diverse swath of corporate, association, administrative, marketing, third-party, independent and special event producers and organizers.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Additionally, EIC introduced a new certification for event professionals interested in promoting sustainability and social impact in their organizations and global business events. It’s becoming increasingly important for events to adopt sustainable best practices, and people are more aware of this than ever before.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Project SPARK gives business event stakeholders access to connect, learn and co-create how and where AI fits into the meeting space. Emotional Data: How do we measure feelings to get a truer ROI on events? Designing Belonging: The human is the center of the design, not the content.

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Attendease

JULY 13, 2021

In an effort to hold on to the scale advantages of running virtual events while keeping in-person meetings safe, the industry is gearing up to make yet another pivot to hybrid formats — meetings and events that feature both virtual and in-person components. Finding the best event management software for your objectives.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We need to build that technology into our events to give them flexibility. It’s a new language of how you talk to technology that has to be embedded in event design ,” she said. Technology may even solve the age-old challenge of getting people to take surveys. The result could be more experimentation.

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Eventmobi

APRIL 9, 2018

Seeing a video clip from a former event can stimulate good memories in the minds of your community members (as well as whet curiosity for first-timers), and drive anticipation for your upcoming event. Attendees can use this platform to start connecting with the event theme and each other. EVENT TECHNOLOGY TIP.

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Attendease

JUNE 30, 2021

In an effort to hold on to the scale advantages of running virtual events while keeping in-person meetings safe, the industry is gearing up to make yet another pivot to hybrid formats — meetings and events that feature both virtual and in-person components. Finding the best event management software for your objectives.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2023

There is currently a distinct shift away from the pre-pandemic “Instagram Museum” phenomenon, an experiential trend that was typically more gimmick than substance, and back to the basics of nailing down the core message and leveraging the event to effectively communicate it. An on-site survey zone. The Goldilocks Approach.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Many, but not all, organizations rely almost exclusively on event satisfaction surveys to drive event design decisions, Simpson said. They are important, but “I think that the risk of only doing post-event satisfaction surveys is that it’s sort of like trying to look forward through the rear-view mirror,” Simpson said.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 17, 2024

FIXR surveyed 5,000 event organisers and attendees to learn about their 2023 experiences and reflections, and predictions for 2024.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 14, 2020

Organizations who are shifting to digital events more than likely have employees with the skills need to create digital experiences. Not only does the timing around the resumption of face-to-face meetings remain in question, but it’s generally understood that online events will be an important part of the industry in the future.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In our current state of never enough time or money to do it all, hybrid events offer a great solution for bringing together the largest audience” From Intentional Event Design. Our Professional Opportunity, 2017. The numbers don’t lie.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

April 2018, Meetings and Conventions Magazine Do you incorporate participatory sessions into your events? 80% of meeting professionals prefer f acilitated workshop-style, participatory sessions [ survey by M&C Research, April 2018 Meeting and Conventions magazine ]!

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