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The Day Of: Things to Do to Prepare for Your Virtual Event

Attendease

Thankfully, you can achieve this by doing breathing exercises and stretches throughout the day. Pain Free Working suggests some simple stretching exercises , including shoulder rotations, which help relieve stress, and arm stretches, which relieve pressure off of your fingers, wrists, shoulders, and elbows. Check your tech.

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Events and Venues Face New Challenges to Safety, Security

PCMA Convene

Parr, AGU’s senior vice president, meetings and learning, told Convene that her first thought was that they were out to harm the speaker. Back when I ran my first conference, I never had to think about someone attacking [the speaker] or jumping on stage,” Parr said. “I Samuel Thomas Jr. I never, ever, considered those things.”

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75 Event Ideas to Inspire Your Next Event

Attendease

Keep the energy high with movement breaks, social events, and local flavors like venue tours. Keynote speakers on future trends An impactful keynote speaker should do more than present data—they need to tell a compelling story that motivates action. The goal is active participation, not just passive listening.

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36 Conference Breakout Session Ideas & Examples

Eventmobi

Was it the brilliant keynote speaker, or perhaps the take-home swag? panels, workshops) into smaller groups, to facilitate networking, conversation, and exercises. A leadership session could involve role-playing exercises or a roundtable discussion with prompts. What do you remember most about your last conference? Leadership.

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Preparing for the Unexpected – Contingency Plans for Association Events

StraussCA

Tech Problems. The best way to plan for this is to have an experienced event information technologist and AV tech on hand to help if things go wrong. We must do everything we can to reduce the risk and create a safe environment for our attendees, speakers, and our staff. The best-laid plans sometimes fail too.

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ETL replay: New and emerging trends for conferences

Event Industry News

At last year’s Event Tech Live, two experts joined forces to discuss the rising and falling trends they have experienced in AV at conferences. Our speakers were Jim Young, the head of creative technology at Sparq, and Mark Jones, founder and CEO at Giant iTab. Event Tech. Will AI replace search bars? Areas of interest.

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Everything That Can Go Wrong in a Meeting (and How to Prevent It)

SmartMeetings

One of those meetings was a regularly scheduled gathering for managers from around the country—a big annual event with a prominent speaker , a dinner, workshops and so much more. Then there was the issue of the venue: the former planning team recommended sticking with the same venue as in past years, so they did.