Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 14, 2020

Make the Most of Your Speaker Prep Calls. Let’s focus on the third bullet point above, speaker prep. Other than one-on-one coaching (which we’ll delve into in an upcoming blog), session-planning calls can be the most effective way to prepare speakers. Improving Your Speaker Portal.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Hybrid events allow you to bring key speakers together at The CCD, while broadcasting to a larger audience at home or in the office. Virtual Event Platform: A Virtual Venue Solution for your Event. Virtual events and conferences can be so much more than just streaming a series of webinars.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Let’s focus on speaker prep. Other than one-on-one coaching, session-planning calls can be the most effective way to prepare speakers. Yet all of these details can be provided on a speaker portal, via FAQs, emails, or instructional video. Schedule at least two presenter webinars four to six weeks pre-conference.

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Finding the right speaker for your event can be difficult. Once you determine the best place to start looking for a speaker, you then have to sift through a list of potential options and determine who would best serve your event’s objective. Once you have finalized your speaker (or list of speakers), you can breathe a sigh of relief.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 26, 2020

TED is one of the many formerly face-to-face events lining up speakers, such as Susan David, for their digital programming. I’ve been working with speakers at events for more than 20 years, and this almost feels like an entirely new job,” Tim Mathy, partner at Speak Inc., This is the Wild West of the speaker world.”.

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All Seated

JUNE 26, 2020

Allseated immediately launched a new webinar series, “Connecting Our Community” to serve as the place to share stories and hold informal discussions as a way to stay focused and remain hopeful. Below are the recordings from each of the Connecting Our Community webinar sessions.

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Endless Events

MARCH 31, 2021

If you’re here, chances are you came from our recent hybrid webinar , featuring Will Curran and Kyle Kocinski. And in order to help you get things running, we compiled this hybrid venue checklist, complete with everything you should be looking for. Today, we start with a hybrid venue checklist. Well, hello!

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Event Farm

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Our in-house event experience technologist, Ryan Costello, co-founder of Event Farm and Chief Strategy Officer at MemberSuite, shared his trusted technique in our recent webinar: Crafting the Event Experience – Part 2: Experience Mapping. PowerPoint decks: Who’s reviewing the design of the speaker presentations? Ryan Costello?

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Arlo Training & Events Software

MARCH 19, 2020

In the midst of COVID-19, with millions of events being cancelled worldwide, we’re seeing savvy businesses dive head-first into the world of webinars. And while webinars might be a new thing for your business, they’re certainly not a new thing for many others. Use a trusted webinar platform. Limit distractions.

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Eventmobi

JULY 5, 2023

Maybe it’s venue rental, marketing expenses, speaker fees, technology requirements, accessibility support, or catering costs. Signage Display sponsor logos on banners, posters, and directional signage throughout the event venue. Identify your needs You might start by asking: how do I find sponsors for an event? Going virtual?

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Arlo Training & Events Software

MARCH 19, 2020

In the midst of COVID-19, with millions of events being cancelled worldwide, we’re seeing savvy businesses dive head-first into the world of webinars. And while webinars might be a new thing for your business, they’re certainly not a new thing for many others. Use a trusted webinar platform. Limit distractions.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 4, 2020

This makes it incredibly challenging for event planners to foster the same intimacy and engagement that comes when gathering attendees in the same physical space with other attendees and speakers. Great Virtual Events Must Be More Than Just Webinars. See More: Register for our next virtual event platform webinar.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Safety of organisers, speakers and the studio events team are the priority with more space for distancing and full compliance with all Covid-19 safety measures. Webinars, presentations, virtual award ceremonies can all be live streamed globally or privately.

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GEVME

JULY 28, 2021

It has a lot more activities and is even more involved than a simple webinar. A virtual conference typically runs for multiple days, has keynote speaker sessions, live entertainment, educational sessions, product demos, product training, panel discussions, and more. What You Need to Know About Virtual Conferences. Saves Money and Time.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2020

IET Venues have released a comprehensive series of hybrid event packages to break down the borders of events in London and Birmingham to far-reaching audiences. The two established venues, IET London: Savoy Place and IET Birmginham: Austin Court were already well-versed in the streamlined delivery of technical AV long before lockdown.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Platforms & Venues: A Rebirth. Often, one of the most thrilling and nerve-wracking parts is picking a venue. It’s where people come together to network, eat and drink, celebrate, listen to the speakers, and generally just have a grand ol’ time. So, are virtual event platforms the new venues? Absolutely.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

We’ve covered topics such as how to plan an event without visiting the venue , how Virtual Reality can impact the events industry , and much more. “So over the last, I would say three to four years, we have increased the number of webinars that we have”, she explains. So today, we’re diving deeper.

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Eventmobi

JULY 10, 2023

There’s constant communication between attendees, speakers, and you—the organizers. Reduce print costs Event agenda, speaker information, booth information, venue map, feedback surveys, or signage… All this information can be provided with the right mobile event app. Info booth Attendees have some FAQs?

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 10, 2024

From venue maps to speaker session schedules, your attendees can access everything they need instantaneously, without the clutter of physical event materials. The best conference apps allow event planners to easily communicate with different stakeholders, including attendees, speakers, and sponsors. Smoother communication.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

A keynote speaker that connects with the audience can be the difference between an event that is memorialized in tweets and snaps for years to come and one that is forgotten before the pen in the swag bag runs out of ink. By locating the right keynote speaker , you’re ensuring an entertaining and informative event. Homework Essential.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2023

New Cvent Products The new digital products rolling out from Cvent place a great emphasis on year-round engagement among attendees, with the rollout of Cvent Webinar and Cvent Events+, which have numerous features that will allow planners to keep engagement high before, during and after an event.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How to master the New Green RFP In Smart Meetings’ latest Smart Chat Live webinar, “ How to Master the New Green RFP ,” attendees learned about how to create a sustainable RFP and prioritize sustainability in every area of their sourcing processes. See the webinars Smart Meetings has coming up, and register to attend here.

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Expo Pass

JUNE 7, 2022

Incentivize people to take the poll with a discount, swag, or ticket to an exclusive webinar with interesting guest speakers. If your attendees know that your event is the only place they are going to get access to exclusive speakers, product launches, or information, then you know they will want to come back.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 21, 2020

Speakers that previously only worked in face-to-face environments have now been thrown into the digital meetings world without warning. This session will include various tactics that can be implemented immediately to encourage presentations to evolve as everyone gets more comfortable with the online venue. Brought to you by:

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Andrew Friedman, founder and partner at af&co, delivered a well-received, engaging Smart Meetings webinar on Dec. The webinar can be viewed here. Smart Meetings followed up with Friedman after the webinar to glean some additional insights into his annual forecasts. How long have you been forecasting yearly trends?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Dasher, in addition to Nathan Chin, senior product manager for Cvent ; and Phil Saims, vice president of sales for Federal Conference , led the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Designing Your Event Program for Diversity & Inclusion,” where they tackled the not-always-straightforward topic of DEI. Watch the entire webinar to learn more.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Register for webinar. How would you handle an unanticipated budget increase of $40,000 because the venue’s contract had fine print that dictated your client had to use the in-house preferred supplier for all breakout rooms? Speaker Bio: Heather Reid is founder and president of Planner Protect Inc., Register for webinar.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 7, 2021

Conference live streaming technology has come a long way since the glorified Zoom calls of March and early April 2020; attendees expect more than a choppy, poorly lit, and unrehearsed webinar. Are you delivering sponsored content with a variety of speakers that will live on as gated content after the event? Virtual event competition.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A group of professionals with expertise in wellness—its nuances, scope and impact—gathered for a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “How to Avoid Wellness Washing.” To see the full discussion, view the webinar on demand. The speakers shared their own definitions of wellness. Will that venue deliver on that objective, or not?

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Guidebook

APRIL 19, 2024

Remove the Abundance of Communication Channels An event app enables attendees, speakers, organizers, and vendors to communicate in an all-in-one channel. For example, if you need to add a new speaker to your event program, an AI photo editor can generate a new event banner in mere seconds with simple text prompts.

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TicketBud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

To keep these flagship events at the forefront, plan ahead to book venues and secure highly sought out entertainers, speakers or vendors. Consider a tiered system that offers diverse event types and formats – webinars, workshops, meet-ups. Remember, logistics take time. This includes budgeting, staffing, and logistics planning.

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Event Industry News

MAY 13, 2020

That said, the platform goes beyond simply being able to host a collection of webinars and presentations – it also provides meeting room and virtual stand groups, one-to-one private chat, and many more practical features. “Our clients are excited to continue critical customer engagement in our new digital venue.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

The Hague Convention Bureau’s first hybrid webinar welcomed five events professionals either in-person or virtually to the World Forum in The Hague. When planning a hybrid and digital event, your content is the key to its success, panelists agreed during The Hague Convention Bureau’s first hybrid webinar. Holland Park Media).

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Socio Events

AUGUST 4, 2022

Your venue is booked, your speakers are prepped, and your schedule is ready to go, but then something goes wrong and you’re forced to cancel. Rather than only experiencing session content in person at a physical venue, an attendee tunes into a live broadcast using event technology (i.e. What is a virtual conference?

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Attendease

MARCH 30, 2020

Savings from venue expenses alone may already make a compelling case to choose a virtual meeting instead, but there are many other costs associated with in-person events that can be saved when shifting to online, including a significant cut in staff, catering, print material, swag, accommodation for speakers, insurance, and more.

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 24, 2021

When it comes to lead generation and sales, webinars can be your greatest ally. Webinars are most commonly used for hosting virtual seminars, presentations, lectures, and workshops. But now a new kind of webinar is emerging — the deminar. In the simplest terms, a “deminar” is a combination of a “demonstration” and a “webinar.”.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 19, 2020

With face-to-face meetings becoming less of an option, we’re seeing organisers convert conferences and seminars into webinars, hybrid events or simply taking the entire event online. With the government encouraging ‘social isolation’ and venues beginning to close their doors, the prospect of offline events is becoming increasingly difficult.

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