Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Insights resource Crunchbase estimated that in 2020 and 2021, more than $1.5 billion was invested in virtual and hybrid event companies. Over the last two years, event platform companies Bizzabo and Hubilo each laid off double-digit percentages of staff. Where Does Event Tech Consolidation Leave Virtual Experience Planners?

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It’s also a sign of a returned confidence in event planning. Of course, our event marketing budgets will need to be higher in 2023 than in 2021 or 2020. After all, most events were virtual and demanded lower budgets. In an era of virtual and hybrid events, outstanding production has often been the event’s saving grace.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2023

Back to Basics Covid-19 may have stopped the meetings industry in its tracks for a time, but the Bizzabo survey shows attendees and event planners are ready and waiting to connect again. Read More: Will B2B Adopt B2C Strategies to Retain Post-Covid Audiences? 24% of organizers said their event team size had stayed the same.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

Event trends 2022 are here and let us tell you, it’s an exciting year for event planners who dare to dream big. Those who’ve read our guide to event trends in 2022 already know how which hybrid event models hold the most promise and the role of event technology moving forward. Community Model.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the past two years, we’ve covered nearly every aspect of planning virtual events and keeping virtual audiences entertained from the safety of their homes. Now that we’re making a return to in-person events , we can start talking about many event-planning topics we had no use for since March 2020.

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2021

Before the pandemic hit in 2020, the events industry was a well-oiled machine. Virtual and hybrid events were nowhere near as common. While every big event already had its own event app, event app design was something only a few businesses dealt with. Then came March 2020, and with it, huge changes.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

By including your audience in your marketing efforts, your brand will connect with them in a much more effective way. Experiential events can be a goldmine for user-generated content. Create a memorable hashtag and give your audience a chance to participate in an activity they will want to share on their profiles (ie.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2022

Here’s what you’ll find: Will’s journey from starting a DJ company as a high school student to being a CEO of one of the most influential event management companies, a candid conversation about audience engagement as one of the event profs’ biggest pain points: are smartphones the enemies or friends of engagement?

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Organizations use event marketing to: Promote the brand to a larger audience. Get data insights into their target audience. Hubspot’s INBOUND is an excellent example of event marketing. But based on the most recent marketing and event trends , we can categorize them into three broad types: Singular annual event strategy.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2021

And with the right technology , the networking and interaction in online events can mimic the natural mixing and mingling of in-person gatherings.”. Meeting and event planners recognize these benefits, and are taking advantage of significant advances in virtual event technology over the past 18 months.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

Content can certainly be consumed at the same time, but the experience for each of those audience sets is going to need to be optimized for both,” Peltier says. That’s really what you’re aiming for with the virtual audience.” See also: 4 Shortcuts to Keep Your Audience from Zoning Out. Peltier says. The Numbers.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In June 2020, Kespradit and his team introduced a Covid-19 webinar series to cover topics like safety and sanitation protocols, and unemployment assistance, via livestream with Q&A. Hubilo Technologies Inc. , Kespradit is a management analyst for the city, which entails working closely with city council to bring its ideas to life.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 12, 2022

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. The average number of sessions per virtual event is 12 ( Bizzabo , 2020).

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

As of January of 2020, we were right on track and building momentum. I readily admit that we did not foresee a global pandemic nor the complete shut down of the live events industry upon which our business is based. Over-extended and bombarded by messages, young professionals were shooting up a flare for help.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Even as in-person meetings continue to reemerge with a vengeance, virtual meetings have taken a primary position in the event professional toolbox. In fact, he predicted that when the dust settles and more virtual platform companies have acquired or been acquired, virtual events will be more frequent and engaging than they were in 2019.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The AV industry, whether that’s your in-house hotel AAV or even third-party production companies, is struggling to be fully staffed up as we start to reincorporate in-person audiences into our event strategies.” ” Brandt’s Anecdote About Scope Creep & Understaffed Events.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

2022 is going to be our best year yet; we’ve embraced exciting new event technology and hybrid events as the way of the future! If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. A list of best event platforms to use in 2022 !

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 9, 2019

12 Interactive Presentation Ideas Your Event Audience Will Love. Discover New Event Apps For Networking, Presentations and Recruitment. ?? Good WiFi at events is a must! (15 You’re at an event and found the perfect little co-working space to catch up on some work. Related articles and resources.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually. Cvent CONNECT August 1-4 | Caesars Forum | Las Vegas Cvent CONNECT is one of the world’s top event technology conferences that brings together meetings, events, and hospitality professionals.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2021

She tells Sarah how Hilton pivoted in March 2020 and shares the resources they created to help their customers. They cover every important aspect of planning the perfect hybrid event: technology, safety measures, and audience engagement. “Broadcasting is different than speaking to a live audience.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The disruption caused by the pandemic and subsequent Great Resignation in the events world is no exception. The urgent call to restaff hotels and events teams and engage discriminating audiences will include many unimaginable trials, learning new skills and, ultimately, a reinvention of ourselves and the industry.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What better way to learn more about the exciting world of event technology than listening to an awesome product spotlight episode of the Event Tech Podcast? Today, Will and Brandt bring two guests in to hear an unbiased review of Accelevents , an all-in-one hybrid, and virtual event management platform.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

Eric Holmen, CEO of the event platform Splash , shared a picture of what the company saw in the behavior of its clients at different stages of the pandemic. It is exciting to see our teams and go to live events again. But it isn’t one or the other.”.

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Endless Events

MARCH 11, 2022

Event profs have heard it time and time again: hybrid events are the way of the future in the events industry. They’ve risen from relative anonymity to stardom in 2020. Two years later, they are one of the most important event trends of 2022. Hybrid Events Are More Sustainable. Let’s explore!

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

Let the accolades speak for themselves; they recently won 2nd place in the 2020 Global Future Design Award. Now, it makes for a great venue for various types of corporate events, such as seminars, product launches, and board meetings. Let your overarching event strategy and target audience be your guide.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Well, amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 fears and the spread of it, mega-events such as the 2020 Olympics, F8 for Facebook, Ceraweek, Zoom, and Zendesk have canceled their events. And w hile 66% say that they have postponed their events, 25% of events are being rescheduled for September or later.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

LinkedIn’s growth spurt is evident in the business events industry as well: When we asked meeting organizers what new social media channels they were using to promote events in Convene ’s 2023 Meetings Market Survey , the leading response — chosen by three out of five respondents — was LinkedIn.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Follow these pre-event webinar best practices to drum up excitement and drive registration for your next event: Identify your target audience. Get to know your ideal audience so that you can create a laser-focused presentation targeted at future webinar attendees. leading up to the event. What do they care about?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And we’ve been doing it for about seven years, and 2020 has been a disruptive but exciting year. Why exactly is The Sketch Effect an amazing tool to add engagement at virtual events? And so in fact, 2020 has been a really difficult year, but it’s also been a really exciting year. They draw it out. Why It Works.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 21, 2023

ROI Goals for Event Organizers As with any campaign or initiative, the first step in producing an event is identifying your event goals. These goals will vary depending on the type and format of the event, the target audience, and the departments and stakeholders involved. zettabytes in 2020.

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ITA Group

AUGUST 17, 2021

Get to know Katie a little more and read her responses to event technology questions in the interview below. What advice would you give to event professionals who want to trial new technologies? Katie Young: For me, technology is a means to drive the objectives and resonate with the audience. Katie said.

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Best Corporate Events

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

And with the right technology, the networking and interaction in online events can mimic the natural mixing and mingling of in-person gatherings.”. Meeting and event planners recognize these benefits and are taking advantage of significant advances in virtual event technology over the past 18 months. Hybrid Events.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Held in late February 2020 in Orlando and attracting 17,000 attendees, Global Pet Expo “snuck right in” before the pandemic shut everything down, said Christopher Bonifati, CEM, director of attendee services at the American Pet Products Association (APPA), which co-produces the event.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

In the Convene Live: “ From Stats to Stories — Making Event Data Work for You ” session at Convening Leaders 2023, Joe Colangelo, founder of event data company Bear Analytics, shared the challenges event organizers are facing when it comes to figuring out how to make data work for them.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 28, 2022

The goal of the show, reports live event media company XLIVE, “is to blend the physical and the digital — it’s not quite fully in-person, but it’s not quite virtual either.”. We’re robbing audiences of that, I believe, when we are simply accepting a webcam,” Dorcas said. The audience is much more engaged.”. And then I got cool.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 24, 2023

Looking ahead to the dynamic landscape of 2024, event marketing stands as an essential pillar for event organizers seeking genuine connections with their audiences. Whether you’re planning a local gathering or an international conference, the art of event marketing can give your brand the competitive edge it needs.

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