Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When the first lockdowns started in March 2020, Zoom emerged as the go-to solution to stay connected. Even though there are now more than 100 event platforms on the market, many event planners still choose Zoom in its limited form for their virtual experiences. Zoom also poses a challenge for event video storage.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

So, 2020 was…a year. Several planners and tech companies already see hybrid as the certain future of our industry. Speaker Training: Bigger & Better. Planners can’t continue to expect speakers to just figure everything out for themselves. But now that a brand new year has arrived, so have new questions.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Planning an event in multiple languages can be a challenge for meeting planners. The software creates a platform from which real-time multilingual speakers interpret what’s being said at the event, for attendees. But the task of finding the right interpreter doesn’t fall into the planner’s hands.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2021

In 2020, nearly 2/3 of global speakers were men, and 35-40 percent of panelists were black. Of meeting planners, 68.3 percent are Asian; no reporting or statistics are available on the number of meeting planners with disabilities. Secondly, who are your vendors, suppliers, partners and speakers for your event?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Healthy Meeting Resources Help Planners Start Meaningful Discussions Looking for an easy way to keep everyone healthy when putting together an agenda? In 2020, Hilton debuted, Tempo by Hilton, a lifestyle brand boasting guided meditation, pumped-up gyms and healthy food and beverage options.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Diverted 45% of all waste from landfill in 2020. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts launched The Meetings Collection , a new network of premium meetings-focused hotels offers meeting planners new incentives in desired markets, and streamlined multi-year bookings. “It Reduced greenhouse emissions by 36.1% We are LIVE from IMEX in EXVO HOME!

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Jack Macleod For the last 15-20 years, green meetings and organized gatherings aimed at minimizing negative impacts on the environment have been a concept, but in 2020, after the Covid-19 pandemic, they became a widespread topic in the events industry. On average, events produce 2.5 pounds of landfill waste per person, per day.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

And boy, has 2020 proved itself to be quite a challenging year! So planners everywhere are wondering – how can I combat webinar fatigue? Endless monologues from the speakers wasn’t something attendees loved with in-person, to begin with. New year, new challenges. Let’s begin, shall we? The Art of Storytelling.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

. “Whether that’s independent small business owners, women, association planners, we’ve created these individual communities within the umbrella of MPI. So it really ramped up for 2020, one to two webinars or live summits a week. “We wanted to be very proactive about our 2020 schedule.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 23, 2023

Event planners are always living in the moment. Although these short-term goals are undoubtedly important, event planners often overlook the importance of setting long-term goals because they’re incredibly busy and always looking at what’s right in front of them. Today, when an event wraps up, an event marketer’s job is just beginning.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For event planners, reality-shifting exhibitions are about experiencing a space, destination or concept, as the virtual exists as a thin film does, covering, challenging and contesting reality. Planners Step into Another Space. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. And what about the expense?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

Most planners didn’t even hear of them prior to 2020! You can have your speakers present against any kind of backdrop you can think of. Event planners who want to reduce the risk of liability related to COVID-19 should consider moving their hybrid event into a studio. Virtual Audience Engagement Galore.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Relive the 2020 ASAE Classic. Today was full of great networking and fun with meeting & event planners for the Customer Advisory Council and @ASAEannual Community Pop-Up Columbus. The Fellows class of 2021, new CAE credentials, the DELP class of 2020-2022 were recognized. Checkout their recording.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus. However, the FBI reports active shooter events increased 33 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and 100 percent compared to 2016. He’s a sought-after consultant, speaker, writer and trainer.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Rising costs — for food and beverage, AV and production, and speakers/entertainment — are challenging planners who want to meet attendee expectations at their events. Use industry speakers for one of your keynote slots. ON THE WEB: Read my blog post from 2020 on the event recovery food chain.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2021

What began as podcast series True Spies , which debuted in 2020, and later, as a planned introduction of Spycon (postponed until 2022), a convention designed to bring these experts together with Hollywood and Silicon Valley, has shapeshifted into a venture meeting professionals will love.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

While Cvent was unable to meet in-person in 2020, they’re bringing attendees back to Vegas in 2021 at the all-new Caesars Forum. The 2020 conference was virtual, but it’s scheduled as an in-person event once again in 2021. ” Gain new event planning skills with easy tools Get Started Free 3.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 7, 2020

We’ve already discussed at length why planners need to get creative with storytelling. As of this moment, companies and planners all across the nation and the globe agree that our industry will never be the same. And watching things like Tomorrowland 2020 get a million people to watch their festival online changes so much”.

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Techsytalk

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this episode of the Event Hustler Show, we'll be talking to Jacqueline Vazquez from "Lifetime Events with Jacqueline" about her career in the event industry, her work as a speaker and educator, and her recent involvement in New York/New Jersey live events coalition. Lifetime Events by Jacqueline Master Wedding & Event Planner.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said. My advice for planners is to look for a solution with the breadth to support lots of different use cases,” he said. Plus, you can measure it.”. Then omicron and the culture wars hit. “We Flexibility as a Constant.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Good news: The outbreak of Covid force majeure cancellations and postponements that plagued the industry in 2020 did not lead to a rash of precedent-setting lawsuits. Most meeting planners found ways to move ahead, even if there were some tense moments and damages paid. Now, the question is how to build contracts moving forward.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

Phoenix is a great destination for corporate events because it has warm weather year-round, giving planners the option to move their events outdoors should there be a last-minute COVID-19 outbreak. Let the accolades speak for themselves; they recently won 2nd place in the 2020 Global Future Design Award. Source: The Clayton House.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Whatever the planner decides will be required, Harris stressed the importance of outsourcing the management of vaccine data collection, logging and screening for privacy reasons. That was just over half the number who attended in 2020. Apps streamline the collection and verification of status while preserving medical privacy.

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Tembusu Events and Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Event planners in Singapore have to take precaution of the new regulation of Safe Management Measure (SMMs) for the Stabilisation Phase. Key updates for MICE event planners. Enforcement of Measures for Event Planners Singapore. This announcement was made on the 24 September 2021. Type of event session. Event size limit.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. Whether event planners intentionally design them or not, attendees will have had an experience at an event. In a sense, all events are experiential.

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Endless Events

MARCH 31, 2021

In this new age of events, planners and vendors alike will have to push for innovation whilst expertly marrying the best aspects of virtual and live. Virtual attendees have been sitting on their couch all of 2020. Much like in 2020, when everything fell apart, we are all in this together as we rebuild our industry!

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 23, 2023

In 2020, the Department of Transportation received nearly 30,000 airline refund complaints, more than a 4,600% increase from 2019. Meeting Planners Takeaway U.S. Rough Air The hearing was chaired by U.S. The following year, in 2021, DOT received over 6,600 complaints, still nearly a 1,000% increase over pre-pandemic levels.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. Choices, Choices.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

With these new tools and knowledge base at their fingertips, association event planners can truly excel at delivering events in 2022 and beyond. Attendees heard from speakers from two major associations, the PCMA and National Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Association. hosted lounges with breakouts to host attendees and speakers.

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Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

Who would have known that 2020 would go down as one of the most influential years- if not the most influential year- for virtual events in history? We surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest virtual event trends for 2020. 2020 Virtual Event Trend: Personalization for Attendees.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2021

Planning and planning for weeks on end, getting everything in order—vendors, speaker, planners, F&B, those little odds and ends. As a planner in the medical association, Ferguson said, the hybrid component has helped greatly. “It That’s why I believe our [attendance] numbers skyrocketed in 2020. Katie Bohrer. “I’m

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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

Today, we’ll begin by addressing questions related to hybrid events that most planners considered at least a couple of times. Everything you’d have to consider for an in-person event is still relevant – the venue, the speakers, the entertainment, the catering, and so on. The short answer is yes, you do.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

What Reed, chief event strategy officer, American Society of Hematology (ASH), loved most about this time, he told participants in an online PCMA Community Conversation for medical meeting planners earlier this year, is probably what other planners have hated: “We needed to operate when there was really no roadmap to us,” Reed said. “I

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

IMEX America’s biggest gathering ever propelled full-speed ahead on Day Three in Las Vegas, fueled by meeting planner and supplier energy and the usual steady supply of news and demos by properties and destinations. 15–17, 2020. Planner Portals from Hyatt and Crowne Plaza. Smart Meetings kept pace with the biggest happenings.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2021

The pandemic may have shifted meeting to remote channels in 2020, however, organizing and inviting people virtual events still requires time and careful planning if it is going to be successful. Use your event’s agenda to outline what the event will consist of, who the speakers are, and what topics will be covered.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2021

Hybrid events are the perfect synergy between virtual and in-person events, but it can be quite challenging for event planners to put them together. She tells Sarah how Hilton pivoted in March 2020 and shares the resources they created to help their customers. ” Kelly also emphasizes working with the virtual speakers beforehand.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional event planners and marketers know that there is no one-size-fits all strategy for successful event marketing. We review event marketing ideas designed to help planners and marketers craft better content, reach a wider audience, and increase event attendance.

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