Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To ensure a consistent and evolving impact for your company and attendees, we recommend developing a three-year event strategy. This strategic planning enables us to tailor the event’s elements to not only engage attendees but also to keep the desired outcomes in focus.

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ADMEI

MAY 8, 2024

Utilizing exhibitor booths effectively has a major impact on how the DMC presents itself and its services. Trade show attendees have many booths to visit, and they won’t stop meaningfully at all of them. This encourages trade show attendees to stop by, stay a while, and engage with your brand. Create compelling visuals.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She presented a special session at Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference titled, “Event Risk management: 2022 Risk Categories.”. That is a lot to consider: create what-if scenarios for and rehearse responses to “just in case.”. Defining Risk. “You Call to Action.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Presenters and team members alike learned how to look better on camera. “18 months into the pandemic, I’m still spending a lot of time on presenter prep calls,” says Brandt. Took an enormous amount of rehearsal. And speaking of virtual event rehearsals , let’s talk about Apple keynotes.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 15, 2024

During the 12-hour educational marathon hosted by Meeting Professionals International on April 11—Global Meetings Industry Day—one session presenter touched on a delicate issue that surely had all the business-event planners in attendance nodding along: Yes, change is essential and inevitable.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

Continue to focus on the ever-changing expectations of venues and event attendees, as they often fluctuate with the times. Accepting event planning gigs with a quick-turnaround time could also lead to presenting less than your best work. Contact experts and industry leaders for advice, tips, and to learn from their experience.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

He designed a virtual wine tasting and networking experience that led attendees from as far away as Atlanta on a journey through an interactive space to learn about the spirits, the cause and each other. Then he counted backward three months to ensure he had time to market and deliver wine to attendees before the big day.

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Endless Events

JUNE 19, 2020

You’re either a planner eager to learn how you can set your virtual speaker up for success, or you’re a speaker looking to be trained in the art of virtual presentations. But now that you’re presenting from a different location than everybody else, you’re in charge of your own background. Why are they there?

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Endless Events

APRIL 9, 2021

These went from all things attendee engagement to more specific tech-related issues. How many days/hours & attendees are you expecting? Depending on the scale and scope of the experience, the costs associated with each of the aspects presented in the checklist can vary widely, but we added ballpark figures for them.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 25, 2022

Below, you’ll find everything you need to know about the event, including upcoming rehearsals and speaker prep. In a moment, you will receive two links — one for your tech rehearsal and one for the live event. Technical Rehearsal. Please note that it is a different link than the technical rehearsal link. on-demand). .

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you’re an avid reader of Endless, you might recall that one of those mistakes was foregoing rehearsals. Yes, today, we’ll be explaining exactly why virtual event rehearsals should be a non-negotiable. Let us then explore the pros of virtual event rehearsals! But let’s return to the topic at hand.

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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

How Do Physical & Virtual Attendees Interact? And with hybrid events, you will have to consider that aspect plus the dynamics between venue visitors and virtual attendees. Some options include hosting discussions and Q&As that include both the in-person and virtual attendees.

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2019

A bad AV mistake like projectors that stop working during your keynote bringing the presentation to a halt, will make attendees immediately regret coming. Incorrect formats for presentations. Imagine, your presenter arrives for the most anticipated keynote of the conference with their presentation in the wrong format.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

“People are thinking about virtual attendee engagement and looking at how can they make it more fun for attendees rather than have them just sit and watch a screen. ” “So you may have some of your attendees in-person again, but a lot of folks aren’t ready to travel or they are working from home.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

And what techniques and strategies can you employ to engage attendees? From asking the audience funny questions to giving attendees the ability to interact with you instantly, there’s no denying that live sessions offer the chance to get the enthusiasm going in very dynamic and entertaining ways. Timeliness. Conclusions.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 27, 2022

More than ever, we need to be running several steps ahead — checking, double-checking, and even pitching in to ensure the attendee and exhibitor experience doesn’t suffer. Lock in your run-of-show and rehearse more than ever before. A good number of your attendees are just easing back into business travel. Main Room Gaffes.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

And learn how to plan a successful virtual event that your attendees will never forget! She schedules rehearsals with the speakers two weeks in advance to check their audio, their internet, make any suggestions about the background, walk them through the features. So yeah, rehearsals are important” Production Value.

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Meeting Tomorrow

JUNE 3, 2021

Rehearse with ALL your presenters. Rehearse with both your onsite presenters and your remote presenters. This helps everyone be prepared with their transitions and understand what exactly they’ll be looking at while they’re presenting. . Assign someone on your team to focus on remote attendees.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Virtual event rehearsals , of course. We rehearsed pretty hard leading up to it.” I think they’re just excited to be watching something that’s not a presentation, so people are in.” Our role is to guide these attendees through a musical exercise that lets them be creative and it also gives them the stage.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 11, 2022

Yet, soon enough event organizers have understood the unique benefits of virtual events, especially their versatility in attracting attendees from all around the world without having to worry about geographical limitations, travel, and accommodation costs. More and better sponsorship opportunities. Better engagement rate. Cost-saving.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For example, your goal may be to attract 300 attendees and achieve 20% sales of the new line on event day. Choose the right event management platform Virtual, in-person, or hybrid events are increasingly reliant on technology to ensure smooth operation and a memorable experience for attendees. Research options based on user experience.

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Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

Provide a budget outline that breaks the total down into specific categories like venue costs, presentation tech, F&B, entertainment, decorations, and security. Some tools will let you quickly change event setup, appropriately space attendee seating, and more. Use interactive 3D event diagramming software to plan the layout.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It showed how games can be a powerful way to engage your virtual attendees. You may want to kick off with a game to test learning, teach something new, or let attendees get to know each other or the presenters. You also want to rehearse your game just like you would another session. Congrats, Sarah on your new Roomba!)

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

If you have bad WiFi your attendees might forget about all the great parts of your event and only remember the WiFi sucked. Attendees expect great (and free!) How will attendees use the internet? It’s almost guaranteed that in today’s hyper-connected world attendees will find it impossible to unplug. Plan Way Ahead .

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 22, 2022

Here’s the gist: You should be able to feed every meeting attendee with just two pizzas; otherwise, that meeting will have too many people and be unproductive. While some attendees participate virtually, other groups of employees meet in physical locations and then connect via software. Create an agenda and rehearse. Unfamiliar?

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create event attendee personas to better understand them. ☐ Set audience goals for attendees. ☐ Set ticket prices for virtual vs. in-person attendees. ☐ Send invitations and calendar blocks for event rehearsals. Event Presentations Checklist ☐ Create a slide deck template for all presentations.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2019

Though it’s clearly sensible to keep a conference running on schedule, we’ve all attended meetings where rambling presenters, avoidable “technical issues”, incompetent facilitation, and inadequate logistics have made a mockery of the published program. I did so, and noticed that the other presenter did not.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

To execute a successful virtual event, our team was tasked with developing a strategy that enhanced meeting design, optimized the attendee’s experience, and increased attendee engagement. Attendees have shorter attention spans when viewing a screen for several hours. Virtual Event Platform and AV Partner.

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Alcor Mice

JANUARY 26, 2021

A benchmark test done by Bizzabo shows that virtual events cost 75% less to organize and allow for more intimate discussions that make it easier for attendees to build connections with one another. A few points to look at would be: income, revenue, number of attendees, social media impressions, etc. SETTLE ON A BUDGET.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2020

We have an amazing presenter, so that’s very helpful. So she’s sitting back and she’s actually outside of the studio, completely away just like a regular attendee would be. Second, do rehearsals. So get that figured out, do a rehearsal. . “We didn’t have to write scripts.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Mere hours after the conclusion of the Safeway Open golf tournament presented by Chevron at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa last October, the Atlas Peak fires broke out. Attendees came alarmingly close to staring death in the face. Many would-be attendees decided not to come. A Close Call. Silverado Resort and Spa.

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create event attendee personas to better understand them. ☐ Set audience goals for attendees. ☐ Set ticket prices for virtual vs. in-person attendees. ☐ Send invitations and calendar blocks for event rehearsals. Event Presentations Checklist ☐ Create a slide deck template for all presentations.

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Eventtia

MARCH 14, 2022

Soon enough, both event planners and attendees understood the unique benefits of virtual events over their in-person counterparts: it’s cheaper to host (and typically the registration fees are also cheaper for participants), faster to organize, and you don’t have to worry about travel arrangements and accommodations.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Yes, it’s time to bring together virtual and in-person knowledge so as to create riveting and immersive experiences for attendees. Disregarding Rehearsals. It’s doubtful that any event professional would neglect to rehearse the aspects inherent to the in-person facet. But the virtual attendees? Big mistake! Dense Content.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 4, 2020

facilitate rehearsals, and then run the show. Speaker rehearsals scheduling. Speaker Rehearsals. Final scripts, presentation, and media. Technical rehearsals and final quality control tests. Speaker rehearsals. Moving Towards Virtual Event Production. Develop supporting production paperwork .

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2019

If the only presenters are the executives, the audience can quickly begin to feel excluded, or at least less important. Your event’s design should be something attendees enjoy seeing as they walk through the front entrance each day. Believe it or not, food is usually near the top of the list of what live event attendees remember.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

The number of attendees, sales, engagement, profit, new contacts – whatever is relevant to you and your organization. Think about them and write them down so you can present them when meeting with a virtual event production company. What will attendees accomplish by attending your event? Who are your attendee personas?

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