Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

We embraced a design-thinking approach and, as part of that process, we immersed ourselves in a comprehensive global trends study upon which we’d based not only our expectations, but our business plan. As of January of 2020, we were right on track and building momentum. Bob Priest-Heck, Freeman CEO.

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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. There’s no one marketing strategy to fit all events. Multi-event strategy. Define your event goals and KPIs.

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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

JUNE 13, 2022

One of the biggest event trends in 2022 is sourcing venues with character. Local event venues can make a lasting impression on your attendees and gives them a chance to get to know the destination better. Today, we are acknowledging this event trend by giving you a list of the best event venues in Phoenix, Arizona.

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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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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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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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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

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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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! If you know Endless, you know we love talking about event tech. In recent past episodes, we covered several 202o trends in the industry, including marketing and design. Starting Off With The Big Questions.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The country has hosted a number of large-scale events since reopening in June 2020. The new “Unbelievably Real” will promote the city’s healthy meeting program, transportation advancements, and award-winning dining to all audiences, including leisure travelers, businesses and groups, reflecting the increased bleisure trend.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 3, 2024

Let your imagination run wild as you connect with your community, explore the latest trends, and discover new ways to take your events to the next level. back to top February 2024 Conferences for Event Planner Event Name Event Date Event Location More Information Catersource + The Special Event 2024 Feb.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

Knowing event technology trends — and adopting the most valuable ones — gives planners and venues the competitive advantage. Studies show that using event technology can increase attendance by 20 percent and increase productivity by 27 percent. . What this trend means for event planners. QR codes. “If

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

When it comes to event-networking, we predicted that collaborative learning will soon come to define the participant event experience. This feels more relevant than ever in 2020 when participants are (rightfully) expecting a degree of personalization from the events they choose to attend. .

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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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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The country has hosted a number of large-scale events since reopening in June 2020. The new “Unbelievably Real” will promote the city’s healthy meeting program, transportation advancements, and award-winning dining to all audiences, including leisure travelers, businesses and groups, reflecting the increased bleisure trend.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

Although many brands have already started building in-house event marketing teams, many more haven’t. This is where a specialized agency can help: brainstorming virtual event ideas and bringing them to life to keep up with growing audience expectations. August Jackson Chicago, IL August Jackson is a U.S.-based

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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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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

With all the new technologies available to event professionals, often the process of selecting the right tech tool becomes prioritized over anything else. In this new world of digital, hybrid, and physical events, we are bombarded with new technologies every day. Joe Faulder. Five Steps to Success.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This could be because nearly 58% of event marketers believed their event budgets would decrease in 2021. Couple that sentiment with persistent inflation, a looming recession, and an uptick in layoffs, and it appears this trend will continue for the foreseeable future. 3 Great Event Sponsorship Package Examples.

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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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Convene by PCMA

JULY 6, 2022

The adversary is the person or thing obstructing attainment of the hero’s goal — it could be a competitor, technology, or a mindset. MORE TIPS: Nancy Duarte shared more tips about data storytelling with Convene in 2020. Barbara Palmer is deputy editor of Convene.

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Bizzaboo

MAY 7, 2023

Chatsonic Released in 2020, Chatsonic is a generative AI writing tool that predates ChatGPT. Unlike ChatGPT, Chatsonic is connected to the internet, which enables it to keep pace with the latest trends and happenings. All these tools are still in their infancy, so there are inherent risks in fully trusting the technology.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

When the Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) convened in early November, its organizer Sam Lippman, president of Lippman Connects, changed almost everything about the 20-year-old event, including making it hybrid, with a digital audience, for the first time. For the in-person part of the event, held Nov.

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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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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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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.

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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. Now he is seeing a consistent trend with 46% of client event in-person in June. The total number of events is also on the incline. “I But it isn’t one or the other.”.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Lisa Delpy Neirotti: ‘The positive results include more far-reaching events with often larger audiences.’. The global pandemic forced event planners to think differently and to embrace technology to offer an engaging online experience. Let’s try and do all the things for a virtual event. Lisa Delpy Neirotti.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 7, 2024

Her book, Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse , was published in 2020, well before Open AI launched ChatGPT. Convene asked Schick via email in December to look at gen AI through the lens of the business events industry. The business events industry must be vigilant against sophisticated AI-generated scams, like fake conferences.

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