Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

2021 also brought about many exciting developments in hospitality technology, digital marketing, hotel services, and changes in travel trends. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. International Hotel Technology Forum 2022. Cvent CONNECT.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Organizations have been shifting away from boycotting, banning, or canceling their events in controversial destinations, and shining a spotlight on the issues. Following the repeal of Roe v Wade in 2022, 58 bills were enacted in the U.S. In 2023, proposed and enacted laws targeting the rights of minority populations swept the U.S.

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JULY 27, 2022

Almost every aspect of event setup takes longer on site as the business events industry moves forward with fewer workers — so organizers need to prepare their staff members for possible challenges. This is having a huge impact on event organizers and their teams during both the planning and execution phases of events. Short-staffed.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Just because Omicron is trending downward doesn’t mean it is time to let your guard down,” said Bronstein. “We Event Service Professionals Association’s ( ESPA ) annual conference in January (seen in the first image) was billed as a model for what can be accomplished when a meeting professional organization produces its own event.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It begins, as always, by understanding the outcomes an organization seeks for its events and setting key performance indicators around them. Most organizations also have goals around revenue, and the new environment we find ourselves in requires us consider other ways events generate short- and long-term revenue.

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Endless Events

MARCH 6, 2023

In 2022, the United States saw 1,774 data breaches. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve been at a registration table, looked down, and seen the username and password on a sticky note next to the laptop. It’s worth checking back in on your bank accounts, financial accounts major registration platforms, and Zoom accounts.” “One

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Orlando Health is a nonprofit healthcare organization serving the southeastern U.S. The partnership provides both tourists and member organizations with access to a wellness and health resources telephone concierge service to provide individualized health resources and visitor-specific wellness tips. . Read more here. Read more here.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 5, 2022

To zero in on what we can expect — from event technology predictions to what the biggest challenges will be — we reached out to some of the top Event Experience Leaders for their take on event industry trends to come. Want to skip straight to the insights and event industry trends from our top leaders? Chardia Christophe-Garcia.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2022

December 2022. December 2022 Blockchain and Finance Events. This event provides an excellent opportunity to learn and share insights on the current cryptocurrency trends and strategies, whilst networking with like-minded leaders in the field. ETHDenver 2022. Blockchain Africa Conference 2022. January 2023.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2021

Positivity sentiment rose from 30 percent in February to 45 percent in April, and by all accounts those numbers have continued their upward trend in May. When They’re Taking Place: By all accounts 2022 is shaping up to be a very robust year. 75 in February to.81 81 in April. San Francisco and Chicago.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Our list kicks off with event marketing ideas that help event planners, organizers, and promoters improve their content marketing strategy. Event organizers and marketing professionals send press releases to news and media outlets to announce and promote events.

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Bizzaboo

OCTOBER 11, 2023

of organizers say event software has a major impact on the success of their events 67.4% of organizers say they have changed or plan to change their event management software vendor within the next year 72.5% of organizers say their event management software played a major role in the success of their most recent conference 62.9%

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Baker attendance at the International Baking Industry Exposition 2022 rose 25 percent compared to IBIE 2019, thanks in large part to a clever marketing campaign showcasing baked goods in unexpected situations. IBIE organizers created another revenue stream using the “BAKED IN” marketing campaign in merchandise.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

We’re excited to announce a 40% increase in in-person events hosted on the Event Experience Operating System in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. of organizers say they plan to schedule more or the same number of in-person B2B events next year, according to a recent survey.

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MARCH 6, 2023

The truth is that most of the data points and recovery opinions are coming from the supplier — not the organizer — side of our industry. Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent or more lower than 2019.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 17, 2023

In this article, we’re looking at ChatGPT for event organizers. After it was released in November 2022, ChatGPT became instantly popular as people across industries began asking the model to do all kinds of things, like debugging code , writing recipes in foreign languages , and explaining HTML like the reader was a dog.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

According to Gartner’s 2022 Technology Marketing Benchmark Survey , tech and service providers allocate 26.9% Here are some examples of what your event technology stack may include: Event management tools : ticketing and registration, access management, contact management, and event reporting. Not sure you need event technology?

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JANUARY 24, 2022

The Promenade was the hub of Convening Leaders 2022 at Caesars Forum, offering networking spots, sponsor activations, and the Work Lounge sponsored by Visit Indy. Some organizations put registration services in the hub to help welcome the participants. Jacob Slaton Photography).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The pandemic “put a freeze on downtowns’ primary advantage as a place where people gather, create, and seek entertainment,” according to a 2023 global trends report commissioned by IDA and created by Progressive Urban Management Associates. No one entity can solve this alone,” Downey said.

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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. Our organization thrives in uncertainty.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 30, 2022

These numbers buck the trend across the industry for deflated in-person event numbers post-pandemic. Web Summit, the organizers of event, had the foresight to develop digital support for their in-person events way before most event providers pivoted to tech-supported interfacing strategies. Event Tech Supports the Experience.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 20, 2022

Without a deep history to draw from, it can be hard to know what attendees, sponsors, and organizers might be willing to spend. Some concepts are more likely to succeed as an attendee charge, whereas others might make more sense as an offering from a sponsor or an expense for the organizer. Virtual events are still new.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

That was nearly identical to the percentage — 93 percent — who chose that response when Kenes Group, a Geneva, Switzerland–based professional conference organizer, surveyed HCP virtual-event attendees in 2020. See our Kenes Group 2020 survey story here.).

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

The organization settled on a simulive event that was complimentary for attendees. In terms of goals, we were extremely happy as the number of registrants was almost exactly what we targeted.”. “That gave us a few months to really try to pull it together and make some decisions quickly on what that virtual event was going to look like.”

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Whether in-person or online, event organizers want attendees to pay attention and participate. Expert event planners and organizers understand that choosing the right audience engagement strategies can make or break an event. Offer free and relevant downloads to registrants prior to your event. Understand your audience.

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Stova

MARCH 7, 2023

What emerging trends will shape the industry, and how can technology help you make the most of new market realities? More than a third of marketers say virtual events are one of their main engagement tactics, according to the 2022 Demand Generation Benchmark Survey. What products are gaining traction?

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MAY 26, 2023

It’s the only way to describe the 28,000-person 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC), organizer Informa Tech announced on its website: “GDC is back.” Often organizations already have the first two in place, but she has frequently found that the reporting stage is where things begin to fall apart. The reason? Fear of retribution. “So

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Suppliers are more bullish than planners, however, on revenue expectations for 2023 compared to 2022 — half of suppliers vs. one-third of planners expect an overall revenue increase of up to 50 percent. And as the year went on, planners seemed a bit more certain about their attendance levels for future events.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Around one out of 10 is polling potential registrants to get a sense of their willingness to travel, up from 5 percent in December. All told, nearly half will be holding an in-person-only event in 2022; 35 percent digital only; and 41 percent hybrid, down from 46 percent who selected hybrid in December.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

In 2020, like many other organizations, ASH’s Annual Meeting was fully virtual. For the 2021 event, the registration price for face to face and digital was the same, and the event produced equivalent content for both audiences. Reed’s approach for the 2022 ASH Annual Meeting , Dec.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

Mary Pat Cornett, CAE, CMP, accepts her Digital Experience Strategist of the Year award at the 2022 PCMA Visionary Awards. Under Cornett’s leadership, the organization introduced an entirely new event, Nutrition 2020 Live Online , that offered free programming and a truncated schedule. EPNAC Photography and Video).

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JULY 6, 2022

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Convene July 2022 cover & CMP Series story package. Event organizers were swimming in data before the pandemic. Convene July 2022 Cover & CMP Series Package. Find links to the other stories at the bottom of this page. Making Emotions Count in Your Event Data.

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MARCH 24, 2022

I was excited to see how SX would approach 2022, after an absence of the physical event for the past few years and with so much uncertainty still at play. With every iteration of the event, organizers work to remove friction. Most organizations don’t have this luxury. My time in Austin did not disappoint. Courtesy SXSW).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Conversation Starters at Convening Leaders 2022 gave both in-person and digital participants a chance to discuss a range of hot-button topics. The majority of participants shared that they are still in limbo for how meetings in 2022 are going to go. On-demand access to CL22 content is available through March 12, 2022.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

On-demand viewing for registrants was available for 30 days. Workiva shifted these smaller group events over to digital in 2020 and 2021 to “increase the number of raving fans we have,” Strehle said, “so they can help our platform become more sticky within their organizations.”. If the food is bad, everyone is going to talk about it.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

But their session, “Research Exposed: CMO Council Explores the Future of the Event Industry,” had data to support their statement about 2022 being the year of experimentation. Sixty-four percent of marketing leaders say they’re only moderately or not at all effective at executing virtual events that deliver value to the organization.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Bear Analytics ’ IQ platform made Global Pet Expo’s data “more granular and behavioral based,” enabling show management, Bonifati said, to tailor messaging specific to different registrant groups, or personas, for the online event, which was never meant to be a virtual replication of the physical event. “It Data and DEI.

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