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What is Stopping International Attendees from Returning to U.S. Conferences?

Smart Meetings

As that eases, it could not only help increase the ability to bring attendees to conferences from China, but other countries as well as Chinese visitors have been rerouting through neighboring destinations to get to their California events. destinations around sports and entertainment, but vary in their dream event destination.

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Virtual Happy Hour Ideas: Entertain Attendees & Get The Party Rolling!

Endless Events

After you took the time to learn about mistakes to avoid , how to engage your audience , and sponsorship deals , we want you to think about how to entertain attendees. This means you must ditch the idea that virtual events can’t include entertainment. Yes, you read that right! People crave connection.

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Are Family-friendly Conferences in Your Future?

Smart Meetings

These events usually last three to four days, and when you add on travel time, attendees may be gone from their families for a week or longer. This can mean each attendee must find someone to care for their children or ask their spouse to do double duty while they are gone. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites.

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Virtual Attendee Engagement: 8 Unique & Creative Strategies

Endless Events

As a production company, we get a lot of questions about virtual attendee engagement. Particularly about how to come up with strategies that make attendees happy and eager for more, both during and after the fact. In the past, we discussed the importance of paying attention to virtual attendee engagement every step of the way.

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Attendee Experience: 15 Ideas To Increase Event Engagement at Your Next Conference

Bizzaboo

As an event organizer, it can be disheartening when your efforts to increase event engagement fail to meet your goal or when your carefully planned conference falls short of delivering the audience experience you envisioned. Plus, event organizer priorities have shifted accordingly, and a staggering 45% now prioritize attendee engagement.

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Conference Metrics That Matter

Convene by PCMA

Some worthwhile examples of participation performance goals include: Key Attendees Number of registrants from two or three key attendee segments. Session Attendance At least half of the eligible attendees should be showing up for keynotes or a block of concurrent sessions.

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

Smart Meetings

Note to #meetingprofs : You have to experience the @encore @EncoreGlobal_ experience to spark your excitement about the possibilities for immersing your attendees in multi-sensory journies. To ease the rush of registration, attendees were urged to print badges at home and grab a lanyard in the hall. A Brighter, Faster Mandalay Bay.

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