Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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. For the love of lanyards.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

Maybe a hybrid board travels to one member’s city of residence for a meeting and team building; maybe, with increased numbers of remote workers, meeting attendance drops as the option to attend remotely becomes more available—how do meeting planners then incentivize attendees to show up in person? Is incentive travel out?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte. Incentive meeting professionals are masters of designing motivating experiences by personalizing the adventure based on guest data.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 13, 2023

After all, your goal is to maximize registrations. For example, suppose you need to promote a limited-time incentive for people who sign up to your event early. For example, creating an event on LinkedIn or advertising on Facebook are great ways to drive registrations for your virtual event.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

You can easily shift your live audience to attend online by adding virtual registration codes so check that your registration company can accommodate both. You can double the registration income. Lowers the incentive for in-person attendee collaboration if they can view the entire meeting virtually.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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. For the love of lanyards.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Warwick advises breaking the variables into low, medium and high-risk categories for each decision, such as where to source an incentive program. Have a call-of-command if something goes wrong like attendees go missing or someone dies, she advised. Another “soft” risk that needs to be addressed: the changing needs of attendees.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Making sure attendees use the event app you’ve created requires your organization to market the app before your event takes place. Your organization has created an event app that will seamlessly integrate with the in-person experience — but how do you encourage attendees to use it? Show off its features. Try a soft launch.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JULY 3, 2023

It’s no wonder that this group incentive travel destination is Cvent’s #1 sourced destination in the regions of the Middle East and all of Africa. This time, we focus on how to best structure a group meeting or incentive travel program for this fabulous city. Brightspot is here to help with some of our top recommendations.

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ITA Group

JANUARY 18, 2022

On-Site Incentive Travel Communications That Go Beyond the Welcome Packet. You’ve spent most of the year motivating employees to reach new levels of success through an incentive program. An enticing incentive travel award. Creating a communications strategy helps attendees understand exactly what’s to be expected.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 29, 2019

First on the list was this: What correlations are there between how a guest (or registrant) behaves and how they’re retained? To answer these questions, researchers behind the IDEA Report looked at the data points across four key areas: Registration timing. Finally, by one week out, registration spikes to 85 percent.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How to master the New Green RFP In Smart Meetings’ latest Smart Chat Live webinar, “ How to Master the New Green RFP ,” attendees learned about how to create a sustainable RFP and prioritize sustainability in every area of their sourcing processes. Spoiler alert: the most overlooked areas are often the most impactful.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With so many events vying for your attendees’ attention, an intentional, targeted event marketing strategy can be an essential way to help your event stand out from the crowd. Most people feel bombarded with notifications, so if you grab their attention in a meaningful way, this can generate excitement and ready the viewer for registration.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Last year was a watershed for short-form video, and especially for videos less than four minutes in length—perfect for event marketers who want to deliver maximum impact before interest in a piece of content fades among potential attendees and exhibitors.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

MCI Registration Specialist Mackenzie Ramos sees staffing as a major challenge happening now. Due to the pandemic, many events are experiencing record numbers of attendees due to the return of in-person attendance. For Glazer, incentive trips were always something he’s been interested in. “I’ve

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2020

Now that your attendees are no longer physically present, engagement becomes more important than ever, and an event app can go a long way in helping you out with this. And if you’re looking to promote your main sponsor, push notifications that remind attendees about sponsored sessions or offers is also a great way to do so!

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 19, 2023

What value will attendees get from attending? ” Attendees should be able to understand precisely what they will receive from attending the event. Prospective registrants will want to know how they will benefit from attending the event, and the clearer their understanding, the more likely they will attend.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

To tackle all of their objectives, event professionals rely on a multitude of event marketing ideas to connect with attendees before, during, and after events. Bonus tip: Before sending, make sure tickets are ready to go on sale to capture any immediate interest and start building credibility with future event attendees.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JUNE 9, 2021

Planning the Return of Incentive Travel Programs. ‘, maps out how corporate incentive travel is slowly, but steadily, on the rise to recovery. These two trips show that there are important planning steps to consider, but the on-site experience for attendees is still very similar. Incentive Travel Industry Outlook // READY!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2021

8, a fresh round of registrations poured in, bringing the total number registered for the now mask-optional IMEX America at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to 10,000. Steve Sisolak granted an exception because attendees must all be fully vaccinated. To streamline registration, print your name badge and agenda. Nevada Gov.

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Endless Events

MARCH 3, 2022

Additionally, you need to produce truly exceptional events that will foster attendee retention and potentially turn your audience into advocates. Attendee Retention Is Everything! And your attendees should know where you’ll be next. There are great incentives to sign up right there and then. ” He elaborates.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

Here are the 10 event technology trends that Will and Brandt discuss in this unique and exciting episode: NFTs, blockchain, metaverse, drones, smart glasses & AR, community marketing, privacy & security, machine learning & AI, facial recognition, attendee tracking. And that’s what the attendees want as well.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2021

They had to get creative, switching focus to PPE-related items and constructing swag boxes for shipping to virtual attendees and WFM employees. iPromo lists outdoor and golf products as items that will likely see a surge over the coming months, with outdoor summer events and the return of some incentives.

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Travel Daily Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The show will present a diverse range of Asian and international destinations, venues, hotels, technology providers and key suppliers in the thriving Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Events (MICE) industry. billion in 2023 to USD783.63 billion by 2032.

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Atlas Travel

APRIL 30, 2020

As a seasoned provider of Cvent registration services, we felt that increasing our knowledge of the tool’s “bells and whistles” was an excellent use of time. We also recently partnered with Groupize, another event sourcing and registration tool that specializes in simple meetings management. Jennifer Murphy. Director, MICE.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The meeting experience is often more about how attendees feel rather than what they think. We planners know that what keeps individuals coming back to live meetings is the experience, and the experience is more often about how attendees feel rather than what they think. Here are five tips for practicing gratitude at your next event: 1.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

If you or your attendees can’t travel with just a carry-on, brace yourself for higher costs for checking a bag with many major U.S. While most meeting planners don’t include attendees’ baggage fees in their budget, an incentive program might. Let’s say you’re planning an incentive program with 100 winners.

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Brownwell Incentive Travel

APRIL 30, 2019

Brownell Incentive Travel New Business Development Executive Annette Furman shares how an Incentive Travel Expert will save you time. At a recent event I was asked “what advice would you give to someone who is considering an incentive trip for their company?” My immediate response was to go for it!

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 27, 2021

Top 10 Must-Do’s for Post-COVID Channel Incentives and Virtual Lead Gen Events in 2021. With COVID-19 vaccines in sight and the next normal starting to settle in, it’s time to look at what channel incentive programs need to do in 2021 to keep the sales pipeline full. Make a New Start.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 8, 2022

The bad news is that your events are not guaranteed to attract the same number of in-person attendees as they did in 2019. In fact, many association events are seeing 20 percent to 30 percent fewer attendees from their pre-pandemic highs. Your event must work harder than ever before to attract attendees in the post-pandemic era.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

PCMA research uncovered similar findings: One of two event planners planned hybrid events so attendees could attend according to their preferences. After several years of avoiding in-person events or only attending virtual events, attendees are ready for the evolution of events. Attendee satisfaction. Attendee engagement.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Our hope is that once [attendees] attend this event, they’ll be able to go back to their leadership and incorporate many of the things we’ll be doing at our event this year, and [see] that safe, face-to-face meetings can resume,” he said. They’ve estimated roughly 150 attendees, compared to its normal 250-275.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When you strike the perfect balance between pricing and event content, you increase the chances your event is packed with eager attendees excited to learn new things and network with like-minded people. But offering multiple ticket types allows potential attendees to self-segment and purchase a ticket that fits their needs and budget.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Here are some write-in responses describing hybrid models from the August COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard : Sequential events (digital first, in-person second) with in-person registrants getting access to all of both, and digital participants getting all of digital and some recordings of in-person. Full in-person events and a separate virtual.

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Eventtia

JUNE 15, 2023

If you are not careful and if the invitation is written poorly, it could end up unread or in potential attendees’ trash or spam folders, and the event that you’ve planned for weeks or months can be ruined. If you’re ready to captivate your potential attendees and secure enthusiastic RSPVs to your event, let’s dive into this guide right away.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 10, 2020

The price of an online event needs to be low enough to attract attendees, but high enough that it reflects the value of the content and doesn’t compromise what you plan to charge when you get back to live meetings; and for many, it also needs to drive a profit. The costs for the virtual meeting platform and associated consultants. •

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 16, 2018

On the agenda was registration, set-up and lots of discovery during Smart Monday powered by MPI. This theme was echoed throughout the day as interactive sessions stressed the importance of being very inclusive, right down to asking attendees their preferred pronoun. Connections Struck.

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