Social Tables

MAY 13, 2022

Even as in-person events return, many businesses and event planners plan to keep the virtual event trend alive. With virtual and hybrid events becoming a standard part of industry operations, event planners and organizers are on the hunt for virtual event engagement ideas that will keep audiences invested.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 4, 2020

For instance, you probably read every article under the sun teaching you about virtual audience engagement, sponsorships, speakers, and more. But how much attention have you actually paid to the virtual event production aspect? How detrimental a low level of excellence is to the success of your event.

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Endless Events

MAY 8, 2020

Creating your virtual event budget might feel like a complex task. Sure, you’re probably more than used to create budgets for in-person events. But how do you go about it in the scope of virtual events? Simultaneously, new things that are inherent to virtual events will have to be accounted for.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite the return of in-person events, virtual events are here to stay. In fact, 93% of event professionals plan to invest in virtual events moving forward. In large part, that’s because more than 80% of event organizers agree that virtual events help them reach a wider audience.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 31, 2018

Whether it’s a purely online event like a webinar or a hybrid event where online participants can be part of a real life event, virtual events can be a welcome addition for your audiences. Gain the trust of your audience by learning the ropes and getting an event planning certification.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

How do you keep attendees engaged when the needle is always shifting? Tactics to encourage attendee engagement are wide-ranging, dependent on attendance numbers and often differ case-by-case. If you want to drive a synchronous experience, give attendees a reason why they should tune in live rather than watch on demand,” Gaudini said.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

People used Zoom to host virtual events as well as catch up with their loved ones. Even though there are now more than 100 event platforms on the market, many event planners still choose Zoom in its limited form for their virtual experiences. Zoom also poses a challenge for event video storage.

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Social Tables

MAY 13, 2022

Even as in-person events return, many businesses and event planners plan to keep the virtual event trend alive. With virtual and hybrid events becoming a standard part of industry operations, event planners and organizers are on the hunt for virtual event engagement ideas that will keep audiences invested.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

While the main event goal of some events is to sell as many tickets as possible, others strive for higher brand recognition or good event marketing metrics. Hopefully, some of these will help inspire you to embrace the benefits of event platforms and take your event strategy to the next level. Financial Event KPIs.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

The secret to planning a not-boring virtual event might be to pull a George Costanza. Entrepreneur Jay Schwedelson, who started the wildly popular Guru Media Hub virtual conferences in 2021 to engage with marketers, thinks a similar approach can turn around digital events. Guess what? People want to go.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The launch this week of Bizzabo’s SmartBadge technology, branded as Klik Experiential wearables, is the next step in delivering virtual meeting-level data at in-person events. More robust tracking can more meaningfully bring events into the marketing funnel securely and sustainably. “As Attendee Benefits.

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Stova

MARCH 25, 2024

The Definitive Guide to Event Registration This guide will teach you how to create a successful event registration strategy and help you deliver the best registration experience for your attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. Registration is at the heart of meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

First, identify if you are hosting a blend of your general session and a few select breakouts or if you are planning a live and a full virtual meeting, including multiple breakouts/networking/exhibit hall. Planning a Live and Full Virtual Meeting. You can double the registration income. Tina Luppino.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 7, 2023

Event ticketing and registration are the first — and perhaps most important — opportunities to impress attendees with a seamless, personalized experience and set the stage for a successful event. In a post-pandemic, in-person-first world, ticketing is vital for getting participants onboarded to your full event experience.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 20, 2022

They have captivating hosts, cover relevant content, and provide attendees with invaluable information. But how do webinar organizers take an idea and transform it into an appealing virtual event? Which webinar best practices do the most successful virtual event planners and organizers follow?

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Traveler's Q

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Events have evolved significantly over the years, and technology has been at the forefront. Event technology has become an essential aspect of planning and executing successful events. With such a diverse range of options, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or confused about which event tech solutions to choose.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

And back at the beginning of the pandemic madness, webinars, live streams, and virtual events, in general, were welcomed by pretty much everyone. Never has this emotional and physical exhaustion in regards to virtual events been as marked as it is now. As we discussed many times before, engagement is key for the latter.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

2022 is going to be our best year yet; we’ve embraced exciting new event technology and hybrid events as the way of the future! If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. Which virtual event platform features to look for?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

No matter the format—virtual, in-office or on-site—digital is a standard part of all types of meetings and events from shareholder meetings to user conferences to product introductions and more. Using a specific hashtag to create a branded experience around events is also a great way to help potential attendees find more information.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The pandemic ushered in an era of far more inclusive and accessible virtual events and made us re-evaluate some of the event-planning practices we started to take for granted. We learned a very valuable lesson the hard way: an event on the other side of the world can impact the entire globe. Yes, you read that right.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We’ve said time and time again that the events industry is changed forever. The pandemic normalized virtual events and accelerated the adoption of various event tech solutions. Some might even say that the event tech evolved more since March 2020 than in the entire decade before that!

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 4, 2021

“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.” The organization settled on a simulive event that was complimentary for attendees. Approximately 18,000 attendees registered and the event hosted 12,500 unique users.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 21, 2021

The Data + AI Summit North America 2021, presented by software company Databricks, held its second fully virtual event May 24-28, building off insights gleaned from its first virtual conference in 2020 to create a more intuitive and engaging experience for its 65,000 registrants.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

We’ve been teasing it for a while, but the time has come to introduce our 2021 event trends guide! Presented with more challenges than ever before, the events industry was forced to do a complete 180. Will hybrid events become the norm? How will the expectations from attendees evolve?

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Eventtia

MAY 20, 2022

Of course, it has to be adapted to fit the virtual era, thanks to COVID, but that’s precisely what we’re going to dissect in this article. You’ll also see: How to create a virtual goodie bag. How ‘swag bags’ can boost attendee engagement. At physical events (remember them?!) What to put inside of one. What’s a ‘swag bag’?

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Whether it’s a yoga session, interactive panel discussion or virtual conference, the popularity of virtual events has exploded and it’s paving the way for new forms of communication and collaboration. To help you get the most out of this, we’ve drawn up this short guide to answer all of your questions on virtual events.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The All In toolkit by Google provides meeting professionals and event producers how they can be progressive and a supporter of DEI from the building of their team through their approach to their process strategy and their final presentation. LGBTQ can easily feel ‘othered’ at conferences, gatherings and virtual events,” says Murray.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What better way to learn more about the exciting world of event technology than listening to an awesome product spotlight episode of the Event Tech Podcast? Today, Will and Brandt bring two guests in to hear an unbiased review of Accelevents , an all-in-one hybrid, and virtual event management platform.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What are some of the best ways to indicate and present different aspects of ROI?” ” “Just because an event has pivoted doesn’t mean that you have to throw out all your event goals ,” she says. One of the biggest things that you should adjust is registration and conversion rates.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Big events with a high number of attendees might require up to a year to plan. Booking major venues and event entertainment is something that should be done as soon as possible. What about virtual event timelines ? Be sure to give your speakers the rundown on what they need to know for their presentations.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Over the last two years, event platform companies Bizzabo and Hubilo each laid off double-digit percentages of staff. Don’t make it complex; the simpler the better for attendees and organizers,” she said. The attendee experience has to be seamless. Many others were acquired, partnered or otherwise fled the scene.

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Alcor Mice

JANUARY 26, 2021

Since then, companies have continued exploring different ways to create a perfect virtual event. According to Bizzabo, as much as 93 % of event marketers have incorporated virtual events into their strategy for 2021. It is clear that virtual events are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

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Meeting Tomorrow

APRIL 20, 2020

Meeting and event planners are working quickly to transfer their in-person events online in light of COVID-19. But for many planners, there’s still one missing piece of the virtual events puzzle: Sponsorships. How do you generate event sponsorship revenue when the traditional methods are on-hold? Branded swag.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of marketing and event statistics to inspire your event strategy or as fodder for your next event marketing presentation to get buy-in from key stakeholders. On the Bizzabo platform, 75% of events in May 2023 are scheduled to be in-person events!

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

For sure, there are a significant percentage of meeting attendees that can’t wait to participate in person; but organizers and planners found out during the first several months of 2022 that a sizable audience of previous attendees were more than happy to participate virtually. Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

The extension of virtual content delivery methods creates a unique opportunity for planners with new methods to boost engagement among attendees regardless of their location. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts for tips on how to produce meaningful experiences for everyone on the registration list. Make it Tangible.

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