Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Events, meetings and conferences today are supported by digital event platforms that make it possible for companies to seamlessly connect with people across the globe and deliver more engaging and immersive experiences than ever before. Here are some best practices for driving audience attendance in digital events.

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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. The short answer is “No.”

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Endless Events

MARCH 16, 2018

Are you focusing on your events audience engagement this year? Of course, engaging a tired and jaded audience isn’t easy and that’s why we’re here to help. You also have to feed the needs of the audience to capture their attention and interact. If you need more, drop by our audience engagement webinar.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In a Livestorm survey conducted in 2021 , 68 percent of respondents reported increased use of video conferencing in the past 12 months, in everything from internal meetings to conferences and tradeshows. Registration and/or attendance rates are declining. They are most effective for internal meetings.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 18, 2023

The post Registration now opens for 30th edition of ATM 2023 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. This year’s conference programme will feature a huge range of sessions that will explore innovation and best practice related to environmental, social and governance (ESG),” Curtis added. “We

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

Mentorships, transparency and white whales For meeting planners new to the industry, experience and connections are the glue that holds the universe together and ultimately provides the tools for current and future success. MCI Registration Specialist Mackenzie Ramos sees staffing as a major challenge happening now. Glazer agreed.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

How to apply behavioral triggers to conference programs to increase engagement If the golden ring everyone is reaching for on the merry-go-round of events is “engagement,” then we had better get real about what causes people to pay attention and interact with the content we work so hard to present at conferences and meetings.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

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. The Constaza spin: His large-scale virtual GURU conferences prioritize fun. Guess what? People want to go. Do the opposite of what everybody does.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 13, 2023

In large part, that’s because more than 80% of event organizers agree that virtual events help them reach a wider audience. At first glance, hosting virtual conferences and virtual webcasts may seem much easier than in-person events because they don’t require physical space or amenities.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Design the education and networking experience to primarily meet the needs of this select audience. Attendance vs. Membership Cohorts A similar analysis we use is to compare membership and attendee registration cohorts. Perform the same analysis using your attendee registration data. Compare the two.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 2, 2023

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. Include an FAQ section, registration links, contact information, and relevant resources.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

No wonder registrations soared off the charts. Know your audience. Do they want to meet virtually or in person? Conduct surveys, analyze behavioral data from past events, talk to registrants and read comments they post in chat. Make sure it stays true to audience needs. What if registrants are divided?

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Conference event apps are a must for any conference in today’s world. Adding conference event apps to your next event will create accessibility with content, notifications, feedback, and everything else you will need to communicate with your attendees. But how do you incorporate a conference event app? Let’s jump in.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

No – the magic of events lies in the overall experience your audience has. But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. While he is not in the events industry bubble, he nonetheless knows a lot about events and conferences.

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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. Smart Meetings looked at the range of ways meeting professionals are elevating the productivity of the humble name badge. For the Love of Lanyards.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 13, 2023

In large part, that’s because more than 80% of event organizers agree that virtual events help them reach a wider audience. At first glance, hosting virtual conferences and virtual webcasts may seem much easier than in-person events because they don’t require physical space or amenities.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Watch Live: 2024 Hospitality Predictions from Mike Dominguez President Clinton ventured that meetings could be the antidote for bad decisions being made by divided, angry people. It just made sense this audience would find their perspective interesting,” he said. That may require a more robust university connection to build a pipeline.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Conferences are an important learning and support resource for early career scientists.

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Endless Events

MAY 5, 2022

As such, they’re the dominant audience at corporate events and conferences. The Benefits Of Event Technology For Audience Engagement. Audience engagement is one of the most talked-about pain points for event planners, especially when planning hybrid and virtual events. Communities offer year-round audience engagement.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hybrid events—whether they are conferences, expos or training courses—are meetings that can be accessed in person at a physical location, or remotely via an online platform. Make audience input easy. Post-event is one of your most important points of engagement with your audience. Don’t try to replicate in-person events.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

Any event can be experiential: conferences, meetings, exhibitions, trade shows, and corporate events. By including your audience in your marketing efforts, your brand will connect with them in a much more effective way. When planning experiential events, you need to think about your specific target audience.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 22, 2024

Covello said the idea for the event had been percolating in her mind after feeling disappointed by the lack of diversity both in conversation and representation at industry-related state conferences. As of January2024, 18 conventions have backed out of meeting in her destination due to the political environment.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Questions you need to ask to build a strategic meeting operation [pull quote] “2024 is the year of doing more events that matter, more experience-driven events that drive more engagement and connections.” Q: Why is it so important that meeting professionals assess their tech stack now? Is Your Event Tech Stack Optimized for Results?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

You need people that work for the conference, right? But then you should also have five or 10 (depending how big your conferences is) people, who have no relationship whatsoever to your conference, and [you can] honor them with a title; give them a little bit of power and make [starting conversations] their job.”. “If

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

No – the magic of events lies in the overall experience your audience has. But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. While he is not in the events industry bubble, he nonetheless knows a lot about events and conferences.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2022

The virtual audience interacted with the content through the year-round community app, JUNO. In fact, the theme of the conference was “This is our time.”. An onsite testing center near registration was made available. Paula Abdul opened the conference with a high-energy greeting. A Message of Resiliency and Caution.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 15, 2022

To fortify your brand, strengthen your community, and develop even stronger relationships with your customers, you’ve finally decided to put on your inaugural user conference. But at the same time, user conferences are a massive undertaking, requiring a lot of planning and precision. What is a user conference? That’s great news!

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Explore dozens of must-attend higher education and general education events in 2024, including conferences for higher education, education administration, education management, and education tech. Summits: Summits are often meetings with high-level professionals to discuss the newest findings in a field.

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Bizzaboo

MAY 14, 2023

To supercharge your event strategy for 2023 and beyond, you must reprioritize your in-person conference strategy. With that in mind, let’s look at some of the benefits of in-person events and examine four key reasons why today’s best events teams are putting most of their eggs into the in-person conference basket this year.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

Editor’s Note: Meeting professionals are still pivoting on the regular and can learn a lot from the experiences of their peers. She said, “This isn’t ideal, but, I have a captive audience of customers and suppliers that want to meet. The week of the conference happened to be an “off week” for the Padres.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Event engagement, also known as audience engagement, refers to an event’s ability to hold the attention of its audience as well as promote full participation from event attendees. Engaging events are captivating and compelling; they capture the attention of their audience from the start and hold on tight.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Meeting planners of the future will need to become community change agents within their respective organizations. Corporate meeting attendees don’t want to feel like they’re at work; they want to have Instagram-able moments to share on social media. By using this format, the content of the conference was dictated by attendees.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Rather than having a regular conversation about event technology, Will and Brandt are sharing the contents of a session they led at the FICP Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona back in November 2021. Brandt and Will give the audience a one-hour rundown of event technology trends of 2022. You can do it at registration as well.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A company event , a festival, a conference? However, if you’re planning a corporate meeting, six months might be all you need. Include all planning meetings into your event timeline so everyone can add them to their calendar and prepare in advance. Start by thinking of your target audience. Open registration.

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Meeting Tomorrow

MARCH 31, 2020

Planning an online event without thinking about audience engagement is like building a sailboat without material for the sails. Luckily, there are lots of ways to keep your audience tuned-in they watch through a computer screen. 4 Tools for Keeping Your Audience Engaged. You can use polling to prompt the audience for responses.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Economic, cultural, and technological issues are impacting who makes it onto the podium at meeting and conventions. In fact, Best finds this to be “a triple threat,” noting the increasing number of in-person meetings, higher costs to host and feed guests, and expected annual hikes for speaking fees.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

There are two great ways for #eventprofs to meet up this week. 1 • techsytalk GLOBAL conference — Tuesday and Wednesday (September 28 & 29). 28 & 29), join me at the techsytalk GLOBAL Conference. Meeting professionals — this online conference is for you! I’ll be at both! Thursday, September 30.

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