Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

How can planners help presenters compete with the ubiquity of handheld devices? One presenter at a recent conference made the mistake of scolding her audience to turn phones off and put them under their seats. She was met with groans; about a third of the audience left, and the rest ignored her command.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The pandemic has driven event planners to rethink their strategies for events of all sizes so that health is at the forefront of almost every decision—a trend that is likely to continue and, if executed carefully, could also help optimize content delivery in the age of TikTok-sized attention spans. Create a Relaxing Off-Grid Zone.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 11, 2018

How to improve audience engagement? Try these six audience engagement techniques at your next event. It takes ages for the microphone to be passed from audience member to audience member while everyone waits in awkward silence for the next question. Engaged audience members participate more, learn more, and are happier.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2024

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups.

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Endless Events

JULY 25, 2018

We all want to create an event that is full of uniquely engaging conference speakers, but how do we do that? First, we need to change the way we look at conferences. Most events no longer want basic conference speakers. Ensuring conference speakers are engaging will lead to audience engagement which creates loyal attendees.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually. While 2021 may still look a little different than normal, expect to see many conferences back and ready to help industry professionals navigate the massive changes in the way they do business.

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Endless Events

MARCH 22, 2018

Networking is often listed as the number one reason people attend conferences and events. Unfortunately, event planner networking often falls to the bottom of event planners’ priorities. Technology is starting to play a big role in event planner networking. But it shouldn’t. That’s saying a lot.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 30, 2021

After a promising but brief return to in-person-only events in the spring, the Delta and Omicron variants forced many event organizers to renavigate a hybrid event landscape to engage both digital and physical audiences. L’Italian cautions planners to avoid rushing to commit to a platform before a strategy is set. The biggest, No.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2018

There are tips for B2B events, conferences and campus events. Audience engagement techniques meet AR and VR technology in this year’s InfoComm, and the Center Stage sessions are set to explore their interrelationships. They allow you to follow audiences, while also immersing them into the event’s activities wherever they are.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

But that approach is hardly doable for corporate events, conferences, conventions, and other large-scale events. That’s why it’s important for event planners to understand what drives them and why. Planners can use Bluetooth Low Energy and RFID technology to create heat maps. MEASURING AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2021

By all measures, this week’s Destinations International Annual Conference 2021 (AC21) in Baltimore, Maryland, was a huge success. In addition to AC21’s educational sessions, both audiences were treated to a powerful keynote from author and Robin Hood Foundation CEO Wes Moore about changing destinies and embracing power in new way.

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Endless Events

MAY 23, 2018

Breakout sessions are a staple at conferences. If you are wondering what conference breakout sessions are and why more and more conferences are incorporating them, then continue reading. All of these topics revolve around a central theme, the conference’s main theme. Perks of Adding Breakout Sessions to Your Next Event.

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2018

Finding a conference venue is a lengthy and detailed process. The main component of a conference is the venue, it’s where the main show takes place! Finding the perfect conference venue can be challenging. These initial planning stages will help create a picture of what your conference venue will look like.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 30, 2021

The overall number of COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard respondents who said they were planning to hold simultaneous events for digital and in-person audiences dropped over the last six months. Live event will happen as is, with recording some of the sessions with an on-demand option post-conference. Courtesy Marina Bay Sands).

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Steve Steinhart Both planners and sellers will have to make paradigm shifts if 2024 is to become the new high watermark for group attendance and revenue. But those rates will not work for planners seeking value for their attendees. At a minimum, the hotel should know a local event planner who can fulfill our vision.”

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 12, 2023

The Spring 2023 research compiles the views of corporate, association, academic, and third-party event planners from around the world. Another interesting conclusion from the responses of the 275 planners, who came from the U.S., Lastly, the task of sustainable event sourcing is growing in importance, but planners in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2021

A NASA scientist hunkered down in his dark garage—the only place he can get cell phone reception—gives his keynote presentation to over 2,000 attendees at the world’s largest space science conference being held virtually from Sydney, Australia. Welcome to the wonderful world of managing meetings in a Covid-19 world!

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Stova

JANUARY 18, 2024

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get instant audience feedback throughout your event? Modern technology answers the call with innovative audience engagement tools. This article provides a blueprint for capturing audience sentiment in real time. First, what exactly is audience sentiment? The good news?

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Conference planning is well underway. You know that conference networking is important, but you’re not sure how to help your attendees make meaningful connections. A lot of event planners think simply bringing people together in the same place is enough to help attendees network—think coffee breaks and cocktail mixers.

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Endless Events

MAY 5, 2022

And as event planners were somewhat forced into a technological era of event planning, many of them started seeing the benefits of event technology. As such, they’re the dominant audience at corporate events and conferences. Planners can even plan on going completely paperless. The game has since changed.

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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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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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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

One powerful way is with top-tier event planner website design. A great website shows off your best work, targets your perfect audience, and tells a story about you and your business. With that being the case, we gathered some of the industry’s top examples of event planner website design.

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Techsytalk

MARCH 20, 2019

Corporate events include conferences, client events, internal meetings, parties, and team building events. It can be a one-day event or a week-long conference. Traditional methods cannot bring back life to corporate conferences. Professional planners know the best strategies needed to make the event engaging.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The pandemic has driven event planners to rethink their strategies for events of all sizes so that health and wellness is at the forefront of almost every decision—a trend that is likely to continue and, if executed carefully, could also help optimize content delivery in the age of TikTok-sized attention spans.

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Hotel Engine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

During peak travel seasons, fully-booked banquet halls and conference rooms are all the proof you need that special events and private parties are key to your hotel’s success. more…) The post Hotel Events Resources For Hotel Managers And Event Planners appeared first on Hotel Engine.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2023

For the International Conference for Software Craft and Testing held annually in Germany—known as SoCraTes—event coordinator Tobias Goeschel has a notably less-complicated job than most other business-event planners have. For the SoCraTes conference, “the format works because we have only a limited set of rules,” Goeschel notes. “We

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Achieving conference success ultimately requires careful orchestration between the event team, partnering agencies, and other departments, which is where a pre-event checklist template comes into play. Keep reading for our pre-event checklists that will help you optimize conference and event planning. We did the work for you!

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With costs moving stubbornly higher, meeting planners must be proactive and creative to stay within their F&B budget. As a result, the recent IMEX America show in Las Vegas had a breakout session featuring four planners with ideas on how to navigate the costs for food and beverage at meetings, and it was a standing-room-only affair.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 29, 2024

Whether you’re planning a corporate conference, private celebration, or large-scale convention, San Francisco’s diverse array of event venues , from elegant historic buildings to cutting-edge conference centers, cater to every need. This makes it an ideal venue for receptions, conferences, and other special occasions.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 5, 2024

Here, leaders from the Search Foundation, an organization providing support to event planners in need, show their enthusiasm for a fun evening—Kate Patay, CPCE, (left) and Michele Polci, CPCE, CMP. Here are some of the fresh ideas and classic events that made Connect Spring Marketplace and its co-located events a success.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Know your audience. Make sure it stays true to audience needs. If infections spike and you need to cancel your in-person event, you’ll still have valuable digital content to share with your audience. A good hybrid strategy also expands audience reach and event lifecycle. This is the question planners ask me the most.

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Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2022

However, event planners still struggle to secure long-lasting relationships with event sponsors. Finding, pitching, and keeping event sponsors is not a gamble – it’s a process that event planners need to carefully prepare for. Choose brands that share their core values with your audience. Think about your attendees.

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Endless Events

JUNE 28, 2018

When planning your next conference event, it’s always important to think of ways to add value for your attendees and promote your brand outside of the ballroom. While this can be done in many ways, one of our favorites is by planning conference events and parties. Reasons Behind Conference Events and Parties. Let’s jump in!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It boosts audience engagement and helps event planners reach their event goals in quantifiable and seamless ways. For example, your audience can complete challenges , receive points for each completed challenge, and see where they are on a leaderboard. Gamification should help planners achieve their event goals.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Until more is known in the weeks ahead, event planners and their hospitality partners can expect to see more impacts. Tools like the Clear Health app, used to verify vaccine status, and the experience of pioneers like the Global Health Conference & Exhibition have paved the way for fully-vaccinated in-person events.

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