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Our Best Tips to Finding Engaging Conference Speakers

Endless Events

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. A speaker standing in front of the crowd talking at them with slides is no longer enough.

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When They Let Their Hair Down: Secret Confessions of Audience Members Post-Keynote

Smart Meetings

Excited audience members, fresh off of being unexpectedly inspired (and sometimes a little tipsy) are more than happy to tell me stuff I never asked them. “We Here’s what your audience members aren’t telling you. Audiences are telling me they don’t need a lecture, they’d prefer something that feels like a conversation.

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From Button Boxes To Chats: Audience Response Systems Through Time!

Endless Events

One of the hottest topics in the events industry nowadays is hybrid and virtual audience engagement. But as the Event Tech Podcast highlights today, you can’t really talk about audience engagement without including audience response systems in the conversations. Audience Response Systems Are Not New.

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START Summit injects innovation into Europe’s startup conference scene

The MICE Blog

START Summit offers an innovative take on entrepreneurship conferences – entirely student-run it gives a fresh perspective on Europe’s startup landscape. Fast forward to 2023, and START Summit attracted over 6,000 participants and featured 150+ speakers. It’s scheduled for March 21-22, 2024, in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Virtual Audience Engagement: Keep Your Remote Attendees Happy!

Endless Events

It’s high time we talk about virtual audience engagement. And perhaps the biggest concern of all lies in the fact that engaging virtual audiences is hard. So how do you go about putting together a fool-proof virtual audience engagement strategy? Nurture Your Audience. Hire The Right Speakers – And Coach Them!

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6 Attendee Retention Tips: Keep Your Audience Coming Back

Endless Events

If you want to increase attendee retention, you need to figure out what makes your audience come back. Event gamification is one of the best tactics in event planners’ arsenal to achieve their event goals, including higher audience engagement and attendee retention. Ask For Feedback, Then Act On It. Start Promoting At The Event.

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Speaker Trends for This Year’s Business Events

MeetingsNet

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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