Endless Events

MARCH 7, 2022

When we talk about the most popular event platform features , we typically think of registration and ticketing , integrations, gamification, and analytics reporting, for example. But what good are any of those if event planners are not taught how to use them or if they stop working mid-event? The success of their event depends on it!

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 3, 2024

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Traveler's Q

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Virtual reality headsets, platforms, and software have made it possible to create truly impactful and memorable events that engage and captivate attendees. Why Use VR at Your Event Gone are the days when events were limited to a physical location; with VR, events can reach global audiences.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Arguably one of the biggest pain points for planners, driving engagement isn’t quite as hard as one might think. Back before virtual events were the norm, planners already dabbled in event apps. Because audiences are participating from home, it’s easy to get sidetracked by the dog or the mailman. Gamification Wins.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

Most planners didn’t even hear of them prior to 2020! Depending on the venue and the size of in-person and virtual audiences , these experiences can take many forms. The rest of the audience tunes in virtually. For the last two years, virtual audience expectations have been consistently rising.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Mark is the CMO of Airmeet , a leading virtual and hybrid event platform. He continues: “HubSpot Academy led me to understand that the academy was started for customer education, retention, and upselling. Sean asked, “How do we use virtual platforms to encourage in-person attendance?” . Mark’s #1 Tip for Event Planners.

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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

Over the past few months, we’ve been focused on providing all the educational content we possibly could about virtual events. And this is why we’ll begin diving into educational content on the topic, alongside virtual events. One of the biggest concerns planners have with virtual events is related to audience engagement.

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Endless Events

APRIL 28, 2020

Even though virtual events are set to become the new normal, not many planners have experience with this paradigm. Because planners and companies aren’t sure which way is North right now, it’s easy to disregard the things that could make or break the virtual experience for everyone involved. 1 PowerPoint Heavy Content.

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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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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 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. Whether event planners intentionally design them or not, attendees will have had an experience at an event. In a sense, all events are experiential.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2021

As the industry pivoted to virtual events, virtual audience engagement became one of the most talked-about challenges. And most importantly for this podcast, he is the founder and CEO of Shindig , a virtual conference, event, and meeting platform that has mastered the art of online engagement. Is it even possible? ” she asks.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 20, 2022

While virtual technology helped preserve and grow the events industry throughout the pandemic, hybrid events have become a contentious issue among event leaders, especially as we “reincorporate in-person audiences in our meetings,” as Krueger describes where we are in the process. We were always talking about goals,” Vismale elaborated. “We

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

In the past 18 months, we’ve seen a rapid evolution of virtual events regarding event technology platforms and online experiences. The attendees could test the many features the virtual and hybrid event platform Hubilo provides, including chats, polls, leaderboards, networking rooms and breakout rooms. To hook and WOW audiences.’ .

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Endless Events

JUNE 20, 2023

Before you market to any audience, you need to understand who they are and where they come from. If you aren’t part of Gen Z, you might feel confounded by the preferences of these young whipper-snappers, so it’s extra important to do your homework on this audience. Who Is Gen Z? Gen Z includes people born between 1997 and 2012.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. My advice for planners is to look for a solution with the breadth to support lots of different use cases,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

And meeting in person— while having been substituted for the better part of two years by Zoom meetings, Hubilo gatherings, Meta get-togethers and conversations of all sorts on ever more video conferencing platforms—just can’t stop winning. The North Carolina-based Special Event Company ( TSEC ) is another case in point.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2021

We saw it with the emergence of virtual event platforms that offered everything from AI matchmaking to virtual booths. But it also has some pitfalls, including loneliness, brought about by the 2D experience that platforms like Zoom offer. We worked with all our preferred platforms. Amazing Examples Of VR For Virtual Events.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 28, 2022

This makes it all that much more crucial to get the most ROI possible out of each event, and there is one key factor that can help planners hit the mark: data. Event analytics are especially valuable because they provide real-time audience behavioral data, which marketers pay millions for. Tailor Your Tactics to Your Event Goals.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2022

Many event platforms offer no pricing structures at all while others only give ballpark estimates. As a recent Skift Meetings article points out, event planners often have no time or energy to sit through long demos and discuss pricing for weeks. Costs depend on the size of the event and the features planners want to implement.

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Endless Events

JULY 15, 2020

You’ll have to plan for the venue and the platform , and elements such as entertainment , production, and networking will have to be thought out from two different perspectives. Arguably the most overwhelming part of planning a hybrid event is the fact that you have to plan for two audiences. So, how can you tackle this?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2022

As our most loyal listeners know, Will and Brandt love to make educated guesses about the events industry. As the mastermind behind the top 22 event platforms to use in 2022 , he has a great grasp of where things are going in the ever-evolving world of event technology. Can you believe it? It’s 2022!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

The more than 4,200 people who attended PCMA’s 2024 Convening Leaders in San Diego this week and another 700 who registered to stream the education sessions were encouraged to “Think Bigger.” Beyond the gain in attendance, Karamat saw giving a platform to informed perspectives to start discussions as a valuable service. “I

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MeetingsNet

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent debuts a content-producing tool for various planner tasks, while Gevme and PCMA launch a research project to test which other tasks artificial intelligence could do well for planners. and machine-learning revolution to enhance our platform.” platform designed to increase efficiency in achieving event goals.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

While it’s hard to make absolute predictions of what we can expect from the future, we can absolutely make educated guesses. Several planners and tech companies already see hybrid as the certain future of our industry. Planners can’t continue to expect speakers to just figure everything out for themselves.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

With these new tools and knowledge base at their fingertips, association event planners can truly excel at delivering events in 2022 and beyond. Increasing audience engagement and online event attendee numbers during a pandemic. Before the event, they invited attendees to familiarise themselves with the virtual event platform.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Newbie event planners will often pick a venue, negotiate a deal with them, and sign the venue’s provided contract. . Maybe you’re throwing a big educational summit. Pulling in your event planners and graphic designers to tour the venue with you is a good idea. Why should you let your venue dictate what happens at your event?

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional event planners and marketers know that there is no one-size-fits all strategy for successful event marketing. Marketers are tasked with reaching members of their target audience, enticing them to register for an event, and continuing communications all the way up to the event to encourage attendance.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

“Live webinars in addition to the summits where we do three hours of education, we now teach the majority of all of our certificate sessions online. Whether they can’t afford the time out of the office, they want bite-sized one-hour education, something that they could listen to while they’re driving.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Will and the live audience had a lot of questions for our new host. We talk about what little changes can we make that it’s going to look best for our online audience. As all event planners know, the event timeline doesn’t end when the event wraps up. And then I also want to talk about the in-person audience.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

There wasn’t a need to include a virtual platform ; unless it was a rare occasion with a one-off request to include a broadcast element. We have many planner friends who say the toughest challenge is planning two meetings in one. Cost savings on a simple on-line platform. No two platforms are created equal.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In a world where technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) , is reshaping the event industry, the role of an event planner has taken on new dimensions. This is precisely why hiring the right event planner can make the difference between a seamless event and one fraught with chaos.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 25, 2024

And when you talk about content creators thinking differently, how does that translate to the events industry and to event planners and marketers? Which means, they are ordinary people who had no formal education or external motivation and decided to experiment freely on an openly creative platform.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If you read our last piece on why collaborative learning is the future of event-networking , you are already familiar with e180 as the creator of Braindate , an online platform and an in-person experience that helps participants at events meet for topic-driven, knowledge-sharing conversations called braindates. Source: e180. Researcher Ken A.

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Endless Events

JUNE 5, 2020

Our main goals here has been to educate planners everywhere on the subject – and make them realize just how cool and engaging virtual events can be. After you took the time to learn about mistakes to avoid , how to engage your audience , and sponsorship deals , we want you to think about how to entertain attendees.

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2020

This will include things like speaker fees, entertainment fees, event platforms , the technical and production costs, and so on. Instead of checking out virtual event pricing from other events, take a look at online course platforms. And chances are, some of your audience fits in that bubble. Again, this is just an example.

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Endless Events

JUNE 19, 2020

You’re either a planner eager to learn how you can set your virtual speaker up for success, or you’re a speaker looking to be trained in the art of virtual presentations. You might also just be a curious person, but for the sake of purpose, let’s assume you’re either a planner or a speaker. For The Speakers. #1

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