Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Audience engagement plays a significant role in the success of any event. Whether in-person or online, event organizers want attendees to pay attention and participate. In fact, more than 80% of marketing professionals believe that audience engagement is a key indicator of an event’s success. Understand your audience.

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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. of event organizers have seen growth in registration. of event organizers have seen growth in registration. Meanwhile, 56.2%

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 15, 2024

While last-minute registrations spiked during the COVID years, that challenge hasn’t resolved itself. During the pandemic, people became comfortable attending events online and they now have a new yardstick for measuring whether it’s worth their investment and the hassle to travel to an event.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. No wonder registrations soared off the charts. Speakers want to present remotely, and attendees and sponsors are starting to drop off. What if travel policies change, and speakers, attendees and sponsors start to cancel? Know your audience. Then along came Delta.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve outlined 77 event KPIs and divided them into eight major groups: general and attendee event KPIs , financial event KPIs , marketing KPIs , audience engagement KPIs , presenter KPIs , sponsorship and tradeshow KPIs , event networking KPIs , community KPIs. Registration & Attendee KPIs. Registration & Attendee KPIs.

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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

MAY 23, 2022

Now we’re onto the next challenge: making the virtual event a great online experience. Cut the Quality and You’ll Cut Your audience. You need to invest in a platform that supports high-quality broadcast video, and you need skilled professionals who can design compelling content to keep your audience engaged.

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Stova

JUNE 30, 2023

In the fast-paced world of event planning, driving event registration is a crucial aspect of ensuring a successful and impactful event. This blog post will explore several key marketing strategies that event professionals can leverage to boost event registration and make their events truly remarkable.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s hard for the speaker to monitor the chat and answer Q&As while presenting. But money saved also means ROI lost: the champion of March 2020 does not deliver on audience engagement and valuable data insights – and these are essential for an event’s success. Registration & ticketing.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Now, more than ever, meeting professionals need timely updates about how evolving technology can help them deliver smoother registration, better engagement and more valuable data insights for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Activities such as trivia challenges that both in-person and online attendees can participate in were big hits.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 7, 2021

With the power to influence, energize, ignite, and even empower an audience, an impactful keynote speech has the potential to make or break an event’s success. But what is a keynote speaker, exactly, and how do you go about finding the right one? What is a keynote speaker? What is the role of a keynote speaker? .

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

One of the things I’m seeing is that the most successful [virtual events] are making sure you have a team in place to start the online conversation,” Farmanfarmaian said. “If Gaudini is also an advocate for shorter sessions and longer audience engagement periods. Nor does she announce when the speaker is going to show.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Its full suite of event management tools includes event registration and check-in, advanced analytics, mobile event apps, customizable branding and design, engagement and networking tools and more. It’s really hard to try to record a gala ceremony and get people to watch that online,” he explains.

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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. Consider the wants and needs of your audience and use your event platform to easily share accessible content that will truly excite them.

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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. Online events make it easier for them to attend. Check it out for full details!

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

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. We review event marketing ideas designed to help planners and marketers craft better content, reach a wider audience, and increase event attendance.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

Smart Meetings talked to industry experts for tips on how to produce meaningful experiences for everyone on the registration list. A dedicated online agenda, offering virtual participants features that wouldn’t be available to in-person attendees, can be elevated through a screen. Make it Tangible. Create a Dedicated Experience.

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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. Our guest is Mark Herschberg , an MIT instructor, the author of The Career Toolkit , speaker, and CTO.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2020

As we discussed in our article about virtual attendee engagement , low-quality content and unprepared speakers are a sure way to drive the audience away. This won’t be as disruptive as an ad thrown in the middle of a speaker’s session, but still alerts the attendees’ minds to the existence of the sponsor.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

By including your audience in your marketing efforts, your brand will connect with them in a much more effective way. Create a memorable hashtag and give your audience a chance to participate in an activity they will want to share on their profiles (ie. Your speakers and emcees should also know about the experience you’re planning.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In this particular case, we’re not talking about engagement between attendees, but rather the complex relationship between the talking heads and the audience. Endless monologues from the speakers wasn’t something attendees loved with in-person, to begin with. It’s going to be a log off on our end, at least.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is aiming to restore its pre-pandemic in-person participation at the same time it cultivates a larger online audience. Our audience really has grown to expect choices and the hybrid event is the ultimate choice.”. I’m a firm advocate that hybrid events are here to stay,” Reed said.

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Traveler's Q

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Additionally, it enables organizers to communicate effectively with their audience and provide a seamless event experience. By prioritizing a mobile-friendly event website, organizers can improve their event’s online presence and reach a wider audience. This is where the power of great website layout comes into play.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What should you do when your key speaker suddenly cancels five days before the event? For online events, choose a robust virtual event management platform. For hybrid events or solely online happenings, select and test a virtual platform in advance. Understand your audience. Evaluate multiple store locations if available.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 12, 2023

The first was when I saw an online registration system and rejoiced that I would no longer have to deal with faxes and manual credit card payments. Like online registration and a mobile device, it’s a tool that saves me time, energy, and effort, all while leveling up my productivity and end results. That was not so great.)

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 15, 2022

With that in mind, here’s a breakdown of what it takes to create unforgettable online events. . For example, webinars need to deliver on whatever you sell the audience on the event registration page. The audience will sign out or zone out if the pacing is uncomfortable. Why People (Love To) Hate Webinars.

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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. And speaking of social media, don’t overlook this now-old friend.

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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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Traveler's Q

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A website is the most significant platform for any organization to showcase its events and communicate with its audience. A stagnant and outdated website will not only deter the audience but also fail to communicate the latest developments and important information about the event.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The AV industry, whether that’s your in-house hotel AAV or even third-party production companies, is struggling to be fully staffed up as we start to reincorporate in-person audiences into our event strategies.” “When producing hybrid events , we want to treat the in-person and virtual audiences differently.

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Traveler's Q

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When executed correctly, event branding can help to establish a powerful connection between your brand and your target audience, building credibility and increasing brand recognition. A strong brand identity helps differentiate an event from competitors, attract a targeted audience, and build trust and loyalty among participants.

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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. Our guest is Mark Herschberg , an MIT instructor, the author of The Career Toolkit , speaker, and CTO.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Cait Brown ‘What people say about you online is more important, powerful, and credible than what you say about yourself.’ To recapture your audience’s attention and get them through your event doors, the planning team and marketing team should work together to meet the audience where they are with these three alternatives to email.

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Eventtia

MAY 11, 2022

Educating your target audience about something. Location: whether it’s an online/virtual or an offline event. Speaker session. You can then start planning for the target sponsors, event speakers, and exhibitors. Step 7: Confirming Speakers, Exhibitors, and Sponsors. Increase brand awareness. next March).

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 27, 2023

Attendees who were unable to travel could switch their registration to the digital cohort. Due to flight cancellations, the opening general session speakers were not able to arrive in time. Their success depended on the flexibility of their speakers. It served as a very successful plan B. Here are some suggestions.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 16, 2024

Let’s stop talking about comparisons to 2019 in our data and let’s start talking about audiences. Classroom sessions with speakers or panels were chosen by 44 percent but suffered a big drop —12 percent — from 2023. PCMA Convening Leaders 2024 registrants can watch the Jan. Let’s stop talking about recovery,” Holsinger said.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MAY 2, 2024

We work closely with our clients to understand their unique goals, audience demographics, and budgetary considerations that allow us to craft customized programs that meet their goals and exceed expectations. Our custom event websites provide detailed trip information and facilitate online registration.

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