MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Event Tech Podcast is back with its third and final installment on the best virtual speaker gear. Who is your audience? Virtual Speaker Gear: Watch Your Back! It only matters what the audience sees. ” And how does this translate to the video edit portion of the best speaker kits ?

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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.

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Endless Events

JULY 29, 2020

We’ve talked a lot about virtual events in the past and how we keep the audience engaged. But when it comes to hybrid audience engagement, you are literally dealing with two different sets of attendees. A hybrid event is the combination of an in-person audience and a virtual audience. Blur the audiences together.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 26, 2021

A couple of weeks ago, we began our mini-series on the best virtual speaker kits. What are the best microphones speakers can use to deliver top-notch presentations? And in order to correspond to said expectations, planners must support their speakers as well as possible. ” Virtual Speaker Kits: Lighting.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

But the truth is, audiences were tuning out long before we ever started upgrading our work from home setups. I’ve interviewed enough people to know that corporate presentations are too often bloated, meandering content dumps on our audiences. Ask what moves your audience to action and build your presentation around that.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 11, 2018

How to improve audience engagement? Try these six audience engagement techniques at your next event. The speaker drones on, reading from their notecards or plain white powerpoint slides. You can efficiently learn so much actually listening to the speaker. You want your audience to become your brand ambassadors.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

Mesmer has added new voices to the list of speakers, including young professionals who are on the rise in the industry. It’s a sweeping transformation, and one that relied heavily on the association’s investment in something that often doesn’t get a lot of attention: speaker coaching.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 9, 2024

Creating a speaker coaching webinar or tip sheets for your speakers can help them better connect with your audience. Make the most of their time and influence them by inviting them to take part in planning calls and help speakers understand your audience, Michel said. Create a speaker coaching webinar.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Audience engagement plays a significant role in the success of any event. In fact, more than 80% of marketing professionals believe that audience engagement is a key indicator of an event’s success. Expert event planners and organizers understand that choosing the right audience engagement strategies can make or break an event.

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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? 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. Below you will learn: What makes for an engaging speaker.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 4, 2024

Your audience is saying] that instead of going to a dozen events, I’m going to pick three to five. Why audiences have higher experience expectations: [Audiences are saying] I want to make sure that I’m entertained. Putting speakers and topics and themes together was my jam. Here’s what she had to say.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 12, 2023

Only 1 percent of respondents to a Freeman survey said they preferred celebrity speakers to those who had something relevant to say to their groups. Whatever Media Group) Event organizers who are considering straining their budgets to hire celebrity speakers — or who feel pressure to do so — may want to think again.

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Bizzaboo

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Are you struggling to find an outstanding speaker for your event? After all, the right conference speaker has the power to captivate, inspire, and educate your audience, making your event a memorable experience. Understand Your Audience Different events cater to different audiences. It’s a tall order.

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Stova

JANUARY 18, 2024

High fives on the speakers and networking opportunities? 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. The good news?

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2018

Increasing audience engagement can be a challenge even for the best #eventprofs. In order to increase audience engagement, you need to first capture their attention. Make Your Audience Pay Attention. It should all start with choosing the perfect location, preferably one where you already have an audience.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 17, 2022

A recent article on Forbes.com picks the brains of interesting players in the meetings and events world: talent agencies and speaker bureaus. Speakers must be skilled enough to make their sessions more of a discussion than a one-way presentation.

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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. Even as their hybrid events remain a work in progress, many organizers now see their long-tail potential.

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Endless Events

APRIL 14, 2022

He’s yelling from the audience and you can hear him clear as day. ” “Anything can happen anywhere with any audience,” says Dustin. .” A lot of people thought it was staged because it looked like it was staged,” says Dustin. “The broadcast that you could see on social media was a bit too clean.

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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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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The post AIME 2024 Knowledge Program Interview with Keynote Speaker, Lisa Ronson appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Keynote speaker Lisa Ronson will examine the intricate dynamics of glocalisation’s transformative impact on the global business events industry. Do I think we’ve made progress? Absolutely.

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Endless Events

MARCH 30, 2018

But while you use those services a lot, do you really know how to engage your audience on social media? If you’re the type who wants to watch instead of reading below, jump into our free audience engagement webinar ! Further, incentivize the games with prizes and you’ll have your audience buzzing with excitement!

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 5, 2022

What do you do if your speaker goes off the rails? Let’s say the speaker goes off script and says things that don’t align with your company? What questions do you ask of the speaker to prevent this from happening? The speaker was very famous. Clarify Why You Want To Hire a Keynote Speaker. Nightmare scenarios?

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Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2018

By putting the audience’s needs first and giving them what they want, you could create an event that’ll leave a lasting impact. Communication is also bound to see a shift, and the role of speakers and influencers will increase. But that’s not the only thing on the horizon. Technology: a Builder, and a Barrier.

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Endless Events

APRIL 24, 2018

Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: How To Engage Your Audience – #EventIcons Episode 87. Audience Interaction Blog. Audience Response App. Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting ( @BrandtKrueger ). Interactive Meeting Technology, LLC. 73 Questions with Anna Wintour. 8 Mile (Movie). SocialPoint.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 25, 2022

You’ve built an all-star lineup of virtual speakers for your next event. It’s time to tackle speaker management for your event. . of event organizers find it easier to enlist outstanding speakers for virtual events than in-person gatherings. 5 Benefits of Creating and Maintaining Incredible Speaker Relationships.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 14, 2023

A well-crafted speaker bio is a great way to create a strong first impression with event attendees and generate buzz. Not only can a solid bio establish credibility for your event and pique the audience’s curiosity, but it also can accelerate event promotion efforts. CEO of Acme Corp.) Pay attention to the structure, too.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 19, 2021

Communication-skills specialist Kerri Garbis explains how to prepare speakers to present effectively for both virtual and in-person attendees. The past 12 months have brought a huge jump in demand for speaker and presenter coaching, according to Kerri Garbis, founder and CEO of Ovation, a Boston-based communication-skills training firm.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 6, 2022

Simpson, alongside Megan Finnell, CMP, director, meetings & conferences, MGMA, offered an alternative way of designing better attendee experiences — one that relies on data — during “Accessing Your Blind Spots through Data insights: Tools to Uncover What Your Audience Really Wants,” at EduCon on Monday morning.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Madison Butler, founder of HR and DEI consultancy Blue Haired Unicorn, wrote a LinkedIn post that became a directory of Black speakers, the Black Speakers Collection website. Black speakers and Black speaker recommendations started flowing in. At that point, there were 28 speakers. The next day, on Dec.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2023

But to mesmerize your audience with something they haven’t seen before, meeting planners should invest time developing a productive relationship with an AV partner. Read More : 10 Questions to Ask a Potential Event Vendor Your AV provider’s technicians will be interacting with your staff, your presenters and your audience.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. 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. Make sure it stays true to audience needs. Then along came Delta.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

MEASURING AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT. Attendee tracking software can help you measure various audience engagement KPIs. Incentivize your audience to participate in surveys by gamifying attendance tracking. Your audience can also collect CEUs in a virtual setting, making learning accessible for more people.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. That’s why securing an exciting, engaging speaker and creating a compelling, concise agenda is even more critical than for in-person events.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 13, 2022

Before Andrew Davis started speaking to audiences around the world, the author built and sold a successful marketing agency, produced for the “TODAY Show,” and even worked for The Muppets. PCMA EduCon 2022 will kick off Sunday, June 5, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, where speaker Andrew Davis will take the stage. Jennifer N.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 30, 2023

I was alone, I had a big speaker with me, and I would just go into the streets. People certainly can be engaged when they are sitting and observing a speaker, demonstration or performance, but their heart rates are low. The radical philosophy is to totally break the paradigm of the audience and the celebrity speaker.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Gaudini is also an advocate for shorter sessions and longer audience engagement periods. I have a 20/80 recommendation; I recommend speakers prepare 20 percent of the content, and leave the other 80 percent for peer-audience engagement— chat, Q&A, [etc.]—because Nor does she announce when the speaker is going to show.

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