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How Meeting Profs Can Find the Right Event Tech

Smart Meetings

6 steps to finding the right event tech vendors and product Finding the right event tech can be a long, tedious process. The journey of locating vendors and the resources that best match your needs can send any planner into a tailspin. Who is the target audience? Nguyen posed a few questions for planners to ask themselves.

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Price-Conscious Wow: How Meeting Planners Find More Value With AV Partners

Smart Meetings

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. What types of customer service training are you doing for your employees? What does your training program look like for new hires? Minimize the downside.

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Event Management Versus Event Production: What’s the Difference?

Endless Events

Whichever option you choose, both vendors will make your event look effortless and high-quality. Your vendors should work so seamlessly that attendees don’t even notice all the hard work happening behind the scenes. . Sourcing vendors and crew. Vendor collaboration. Staff training. Stage design. Teleprompters.

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New ESPA Event Servicing Certification Debuts

Smart Meetings

In a post-pandemic events setting, experienced and credentialed event service professionals can help meeting planners, who face new audiences in different places through hybrid technology, attendance building challenges, expanded safety needs and city-wide labor shortages. What ESPC Proves. Building the Pipeline.

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The Evolution of Meetings: Lessons for Navigating a Hybrid Future

Smart Meetings

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. Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning.

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What To Do When Your Event Goes Wrong

Endless Events

This is a must for all event vendors. Depending on the audience, you can present it in a humorous way to lighten up the mood. They should be trained for unpredictable situations, which is something that you should keep in mind during the hiring process. Bring Backup Equipment. Be honest and clear with them.

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Encore Plans to Help Meetings Industry Return Differently

Smart Meetings

Hybrid meetings range from 20% to 25%, which means 85% of events happening today have an in-person audience as at least one part of the equation. People are rethinking their approach and thinking about speakers and audiences they couldn’t include before. In response, Encore is getting creative on training staff and clients. “We

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