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5 Ways to Make Social Media Messages More Inclusive

Convene by PCMA

Adding captions to videos and using hashtags with capital letters on each word are two ways event marketers can make their social media accessible to everyone. When Abbie Vance, PCMA EMEA’s new community and events manager, started working on the social-media toolkit for Convening EMEA , Sept.

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How to Engage your Audience on Social Media and Other Event Tips

Endless Events

But while you use those services a lot, do you really know how to engage your audience on social media? For example, events are no longer one-off affairs and a constant connection with your community is a must. There are also metrics related to email, social media, and others that can guide you to creating a praiseworthy 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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Survey Explores Speaker and Planner Dynamics

Convene by PCMA

Event organizers are worrying about increasing costs and attendance numbers at their events this year, according to responses to a recent survey conducted by AAE Speakers, a speakers bureau and talent agency. Here are some other takeaways from the survey results: Who Chooses Speakers?

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DMA West: Going Viral, What’s Trending and Crisis Communication

Smart Meetings

The September event brought destination marketers from Alaska to Texas to Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho, for networking, breakout sessions, a lesson in crisis communication and a taste (and a twirl) of downtown Boise’s booming Basque Cultural District. (If 60 percent of travelers post on social media daily. Shawna Suckow.

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Inside WorldatWork’s Speaker Coaching Program

Convene by PCMA

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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7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events

Smart Meetings

Hashtags across social media platforms for cohesion and to aggregate conversations. It’s important to frequently communicate and promote these areas for engagement both in advance of and during the conference. Provide this as a sample message template to all speakers. How to Spread the Word.