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Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

Smart Meetings

Recall that Cisco , which offered WebEx before streaming was cool, purchased Socio and just closed the deal on Slido last month in an attempt to make engagement on the platform seamless. The platform recently announced that it can host up to 50,000 attendees. The big players want to expand their offerings and have the funding to do so.

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MeetingPlay and Aventri Merge as First Big Event Tech Deal of 2022

Smart Meetings

Event platform MeetingPlay and meeting management SaaS provider Aventri announced today that they will merge to create a full-service event software company. based MeetingPlay has been developing its virtual and hybrid technology for more 10 years. Washington D.C.-based He will remain with the company in an executive role. Inevitable?

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How to Choose Event Technology, Should Cost be the Main Factor?

Endless Events

Today on the Event Tech Podcast we are talking all about how to choose event technology and why cost should not be the sole deciding factor. Ths topic orginated when Will and Brandt came across the article from G2 Planet , Why Cost Should NOT be the Deciding Factor in Choosing Event Technology (And What Should be Instead).

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Why Customer Support Should Be Your #1 Event Tech Feature

Endless Events

When we talk about the most popular event platform features , we typically think of registration and ticketing , integrations, gamification, and analytics reporting, for example. “When you look at event apps and event platforms , 80% of them have the same basic features. The success of their event depends on it!

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5 Reasons for Embracing Hybrid Experiences

Smart Meetings

Out of necessity, we mastered snazzy new ways to connect, play games, exercise, entertain, make lunch/dinner/drinks and build things through platforms online. Given all the technology and our experience and understanding of the virtual space, why would our meetings and events ever remain the same? Reasons to Hybrid.

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How To Choose The Best Retail Event Technology

Eventtia

According to The Future of Retail Report by Ernst & Young, published in 2023, “[…] intimacy has become more integral to developing the value propositions of mainstream retailers, especially as both technology and consumer expectations drive new forms of engagement and personalization.”

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How To Promote a Virtual Event and Drive Registrations

Bizzaboo

But at the same time, it potentially opens the door to helpful resources like unique email databases, different guest speakers and moderators, and impactful event technologies from partnering agencies. After all, your goal is to maximize registrations. But when it comes to advertising virtual events, being salesy is perfectly fine.