Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2022

Aventri, which was founded in 2008, had grown into a global provider of data-driven solutions for event sourcing, marketing, registration, onsite technology, data security and reporting. Capabilities include: Event Marketing Website and Registration to create a seamless attendee journey from beginning to end. Combined Solution Set.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 3, 2024

For the Association of Proposal Management Professionals’ annual meeting, financial success comes from being stingy with space but generous with consultation plus pre-event exposure. We couldn’t use this consultative approach if our event was twice the size,” he notes. Internally, we started reallocating our time,” he adds. “Is

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In-demand specializations include registration website building, marketing, copywriting and brand development, executive producers and stage managers, and a relatively new one, AI event specialists. As the meeting professional career has become more complex, many have taken the time to learn advanced skills.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Personalization isn’t just confined to marketing or operations — it should be both, Hardcastle-Geddes said, and should include education, registration, and all the other touchpoints along your participants’ journey. And have somebody from outside the organization, such as an industry consultant, lead them. Segment your trade show.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2024

Bizzabo’s Event Experience Operating System has a new integration with cloud-based, room-block management platform Resiada, which allows attendees to link directly from a meeting’s registration page to a site for booking a hotel in the meeting’s room block.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Lastly, this article from marketing veteran Neal Schaffer discusses other topics that event hosts can cover, while also noting the differences between viewers’ expectations across different social-media platforms, including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn, as well as in the email campaigns sent by the host.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Onsite consultants from its program Inclusion Works who specialize in disability inclusion can guide meeting and event professionals to ensure every attendee has the same access, comfort and inclusion when participating. We are further striving for event leaders and companies to recognize, respect and celebrate accessibility for everyone.”

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It includes everything from graphic design and video production to branding, scriptwriting, and consulting. If you’re looking for a partner, here are some key offerings to consider: Creative Consulting. Creative consulting can be critical to this preparation. . In short, event creative is all about event design !

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

What is new is the ability for non-programmers to use the cognitive tool for everything from writing marketing copy and agendas to answering attendee questions and managing registration.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Which one should event planner consult first: their AV company or their event creative company? They consult event profs on the creative strategy to design cohesive events across the board: the presentations, the branding , the walls, brochures, digital materials, the stage, … When put together, these elements create one experience.

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Endless Events

MARCH 7, 2022

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 I first started consulting, I had this grand idea that I was going to be doing a ton of consulting for event tech companies.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Can my IT folks prevent a hack or act in case a virus invades your onsite registration system? He’s a sought-after consultant, speaker, writer and trainer. It’s more than breach of data and risk of your members’ information because hackers can disable entire systems, like gasoline pipelines and energy grids.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 8, 2024

I personally find it sort of surprising knowing that the registration area is often where our attendees have their first touchpoint with our brand and how unwelcoming they often are,” Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes said. Create a welcoming registration area. “I Provide access to private meeting rooms.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

The best path for helping potential registrants get approval to attend your event is to ensure that the majority of your education program is aligned to advance business outcomes or results. Consultant or Supplier Tracks — Don’t do them. Consultants and suppliers attend because their clients or potential clients are attending.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Total registration was 66% higher than the 3,300 who signed up to attend PCMA Convening Leaders in Columbus, Ohio , last year where Viola Davis was scheduled to speak (but dropped out days before to attend an awards show). AI consultant Nina Schick predicted a mixed autonomy human and computer world working together in a multimodal model.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Jessica Pettitt, author of Good Enough Now , reports that many planners ask about dietary requirements or physical needs on registration forms, but then don’t do anything about them. The first step toward accommodating a need is asking attendees if they require any special arrangements. Not all changes have to be on a grand scale.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 9, 2024

Re-evaluate show-management benefits — Many exhibit-service contractor and registration/lead retrieval vendor agreements include significantly reduced costs for show management. Compare pricing for material handling, labor, internet service, and booth furnishing. To counterbalance that, higher costs are usually charged to your exhibitors.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Attendance vs. Membership Cohorts A similar analysis we use is to compare membership and attendee registration cohorts. Perform the same analysis using your attendee registration data. To add the date they became a member to the attendee registration file, use the member ID field to do a VLOOKUP in Excel. Compare the two.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. That includes the real possibility that audiovisual components, registration sites and mobile apps will not work as designed.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Customization: Tailor your dashboard to display the metrics that matter most to your organization, such as registration to attendance rate, ticket revenue generated, MQLs, etc. Integration: Integrate your event technology with other marketing and sales tools to provide a holistic view of ROI across the entire marketing pipeline.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 27, 2023

Last fall, two of our consulting clients were scheduled to have their annual conferences in Orlando. Attendees who were unable to travel could switch their registration to the digital cohort. Dave Lutz, CMP, is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. RELATED: 5 Program Design Changes to Add Value to Your Conference

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

Meanwhile, the 800-pound gorilla in the streaming meeting space, Zoom, announced this month that it is launching Zoom events, an all-in-one platform that will include a “build your own event hub,” ticketing and registration and a management dashboard for multi-day and multi-track conferences.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Matt Sterling, a former hospitality consultant who has been disabled since birth and uses a wheelchair, reports that often, little details make the difference between a comfortable stay and a painful barrier to fully participating. Include a check-box during online registration asking if attendees have any special needs.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 26, 2023

Plus, the COVID-induced two- to three-year break in face-to-face events may have exacerbated bad behavior, Paula Brantner, an employment lawyer turned consultant on harassment prevention in workplaces, told Convene. There’s some people that just forgot how to people.”

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Do you accept registrations online? But for now, it’s best to consult both a tax expert and your ticketing provider on how to approach this issue. This is highlighted in the recent announcement by the American Society of Association Executives that all early-bird registrants in its October event would pay nothing beforehand.

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Travel Daily Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ATM 2024 will feature a dedicated India summit entitled, ‘Unlocking the True Potential of Inbound Indian Travellers, ’ which will take place at ATM’s Global Stage on Day 1 of the show, Monday 6th May, from 14:45 to 15:25 in conjunction with VIDEC Consultants Private Limited.

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Tourism Tourism Travel Travel 88

Convene by PCMA

MAY 8, 2023

Catering and convention services managers, AV/production project managers/producers, general service contractors, and housing and registration service providers — these are the professionals who keep events humming. Dave Lutz, CMP, is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Better yet, become their favorite client.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 6, 2023

Their most likely option is to cut expenses in the areas that attendees value, creating a vicious cycle — dissatisfaction with the attendee experience leads to decreased registration and therefore lower revenues at the next event. Dave Lutz, CMP, is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Vendors to the Rescue?

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 31, 2023

First, the job “is far beyond building registration pages online, developing event apps, and other basic stuff,” she noted. Integrating technology that supports the long-term business objectives your meetings must achieve is the job.

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Convene by PCMA

MARCH 8, 2024

consulting firm Sapro, which launched a policy offering staff breaks of one to three months at half pay and full benefits, no questions asked. The hardest roles are the coordinator-like positions, like registration managers, and entry-level roles. Sounds like they will steer clear of the business events industry.

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Travel Daily Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Not only does this increase efficiency and create a better experience for the client, it also frees up time for CWT M&E’s web builders to be more creative and consultative. Change requests and task statuses are more easily understood, and actions readily assigned amongst those working on the project.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some organizations put registration services in the hub to help welcome the participants. Dave Lutz, CMP, is managing director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. CONNECT — Your hub should feature networking spaces or lounges. Some organizers design experiences that provide access to experts — like a mentor neighborhood or human library.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

For the 2021 event, the registration price for face to face and digital was the same, and the event produced equivalent content for both audiences. The registration fee was structured according to the length of access to the online content, with prices increasing for each month of continued access.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Today, Scott has a new consulting venture, Here and Tomorrow. “My first job was opening the mail and entering the data from the registration forms. ” “We started doing online registration in the late nineties,” says Scott. ” Remember those? When Scott first started, there was no technology in sight.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 10, 2020

Don’t be surprised if your online attendee numbers are up, but the registration fee needs to come down. • The costs for the virtual meeting platform and associated consultants. • The costs for the virtual meeting platform and associated consultants. • The cost of event marketing, speakers, and staff.

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Bizzaboo

OCTOBER 19, 2022

1: Registration Revenue. So how do you determine how to tier your event registration prices? Most importantly, you’ll be able to use all of the data you gain from registration to achieve ROE, whether through ticket revenue, pipeline, or sponsor interest. Let’s look at some business models to consider in the hybrid era.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 19, 2023

” Emma Scown, Strategic Experiences Consultant, Salesforce EARLY ACCESS TO SPARK As PCMA APAC Labs attendees and registrants, your access to Spark – a business events industry AI education and development initiative, continues even after the Labs !

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