Sat.Jun 06, 2020 - Fri.Jun 12, 2020

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Mindfulness In Events: Shaping The Leaders of The Industry

Endless Events

Mindfulness in events. These three words might seem foreign to many. And to others, they can actually be scary. But what does mindless in events even mean? How does it help professionals in the industry? And most importantly, should we practice it? Well, the short answer to the last questions is yes. Because it’s no secret to anyone that event planners tend to use stress as a badge of honor, right?

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The Essential Guide to Creating Safer In-Person Events

Stova

No matter where you are in the world, over the past few months you have felt the effects of COVID-19. As areas start to lift their restrictions, restaurants begin to open, and people start to head back into work, you may be wondering what this means for your upcoming events. Is it safe to start thinking about planning live events again? If you do, what new precautions do you need to take?

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5 Conference Pricing Strategies

MeetingsNet

Setting conference fees is tricky. Now that your event is virtual, the puzzle is more complex. Event organizers everywhere are trying to figure out how to price virtual meetings that are converting from a face-to-face format, often with little or no online meeting history to go by and working in a compressed timeframe. The price of an online event needs to be low enough to attract attendees, but high enough that it reflects the value of the content and doesn’t compromise what you plan to charge

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Preparing for a New Normal with CORT Events

Special Events

Kevin Dana of CORT Events shares how special event planners can use furniture to help keep event guests safe during the COVID pandemic.

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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How Virtual Events Can Be Better Than Face To Face

Endless Events

Let’s talk about how virtual events can be better than face to face. Because there are a lot of misconceptions flying around in regards to virtual experiences. On the one hand, event planners everywhere are adopting this format. On the other hand, they’re only doing it because they don’t have a choice. And it’s quite hard to find someone in the industry that believes virtual events can be just as good, or even better, than in-person ones.

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Virtual Events Logistics: The Complete Checklist

Eventtia

Even a minor lapse in logistics can ruin a virtual event. From the moment that your event is launched you’re in the firing line, and any detail (however small) can be quickly noticed, scrutinized, and shared across social media.

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‘Surprise and Delight’ Techniques to Boost Your Wedding Business

Special Events

Wedding professionals share their "surprise and delight" techniques to ensure client goodwill.

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Entertainment For Virtual Events: Bring On The Fun!

Endless Events

Last week, we offered some pretty good ideas within the scope of entertainment for virtual events. And today, we’re diving even deeper! While virtual happy hours allow you to get extremely creative, they’re not the only way you can get attendees to have fun. There are plenty of misconceptions surrounding virtual events. But that’s completely normal – we’re all learning as we go and everyone is trying hard to navigate the new state of the industry.

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Virtual Events Logisitcs: The Complete Checklist

Eventtia

Even a minor lapse in logistics can ruin a virtual event. From the moment that your event is launched you’re in the firing line, and any detail (however small) can be quickly noticed, scrutinized, and shared across social media.

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Women in Power | Planning a Sunrise Brunch Meeting

Just Right Destination Management

Women in Power | Planning a Sunrise Brunch Meeting. Everybody loves brunch, so why not host a brunch meeting? During a citywide conference, time is precious. Attendees typically rush straight to the trade show floor. Once the day starts, they’re likely to be caught up in back-to-back sessions and meetings. This was a challenge we wanted to help one client address.

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

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Are You Ready to Add Design to Your Event Services?

Special Events

Floral and event design expert Eddie Zaratsian shares tips on building a design consultancy.

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Back To The Basics: Storytelling For Virtual Events

Endless Events

We wanted to do something different today, hence the topic of storytelling for virtual events. If you’re already familiar with Endless, you know that we’ve been putting a lot of emphasis on virtual events. Because much like for everyone else in the industry, this is our new normal. And since we’re all in this together, lending a hand to our fellow event professionals felt natural.

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7 Tips to Master Your Online Event Landing Page [Guest Post]

Eventtia

Online events are virtual events that people from around the world can attend. They can be anything from webinars to virtual conferences and Q&A sessions with industry experts.

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Incentive Travel and the Impact of COVID-19

Incentive Meeting Services

COVID-19 has created a tremendous impact on the hospitality and tourism industry that will have lasting effects. While it is uncertain how long the changes caused by COVID-19 will last in the industry, it is expected tha.

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The CMP Journey: A Supplier's Experience Earning a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Designation

FICP

Anthony Johnson | PHOTOGRAPHY.com. While there are many great designations to pursue in the meetings and events industry, the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation has the.

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Unique & Exciting Virtual Trade Show Ideas

Endless Events

There are all kinds of questions going through event planners’ heads right now. How do I keep a virtual audience engaged ? How do I create my virtual event budget ? And what are some virtual trade show ideas I can use? Well, strap on tight, because today, we’re answering the latter question. It’s been our goal here at Endless to hold your hand through the virtual world.

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Online Attendee Engagement: New Challenges and New Solutions

Eventtia

How do you keep an attendee actively engaged when they’re sat behind a screen in the comforts of their own home? Now consider that engaged attendees are the key ingredient to any successful event, you start to see how important this question is.

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Rebooking Events: Are You Covered Contractually?

Innovatx

As 2020 twists and turns through COVID-19, it is up to us as Event Professionals to be our client’s advocates in rebooking their events. With the ‘New Normal’ on the horizon, we need to be able to flexibly adapt to new trends and make sure we are contractually covered for what could happen in the future. To help us achieve successful events for Fall 2020 and beyond, there are a few things to take into consideration.

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How to implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom — Part 4

Conferences that Work

Part 1 of this series of posts gave an overview of what’s involved in implementing participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Part 2 explains how to prepare for The Three Questions , and Part 3 explains how to run them using Zoom breakout rooms. Read them before diving into this post! In this post (Part 4) I’ll cover Step #2 — how to process the participant information uncovered in Step #1 to create an optimum conference program.

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What Does A Virtual Event Team Look Like?

Endless Events

?? The Best of the Best: The Squad: Virtual Event Production Team – What Does It Look Like? Virtual Engagement: Virtual Happy Hour Ideas: Entertain Attendees & Get The Party Rolling! ? Worried that you’re forgetting something while planning your virtual event? Download our free Virtual Event Planning Checklist! Wedding Dress Shopping In The Middle Of A Pandemic ??.