Social Tables

OCTOBER 7, 2021

But what is a keynote speaker, exactly, and how do you go about finding the right one? In this post, we take a deep dive into what a keynote speaker is: Who they are, what they do, and where to find them. Well, for starters, harnessing the power of an accomplished and enticing speaker could help take your event to the next level. .

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Last week I immensely enjoyed participating in a two-hour Zoom brain trust on moderating online panels. What are 1-2 of your online moderating pro tips? Speaker recruiting? This includes getting to know them, moderator education, defining panel and panelist scope, discussing potential topics and issues. Kelley Kassa.

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Bizzaboo

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Are you struggling to find an outstanding speaker for your event? After all, the right conference speaker has the power to captivate, inspire, and educate your audience, making your event a memorable experience. Prepare a detailed audience profile before you search for the right speaker for your event. It’s a tall order.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

And in many cases that is indeed streaming—but the product could be called webinars, experiential communication or video education. Many of the products for content and speaker management are now way too complex and expensive to do everything natively. Nobody should have an online component.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the app, participants build their schedules, check in to sessions, complete surveys and connect with speakers, sponsors and one another. The process of preparing for continuous education involves gaining in-depth knowledge of various aspects of meeting and event planning, from tactics to strategy,” she says.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. In most cases, it provides an extensive online registration solution that includes a variety of capabilities that may be lacking in the case of independent registration software.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

“Live webinars in addition to the summits where we do three hours of education, we now teach the majority of all of our certificate sessions online. Whether they can’t afford the time out of the office, they want bite-sized one-hour education, something that they could listen to while they’re driving.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

The post SXSW Sydney announces speakers for the inaugural Sydney festival appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The inaugural SXSW Sydney will comprise of 1000+ events, speakers and music acts, and has today revealed an unmissable line-up of headline speakers.

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Fortunately, virtual event management software has rapidly evolved to help event organizers like you host unique online experiences that not only help you achieve your goals but can also entertain and delight your attendees. Virtual Improv An improv troupe offers a fun way to engage your attendees at online events.

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Eventtia

JUNE 5, 2023

Attendees get all of the same information, knowledge, and education that they would from any other event, just this time it’s from the comfort of their homes. Well, we get asked this question a lot and more specifically, we get asked about the possibility of doing virtual meetings and online networking. So how do you do it?

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Before we get into the formal education side, we have to acknowledge that event planners need to have a set of particular soft skills. These soft skills help event planners manage everything that goes into event planning, for example choosing a venue, labor costs, attendee engagement, sponsorship opportunities, speaker management, and more.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 13, 2020

How can we entwine content and connection during an online conference? For the last two years, I have been pondering “why is there such a big separation between content and networking?” And exploring ways to blend education/learning/content with participation/networking/idea sharing/games so as to make our online learning more engaging.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2022

The 50th anniversary celebration of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) will be celebrated at World Education Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco next week with an estimated 2,000 meeting professionals from all over the world. Read the backstory about the expansion of Moscone Center.

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National Association For Catering ane Events

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Planning the educational programming for a chapter event is a big responsibility. In addition to choosing a subject matter that is equally interesting and valuable to your members, you also need to select a speaker who will do the topic justice by engaging the audience with dialogue and providing them with real, actionable takeaways.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2021

“We’ve created online summits long before people were doing online events”, says Phil. So yeah everything we’re doing in 2021 is going to somehow be online. “We had a speaker who spoke for us two years in a row. And he was one of our top-rated speakers the first year.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

Consider purchasing some blank cards (you can buy 200 of them for $20 online), and distribute them at every seat or leave at a designated area for attendees to pick up. He is a featured speaker in the Caesars Wellness Menu. For more information, visit amilliondreams.info or contact Nolan directly at nolan@amilliondreams.info.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2021

And most importantly for this podcast, he is the founder and CEO of Shindig , a virtual conference, event, and meeting platform that has mastered the art of online engagement. There are going to be companies who’ll say that the pandemic taught them what is possible online. We can achieve miracles online!

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 11, 2018

The speaker drones on, reading from their notecards or plain white powerpoint slides. You can efficiently learn so much actually listening to the speaker. Even the most famous public speakers don’t just wing it. Whether it’s educational or entertaining. Speakers need to tailor the content to their audience.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. Speakers want to present remotely, and attendees and sponsors are starting to drop off. What if travel policies change, and speakers, attendees and sponsors start to cancel? What if you and your audience and speakers lack experience with hybrid events? Know your audience.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Attendees heard from speakers from two major associations, the PCMA and National Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Association. Increasing audience engagement and online event attendee numbers during a pandemic. started a virtual sub-committee which fuelled online conversation and debate with, and among, attendees.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2021

If I went to an educational conference in person, it was in the hallway where I took away key insights from my colleagues.” “We try to provide some sort of fun through the online as we did at in-person events.” “We bring in a luminary speaker, somebody who is fun or important.”

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

What to consider when planning an event at an all-inclusive resort Meeting Professionals International (MPI) CEO Paul VanDeventer likes to say that when planning the association’s World Education Congress (WEC), MPI takes chances so members don’t have to take on the risk. Thanks to all the vendors, sponsors, student volunteers & speakers.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This person will moderate the chat, take questions, and pass them on to the speakers, as well as consistently work to engage with those who can’t be physically present. Not Training Your Speakers. Speakers have their work cut out for them. Disregarding The Online Audience. Not Enough Bandwidth.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

But 40% of events are expected to be virtual this year, and recreating the excitement of an in-person experience in an online setting can be a challenge. If you’re hosting an online event, here’s what you need to know about virtual venues: What is a Virtual Event Platform? That’s where virtual event platforms come into play.

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

Moving to a Virtual Event – How do I get it online? . Moving your event online will require several moving parts. The first steps are to look at your event and visualize what your ideal online event would look like. Many people have attended online webinars or live streams. Let’s dive in below! .

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MeetingsNet

MAY 15, 2023

It will also conduct data-driven matchmaking between attendees and exhibitors/sponsors, and then predict attendee-engagement levels for educational sessions, networking events, and exhibit-hall experiences.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. Oddmund Braaten In a world that offers on-site, online and hybrid events, how is this even possible?

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 2, 2023

We continue the series online with ideas to help organizers think like content strategists. Leverage the event speakers’ platforms. For the upcoming September/October issue, Convene editors summarized main takeaways from a handful of sessions to give you a sample of the knowledge exchanged during those three days.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

Event planners can invite non-English speakers to their mostly English-speaking events. QR codes are fantastic design additions to physical marketing tools such as event flyers, speaker business cards, and postcards for event ticket leads. He shared a recent experience with an event that went from in-person to online during quarantine.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 30, 2016

The importance—or lack thereof—of having a diverse speaker lineup was the topic of a pretty lively online conversation during a livestreamed session at the 2016 Professional Convention Management Association Education Conference. read more.

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Endless Events

MARCH 16, 2023

I’ve reached new levels of speaker and moderator diversity because we’re no longer asking people to find their own travel. There was a time when online events were rushed and hosted to simply have an event, but those days are over. “We Arianna argues that there is no good argument against networking online. “I

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2020

This will include things like speaker fees, entertainment fees, event platforms , the technical and production costs, and so on. Instead of checking out virtual event pricing from other events, take a look at online course platforms. A great way to get a benchmark is to see how these online courses are priced.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. Oddmund Braaten In a world that offers on-site, online and hybrid events, how is this even possible?

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

In the past 18 months, we’ve seen a rapid evolution of virtual events regarding event technology platforms and online experiences. It had world-class online entertainment by Drag Taste, prominent industry and non-industry speakers, with the headline speaker Gary Vaynerchuk. To hook and WOW audiences.’ .

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Endless Events

AUGUST 4, 2020

And even though planners have been avidly consuming educational content on the topic, there are still misconceptions going around. For instance, you probably read every article under the sun teaching you about virtual audience engagement, sponsorships, speakers, and more. Speaker rehearsals scheduling. Speaker prep calls.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Philadelphia is undergoing an unprecedented development boom , driven by the city’s tech, educational and medical institutions, and a flourishing life sciences sector.

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