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36 Ways to Bolster Your Covid Contingency Plan

Smart Meetings

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? All-in-one platforms are like an insurance policy on your event. Know your audience.

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START Summit injects innovation into Europe’s startup conference scene

The MICE Blog

Fast forward to 2023, and START Summit attracted over 6,000 participants and featured 150+ speakers. While the students don’t need hotel rooms for the most part, room allocation goes to speakers, sponsors and other guests who attend START Summit. Gallen There are about 1,500 rooms in the city of St.

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How to Organize a Successful Event – 10 Top Tips for Perfect Events

Eventtia

An event, as we know, can involve many different moving parts, so by planning early, you’ll get more options for different elements of the event: venue options, speakers/talents options, sponsorship options, marketing options, and so on. Even for smaller events, aim for at least one month in advance to plan the event.

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State of Virtual Meeting Tools

Smart Meetings

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said.

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Master Conference Planning With These Pre-event Checklist Templates

Bizzaboo

☐ Assign onsite sponsor meeting rooms if you need to. ☐ Determine all venue access time for staff and exhibit sponsors. ☐ Secure a certificate of insurance (COI). . ☐ Determine all venue access time for staff and exhibit sponsors. ☐ Secure a certificate of insurance (COI). ☐ Create a list of potential speakers.

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The Complete Checklist to Hosting an Event

Eventtia

You’ll have more options, whether it’s the venue, speakers, date/time, and you’ll also have more time to promote the event and to deal with any issues that may come up. Whether you can serve alcohol, accessibility concerns, whether you’ll need to get additional insurance, can you bring your own catering, etc.

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Guide for Creating a Conference Event Budget (Free Template)

Bizzaboo

Not only are vendor prices on the rise and hard to predict, but it’s also increasingly common for hidden costs — such as permit fees, insurance, and security expenses — to impact bottom lines. Bring on Sponsors To Help Offset Costs and Increase Reach No rule says you must pay for the entire event out of your pocket.