The MICE Blog

MAY 26, 2021

We know how to build trust face to face at live events, but now, when everything is moving into the virtual world, we need to learn how to build trust online with our clients, supplier sponsors and other stakeholders. How does building trust online differ from building trust at face-to-face events? How do you build trust online? .

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 7, 2023

Event ticketing and registration are the first — and perhaps most important — opportunities to impress attendees with a seamless, personalized experience and set the stage for a successful event. of event organizers have seen growth in registration. of event organizers have seen growth in registration. Meanwhile, 56.2%

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Stova

MARCH 25, 2024

The Definitive Guide to Event Registration This guide will teach you how to create a successful event registration strategy and help you deliver the best registration experience for your attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. Registration is at the heart of meetings and events.

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Stova

JUNE 30, 2023

In the fast-paced world of event planning, driving event registration is a crucial aspect of ensuring a successful and impactful event. This blog post will explore several key marketing strategies that event professionals can leverage to boost event registration and make their events truly remarkable.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Online events make it easier for them to attend. Check it out for full details!

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

Registration & Attendee KPIs. Number of total registrations. Pageviews on the registration microsite. Speaker profile visits. Speakers logged in : number or %. Average speaker rating. Most/least bookmarked speakers. People online per time (hour) of day. Happy planning! Presenter KPIs.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. No wonder registrations soared off the charts. 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 registrants are divided?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Now, more than ever, meeting professionals need timely updates about how evolving technology can help them deliver smoother registration, better engagement and more valuable data insights for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Activities such as trivia challenges that both in-person and online attendees can participate in were big hits.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

One of the things I’m seeing is that the most successful [virtual events] are making sure you have a team in place to start the online conversation,” Farmanfarmaian said. “If Ultimately, Gaudini believes what most people want is to be heard, and that’s something a speaker, talking for X minutes or hours, can’t fulfill.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s hard for the speaker to monitor the chat and answer Q&As while presenting. Rather than being active participants, they just sit and listen to your virtual speaker. Registration & ticketing. By adding traffic analytics to your payment processor, you can see how your attendees got to the registration form.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Its full suite of event management tools includes event registration and check-in, advanced analytics, mobile event apps, customizable branding and design, engagement and networking tools and more. It’s really hard to try to record a gala ceremony and get people to watch that online,” he explains.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

Now we’re onto the next challenge: making the virtual event a great online experience. TED Talks are known for their speaker-based content— meaning, no flashy animation or stunts—that gain millions of online views. We were riding the bike while building it, and despite some early stumbles, most of us have mastered the basics.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What should you do when your key speaker suddenly cancels five days before the event? For online events, choose a robust virtual event management platform. For hybrid events or solely online happenings, select and test a virtual platform in advance. What should you do when the venue you’ve booked becomes unavailable?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. Our guest is Mark Herschberg , an MIT instructor, the author of The Career Toolkit , speaker, and CTO. “It starts with understanding the value that I deliver as a speaker.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 17, 2022

Separate studies reveal that the number of women participating in virtual STEM conferences, both as speakers and attendees, increased during the pandemic. and compared them with registration numbers from those same three conferences after they moved online in 2020. More Women Speakers.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Use SEO to boost search results SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of optimizing online content to improve how high it ranks in search engine results. Link online event resources Connect all of your event pages and content together to widen your audience reach and keep track of online engagement.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hybrid events—whether they are conferences, expos or training courses—are meetings that can be accessed in person at a physical location, or remotely via an online platform. Read More : How to Keep the C-level Engaged In-person and Online. Harness the power of social media at every stage. Good luck and enjoy!

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

Smart Meetings talked to industry experts for tips on how to produce meaningful experiences for everyone on the registration list. A dedicated online agenda, offering virtual participants features that wouldn’t be available to in-person attendees, can be elevated through a screen. Make it Tangible. Create a Dedicated Experience.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The HSMAI conference was a remarkable gathering of minds, highlighted by global keynote speakers whose insights were both relevant and thought-provoking. The honorees also received two complimentary registrations to select HSMAI ME events and a complimentary one-year HSMAI membership for 2024.

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Traveler's Q

DECEMBER 7, 2023

By prioritizing a mobile-friendly event website, organizers can improve their event’s online presence and reach a wider audience. When designing a landing page, it’s crucial to have a well-defined structure that guides the user toward the event registration page.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 12, 2023

The first was when I saw an online registration system and rejoiced that I would no longer have to deal with faxes and manual credit card payments. Like online registration and a mobile device, it’s a tool that saves me time, energy, and effort, all while leveling up my productivity and end results. That was not so great.)

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is aiming to restore its pre-pandemic in-person participation at the same time it cultivates a larger online audience. 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. Data Driven.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2020

As we discussed in our article about virtual attendee engagement , low-quality content and unprepared speakers are a sure way to drive the audience away. This won’t be as disruptive as an ad thrown in the middle of a speaker’s session, but still alerts the attendees’ minds to the existence of the sponsor.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 15, 2022

With that in mind, here’s a breakdown of what it takes to create unforgettable online events. . For example, webinars need to deliver on whatever you sell the audience on the event registration page. Zoom fatigue is a general sense of burnout or anxiety from online meetings. Why People (Love To) Hate Webinars.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 2, 2023

Include an FAQ section, registration links, contact information, and relevant resources. These emails can include essential event details, session highlights, speaker announcements, and any pre-event materials or resources. Email communication : Send regular updates and reminders to registered attendees via email.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

From online tools, resources, and event planning software options to tips from the experts—this list has it all! Not only can rehearsals help speakers and presenters become more confident, but they also ensure that the event planning team catches and corrects technical issues.

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Eventtia

MAY 11, 2022

Location: whether it’s an online/virtual or an offline event. Speaker session. You can then start planning for the target sponsors, event speakers, and exhibitors. Scheduling: coordinates meetings before and at the event, work with speakers/exhibitors, and make sure the event’s schedule is up to date and well-maintained.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In-person, online, and hybrid. ” “Substance, not celebrity… celebrity speakers will not boost registrations. Since 1992, I’ve designed and facilitated hundreds of conferences and thousands of meetings. From small, high-level, high-stakes get-togethers to association regional and national meetings of every size.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 27, 2023

Attendees who were unable to travel could switch their registration to the digital cohort. Due to flight cancellations, the opening general session speakers were not able to arrive in time. Their success depended on the flexibility of their speakers. It served as a very successful plan B. Here are some suggestions.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Endless monologues from the speakers wasn’t something attendees loved with in-person, to begin with. In order to combat webinar fatigue, presenters and speakers alike must make a serious effort in order to establish a consistent, engaging dialogue with the audience. The Art of Storytelling.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. It may be listening to a certain speaker, visiting a particular sponsor, connecting with colleagues, or attending a new product demo. Either they found comfort and convenience in the virtual format or they’re still nervous for health reasons.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 16, 2024

The report is based on the responses of nearly 2,100 individuals to an online survey conducted in November 2023 who had attended in-person and online business events over the past 12 months; the results have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. PCMA Convening Leaders 2024 registrants can watch the Jan.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

“If there’s a little bit of feedback, audio technicians can get closer to the speaker. “Before the pandemic, you just had registration. People understand how to staff registration sufficiently. That can be the person at the registration area with a separate sign that says ‘Need help with the app?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Event professionals engaging AMEX M&E will have access to venue sourcing from Cvent and Lanyon, online registration from Cvent and Splash, and mobile app software from DoubleDutch, Attendify, GoEngage and EventsMobileApp—plus experts who can help choose the right solutions and integrate the flow of information.

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Eventtia

JUNE 15, 2023

Mention any speakers, activities, etc., Registration for the conference is now open. The cost of registration is [$100] for early bird registration (until [Date]) and [$150] for regular registration. To register, please visit [Link to registration page]. We hope to see you there! We hope to see you there!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. Our guest is Mark Herschberg , an MIT instructor, the author of The Career Toolkit , speaker, and CTO. “It starts with understanding the value that I deliver as a speaker.

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