Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Archibald, senior business events manager at Visit Scotland. Smart Meetings and Destinations International recently conducted a joint survey to assess where meeting professionals include questions about sustainability in their RFPs. To educate, look to post-event reporting.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. With online events especially, attendees can get distracted by looking at their phones or trying to multitask during presentations.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2023

However, experienced event planners who have catered to specialty food requests find increased costs associated with this demand. To stretch your budget dollars and give guests what they are craving, follow these tips: 1. Survey attendees about dietary needs and requests. Sustainable Foods. food allergy) or nice to have.

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Traveler's Q

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Organizing an event is a challenging task that requires a lot of effort and planning. Email marketing is one of the best ways to promote your event because it can directly reach your target audience with personalized messages. Email Marketing for Events Email marketing has been an essential tool for event promotion for decades.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Why is it important to design events with empathy? And why should we, as event profs, pay any mind to it? So we decided to open up the conversation surrounding empathy, and designing events with empathy. The Event Brew crew is here to discuss the topic in-depth, share their opinions, and share their tips.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The author of “Intentional Event Design” joined the IMEX team in June after leaving SITE Global where she was head of events for more than three years, to pursue a. million sq. of convention center space and upgraded data infrastructure. A Focused Approach. “We Tahira Endean. master’s degree in creativity and change leadership. “I

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Stova

JANUARY 18, 2024

Creating stellar attendee experiences is a goal of every event. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get instant audience feedback throughout your event? Wouldn’t it be great if you could get instant audience feedback throughout your event? And you can do it without intruding on valuable event moments. The good news?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

“Post-pandemic” is proving a fickle term. This year, we’ve written about not only some of the best tips for travelers in the aftermath of the pandemic and amid viral variant resurgences, but also on major steps the travel industry took to ensure the health and wellness of business travelers.

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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 If you want people to be engaged in talking to each other during the actual presentations and asking questions in the chat, you have to prime it.”.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional event planners and marketers know that there is no one-size-fits all strategy for successful event marketing. Marketers are tasked with reaching members of their target audience, enticing them to register for an event, and continuing communications all the way up to the event to encourage attendance.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 27, 2021

Companies such as InHouse Physicians and Clear Health Pass are offering pre-event vaccine verification and wellness tests along with on-site temperature monitoring and screening. Following is a case study of how health verification was used and tips for managing expectations effectively. Bespoke Screening Tips.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 11, 2018

Turn your event attendees into event participants. Try these six audience engagement techniques at your next event. Have you ever been to one of those events that bore you out of your mind? There’s a real beauty to live events because nothing beats face to face communication. I have some effective tips for you!

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Endless Events

JUNE 8, 2018

Top-level corporate event planning requires a certain skill set to pull off. You need to get sponsors to foot part of the bill for the event. You also need to do enterprise event marketing and take your management, analytics, and execution to a higher level. As a bonus, here’s our free event planning checklist.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

An event-data scientist makes the case for moving away from self-reported post-event surveys and towards analysis of audience behaviors. Yet far too often, the chief instrument for gathering event data is the post-event survey. Here are some tips to help you go beyond surveys.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 9, 2019

?? The Best of the Best: Event Presentations: How to Make a Good Presentation in 10 Steps. Event WiFi: 10 Best Tips to Make the Most of Your Event WiFi. Want to know more about how to save on event WiFi? We have all sat through a presentation either at school, work, or an event that we wish would just end.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Meeting planners had their hands full in 2018, with data breaches, commission cuts, new event technology and other drastic changes affecting the meetings industry. This curveball put planners in a state of panic, with the question “What’s next?” 10 Cost-Saving Tips for Planners. 10 Cost-Saving Tips for Planners.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

You planned a spectacular event. Do you cancel or continue with your live event as planned? The fact is your event deserves to be successful despite all the uncertainties in the market. The fact is your event deserves to be successful despite all the uncertainties in the market. Simplify hybrid events.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 21, 2024

As a market research company focused on exhibits and events, EVOLIO Marketing conducts hundreds of surveys a year for various clients, industries, exhibitors, show organizers, corporate events, and more, enabling the company to create benchmarks. Post-COVID trade show realities.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 2, 2023

As an event organizer, it can be disheartening when your efforts to increase event engagement fail to meet your goal or when your carefully planned conference falls short of delivering the audience experience you envisioned. of event professionals agree that technology can enhance engagement like never before.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

Bad event WiFi can ruin your event. If you have bad WiFi your attendees might forget about all the great parts of your event and only remember the WiFi sucked. WiFi when they come to your event. We know event WiFi is important. We know event WiFi is important. But how do you have the best event WiFi?

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Blue Spark Event Design

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

These top five mistakes in conference planning can be a downfall to any conference or event. It is essential to be aware of these common mistakes in order to ensure that the event runs smoothly and successfully. Planning requires meticulous attention to detail, and even the slightest mistake can lead to unexpected difficulties.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Much like the event planner, strategic solutions can wear many hats. Event cancellations, postponements, hybrid engaged dominated conversations over the last 12 months. How to Work Around Shortages During Holiday Event Season. The True Cost of Postponing an Event. 5 Questions for Your Next Site Inspection.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Expert planners know that event engagement is vital to an event’s initial success, as well as the success of potential future events. But what is event engagement? In this post, we’re providing tips, tricks, tools, resources, and expert advice to help you boost event engagement throughout the entire event process.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 15, 2022

Webinars are one of the most affordable and impactful event marketing vehicles. 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. Never forget that a webinar is an event.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This is according to findings from American Express Global Business Travel’s Meetings & Events division (M&E) annual 2019 Global Meetings and Events Forecast. The smallest growth (more than 0.7 percent) is expected for conferences, trade shows, senior leadership meetings and board meetings. Experience. Demonstrate Results.

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Endless Events

MARCH 31, 2021

It’s always a pleasure to have you with us so we can better help you navigate the world of events. Or maybe you just can’t wait to start planning for your first hybrid event of 2021 and beyond. And if you’re left with any questions, make sure you reach out to our amazing team – we’re here to help!

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ticket prices can have a profound effect on the success of your events. When you strike the perfect balance between pricing and event content, you increase the chances your event is packed with eager attendees excited to learn new things and network with like-minded people. What is the optimal approach to event ticket pricing?

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 20, 2022

But how do webinar organizers take an idea and transform it into an appealing virtual event? Which webinar best practices do the most successful virtual event planners and organizers follow? We created this post to help guide anyone planning, creating, or designing a webinar through the entire process, from start to finish.

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Social Tables

JUNE 5, 2018

In this post, we’ll show you how to measure audience engagement using four very different tactics that any planner or event marketer can employ. Event planning isn’t easy. In fact, when we ask event planners what they value the most during or after an event, it’s one of the answers that come up the most.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2020

We’ve all come across iterations of the classic headline, Networking Tips for People Who Hate Networkin g , like this article in Business Insider , or this podcast episode on TED’s WorkLife with Adam Grant. For event industry professionals, networking is of particular importance.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 21, 2023

Event ROI is anything but simple. But the more complicated the ROI picture gets, the more accurate event attribution becomes, and the more powerful your event engine will drive revenue. In this guide, we will look at the many different forms of determining, measuring, and analyzing event ROI. What is event ROI?

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As the cost of AV and event technologies continues to rise, planners need to get smarter about what the really need and how to get it at a fair price. While audiovisual, production, and event technology have long been budgetary sore points, they’re even more expensive these days. Question whether you really need to go hybrid.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The barriers to attending events, learning and networking have been lowered thanks to the virtual and hybrid event solutions available. With these new tools and knowledge base at their fingertips, association event planners can truly excel at delivering events in 2022 and beyond.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Audience engagement plays a significant role in the success of any event. Whether in-person or online, event organizers want attendees to pay attention and participate. In fact, more than 80% of marketing professionals believe that audience engagement is a key indicator of an event’s success. Understand your audience.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 10, 2018

To many event professionals, trade show engagement is a worthy but often elusive challenge. Then, try to really engage visitors to achieve your event goal: to get leads. The AV system is one of the core components of any event, no matter the complexity. What You Can Do with a Personalized Event. We’re here to help.

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Eventtia

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Event marketing, simply put, is about letting people know about the existence of the event you’re hosting, and convincing them so they’ll join the event. In the past, if we had enough budget to advertise an event in the prime-time slot of a popular TV channel, we were basically guaranteed success.

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 28, 2022

With many parts of the world experiencing the worst inflation we’ve seen in decades, events are getting more expensive to host. This makes it all that much more crucial to get the most ROI possible out of each event, and there is one key factor that can help planners hit the mark: data. Focus on the Most Relevant Event Data.

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