Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

Who would have known that 2020 would go down as one of the most influential years- if not the most influential year- for virtual events in history? Even as the highest-ranked event trends predictor in the industry, even we couldn’t guess this. Here we go as we make predictions on the hottest trends to hit virtual events!

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 15, 2024

Event organizers are worrying about increasing costs and attendance numbers at their events this year, according to responses to a recent survey conducted by AAE Speakers, a speakers bureau and talent agency. Here are some other takeaways from the survey results: Who Chooses Speakers?

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Endless Events

MAY 8, 2020

Creating your virtual event budget might feel like a complex task. Sure, you’re probably more than used to create budgets for in-person events. But how do you go about it in the scope of virtual events? Simultaneously, new things that are inherent to virtual events will have to be accounted for.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite the return of in-person events, virtual events are here to stay. In fact, 93% of event professionals plan to invest in virtual events moving forward. In large part, that’s because more than 80% of event organizers agree that virtual events help them reach a wider audience.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

People used Zoom to host virtual events as well as catch up with their loved ones. Even though there are now more than 100 event platforms on the market, many event planners still choose Zoom in its limited form for their virtual experiences. Zoom also poses a challenge for event video storage.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve outlined 77 event KPIs and divided them into eight major groups: general and attendee event KPIs , financial event KPIs , marketing KPIs , audience engagement KPIs , presenter KPIs , sponsorship and tradeshow KPIs , event networking KPIs , community KPIs. Registration & Attendee KPIs.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

IMEX Group worked with pc/nametag to manage registration for the 12,000 attendees who descended on Las Vegas for IMEX America in October. Bizzabo’s Klik Experiential wearable integrates into the company’s registration, check-in and lead-retrieval data flow to capture behavioral data. For the Love of Lanyards. Attendee Benefits.

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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. Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The pandemic ushered in an era of far more inclusive and accessible virtual events and made us re-evaluate some of the event-planning practices we started to take for granted. We learned a very valuable lesson the hard way: an event on the other side of the world can impact the entire globe. Yes, you read that right.

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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. In a post-pandemic, in-person-first world, ticketing is vital for getting participants onboarded to your full event experience.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

And back at the beginning of the pandemic madness, webinars, live streams, and virtual events, in general, were welcomed by pretty much everyone. Never has this emotional and physical exhaustion in regards to virtual events been as marked as it is now. Well, we are currently at the driver’s seat to make a change.

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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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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What are some of the best ways to indicate and present different aspects of ROI?” ” “Just because an event has pivoted doesn’t mean that you have to throw out all your event goals ,” she says. One of the biggest things that you should adjust is registration and conversion rates.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

We’ve been teasing it for a while, but the time has come to introduce our 2021 event trends guide! Presented with more challenges than ever before, the events industry was forced to do a complete 180. Will hybrid events become the norm? How many people planned a virtual event last year?

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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 cover a variety of webinar best practices that can help new organizers and seasoned virtual event planners alike.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

2022 is going to be our best year yet; we’ve embraced exciting new event technology and hybrid events as the way of the future! If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. Which virtual event platform features to look for?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Few industries were more impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than the events industry. Event planners, speakers and attendees all saw their calendars cleared out last March, returning slowly with virtual events and only now showing a glimmer of hope for the return of live conferences. The Best Speakers.

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Traveler's Q

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Events have evolved significantly over the years, and technology has been at the forefront. Event technology has become an essential aspect of planning and executing successful events. With such a diverse range of options, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or confused about which event tech solutions to choose.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Booking major venues and event entertainment is something that should be done as soon as possible. What about virtual event timelines ? The same goes for virtual platforms : find one that best supports your goals. Gather speaker biographies and confirm details. Open registration. One Month Out.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Many of the products for content and speaker management are now way too complex and expensive to do everything natively. That could be Kahoot gamification capabilities, Remo scientific poster sessions or Sessionboard speaker management or even custom-built apps. Simple doesn’t mean a single tool, however.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What better way to learn more about the exciting world of event technology than listening to an awesome product spotlight episode of the Event Tech Podcast? Today, Will and Brandt bring two guests in to hear an unbiased review of Accelevents , an all-in-one hybrid, and virtual event management platform.

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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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Alcor Mice

JANUARY 26, 2021

Since then, companies have continued exploring different ways to create a perfect virtual event. According to Bizzabo, as much as 93 % of event marketers have incorporated virtual events into their strategy for 2021. It is clear that virtual events are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The All In toolkit by Google provides meeting professionals and event producers how they can be progressive and a supporter of DEI from the building of their team through their approach to their process strategy and their final presentation. LGBTQ can easily feel ‘othered’ at conferences, gatherings and virtual events,” says Murray.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

We’ve compiled a list of marketing and event statistics to inspire your event strategy or as fodder for your next event marketing presentation to get buy-in from key stakeholders. of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person. In Q4 2021, 75% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were virtual, in Q2 2022 30.6%

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Whether it’s a yoga session, interactive panel discussion or virtual conference, the popularity of virtual events has exploded and it’s paving the way for new forms of communication and collaboration. To help you get the most out of this, we’ve drawn up this short guide to answer all of your questions on virtual events.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2022

Yet, event professionals have the opportunity to create visionary events and plan meetings that replicate the vibrancy and liveliness that existed in person while enjoying the flexibility and safety that a hybrid/online event provides. Here are the best ways to maximize the potential of virtual events and meetings.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 18, 2021

Face-to-face events, conferences, and meetings were postponed or cancelled for the near future. Due to the pandemic, subsequent quarantine, and travel restrictions, our company shifted our mindset and developed new product offerings for our clients in the form of virtual events and hybrid meetings.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Identify the types of content that visitors engage with and incorporate those same content types into event presentations. In addition, knowing which company attendees are representing, what the company does, and the attendees’ position can help event organizers and presenters alike connect with members of their audience.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

Included below are several key takeaways from pandemic-era events that meeting organizers will want to strongly consider as they plan the remainder of their 2022 events. Just because you’re hosting a trade show in an exciting new hybrid format doesn’t mean you can’t rely on traditional virtual event elements.

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Bizzaboo

MAY 24, 2023

That said, email marketing success is possible when you craft an email around a goal, such as generating event registrations or downloading a new piece of content. More than ever, event marketers are challenged to stand out. Put social posts and other UGC to work to sell your event and drive registrations.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

From design through debrief, we’ve got you covered with the event technology trends you need to know for success. Discover top event technology trends for planners and venues alike: 1. Through the rise of virtual events , planners have been able to extend their reach and scale their events to a wider audience.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

Securing a venue too late, skipping an event walkthrough, failing to practice tech cues, or making last-minute setup changes can negatively impact an event’s success. Accepting event planning gigs with a quick-turnaround time could also lead to presenting less than your best work.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

What Reed, chief event strategy officer, American Society of Hematology (ASH), loved most about this time, he told participants in an online PCMA Community Conversation for medical meeting planners earlier this year, is probably what other planners have hated: “We needed to operate when there was really no roadmap to us,” Reed said. “I

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Bizzaboo

JULY 12, 2022

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. More than 25% of in-person and hybrid events are paid vs. only 10% of virtual events.

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Bizzaboo

MAY 10, 2023

Segment Your Audience Getting the best results from your post-event email initiatives is only possible when you personalize your outreach. Event marketers must segment audiences by role (e.g., attendee, vendor, speaker, and sponsor) to ensure a personalized and meaningful experience for every attendee and registrant.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The two-part CEMA webinar series, “Planning an Annual Conference in 2021, The Before & After,” reviewed what worked and what didn’t at Workiva’s Amplify virtual events. On-demand viewing for registrants was available for 30 days. Virtual blew up our stats,” Strehle said.

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