Attendease

DECEMBER 23, 2019

What does 2020 hold for the events industry? Below are the top 9 event trends that will shape 2020. They crave spontaneous conversations and building connections, and in 2020 we will see this trend of serendipitous networking grow stronger. In 2020, brands plan to invest launch events as marketing stations. A lot in fact!

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 25, 2021

How can we design the optimum balance between control versus freedom at meetings? Note that I’m not suggesting meeting professionals give up any attempt to control what happens at their events. It’s when we try to tightly control every aspect of our meeting that our events suffer. The myth of control.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Anyone interested in our offering could still share the link with their colleagues who would be able to view our booth, check our offerings and book a meeting with a sales representative. The post The Future of Exhibitions – Our Experience at TravelRevive 2020 appeared first on GEVME Blog. The future of exhibitions is hybrid. .

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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. The three other meetings did not share historical attendance data.).

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal. In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. Holding in-person meetings: what do we now know? It’s time to take another look.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 16, 2020

SWITCH 2020 featured a unique hybrid format that combined a 24-hours/5-days online platform with satellite events around the world. Credits SWITCH 2020. Caption: Credits SWITCH 2020 Q&A with speakers from Gojek, Grab, Expedia, Facebook on Product Management. Caption: Credits SWITCH 2020. Caption: Credits SWITCH 2020.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We fantasize about crowded exhibit halls, packed hotels, and chummy, in-person board meetings. I get a million emails a day with some variation of “Here’s when I think we can hold big meetings again.” I’m not sure my association will hold a big, in-person meeting in 2021. I delete them all. What if that’s not what happens?

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

10 years ago, I pointed out that most meetings are small meetings. It seems the meeting industry is finally catching on to this reality and its benefits. Smaller meetings, known by industry experts as micro events, continue strong growth. These are smaller (< 100 attendees) meetings, often held offsite.

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GEVME

MAY 15, 2020

A large online event is in actuality a large online virtual event where people interact in a virtual environment on the web instead of meeting and interacting in a physical location. However, virtual online events have also now been known to cover tradeshows, job fairs, conferences, meetings, and even company-wide gatherings.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 17, 2020

SWITCH 2020 featured a unique hybrid format that combined a 24-hours/5-days online platform with satellite events around the world. Credits SWITCH 2020. Credits SWITCH 2020 Q&A with speakers from Gojek, Grab, Expedia, Facebook on Product Management. Credits SWITCH 2020. Credits SWITCH 2020. Credits SWITCH 2020.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 30, 2021

Having an emcee at your event was a nice-to-have prior to 2020. Talk to any meeting owner who has managed a large virtual event this past year using a skilled emcee and he or she will tell you it made all the difference. Bottom line: Having an emcee allows you, the meeting owner, to sleep better at night. Now it’s a must-have.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 14, 2021

Over the summer and the fall of 2020, most organizations were able to make decisions six months out without incurring liability. The two major variables that impacted 2020 revenue were the dates of your event and whether you have an expo with a conference or a conference with an expo. That window has tightened to 90 days.

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Marketo Events

JUNE 2, 2020

If you’re sitting in planning meetings and you know something won’t be a great speaker experience – don’t hold back voicing that (but don’t forget your manners when doing so!). If you don’t have an answer – tell them that. If things are still in flux, your speaker should know that.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 27, 2020

hotel demand and room revenue is unlikely to happen until 2023 and 2024, respectively, according to the slightly downgraded STR and Tourism Economics forecast released at the 2020 Hotel Data Conference on August 13. In fact, full recovery for U.S. The Trickle-down Effect.

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Eventmobi

DECEMBER 9, 2020

With their first hybrid event MEET THE CHANGE, the German meetings industry association MEET GERMANY needed to deliver an innovative event format. With this one-day event, which took place on August 27, 2020 in Berlin and online, the organizers proved that courage pays off. . MEET THE CHANGE in Numbers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 18, 2020

At VCC, we were tracking to have a banner year in 2020. Lisa Block, Sarah Michel, Bill MacDonald, Betsy Bair and I have all spent most of our professional lives in the meetings industry. Like most companies supporting large live events, today we are now faced with significant uncertainty about our future, just as so many of you are.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2022

Before March of 2020, pacing data was a useful tool for predicting final attendance and revenue. It’s expected that meetings in Q3 or Q4 will outperform those held in the first half of this year. A lot of meetings operating in Q1 and Q2 ended up extending their early-bird deadlines multiple times. Adjust your date fees.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The 2020 January Dashboard from PCMA shows the frustration with hybrid. Unless vendors can come up with a way to make that affordable, the large in-person meetings will continue to languish as it’s not commercially feasible to do both well right now.”. Why are you meeting? But the numbers don’t tell the whole story.

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EventMB

JUNE 22, 2022

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

One of Skift’s “ 10 event trends for 2020 ” is networking. ” The author, Julius Solaris , tweeted: “…braindates are in our top 10 trends for 2020…Too much of an undervalued tool and approach. So there’s no need to add a braindate process to a well-designed meeting. Time to end that.”

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 16, 2020

To elevate the educational value of your meeting, work with your speakers to move them from information-givers to sense-makers. Providing speaker training on adult learning principles that leverages the intellectual equity in the room is essential for making your meeting content valuable. Proof is in the Pudding.

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GEVME

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Around the globe, town hall meets, senate meetings and other such important events are being conducted as hybrid events. Some examples of internal hybrid events are company meetings, large team meetings, or private events that are accessible both on-site and virtually; like weddings and engagement ceremonies; group outings etc.

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GEVME

MAY 15, 2020

And when it comes to organizing online events in 2020, apart from event planning skills, it requires the knowledge of online event management tools and technology. What is Event Management Software in 2020? Choose From the TOP Online Event Management Tools in 2020. The presence of a dashboard to monitor and measure success.

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GEVME

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

We recently witnessed BestCities Global Alliance Forum 2020 with their partners, BestCities Global Alliance and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and GEVME which was held virtually and broadcasted internationally from the GEVME Live platform. . Events are poised to be hybrid. Veemal Gungadin, CEO, GEVME. Conclusion.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Zoom has seen a huge rise in popularity during 2020, to the point where its name has become synonymous with video conferencing. After a rise in ‘Zoom bombing’ in early 2020, the company took immediate action to update their security features. More than a Zoom Meeting: Creating Virtual Conferences with EventMobi.

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EventMB

AUGUST 15, 2024

Now in its second year, Skift Meetings Awards celebrate the industry’s most respected suppliers, setting the standard for excellence in business events. So, without any further ado, here are the 2024 Skift Meetings Awards winners! At Marriott, innovation transcends all aspects of the global business. along with a 22,000 sq.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 24, 2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act is similar to GDPR and goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Software solutions built on older platforms and smaller companies with fewer resources are going to have a harder time meeting event organizers’ more stringent data-security requirements. #2. The level of difficulty is high.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Every meeting, conference, expo or convention can be refreshed, enhanced or innovated. I am excited about the work we’ll do together in 2020. Although I normally eschew year-end reviews, top ten and in/out lists, I am moved to share a few observations based on the numerous events and clients we’ve worked with in 2019.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The IAEE, along with Marina Bay Sands and their online technology partner GEVME came together at the IAEE Asia Hybrid Forum 2020 to discuss the future of hybrid technologies. Meet with the exhibitors, download the relevant collaterals. During the pandemic, many companies resorted to platforms like Zoom to conduct their events.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 21, 2021

Having attended more than 20 of PCMA’s Annual Meetings over the years (both in person and virtually), I expected high energy, experimental delivery and great content. I wasn’t expecting to connect with my friends or to feel the same high I get from the in-person meetings. Those expectations were largely met.

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EventMB

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Skift Take: As the industry gathers together for IMEX in Las Vegas, news broke that Kimberley Gishler, president and CEO, and Olga Rosenbrook, director of programming and member services of the Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA) — an organization that PCMA acquired in December 2020 have resigned.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 6, 2020

The American Association of Suicidology’s annual meeting had been growing steadily in recent years. in late April, staff and volunteers went into overdrive to transition the physical meeting to a virtual one in a matter of days.They knew how critical it was to deliver much-needed content to their global community. Register Now.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In addition, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the adoption of e-commerce to the masses: According to McKinsey & Company, 10 years’ development happened in Q1 2020 alone. A strong online presence should no longer be seen as optional in your product launch, but rather a requisite piece of its success. .

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EventMB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Skift Take: Discussing boycotting destinations over discriminatory legislation may cause flashbacks, and bleisure travelers are so 2020. Rayna Katz Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings But these macro trends are reemerging, and industry leaders are looking to find ways to deal with them.

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Attendease

JULY 13, 2021

2020 challenged us all and it’s not surprising that event planners took one of the hardest hits. It was time to say goodbye to the way you’d always done things, work within difficult restrictions and safety protocols, and step into completely new territory to keep your meetings and events alive. .

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EventMB

AUGUST 5, 2024

Skift Take: There may be some rollback after the urgent push for creating DEI programs after the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and redefining of terms, but overall, companies are still committed to DEI. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Attendease

MARCH 16, 2021

Here are 5 trends that are transforming – and enhancing – meetings and events. And yet, if you look at a lot of what existed in the industry, pre-2020, it wasn’t that innovative and creative. We’ve discovered many advantages to meeting virtually (cost savings being a key benefit). 1- Embracing innovation.

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