SpotMe Blog

MAY 4, 2021

Virtual conferences aren’t a groundbreaking idea anymore, but event planners are continually learning how to use them in groundbreaking ways. Learn how virtual conferences work, which key components you need to include to really stand out in your field, and how going hybrid may be the trick in a post-pandemic world. Trade shows.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 21, 2021

After announcing, then detracting, plans for a physical show in 2021, CES organizers say the event is back in action for 2022 with a hybrid format. Confirmed brands attending the in-person world’s largest tech conference include Amazon, AT&T, Dell and Google. HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition: Aug.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

For example, think about a conference to explore the implications of a medical breakthrough. Since February, 2021, my friend, tech producer, and meeting industry educator Brandt Krueger has been hosting weekly EventTech Chats on Zoom, together with another friend, his talented co-host, “The Voice of Events”, Glenn Thayer.

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Eventmobi

JULY 29, 2022

CLHIA’s November 2020 Virtual Wealth and Retirement Conference focused on providing those managing wealth portfolios for Canadian life and health insurers with up-to-date and actionable information about important trends and issues shaping the industry. .” ” — Cindy Smith. Cindy Smith. Cindy Smith. Leading Up to the Event.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 6, 2021

In 2021, that notion has never been more prevalent as event professionals and brands find themselves teetering between online events , in-person events and something in the middle (aka hybrid events ). 7 Event Planning Tips to Host Successful Events in 2021. 2021 will be the year of the comeback. You just might learn something.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

But how will it affect 2021 budgets? Consider these additional challenges for the meetings industry: The new criteria for business and event-related travel now includes health-related risks, complicating the decision to approve conference attendance. New Paradigm, New Challenges. Hybrid Business Model Considerations.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

Event on Ivy Tech Community College campus in Sellersburg; Photo credit: Courtney Cantor. By February 2021, the agency was ready to take supporting their community through events to the next level. 1 at EDPA’s ACCESS Conference. Transitioning the Mission. Event at University of Notre Dame; Photo credit: Courtney Cantor.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 27, 2020

Here’s a look at the top 16 conferences, summits, events, and parades centered around LGBTQ+ communities. Event Date: May 7, 2020 & 2021. Event Date: June 1 - 30, 2020 & 2021. Not IRL) Pride Summit is a virtual event intended to be the largest LGBTQ tech gathering in history. NYC Pride Human Rights Conference.

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Attendease

JULY 13, 2021

The solution to transition to virtual events brought along many more challenges of its own, from keeping audiences engaged in a virtual environment, to a lack of tech knowledge, running into issues securing sponsors, and networking limitations between attendees. How tech-savvy are they? Ask yourself: .

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

The PCMA Convening Leaders conference this January offered something no other annual mega-gathering of the association has: virtual interpreters. Named one of the best inventions of 2021 by Time Magazine, KUDO is a real-time interpretation software company and virtual platform focused on providing language support for multilingual meetings.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Church House Westminster has created a new instant event package to help event organisers find last-minute venue hire solutions until the end of 2021. Event organisers can choose to include live streaming with a £1,495 bolt-on or make the conference hybrid with a £2,000 supplement.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 20, 2021

Buoyed by its success in physical and virtual incarnations, Event Tech Live (ETL) will make its digital debut in the States and Canada late spring, ahead of a return to the Old Truman Brewery in November for the hybrid UK & Europe exhibition. It can’t be an afterthought anymore.”. More information available via www.eventtechlive.com.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2022

Not only is Indy known for its “Hoosier Hospitality,” and the Indianapolis 500 aka “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” but the city also hosts several unique conventions and conferences that bring extensive revenue to the city. million convention attendees last year as in-person events made a full return in June 2021. The George R.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As the business events industry — and everyone else — says good riddance to 2020, the editors at <i>Convene</i> consider the business events industry trends they’ll be watching in 2021. But, as our reliance on technology has grown and tech innovation has accelerated, A.I. Jeremy Kahn, who writes the “Eye on A.I.”

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The annual PNC Network Conference took place on 11th November 2020 and welcomed 1000 delegates nationwide to discuss the innovation and issues in primary care. By offering delegates video meetings, virtual seminars and chat features, we were able to do just that. “We

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Event Marketer

JULY 27, 2021

Corona took a direct approach to its 2021 Indiana Pacers sponsorship with elaborate mobile locker room fan activations. Whether they have implemented more traditional activation strategies or brand-new engagement tactics, the companies that have tested the waters in 2021 are leading the way to a renewed sports sponsorship landscape.

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Skift Global Forum 2021, the premier global conference on the business of travel, took place last week in a hybrid format. After pitvoting to virtual in 2020, the 2021 Skift Global Forum was, for the first time, […].

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As we face 2021, the new year promises to be one of reinvention and hope. For those who have been able to objectively consider their situation and keep on top of circumstances and adapt to them, even create vision around these changes—these are the folks who have dealt well with 2020 and show great promise for 2021. Get out for a walk.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The most authoritative list of 2021 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Planners have already made their intentions clear, with 93% of event marketers already planning to incorporate virtual events into their strategy in 2021 and beyond. Note: As 2021 goes on, we plan on updating this post regularly.

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EventMB

MAY 24, 2022

asked Sean Perkins, Vice President, Marketing, Consumer Technology Association (CTA), producer of CES, during Skift Meetings’ recent Event Tech Innovation Summit. As a result of the Covid pandemic and subsequent shutdown, CES 2021 was forced to adapt, and it was held completely online, with this year’s show hybrid.

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Attendease

JUNE 30, 2021

The solution to transition to virtual events brought along many more challenges of its own, from keeping audiences engaged in a virtual environment, to a lack of tech knowledge, running into issues securing sponsors, and networking limitations between attendees. How tech-savvy are they? Ask yourself: .

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Event Industry News

MAY 6, 2021

As Chief Executive Guru at The MICE Guru, I have in the past year taken a deep dive into event tech; taken virtual certification, learned, tested, demoed, tried, implemented event tech all around, attended all major virtual events and discussed findings within our communities. Favourite piece of tech for work and personal life?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 27, 2021

Morningstar used VR — an example of the phygital reality trend — to demonstrate a spirit of experimentation at its Morningstar Investment Conference (MIC). based market research firm, has just published its Top 10 Global Consumer Trends for 2021 , which provides insights for the business events industry.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2020

Here are the four things event marketers need to consider when planning hybrid events for 2021 and beyond. See also : 2020’s Upcoming Virtual Annual Industry Conferences. The post 4 Things Event Marketers Need to Know When Planning Hybrid Events for 2021 and Beyond appeared first on Smart Meetings. Think Virtual First

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

When NFTs began booming in 2021, he stepped back in. In 2021, MH acquired digital land across two Metaverses—which act as different “worlds” within the Metaverse—Sandbox Metaverse and NFT Worlds, the former not yet open to the public. Farr says he believes conferences are a couple years out before it becomes mainstream.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2022

And what better way to kick off a new year than with an event tech predictions episode? Will and Brandt are joined by a regular guest on the Event Tech Podcast: Endless’ very own Kyle Kocinski. Event Tech Predictions For 2022: A Note On The Pandemic. Event Tech Predictions For 2022: A Note On The Pandemic.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Welcome to your guide for virtual conferences in 2021. Discover best practices for launching a virtual conference, engaging your audience, and more. 2020 was the year of virtual conferences. We predict that event marketers will be leveraging virtual conferences as part of a larger hybrid event strategy.

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Event Marketer

JULY 5, 2021

Following a year marked by constant chaos and disruption, the experiential marketing industry came back strong in 2021. Stay tuned for part three of EMS 2021, taking place live and in living color at Chicago’s McCormick Place, Oct. More B-to-B Event Coverage: Introducing the 2021 Dream Team…The Sharpest Minds in B-to-B Events.

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Event Age by Swapcard

MARCH 18, 2021

Here are the 50 best virtual event ideas for 2021. This person is responsible for getting the chat going, answering any platform or tech questions and reminding the audience how to use the chat function. There’s one virtual conference idea that will give your audience a sense of traveling far away from their home or office.

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Attendease

APRIL 5, 2021

Some conferences were already offering hybrid formats prior to the pandemic. The main program would be in-person; those who couldn’t commit (or afford) to travel and multi-day stays would watch the conference program online through a more affordable ticket option. 4) Do you have the right team for your hybrid event?

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SpotMe Blog

MAY 17, 2021

In the case of a SaaS vendor, this would mean someone with the knowledge to decide if the solution can be integrated into the existing tech stack, meets security and privacy requirements, and that the data inputs and outputs are what is needed. Discover the best virtual conference platforms.

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CadmiumCD

DECEMBER 29, 2020

To help you get the most out of 2021, we put together a PDF calendar to help you keep your year in order. This year will be a big one and we’re so excited to see what you do with your events in 2021. ” Do yourself a favor and review all the pieces of your 2021 events platform. Brush Up On Your Tech Skills.

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Event Age by Swapcard

MARCH 18, 2021

Here are the 50 best virtual event ideas for 2021. This person is responsible for getting the chat going, answering any platform or tech questions and reminding the audience how to use the chat function. There’s one virtual conference idea that will give your audience a sense of traveling far away from their home or office.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 23, 2022

The organizers and sponsors behind the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festivals have been “keeping Austin weird” since the annual event was established in 1987. Touchpoints on-site included tech-enabled entry, smudge-free TV remotes and voice-controlled experiences activated with the help of Amazon’s Alexa.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The first Event Tech Live USA & Canada – a content rich virtual show – opens on Tuesday June 8th and organiser Event Industry News is calling for speakers to join an already illustrious line-up. Adam Parry, co-founder of Event Tech Live, comments: “Taking the show to the States and Canada is about cross pollination.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

From around the world, announcements of dates and places for bringing tech minds together F2F have started to trickle in. Even companies that canceled key conferences altogether in the chaos of 2020 have announced they are bringing back at least the virtual component. Returning with Intention.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In a Livestorm survey conducted in 2021 , 68 percent of respondents reported increased use of video conferencing in the past 12 months, in everything from internal meetings to conferences and tradeshows.

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