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Mediocrity Is Your Biggest Conference Competitor

Velvet Chainsaw

Today’s technology driven, hyper-connected, instant gratification, real-time world puts you as a conference organizer in a difficult position. You’re expected to deliver highly participatory, forward-thinking, experience-driven, sensory-laden, learner-centered, performance-focused conferences that move the needle for your customers.

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Hybrid Meetings Doomed to Failure? Not So Fast

Velvet Chainsaw

At the time, a mere six years ago, the fledgling for-profit entity that wagered its future on the potential of virtual meetings staged sessions that were too heavily weighted toward the online audience in the verbal communication and moderation by the speakers. The Switch On. Fast-forward to January 2017. Hybrid at its Best.

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2019 Tech Conferences: The #1 Tech Events Guide

Bizzabo

The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. Searching for top technology events to attend in 2019? Or looking to wrap up 2018 with an exceptional conference? This carefully curated conference directory features over 200 (and growing) 2019 tech conferences across multiple industries.

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How to Find & Select The Best Mobile Apps for Conferences

Eventmobi

Event apps help you: Boost communication Conferences are a hub of activity! There’s constant communication between attendees, speakers, and you—the organizers. The right conference app will help streamline all these communication channels, fostering engagement and collaboration. Interested in a powerful conference app?

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Prescribing a Hub-and-Spoke Approach

PCMA Convene

The March conference, which brought the neurologist community together to discuss progress on diagnosis and early treatment of multiple sclerosis, was not the first of its kind that AIM has organized, said Barbara Sambugaro, business manager, AIM Education. Another multi-hub AIM event connected as many as 40 venues, she told Convene.

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TME Top 15 Meeting, Event, and Technology Must Read Blogs

The Modern Event

Blogs are becoming key resources for meeting and event professionals in terms of trends, event planning, emerging technologies, inspiration, and connecting with fellow professionals. Adrian Segar’s blog is for the corporate meeting professional; creating “relevant, memorable conferences.” Do you have a must read industry blog?

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Rethinking Events: The Human-Centric Approach (Webinar Recap).

Expo Pass

One example comes from the Go West Conference, where they held 20-minute speaker sessions and then, in the afternoon, breakout sessions. Do something that people get to do together.” – Liz Lathan While iconic speakers will certainly draw a crowd, it isn’t the information-dense keynotes they’ll remember in ten years.