Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 28, 2017

But most conference experiences have changed very little, if at all. They compete with the Internet to distribute content and deliver information. So what type of conference education are you serving your customers—shallow learning, advancement learning or deep learning? Do you even know the difference between the three?

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, when you adopt a conference app, you’ll see several distinctive benefits for your attendees and your team, including: Easy access to event information. There’s nothing more efficient than having all event-related information in the palm of your hand. Smoother communication. Increased engagement.

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Guidebook

JUNE 19, 2018

You’ve been working on your event for 6+ months — you’ve put in countless hours getting the venue locked down, the schedule finalized, speakers scheduled, the production design perfect. The day comes around and you wait in anticipation for your keynote speaker to step on stage. A great keynote speaker doesn’t just speak, though.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 9, 2016

A Momentous Catalyst To Conference Attendee Behavior Change. I am often asked how to get conference attendees to adopt 21 st Century learning habits. The majority of conferences treat attendees as consumers of information. It is not related to the amount of time they sit in an education session or listen to a speaker.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 18, 2017

Conference Professionals Become Choice Architects Not Just Curators Of Content Or Schedulers of Speakers. In the conference arena, conference choice architects frame their programming based on solving the needs of their target audience. Many people have yet to experience good learning design during conference sessions.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 24, 2018

They understand that how they design, plan and implement that conference experience is as important as the content ( the what ) of that experience. Scheduling expert speakers or successful member presenters is no longer enough. They have to consider the holistic conference experience through the lens of their target market.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Articulating, Fostering And Advancing A Conference Purpose. Investing in conference speakers to deliver information, without first investing in the organization’s beliefs and the event’s purpose, puts the cart before the horse. Designing collaborative experiences, not just filling schedules with speakers.

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InitLive

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There is a lot of planning that goes into an in-person conference event. That's why it is so important to start your conference planning process well in advance. It is helpful to review your successes and shortcomings from your last conference and use that information to help inform your planning this time around.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Speakers to facilitators-of-learning. Speakers should no longer be the sage on the stage, but rather the guide on the side. This information-based content is best shared in other formats. Point attendees to your website or, better yet, to your mobile app for full session descriptions, speaker bios and booth profiles.

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InitLive

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Not surprisingly conferences have played a big part in my responsibilities over the years. I would estimate that I has been an attendee, exhibitor, speaker, organizer or content strategies at over 50 conferences over the course of my career, which gives me a relatively unique perspective. The Event Organizer, It's No Easy Task.

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InitLive

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

With an excellent event team and a good strategy, you can plan and organize a successful conference for your organization. However, approaching conference planning with outdated methods can lead to a slow and exhausting planning process. Event Planning Automation. Event Planning Automation.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 11, 2022

Spreadsheets to plan the program or agenda, spreadsheets of potential speakers, performers, exhibitors and sponsors. You share schedules as URLS, so if anything changes (which it always does) the schedules update automatically AND Joi is mobile friendly so all your event information is at your fingertips all of the time.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 30, 2017

These event experiences provide opportunities for cognitive dissonance—the mental discomfort experienced when a person is confronted with new information that contradicts current beliefs, ideas or values. How mentally stimulating is your conference experience currently? A speaker distributes content through the spoken word.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

It’s more important than just scheduling speakers. Will I need to know, understand use this information for success? These are the questions your conference programming must answer. Conference attendees that feel that can learn the new information, understand it and perform it successfully are more engaged.

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Eventinterface

MARCH 23, 2017

Eventinterface has partnered with Tap To Speak to provide conference attendees with the technology to easily communicate in real time with speakers straight from our platform’s program and itinerary tool. Now apps are coming on the market to turn mobile devices into microphones, connecting attendees with speakers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Instead of amusement-park escapism thrills, our conferences need to design and foster real 4D experiences: deep learning, deep play, deep reflection and deep connections. Deep learning is different than the acquisition of information. Our conference consumption/reflection ratio is widely out of whack to paraphrase Umair Haque.

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Hubilo Blog

APRIL 15, 2020

You do not need a great plan, but a good plan that gets done with optimal quality. Strategies must be developed around online registración, marketing, papers call-out and submission speakers line up, presentations, nominations, engagement, networking and experience. Considering e-patient and patient audience for the conference.

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Eventinterface

JUNE 20, 2017

One piece of advice stood out most: planning event security is not a task that should be accomplished in isolation. Planning for security involves a wide variety of stakeholders, and they should be engaged at the beginning of the event or conference planning process. Know your people! Counter protests?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Gather speaker biographies and confirm details. Be sure to give your speakers the rundown on what they need to know for their presentations. Keep your attendees informed.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Conference Copycat Critter: Quick Just Give Me The Highpoints So I Can Copy Them! Often meeting participants just want the victorious insider’s information. And they even demand—and thus conference organizers provide—someone else’s path to success. You leave the conference session with the speaker’s sound bites.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

as conferences manager at NMAC. Through conference planning, I work to keep adult education interesting and relevant so my attendees continue to fight HIV in and for their communities. This format allowed for attendees to have a greater connection and engagement with the topic and the plenary speaker.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 16, 2019

Video can be a unique and engaging way to build excitement and inform your audience about events, speakers and so much more! Today Will Curran will walk you through 4 types of video that all conferences need to create your best conference yet! Oh, by the way, here’s the Wi-Fi information. Have a good one.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

If you are planning an event that features keynote speakers, you want to provide the best possible experience. The better experience your guest speaker has, the more likely they will be to work with you again in the future. How to Find Your Next Event Speaker. Understand Your Speaker.

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ePly

MARCH 22, 2024

The conference agenda is the plan upon which attendees build their personal conference plans and itinerary. It is one component of your conference that needs to shine. What Is in a Conference Agenda? Conference agendas are the brains and nervous systems of conferences.

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SevenEvents

JULY 12, 2023

Are you currently thinking of organising a conference event for your company ? The success of your event depends on meticulous planning and flawless execution. That’s where our conference planning service can make all the difference.

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Coterie Spark

AUGUST 23, 2021

In a recent blog about the Wild West of Conference Planning , we noted how much has changed in our industry since the pandemic began. One part of event planning that hasn’t changed, however, is prioritizing what your attendees want. This is the final survey you should plan to send out. These days, anything goes.

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GEVME

JUNE 25, 2021

On a broad scale, the expenses for a typical virtual event will be the sum of costs of the virtual corporate events planner team, marketing expenses, technology platform cost, fees for guests/speakers, tools, designs/creatives, participant/attendee benefits, and miscellaneous. . Create a Project Timeline For Your Virtual Corporate Events.

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GEVME

JUNE 25, 2021

On a broad scale, the expenses for a typical virtual event will be the sum of costs of the virtual corporate event planner team, marketing expenses, technology platform cost, fees for guests/speakers, tools, designs/creatives, participant/attendee benefits, and miscellaneous. Create a Project Timeline For The Virtual Corporate Event.

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InitLive

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Whether you’re a nonprofit event planner , association membership manager, event director, or convention planner, this guide will help you plan the most effective, engaging convention possible for your audience members. 11 Steps to Plan a Successful Convention. 5 Convention Planning Best Practices. What is a Convention?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

“We had this big conference plan, but we had to pull the plug on it. However, we had all this content prepared for the conference we had intended to have in person. .” Everybody was really happy to be able to come together and see some of these speakers that we were all excited about even in this online setting.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 15, 2018

That’s where the right environment comes into play – particularly, by creating ambiance with conference staging. Conference staging ideas are often overlooked when it comes to conference planning. One way to do this is to plan for branding opportunities. Make it something attendees will enjoy looking at.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 13, 2024

applications is Margaret Launzel-Pennes, CEO of Los Angeles-based events agency Pop Experiential; in fact, she has conducted every element of conference planning, from site selection to marketing to content creation to speaker selection to post-event data analysis, with significant assistance from A.I.

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CadmiumCD

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If you do it right, a conference can be a huge success that is great for business. It’s a tall order, balancing the needs of everyone and planning out a schedule. To make that job a little easier, here’s a quick overview of what makes a great conference. Plan in Advance. Sponsors and Speakers.

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2018

Finding a conference venue is a lengthy and detailed process. The planning can begin up to a year in advance. How do you find the right speakers? From securing sponsors to organizing the AV and production needs, the planning process seems endless. The agenda acts as a tangible plan. When will your speakers come on?

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Coterie Spark

JUNE 14, 2022

And it is, of course, a crucial element of successful event and conference planning. . Done correctly, marketing has helped our clients exceed their goals related to attendee retention, bringing in new followers, and attracting speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors. Set Up Your Information Hub. The conference website.

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Guidebook

AUGUST 23, 2018

Creating an event app with agendas and other helpful information is only worthwhile if people use it. The Guidebook app is really cool and lets you interact with the conference – plan your schedule, see the Twitter action for #OurEvent, and so much more! The more you promote your guide, the higher your download rates will be!

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A year out, Malone and her team began conferring with their in-house legal team on everything from what they could — and could not — do when requiring proof of vaccination for right of entry, to navigating state and local laws and crafting clear guidance and communications. Plan to plan ahead. Make no exceptions. “We

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