Event Marketer

MARCH 26, 2025

Joe Sorrentino, chief events officer for the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC), says the organization is leaning more into experiential with engaging activations around the hall to separate VMX from the traditional medical conference format. Luckily, a dj was keeping the energy up.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

The deficiencies of meeting planning textbooks and education. In my opinion, meeting planner education is deficient. Planners could be educated so they can help their clients with meeting design. And good event design is about how a conference works. The traditional bread and butter of a meeting planner’s job.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 9, 2018

Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. I’ll illustrate with the area where I have most experience: providing education at these meetings.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 2, 2016

Trade show organizers who have re-imagined their expo floors into a solutions-based destination rather than one of a hard-sell shopping place are winning at delivering attendee value. In this column, we’ll focus on the preferences influencing education as a motivator (from Part One of the reports). The Learning Tree.

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EventMB

MAY 22, 2022

In this extensive guide to trade show booths, we provide ten creative examples in each of the following categories: 1 Trade show booth ideas for small budgets. Trade show booth ideas that attract visitors. Creative trade show booth ideas. Trade show booth ideas: 10×10.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Many professionals attend two or more conventions, or trade shows, a year in various locations throughout the United States and the world. Select a hotel or conference center with family suites. The parent gets the education they need, while the family enjoys what they want. — Choose a family-friendly destination.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 22, 2025

As the lines blur between corporate event teams and corporate trade show departments, we know this partnership provides a win-win-winfor EDPA members, for end-user clients, and for the industry overall.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We recently convened a roundtable of senior-level conference organizers to discuss risk tolerance and the forces that are shaping their 2021/22 event strategies and decisions. Three primary risk categories are emerging as organizations weigh their options for major conferences in 2021: Mitigating financial risk.

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Eventmobi

JULY 26, 2022

The organization provides tools, resources, and education to help association professionals and volunteers succeed. The CSAE Annual National Conference. CSAE holds their national conference in a different Canadian city every October. CSAE has used EventMobi’s app over the past two years for their annual national conference.

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Eventmobi

JULY 31, 2024

That’s especially true once you hit the trade show floor.) Here are a few ideas that could get you thinking: The Power of In-Person Education After a couple of years of sharp, unexpected transition for the events industry, in-person meetings have reemerged—stronger, sharper, and more focused than ever. How does that look?

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually. While 2021 may still look a little different than normal, expect to see many conferences back and ready to help industry professionals navigate the massive changes in the way they do business.

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GEVME

MARCH 15, 2019

When you’re in the events industry, you should know the main event management conferences for 2019 so you can visit them to improve your knowledge and share your own experiences of working long hours while trying to pull off amazing corporate events for your clients. Discover the current top event management conferences with GEVME.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 18, 2021

Leading learning firm Tagoras has launched another round of its virtual conferences survey , the results of which will be compared to its last round, conducted near the beginning of the pandemic. The report helps to raise overall visibility for virtual conferences and the results will be freely shared in a new report.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When you’re a sleep wellness brand vying for attention at a global technology trade show, sometimes you’ve got to make your own dreams come true. To introduce the 360 smart bed to attendees, Sleep Number built a sizeable booth featuring a 22-foot-tall, cylindrical LED screen broadcasting educational brand content.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Here’s a brief overview of common examples of corporate events: Conferences and seminars Academic or professional conferences and seminars allow companies to share industry knowledge, thought leadership, and best practices. These events foster networking, education, and building a brand’s reputation.

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Eventmobi

APRIL 14, 2020

To help you understand how you can adapt your meeting, conference or trade show to an online format, we’ve outlined the most common event types we’re helping to go virtual, and listed the tools and professional services being used to create an engaging virtual event experiences. Virtual Event Type: Public Conference.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2024

The annual customer gathering and user conference for the largest event tech company on the planet, Cvent Connect, is moving to Henry B. Specialized meetups will enhance peer-to-peer engagement for real-world education. Day 1 (June 10) : Kick off the conference with specialized training camps and partner/leadership summits.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2018

There are two primary segments that leverage the traditional exhibit business model — conferences with an expo and expos with a conference. Based on our deep analysis of dozens of shows, the former are the event business models being disrupted most. From our view, most industry mega-shows continue to thrive.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Foot traffic has long been a key measure of event ROI, especially at trade shows. At a virtual trade show, for example, you need to show sponsors and exhibitors how many potential leads they reached. This kind of data is also essential for virtual conferences. Tools to Measure Event Interest.

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CadmiumCD

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We put a page together that makes it easy to review all the pieces of your event puzzle for your 2021 conferences and trade shows. In 2020, conferences and trade shows that used eventScribe for their events got creative with making money and delivering ROI to sponsors. Get Ready for Hybrid Events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

Founded and funded by the Cambridge Colleges 25 years ago, Meet Cambridge currently has a portfolio of more than 50 venues, offering organisers a broad spectrum of meeting and conference facilities for all types and size of events.

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Attendease

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Nothing beats the feeling of hosting an event that went off without a hitch—especially since planning, coordinating, and managing a successful event takes a lot of hard work, education, and resources. However, when the doors are closed or attendees log off, there’s still work to be done. This data helps identify areas of concern.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It’s not often that a business-event planner has a formal education and professional background in change management. After all, everyone differs in how they process information and communicate with others, especially in the high-stimulus atmosphere found at conferences and trade shows.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Trade shows are the lifeline of many associations but their nature makes them challenging to virtualize — and then monetize. The exhibitions industry watched as the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts CES, the largest annual trade show in the U.S. It’s up to trade-show organizers to keep that spark alive.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Many hospitality conferences and conventions were virtual or hybrid events , while others were forced to cancel altogether. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Learning tracks cover challenges that keep meeting professionals up at night When what is expected to be the largest crowd ever for an events industry trade show arrives at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in October for IMEX America 2023 , the focus will squarely be on connecting people in new, effective ways.

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Expo Pass

JANUARY 25, 2023

An event planning conference! In this article, we share our list of event-planning conferences in 2023 that you won’t want to miss out on! In this article, we share our list of event-planning conferences in 2023 that you won’t want to miss out on! Event planning conferences are THE place to learn from influential people.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Read More: IMEX22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees By moving the event to Mandalay Bay Convention Center, IMEX was able to tap into MGM’s renewable solar energy initiative , which produced 191,258 kWh of renewable energy to keep the lights on at the trade show floor. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 22, 2024

SURESCRIPTS Surescripts’ two-floor build offered a private conference room upstairs and an engaging exhibit below. Slack also had a presence at HIMSS24 with a vending machine on the concourse outside the exhibit hall, near the education session rooms. Below, we rounded up 17 booths that pulled us in. Get all the details here.)

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Preparing for the Exam In 2004, when Meeting Professionals International (MPI) held their EMEA Conference in Berlin, Mahmoud was working as director of conventions at the Berlin Convention Office. At the conference, she felt overwhelmed with the content and networking opportunities available.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 6, 2019

For those of you who organize large annual conferences and trade shows, there undoubtedly is a chicken-vs.-egg Some conference organizers have responded by cutting 90-minute education sessions down to 75 minutes and then paring them down to 60 minutes. egg debate.

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Attendease

MAY 1, 2019

Events can be a great way to expand brand awareness, educate an audience on a given topic or even form important connections within your industry. According to MeetGreen , the average conference produces 4.17 On a related note, try to book your event at conference centers that are well-served by public transportation.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 15, 2024

media partner of the EMMC, Event Marketer will roll out new education, research and peer-to-peer initiatives for corporate event marketers working across business events, trade shows and consumer activations. As the official U.S.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 19, 2021

” The name AVIXA may not ring a bell with you, but you’re likely familiar with InfoComm, the largest professional audiovisual trade show in North America. It got pushed to June and now is going to this localized, fragmented event instead of being in Barcelona with the normal trade-show presence.

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Event Marketer

JULY 5, 2021

And to support the event professionals making that seismic shift from “freak-out” to “full steam ahead,” we kicked off the first half of the year by delivering the educational resources needed to help fuel the industry’s next chapter. And so the delivery method was just as important to show that we were actually staying ahead of the game.”.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2021

Many in Southern Nevada saw the return to higher leisure occupancy levels as practice for when conventions re-open the trade show doors this month. MPI’s World Education Congress will open at the new 550,000-square-foot CAESARS FORUM conference center the following week. Conventioneers Return. A Strong Comeback.

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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. Las Vegas has also made a grand return while maintaining its title as the number one Trade Show destination.

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