Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. Trends PCMA and CEMA announced enhancements to Spark , a generative AI tool for event professionals, including the ability to identify viable destinations and venues.

Trade Shows 110

Trade Shows Healthcare 2024 Financial 110

Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Nearly every conference and trade show professional is searching for that perfect virtual platform or pricing model for replacing lost expo revenue. In the February 2019 issue of Convene, I wrote about Why the Sustainability of the Trade-Show Business Model is in Question. Virtual Expo Truths. Corporate Booth.

Sponsorships 476

Sponsorships Trade Shows Social Media Advertising 476

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.

Trade Shows 172

Trade Shows 2022 2017 2018 172

Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Organizations are making tough decisions about how to–or even whether to–move forward with their upcoming conferences and expos. While some have made the decision to cancel their f2f events, many others are forging ahead. The post [WEBINAR]: Should You Move Ahead with Fall In-person Events?

Trade Shows 370

Trade Shows 2016 Sponsorships 2021 370

Picatic by Eventbrite

JUNE 13, 2022

A cultural event, professional conference, trade show, or home and garden show can attract both local attendees and visitors. For an event creator, it’s important to tap into current travel trends in the event industry, including what attendees want to see when they travel to an attraction.

Travel 370

Travel Trade Shows Conference Transportation 370

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.

Contracts 437

Contracts Financial Negotiating 2021 437

Eventmobi

JULY 26, 2022

The CSAE Annual National Conference. CSAE holds their national conference in a different Canadian city every October. The event is three days long and focuses primarily on educational topics that equip attendees with the skills to be leaders in the not-for-profit sector. Meet the Person Behind the Magic. The Challenge.

Event Apps 323

Event Apps Trade Shows Speakers Conference 323

Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Corporate event planning is notoriously labor-intensive, with planners often reinventing the wheel for each new event. Yet, putting on a seamless, branded event experience is essential for driving sales, cultivating relationships, and elevating your company’s profile. What is Corporate Event Planning? The good news?

Corporate Events 368

Corporate Events Event Planning Negotiating Trade Shows 368

Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

2020 helped to accelerate the rapid development of enhanced virtual event technology, and adoption rates have never been higher. Despite this progress, many still aren’t taking full advantage of what may be event tech’s greatest asset — hard data, or the information behind informed decision making. The software does that for you.

Trade Shows 387

Trade Shows Events 2020 Marketing 387

Event Marketer

DECEMBER 15, 2024

One of our favorite perks of covering trade shows is exploring whats happening around the exhibit floor throughout the year, tracking next-level innovation in translating business objectives to immersive storytelling and, frankly, just getting our minds blown. For a deep dive, check out EMs Event Measurement in the Age of AI report.

Trade Shows 86

Trade Shows 2024 Sustainability 2025 86

Event Marketer

MARCH 15, 2024

Both of those are true—sometimes—but as companies of all sizes adopt the 2050 net zero climate goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, they’re starting to take real steps across their events and exhibits. Cue in several wide-reaching initiatives and credible action on the show floor. 30 to Feb. Priceless, indeed.

Trade Shows 116

Trade Shows Sustainability 2024 Transportation 116

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. Demonstrate the Value of the Event After the event, who are you reporting to: your boss, clients, investors, or other stakeholders?

Social Media 369

Social Media Financial Trade Shows Events 369

Conferences that Work

JANUARY 18, 2021

Why people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences : Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian — in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. Industry providers of goods and services.

Conference 248

Conference Meetings Speakers Trade Shows 248

Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Skip to content Menu Solutions Interactive Floor Plans Collaborative event sales software that increases qualified leads and drives direct revenue. Event Diagramming Collaborative event management software that saves time, boosts revenue and drives loyalty. Discover some of 2021’s top event planning conferences: 1.

2021 193

2021 Event Planning Conference 2020 193

Event Marketer

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. ASTOUND Group has appointed Adam Lewis as senior director of technical services, with a focus on enhancing in-house a/v and event production capabilities. The agency ranks No.

Trade Shows 103

Trade Shows 2025 Food and Beverage Sustainability 103

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 use of online events, by all types of organizations, has grown by leaps and bounds. Please take part in the survey now.

Conference 195

Conference Trade Shows Management Meetings 195

Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

While there are a number of disruptive forces that will impact the future of trade shows, the biggest risk has to do with how much buyers and sellers will trust the environments we create. When we think about conferences and expos, trusting the idea scores strong. Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene.

Trade Shows 306

Trade Shows B2B 2019 Sustainability 306

EventMB

JUNE 25, 2020

A growing number of countries are reauthorizing large professional events including trade shows, conferences, exhibitions, and congresses. Here is a list of events moving forward in the third and fourth quarter of 2020, and early 2021. The post What Events Are Going Ahead Despite the Pandemic?

Trade Shows 254

Trade Shows 2021 2020 Conference 254

Eventmobi

APRIL 14, 2020

Achieve Virtual Event Success. While many planners haven’t yet had the opportunity to run a virtual or hybrid event, pivoting from an in-person to virtual format offers new opportunities to engage your attendees and sponsors, while extending the reach of your event. In a virtual format, your event tech will take center stage.

Conference 201

Conference Social Media Sponsorships Trade Shows 201

Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements. But I feel frustrated that so many opportunities to improve our events are going to waste. No related posts.

Food and Beverage 422

Food and Beverage Meetings Meeting Design Site Selections 422

EventTechBrief

APRIL 18, 2019

Event management software (EMS), which automates the tasks associated with planning a conference, has been available for at least a quarter century. It developed Sava Events , a chatbot-first event management software platform. By Michelle Bruno. Spice Factory elected to move in another direction. A better way to compete.

Event Management 198

Event Management Conference Management Speakers 198

Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s difficult to determine what to include — and not include — when collecting attendee data at the time of conference registration. In the spirit of making it easy to say “yes,” session sign-up should be delayed until 30–45 days prior to the conference. One best practice for conference registration?

Airlines 294

Airlines Trade Shows Conference Consulting 294

EventMB

AUGUST 20, 2024

A conference focused on female founders would seem like an accepting place for babies, wouldn’t it? Elena Brandt, the founder of a market research startup called Besample , was excited to attend the Y Combinator Female Founders Conference 2024 , in August. The conference featured successful female speakers that I wanted to hear from.

Conference 172

Conference 2024 Trade Shows Meetings 172

Eventmobi

JANUARY 10, 2024

Without a doubt, conference apps are a must-have tool for any event organizer. In fact, an overwhelming 91% of event organizers claim event apps are crucial to their success. Even attendees themselves enjoy using event apps and consider this technology an integral part of their event experience.

Conference 195

Conference 2024 Event Apps Speakers 195

Event Age by Swapcard

JULY 1, 2024

Attendee engagement is critical for building meaningful relationships, boosting brand visibility, and driving business results at your trade show, exhibition, or conference. High engagement levels translate to more leads for your exhibitors, increased ROI, and a memorable event experience for all participants.

Conference 147

Conference Trade Shows Events 147

Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2021

Our clients and leading industry associations (for example, PCMA’s latest glimpse or our industry’s future, the business recovery dashboard ) are turning their attention to future hybrid and face-to-face (f2f) events. Our participants indicate that some leaders want to return to their live events essentially as they were pre-Covid.

Trade Shows 397

Trade Shows Sustainability Financial 2021 397

GEVME

APRIL 9, 2018

When looking for new ways to engage employees, corporate event professionals experiment with multiple event formats. The statistic s reveal that corporate event planners will spend 22% more on product launches in 2018 than the previous year. What are the other types of corporate events over which so much fuss is made today?

Corporate Events 240

Corporate Events Trade Shows Corporate Meetings Entertainment 240

Attendease

AUGUST 7, 2020

The shift from in-person road shows and trade shows to online programming has presented several challenges for event management professionals: Finding the right technology to support digital event management. We’ve put together this list of ways to make your online event memorable. During Your Event.

Speakers 370

Speakers Trade Shows Consulting Events 370

Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 24, 2019

Your guidepost for event-technology decisions should be to put your customer’s experience before your staff efficiency. As the event-tech space continues to evolve with a number of mergers and acquisitions, I see four changes coming for larger annual conferences. #1. Security is Expensive, but Critical. Overwhelmed by Big Data.

Event Tech 362

Event Tech Tech B2B Event Technology 362

EventMB

APRIL 8, 2022

Eighty-four percent of business travelers plan to take at least one trip to attend conferences, conventions or trade shows in the next six months, according to a new survey by the U.S. The return of in-person meetings and events — and business travel in general — is a welcome sign after more […].

Travel 209

Travel Trade Shows Conference Events 209

Attendease

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We recently spoke to Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey, CEO at Nifty Method , about the concept of all-in-one event management software, why this concept is flawed, and what approach can tech providers and event planners take. Here are some key takeaways from the conversation with Lindsay, where she debunks the myth of all-in-one event tech.

Event Management 356

Event Management Management Food and Beverage Tech 356

Expo Pass

JANUARY 25, 2023

An event planning conference! These events give you the chance to make real connections with like-minded people, learn from industry experts, and come up with fresh new ideas. In this article, we share our list of event-planning conferences in 2023 that you won’t want to miss out on! The Event Planner EXPO.

2023 148

2023 Event Planning Conference Trade Shows 148

EventMB

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Skift Take: Visa processing delays have prevented some international attendees from participating in trade shows and conferences. There is an effort underway to help, but what will a looming government shutdown mean to visa issues? Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

Trade Shows 200

Trade Shows Government Conference Events 200

EventMB

JULY 31, 2019

More information about the Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Events, conferences, and trade shows are huge investments for businesses that can have a significant impact on business opportunities and revenue growth. This is a sponsored post by Jifflenow.

Marketing 196

Marketing Trade Shows Sponsorships Travel 196

Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

Oakland event prioritized DEIB education MPI Northern California Chapter’s Annual Conference Experience moved to Oakland Marriott City Center from its traditional home in San Francisco this week with a new format. Consider religious holidays when mapping out event calendars. Picture the run of show, literally.

Trade Shows 98

Trade Shows Education Banking Tourism 98

SpotMe Blog

JULY 25, 2021

With the world heading back to some sense of normalcy, many companies are anxious to include in-person components to their virtual events again, and vice versa, to create a hybrid event experience. Read on to learn more about hybrid events, examples to get you inspired, and tips to help you transition from virtual to hybrid. .

Social Media 279

Social Media 2021 Trade Shows Marketing 279

Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

If you want to breathe new life into your conference, and increase relevance for next-generation attendees, start with this kill/change list. The more trade show floors can be learning and nurturing destinations, the longer they will thrive as a component of your program. Invitation-Only Events. Annual Business Meeting.

Meetings 307

Meetings Trade Shows 2017 Financial 307