Conferences that Work

JULY 13, 2020

How can we entwine content and connection during an online conference? During a MeetingsCommunity (MeCo) discussion thread “ Networking at conferences ” last week, Sharon Fisher posted this. As it happened, I’d just completed facilitating an online conference that I think did entwine content and connection.

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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

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.

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Eventmobi

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With so many moving parts to juggle, planning a conference can seem like a daunting task. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through how to plan a conference from A to Z. What Does It Take to Plan a Conference? But how long does it take to plan a conference? The first key to success is to start early!

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Video live streaming of events is simple to set up, easy to use, entertaining to watch, and most importantly accessible by all. There’s lots of potential for using this technology to live stream in-person sessions to a remote audience at your event. The Legality of Live Streaming Your Event.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

You’re a few months away from what you hope to be a show-stopping event for your association’s members. While you can hardly wait for the day to come, you know there’s still a lot to get done in the meantime—from locking down the perfect venue to developing attention-grabbing marketing materials that drive registrations. IT Specialist.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 20, 2021

The key to event success? Audience engagement is supported by virtual conference ideas that enhance how your event attendees absorb information. Audience engagement is supported by virtual conference ideas that enhance how your event attendees absorb information. Need the latest information on taking events hybrid?

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

This is the third in a series of blogs posts, written collaboratively by our team, which uncover lessons learned in advising dozens of our clients on their events in the time of COVID-19. The timing of recovery is going to be dependent on consumers and businesses having confidence that our cities and venues are safe again.

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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?

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Attendease

AUGUST 20, 2024

Creating an amazing attendee experience is the key to a memorable event. The answer lies in mapping out the complete event attendee journey. An attendee journey map is a visual representation of all the interactions and experiences your attendees will have before, during, and after your event. Why do you need one?

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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.

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Event Farm

JULY 8, 2022

To ensure that your attendees return to your conference year after year delivering a memorable event experience is key. This is why “Reimagining the Conference” was the perfect topic for Part 4 of our virtual workshop series on Crafting the Event Experience. Watch the Replay Find Out What Makes Your Attendee Tick.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 9, 2022

Meeting Expectations specializes in designing and executing strategies to achieve event and association management goals. The Event Goal. For their annual ‘Spotlight on HR’ conference, the Meeting Expectations management team wanted to set a new record for member adoption and engagement on their Event App. The Back Story.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We are pleased to announce that Attendease has been shortlisted for five categories under the Event Tech Awards 2020. The Event Tech Awards recognizes the achievement of companies delivering outstanding digital and technological solutions to the events industry and it takes place in London, each year. Best Conference Technology.

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Attendease

JANUARY 28, 2019

Back in 2015, I introduced five trends I expected would have a major impact on making events stand out. Did mobile event apps, iBeacons, event analytics, interactivity, or gamification have the impact I’d predicted they would? What new trends have eclipsed them in the event space? Mobile Event Apps.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

September 2021 — Are in-person events COVID safe? I strongly desire to be able to safely return to facilitating and attending in-person events. I have two broad concerns about Freeman’s summary of research “Inside LIVE: The data you need to navigate the Delta variant for events” on the safety of in-person events.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 , I sat down with Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea on LinkedIn Live for an hour’s deep dive conversation about peer conferences: the participant-driven, participation-rich events I’ve designed and facilitated for over thirty years. Peer Conferences Unveiled—The Transcript! Here it is—enjoy!

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

We have recently concluded our first 3X30 Live Talks Series with event expert guests. In our last conversation, we discussed hybrid event agenda design with guest Mahoganey Jones, CEO & Founder at Event Specialists. Hybrid events have been around for a long time, they were here pre-pandemic. Hybrid Event Technology.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

As I prepared to review the venue’s meeting spaces, room set options, and traffic patterns, I thought about how, today, competent logistics are the new meeting minimum. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. I have a pile on my desk as I write this.

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The MICE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Frankfurt Airport Marriott Hotel and Sheraton Frankfurt Airport Hotel & Conference Center represents the first dual-brand concept for Marriott International. Top choice for large events in Europe The location of both hotels is highly strategic, because it offers easy accessibility for international events.

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Eventmobi

MAY 18, 2020

We asked event professionals from all over the map how they have modified their businesses to accommodate the new considerations brought on by the pandemic. My goal has been to take a deep inhale, pay attention to what has been happening, and to see what the proper pivot needs to be in the event world.

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Event Farm

JUNE 9, 2021

Events are coming back but planning an event looks nothing like it used to. Venue and governmental regulations keep changing. Event budgets were the focus of part IV of our virtual series on Pandemic Compliance and Safety at Live Events. Part I: Public health and event safety best practices.

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Attendease

MAY 25, 2022

Event websites are an extremely powerful marketing tool for promoting your upcoming events. They provide potential attendees with detailed information about the event while educating and entertaining them along the way. More importantly, event websites are a great way to boost your event registration !

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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. But if you aren’t careful when planning your event, it can also lead to unanticipated environmental harm. According to MeetGreen , the average conference produces 4.17 Image Source ).

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Social Tables

JUNE 17, 2024

What makes a conference venue “unique?” Unique conference venues are not your traditional meeting spaces; they stand out. Although they look and operate like separate businesses, many breweries, art galleries, museums, arcades, and restaurants host high-quality corporate events. Create more memorable marketing.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2021

With many organizations actively planning for an upcoming in-person conference or tradeshow, now is the time to make firm decisions for your attendee-experience, staffing and safety plans. We recently held a webinar featuring leaders from two large associations that have held face-to-face events in recent weeks. Hybrid, or Not.

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IMG

AUGUST 25, 2023

Searching for venues in Los Angeles for your next holiday party can be quite an adventure. Whether it’s a holiday party or any other special event, we’ve curated a list of 10 remarkable spots that will captivate your imagination. But worry not, because we’ve got you covered!

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The new year is well under way, and all of us in the event space are watching out for the new trends that’ll continue to influence our work throughout 2019. It could be that shrinking budgets are occurring because events are being asked to compete against the greater number of channels in today’s marketing landscape.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 4, 2024

When planning a conference or other large event for your association, determining how to engage attendees from start to finish is essential for success. At the same time, you want to make sure your event comes across as professional and represents what your organization stands for.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

East London is now home to Last Days , an exciting new venue collection group rethinking how we use underutilised spaces. From conferences, awards shows, to immersive pop-ups, their collection of versatile venues is designed to inspire and bring people together. For bookings or more details, head to www.lastdays.london.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Butlin’s, the UK’s leading destination for fun-filled events, is taking its Conference & Events offering to the next level with brand new menus designed to meet the evolving expectations of corporate clients. Mealtimes are a key opportunity to create shared experiences. .”

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 17, 2020

With EventMobi’s 1:1 video meetings feature, it is now easier than ever for attendees to connect at your virtual event and have meaningful conversations with each other or with sponsors and exhibitors. When planning a virtual event, one of the key questions is how to best facilitate effective online networking.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The meetings and events facilities at the Celtic Manor Resort have been renamed the Ian Edwards Conference Centre to celebrate the memory of the venue’s long-serving Chief Executive Officer, who sadly passed away last month.

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GEVME

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The idea of organising events virtually was always the second choice in pre-pandemic times. However, virtual events took the industry by storm during the pandemic. That’s why knowing the virtual event benefits is useful. That’s why knowing the virtual event benefits is useful. The answer is yes.

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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.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 12, 2024

I learned about them when I presented at The Religious Conference Management Association annual conference in 2014, and I’ve written about what meeting designers can learn from religious services. However there isn’t much academic research into event management, so I was happy to discover Ruth Dowson and Daniel H.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

The UK’s leading sales and marketing consortium has seen three new venues join the membership over the past few weeks, continuing the trend for unique, independent and diverse venues who see the consortium as a natural partner to support their business.

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