Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Maybe it was that one conference you attended, where a speaker spoke to a part of you that you never even knew existed. Inspiration typically comes from well-placed catalysts in our lives.

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Eventmobi

JULY 26, 2022

The CSAE Annual National Conference. CSAE holds their national conference in a different Canadian city every October. The conference is a mix of speaker sessions, networking, exhibitor booths, and evening social events. CSAE has used EventMobi’s app over the past two years for their annual national conference.

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GEVME

JULY 23, 2019

Do you know how to plan a trade show? Use our guide to trade show planning and achieve memorable exhibitions that are organised in a highly successful way. About trade shows & exhibitions. Trade shows are a time-honored tradition among business-to-business (B2B) marketers and event organisers.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 18, 2018

Established, successful conferences have leadership that are usually adept at incrementally improving their event each year. They focus on securing better content and speakers. Ultimately, a successful conference leadership team must focus on creating a customer-centric conference strategy. Needs are elementary and basic.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

They assume that meetings will consist of sessions with speakers on a stage. And good event design is about how a conference works. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Competent logistics are the new meeting minimum appeared first on Conferences That Work. Steve Jobs said, “Design is how it works”.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

edition of Money 20/20, a fintech conference and trade show that took place in Las Vegas, Oct. –Kathryn Frankson, Global Director-Marketing, Money 20/20 Money 20/20 was designed to anchor “serious conversations in serious fun.” ” Sound-off virtual calls? No more, said the creators of the latest U.S.

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Eventmobi

APRIL 14, 2020

Your event flow and interaction between attendees, speakers, and sponsors will be dictated by the capabilities of the virtual event platform you choose. Virtual Event Type: Public Conference. In an in-person format, technology is often peripheral to the hustle and bustle of the on-site activities. You’re planning….

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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. Sava Events, for example, connects whole pages of conference content to the chatbot with a click. That’s changed. A better way to compete. They are popular. when does lunch start?,

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Eventmobi

JULY 13, 2023

Think back: what do you remember about the event speakers from your most recent event? Getting the right speakers for your event can make or break the success of your conference, trade show, or seminar. But finding the perfect speakers can sometimes feel like searching for a needle in a haystack!

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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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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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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. Keeping attendees, speakers and sponsors engaged. Not all brand representatives are strong speakers.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2025

As a keynote speaker on future trends I spend much of my time at events, yet Im an industry outsider. Instead of simply aspiring to do today’s jobs quicker and easier, what if your audiences could generate genuinely useful outputs during their next industry conference or company meeting? Hes right, but he didnt go far enough.

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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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Event Industry News

MARCH 24, 2025

A recent case involving a detained comic creator at the US-Canadian border has sent ripples through the events industry, raising serious questions about the risks event planners face when bringing international talent to conferences, trade shows, and corporate gatherings in the US.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 24, 2019

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. Conference organizers who jumped on the big-data bandwagon are drowning in so much information, they can’t make sense of what changes need to be made. Security is Expensive, but Critical.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 10, 2024

Without a doubt, conference apps are a must-have tool for any event organizer. However, with so many different event apps for conferences on the market, it can be tough to know which one is right for you! What Is a Conference App? Before we dive into providers, you need to know what a conference app is.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Here, we offer a preview of what we’ll explore at the show—tactics and trends that are helping event marketers to level-up their events, campaign strategies, revenue and careers this year. THE EXPERIENTIAL EXHIBIT Trade show strategies, exhibit portfolios, on-the-floor booth experiences—they’re all changing.

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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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Eventmobi

JULY 10, 2023

More than a decade ago, when EventMobi launched, mobile apps for conferences were a revolution. These days, they’re a prerequisite for a fantastic conference experience. With the right conference app, you can: Enhance communication Streamline event management Personalize attendees’ experience And so much more. Networking!

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

Just because you’re hosting a trade show in an exciting new hybrid format doesn’t mean you can’t rely on traditional virtual event elements. One of the big benefits of hosting a hybrid or virtual trade show is that it’s easy to increase accessibility. Pick the low-hanging fruit. Account for accessibility.

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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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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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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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Endless Events

JUNE 26, 2020

?? The Best of the Best: Engaging Your Audience: Virtual Event Speakers – The Ultimate Hacks For Success. One of the posts that I am sharing today is about speakers and the critical role that they play during events. It got me thinking about what exactly makes a great speaker compared to a mediocre one. Make sure you do.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The most authoritative 2019 tech conferences directory on the web. 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. In other instances, summits function exactly like conferences.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 25, 2021

The tricky part about hybrid conferences and events is making them equally as engaging and fulfilling for people who are attending remotely as it is to those who are physically present. Those attending in person can go to workshops, engage with each other, interact with speakers, and ask questions. Trade shows.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

Three and a half months prior to my client’s largest annual trade show, we were notified that the San Diego Convention Center would be unable to host the program due to it being used as a temporary Emergency Intake Site. The week of the conference happened to be an “off week” for the Padres. We got lucky.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. Speakers want to present remotely, and attendees and sponsors are starting to drop off. What if travel policies change, and speakers, attendees and sponsors start to cancel? What if you and your audience and speakers lack experience with hybrid events? Know your audience.

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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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GEVME

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

And as the world rapidly shifted to digital in the wake of the global pandemic, virtual events have become increasingly popular, making it the default format for many of today’s conferences and meetings. What are the benefits of virtual events? Several benefits of virtual events are gaining massive traction among companies and event planners.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

If we look at trade shows (trade fairs or exhibitions, if you prefer) over the past decades, the reality is that not much has changed. Take a look at the following picture of a trade fair back in 1979: National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association Conference & Trade Show 1979.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 14, 2024

Beyond QR Codes Event production company Animatic Media announced a new product this week called Intelligent Content , designed to bring conference content to life. “With Intelligent Content, we aim to redefine how conferences and events engage their audience,” said Scott Frankel, CEO of Animatic Media.

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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. Our industry conferences are the obvious places to provide this education. My contributions to meeting education are Participate!

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Here’s what some people are saying: “ Trade shows are a waste of money.”. “We We are now at the end of the conference era.” . Trade show formats have not changed for decades, as I pointed out. Why does a company like Google need to exhibit at a FinTech trade show? A conference could run over two days.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 9, 2024

We had 102 speakers, 14 performances across three stages, moderated by 28 members of the Bloomberg News media and philanthropy staff. We had speakers including Jay Inslee, Stacey Abrams, Gina McCarthy, Jim Coulter—incredible names on that main stage. So that gave us real science, real inspiration and real conversations that evening.

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