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Q&A: How One Event Speaker is on a Mission to Support Sober Lifestyles

Event Marketer

It wasnt until Laura Nelson was invited to speak at a womens entrepreneurial conference on a wellness panel, that she realized she wasnt alone in her perception of alcohols role in events. She casually asked the audience for a show of hands of people who consider themselves non-drinkers. And so, it can be very hard for some people.

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Field Report: Things We’ve Never Seen at Trade Shows Until Shoptalk 2025

Event Marketer

Disco balls, a dj, fog and lasers… This wasnt going to be a regular trade show. Whats surprising is that this space, used for just about every trade show here, usually doesnt see anything beyond posters and banners and maybe a few small-scale activations. Mattel, Canada Goose and P&G. And its huge!

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Five Trending Topics Around Sustainable Exhibits and Trade Show Experiences

Event Marketer

Here, we explore trending sustainability news and ideas for corporate trade show marketers: Sustainability Driving Campaigns This year’s CES theme explored stories about green innovations, which led to companies dedicating substantial square footage to their own sustainability stories, green products and partnerships. 30 to Feb.

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Holograms Beam into Events

Smart Meetings

Hologram technology can increase engagement and attract hard-to-get speakers Meetings may be a mostly in-person experience but—as we learned during Covid, with the use of Zoom, Teams and other online video platforms—the use of communications technology has its place in the world of meetings and events. Holograms as Speaker Catcher “The No.

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Mediocrity Is Your Biggest Conference Competitor

Velvet Chainsaw

Your real conference competition is not that event held six months after yours. Today’s technology driven, hyper-connected, instant gratification, real-time world puts you as a conference organizer in a difficult position. Too often our current conference planning processes focus on the greatest common denominator.

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People power dominates as IBTM World reveals line up of groundbreaking speakers

Prestige Events Magazine

IBTM has revealed human connection specialist and award-winning author, Simone Heng , will be a keynote speaker at its flagship IBTM World event. Simone is part of an electrifying line-up of speakers at the leading global trade show who will amplify the unparalleled power of events to offer personal experiences.

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Why people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences

Conferences that Work

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. My post Why don’t meeting conferences pay speakers?