Eventmobi

MAY 23, 2024

Oftentimes, conferences include keynote speakers and workshop sessions, each designed to educate attendees. This kind of conference often features multiple speakers, who each present information on related topics. In fact, conference organizers usually plan symposiums around central themes to promote cohesion. Absolutely!

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GEVME

MARCH 9, 2022

Acing your event promotion strategy is often a challenging task. You may have an outstanding line-up of speakers for your event, a repository of informational content for attendees, a strong agenda and everything in between. But to create a buzz about your event, you need a solid event promotion strategy.

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Bursting with experienced event industry leaders, the event’s ninth outing will feature dedicated roundtable and workshop sessions on Protect Duty, safeguarding, flexible working practices, festival operations, and a panel session delivered in partnership with GL events UK on how to value engineer your event.

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Expo Pass

MARCH 22, 2023

By the end of this article, you’ll feel ready to tackle the biggest, most high-class events in the biz! Start your event planning by outlining your purpose for the occasion. Use that to make decisions about advertisement, venue design, speaker selection, and even catering. Have a back-up plan. Define your goals.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Negotiation experts share tips for building win-win event contracts The ROI is in the details when drafting a vendor contract. A win-win contract allows everyone to feel that their biggest risks are covered and they can partner in good faith to execute confidently while working creatively to deliver the best event possible.

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Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2019

When you start planning an event, one of the first things you should do is figure out your event planning timeline. The next time you start to plan an event, consider using this helpful guide to create an event planning schedule that works for you. What is a long-term event planning timeline?

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

Event planning consistently ranks as one of most stressful jobs in the U.S. Whether planners find themselves forced to work with difficult personalities, try to juggle juxtaposing requests, fix event planning mistakes, or balance dozens of last-minute event changes, event planners have plenty of reasons to feel stressed.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Being an event planner, event manager, or event marketer is a difficult job that demands a lot of energy and knowledge, but many of us are drawn to it because it is – above all else – rewarding. But how does one prepare for a career in event planning? Event planning is an umbrella term.

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 30, 2020

Select the event date(s) and time(s). ? Create a marketing plan and timeline. ? logo, tagline, event description, benefits, etc.). ? Identify and begin to confirm speakers, presenters, hosts and/or other entertainers. ? Continue the marketing and promotion plan to encourage registrations and/or ticket sales. ?

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 29, 2019

Guest safety, as worked through in conjunction with the event. Spread of information, especially regarding event details for guests and protocol for staff. Speaker and performer training, if required. Public relations outreach, as such outreach may be stipulated in speaker and partner contracts.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 17, 2018

Keeping all of those details in your head will result in constant mental chaos and present unnerving stress on event day. Be ready to work with speakers and entertainers. You will definitely need some space on your checklist for booking speakers and entertainers. Create a chart of event-day logistics.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Your event budget becomes your guide throughout the event planning process to help you make key decisions. Creating a detailed and realistic budget template goes hand-in-hand with a successful event. All good event professionals know the first step to making sure nothing gets left out is to start with a checklist.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said. Pineda is working on true hybrid events with every session streamed live to thousands across the world. Others are recording speakers and offering virtual programming weeks later with experts available for questions.

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Socio Events

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Event planning is full of surprises, which is why it pays to be ten steps ahead. Whether it’s marketing to attendees and driving registration or establishing a budget and securing a venue, event planners need to navigate a host of responsibilities—each one as important as the last. Before you start planning. Download now.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

There’s no room for that in event planning. The cornerstone of a successful event is a dream event planning team where everyone has a role to play and eagerly contributes to the success of the event. It’s impossible to put together an event on your own. Selecting speakers, sessions, and topics.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Ask 4 nonobvious questions to find your dream speaker for a virtual, hybrid or F2F lineup. What do we want the audience to think, feel, do and/or believe as a result of this event? In the same way that this question generates your overall event design, it’s also helpful when selecting a speaker. Andrea Driessen.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 5, 2019

The backbone of every successful event is a team of people who work tirelessly, often after hours and behind the scenes, to make it happen. Below are five common event-planning mistakes that I have seen during my career — and a few tips on how to avoid them so that all does go well. Not Planning Early Enough.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2022

Speaker and coach Rich Bracken built on the lessons for managing mindset by sharing tricks to assuming the role of DJ of your own life. Her shorthand for when times get tough: AFA, Always Flexible and Adaptable. A mindset that can stretch when pulled almost to the breaking point is one that can live more in the “House of Glad.”.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We are basically project managers, but unlike technology projects, you can’t move the deadline and unlike before 2020, you can’t let contracts sit.”. Meetings consultant Jeff Calmus, a former vice president of global event management for MetLife, agreed about the importance of managing up. Choices, Choices.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 29, 2019

Guest safety, as worked through in conjunction with the event. Spread of information, especially regarding event details for guests and protocol for staff. Speaker and performer training, if required. Public relations outreach, as such outreach may be stipulated in speaker and partner contracts.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 24, 2017

Everyone loses when speakers run long. Recently I watched a talented speaker (and friend) Patrick Henry deliver a fantastic presentation called “Be Re-memorable.” He was the fifth speaker that morning (way too many—right?), It’s easy to blame the speaker. sp We’re All in this Together Hosting events is a partnership.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2022

Speaker and coach Rich Bracken built on the lessons for managing mindset by sharing tricks to assuming the role of DJ of your own life. Her shorthand for when times get tough: AFA, Always Flexible and Adaptable. A mindset that can stretch when pulled almost to the breaking point is one that can live more in the “House of Glad.”.

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Eventsforce

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The emergence of the Omicron variant has put plans on hold, or at least reignited that sense of uncertainty. We spoke to three tech-savvy event planners asking them: How, or if, their event planning has been impacted. What effect this has had on their event production. as far in advance as we normally would.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 25, 2019

As an event planner, you’re juggling a dozen or more balls. You’re dealing with vendors, speakers, performers, caterers, marketers, the media, you name it. Airtable is an excellent resource for event managers who need to track attendees, press releases, or marketing materials. There must be an easier way, right?

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Guidebook

JANUARY 8, 2024

Managing events is stressful. You need an event planning checklist to support you from beginning to end. From picking a venue and speakers to ensuring you’ve sent out thank you notes and running a post-event debrief, there’s a lot to think about. We suggest tailoring your checklist to fit your event.

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Guidebook

JANUARY 8, 2024

Managing events is stressful. You need an event planning checklist to support you from beginning to end. From picking a venue and speakers to ensuring you’ve sent out thank you notes and running a post-event debrief, there’s a lot to think about. We suggest tailoring your checklist to fit your event.

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GEVME

JUNE 13, 2018

Explore the client’s interests, discuss the conference vision with the client, and start planning accordingly. Catering to each event stage, we’ve developed a conference event planning checklist template that you can use and can customise based on your requirements: Before a conference. Create a dedicated conference page.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 15, 2018

In the technological era, where we all have moved onto Google lists and Keep , planners also require one such generic event planning checklist of tasks that can come in handy to them during the events. A comprehensive version of the write-up ensures that the event planning is correct and up to date.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Meeting and event planning is a highly stressful, fast-paced occupation. The general rule of thumb is there is an eight-week time frame for a small event (200–400 attendees), around a four-month frame for a medium-size event (400–800) and six months to a year for a large-scale event (800 or more). Stress level: .

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Guidebook

MAY 16, 2023

It surprised many people when Forbes Magazine listed event planning as the fifth most stressful job. So why does Forbes list event planning so high? Event planners have to work for months to get everything in place for an event that will at most occur over only a few days.

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Attendease

MARCH 19, 2024

We’ll also dive into how event management tools make your life easier through automation, cloning, and cross-team collaboration. Read on to learn how to scale your corporate events program successfully! Multi-Event Planning and Organization Thorough planning and organization are crucial when running multiple events at once.

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Social Tables

JUNE 12, 2024

Planners may rely on one or two vendors for smaller events, like a business luncheon, while food vendors may make up as much as 5% of the total attendee count at massive outdoor events (e.g., Some of the most sought-after event vendors include: Venue managers. Willing to collaborate In event planning, teamwork is everything.

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Planning Pod

APRIL 12, 2020

The same can be said for event planning. If you try to create an event that makes all audiences happy by including every idea and activity under the sun, then it doesn’t have any clarity and won’t resonate with anyone. Step 4 – Assemble a crack team of event professionals.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Do you ever feel like an icy snowball the size of a ballroom has fallen on your perfectly planned event, forcing you to scramble to protect everyone while making everything look perfectly natural? Sometimes, the projectile comes in the form of a volcano, hurricane, rogue audio visual technician, speaker or guest.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Hybrid events were designed around the in-person experience, with live streams of speaker presentations tacked on as a bonus feature. No one knows for sure when face-to-face event restrictions will be lifted — or how long they will stay that way. How can event planners cater to both groups simultaneously?

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Event Farm

OCTOBER 11, 2016

This is a guest post from Sarah Hill, a professional blogger and creative content writer at Group Se7en Events , a leading event management and event planning agency in London. If you work in events, it comes as no surprise that being an event planner has been voted in numerous polls as one of the most stressful jobs.

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EventMB

JUNE 2, 2022

For many planners, all the bells and whistles of new tech might seem unnecessary, since the core logistics of event planning can be covered with a tried and tested toolbox. After all, it may feel second nature to juggle multiple Excel files and chase down speakers, sponsors, and staff with email after email.

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