May, 2019

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The Secret to Fundraising Event Success: Storytelling

Eventbrite UK

According to our Eventbrite Survey, millennials will account for 75% of the UK workforce in a decade and spend over £419,556,233 each month on attending live events. If fundraising events are your passion and your job, this is good news! The interest — and the pounds — are there. The challenge is to cut through […]. The post The Secret to Fundraising Event Success: Storytelling appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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5 Ways to Make Attendees Happy Before Your Conference or Event Begins

Coterie Spark

Hosting a multi-day conference or stand alone event can be a very rewarding and overwhelming process. When you get started on the right foot, everything else becomes much easier. Here are a few tips to help you do just that. Be friendly and thoughtful in your personal contact. This seems like a no-brainer, but you never know when you will meet a prospective attendee.

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How to Make Your Event More Inclusive

eventplanner

Over the past few years, as a society, we’ve become more understandable and respectful regarding the differences that make us human. What matters most nowadays is how open and accepting we are with multiple levels of diversity (luckily!).

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30 Catering Ideas to Make Your Event Menu Stand Out in 2019

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Learn how to make sure your next food and drink event is unforgettable — and Instagrammable. The post 30 Catering Ideas to Make Your Event Menu Stand Out in 2019 appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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Elevate Your Event Experience to the Next Level

In order to create a successful event, you must: Optimize Event Website and Registration Process Utilize Social Media Platforms Effectively Implement Targeted Email Campaigns Harness the Power of Video Content Benefit from a Mobile App Download now and learn how to simplify this process with Eventpedia.

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If You Build It, Will Teams Come?

Velvet Chainsaw

This is the second installment of a two-part blog on team learning. In the first , we looked at why it’s a smart conference strategy. In this post, we’ll explore how to design, promote and execute it for your next conference. Since our work culture is mostly team-based, it’s about time we reflected it in our conference design. Teams that learn together actually implement together!

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6 Tips for Increasing User Engagement on Your Event App

Eventmobi

The success of an event when it comes to attendee satisfaction is mostly based on people’s opinion of it. Hence, increasing user engagement on your event app is vitally important for the event to be truly successful. The event app industry is on the rise, both in terms of revenue and significance. Once upon a time, event organizers would have to create their own app that would help participants understand, connect, and enjoy the events they attended.

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Power in hotel rooms done right!

Conferences that Work

I’m reposting this simple idea for power in hotel rooms from a Facebook post by my friend Kristin Arnold. “Finally!! A smart hotel that put plugs on the head of the bed frame! Way to go Renaissance Atlanta concourse !” Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Power in hotel rooms done right! appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Time Travel: See How Six Wedding Designers Recreated Six Distinct Decades

BizBash

The Southern California chapter of Wedding International Professionals Association hosted a design challenge that evoked the 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

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The 2019 Guide to Event Marketing: Strategies, Ideas, and Examples

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Whether you’re interested in coordinating smaller networking events or large corporate events like conferences, creating an event marketing strategy has serious benefits for your business. But it’s not easy — event planning requires a supreme level of organization, time management, and communication skills that can’t be learned from a book. Whether you’re just starting out […].

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Unlock the Secrets of Event Marketing Masters

The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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Leveraging Team Learning at Conferences

Velvet Chainsaw

Traditionally teams from organizations attend a conference with a divide-and-conquer game plan, as they split up and attend as many different sessions as they can. The challenge with that strategy is that it’s very unlikely any real change will occur when the one team member who experienced the learning returns to work. Will they share what they’ve learned from a session?

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The Ultimate Party Planning Checklist Template

Social Tables

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60+ Tactics to Drive More Attendees to Exhibition Booths

EventMB

Everyone wants more booth traffic, and the task of attracting an audience of qualified prospects falls on both event organizers and exhibitors. If you’re an event planner, you want to ensure your exhibitors’ success. Successful booths mean high ROI, and high ROI means happy exhibitors. Happy exhibitors come back again next year and allow […]. The post 60+ Tactics to Drive More Attendees to Exhibition Booths by EventMB Studio Team appeared first on [link].

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Cancelling an event and what event professionals should think about

Gallus Events

Now, I am sure most of us have cancelled an event or two during our careers. If you only ran events that you KNEW were going to run you probably wouldn’t do much that was innovative or new. So having to cancel an event is in itself not a bad thing, to me it is proving that your failure with this event is an investment in the success of the next one.

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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video

In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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How These Top Event Pros Are Fighting Sexual Misconduct at Festivals

BizBash

A group of seasoned Los Angeles DJs and event planners have created Soteria, a safe-space initiative for large-scale events such as Coachella.

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14 Songs on Every Event Planner’s Playlist

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Music can set — or reset — your mood. And especially when you have a stressful job like event planning, sometimes you need just the right song to rock out to. From pump-up jams to slow beats that calm you down, here are some tunes to add to your event planning playlist. Check out these […]. The post 14 Songs on Every Event Planner’s Playlist appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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Private government

Conferences that Work

As someone who loves to facilitate connection between people, I was struck by this New Yorker profile of the philosopher Elizabeth Anderson. Here’s a quote from her book, “ Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about it) “: “Images of free market society that made sense prior to the Industrial Revolution continue to circulate today as ideals, blind to the gross mismatch between the background social assumptions reigning in the sev

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4 Signs Your Experiential Marketing Lacks Purpose

Marketo Events

From interactive philanthropic experiences to augmented reality, experiential marketing is on the rise, with more brands looking to create memorable experiences for consumers in order to drive sales. According to a 2018 Mosaic and Event Marketer EventTrack study , 84% of brands use events and experiences to promote their products and services to consumers.

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Download Now: 2022 Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template - Enterprise Edition

Download 200+ new RFP questions for hybrid and virtual event technology success. After 10,000 downloads, the SpotMe Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template is the ultimate procurement tool for event technology. This template is ideal for companies looking for a vendor to fulfill their specific virtual + hybrid event platform needs and requirements!

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How Offsite Venues Can Take Your Event to the Next Level

EventMB

This is a sponsored post by Meetings + Conventions Calgary. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. The most fundamental rule of real estate can be just as important for events: location, location, location. An event’s host city can play a pivotal role in attracting attendees. Most event planners will choose a city based […].

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6 Tips for Choosing Your Event App Provider

Event Age by Swapcard

Looking for an event app and not sure where to start? You're not alone. We often hear from event organizers that choosing the right provider is a challenge.

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How to Get Your Attendees to Use Appointment Booking Technology

Eventmobi

As the saying goes, “A tool is only as good as the person using it.”. One of the most popular event technology tools used to increase attendee networking is appointment booking. With this type of technology, attendees have the autonomy to go about networking through their own initiative instead of waiting for networking activities to take place at the event.

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3 Smart Exercises to Help Set Your Base Ticket Price

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Ticket sales are a top source of revenue for 70% of events. That means to survive from year to year, you need to make the most impact with your ticket pricing strategy today. Whether you’re already selling out or your struggling just to sell, you can always fine-tune your price. Here are three foundational exercises […]. The post 3 Smart Exercises to Help Set Your Base Ticket Price appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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Dominate Your Local Market With These 4 Reputation Management Strategies

Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Lindsay Harrison, and Erin O'Brien

Did you know that 4 out of 5 consumers use local search and 88% use smartphones for those searches? With that in mind, I think it's safe to say your online presence is the silver bullet of your business. Think about the revenue you could be missing by not prioritizing local search optimization. Fortunately, there are a handful of steps you can take right now that will immediately impact your business's pace in local search, and we're happy to share them.

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Events operate by stories

Conferences that Work

Events operate by stories. “Our species doesn’t operate by reality. It operates by stories. Cities are a story. Money is a story. Space was a story, once. A king tells us a story about who we are and why we’re great, and that story is enough to make us go kill people who tell a different story. Or maybe the people kill the king because they don’t like his story and have begun to tell themselves a different one.” —Isabel, in Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers I love science fiction

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How to Create Better Networking Moments at Events

Social Tables

Did you know that 85% of job openings are filled through face-to-face networking ? With statistics like that, it’s no wonder why networking events continue to grow in popularity. Here are some great examples of impactful networking events from leading brands along with ideas you can apply to your next affair. Why is networking important? A networking event is an important opportunity for prospective customers or industry professionals to meet, connect, and form lasting partnerships.

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Top Online Event Registration Platforms Worth Considering in 2019

EventMB

What is the best event registration software? This question gets asked a lot. Here are the best online event registration tools for your event. What if there was a quick way to find and compare registration software? Guess what, there is! We have spent the past 7 years analyzing all the top tools, and […]. The post Top Online Event Registration Platforms Worth Considering in 2019 by EventMB Studio Team appeared first on [link].

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Event Wi-Fi Terms Every Event Planner Needs To Know

Endless Events

Learning about event Wi-Fi can feel like learning another language. Often when you try to research event Wi-Fi terms, best practices and more you are greeted with technical papers written by engineers. The articles feel like they are from another world, are very complex and hard to understand. We are putting to an end to now. Today we are covering the most common event Wi-Fi terms you should know as an event planner.

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5 Things Businesses Need to Know to Thrive in a Post-COVID World

People are itching to get back into the world. 54% of consumers say they plan to dine out at a restaurant at least once a week this year. As COVID-19 restrictions ease, the competition for their business is stronger than ever. Download this eBook today to learn how your restaurant can be prepared!

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How to Convert Event Traffic into Web Traffic

EventBank Insights

//blog.eventbank.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/EventBank.png A successful event is one where your audience is engaged and where this engagement translates into the kind of conversions you want to see. For most businesses, that means helping your attendees to go from spectator to committed customer or follower. There are so many ways to boost your event conversions , but a lot of people forget that one of the best is their current website.

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Getting Paid: 3 Things Event Professionals Need to Know About Payouts

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Events are expensive. You have to cover the upfront costs — like paying vendors and securing a venue — out of pocket. But as tickets are being sold, you can have access to that money so you can pay with less stress. Payouts, which are how you get paid for tickets sold on event management […]. The post Getting Paid: 3 Things Event Professionals Need to Know About Payouts appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.

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How to improve your facilitation: an example

Conferences that Work

How can you improve your facilitation practice? Here’s an example that illustrates what I do: a mixture of continual improvement , lifelong learning , and Kaizen. An example from The Solution Room I’ve been facilitating The Solution Room , a popular plenary session, for 8 years. It’s a 90 – 120 minute session that engages and connects attendees, and provides peer-supported advice and support for a current professional challenge chosen by each participant.

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