Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 31, 2017

Over the past decade, there have been significant upgrades and newcomers in the event technology space. These solutions claim to increase revenue, streamline processes, drive attendance, improve the attendee experience, provide data/insight and/or deliver ROI. There are several hundred event technology providers competing to win your business. When you consider varying pricing structures, functionality, and built-for-purpose options, choosing the best solutions is no easy task.

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Event Farm

MARCH 1, 2017

This is the second part of a three-part blog series with tips for engaging attendees before, during and after events. If you missed the first post with 10 tips for engaging attendees before events, you can read it here. Otherwise, keep reading to check out our list of tips for in-event engagement. 1. Use a social wall. Projecting a live-stream of your event’s hashtag on large screens throughout your venue will encourage attendees to share more.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 20, 2017

My first public gig as a musician was at David Bowie’s Beckenham Arts Lab. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Related posts: Scenes from a peer conference—part 2 Since 2012, I’ve had the privilege of designing and facilitating the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference. It’s an honor to work on a classic Conferences That.

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EventMB

MARCH 8, 2017

No shows and non-attendance are one of the biggest frustrations for event planners. This mega list of 50 tips will help to boost numbers and avoid wasted places at your events. You scan your event room proud of the job you did organizing and then what do you see? Empty chairs peppered in throughout the […]. The post 50 Pro Tips to Reduce Event Non Attendance by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Eventinterface

MARCH 13, 2017

Selecting event technology can be a daunting experience. There is much to consider. The wrong decision can cause a lot of headaches during the planning and execution process of your conference or event. In this post we are sharing our top 5 tips to keep in mind when researching and choosing your event technology platform. 1. KNOW YOUR GOAL. Before researching event technology you should have a good idea of why and how you want to implement a tech platform for your conferences and events.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 6, 2017

Your real conference competition is not that event held six months after yours. Nor is your competitor time, money and resources. Your real competitor is mediocrity to paraphrase authors Karin Hurt and David Dye. You’re In A Difficult Position: Look Backwards Or Forwards For Programming? Today’s technology driven, hyper-connected, instant gratification, real-time world puts you as a conference organizer in a difficult position.

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Event Farm

MARCH 14, 2017

Just as your marketing team leverages different types of content in order to achieve different goals—writing blog posts to grow top-of-funnel leads, for example, and creating case studies to help convert middle-of-the-funnel prospects—you can similarly use different types of events to reach different objectives. But events typically require more time, money and resources than other marketing channels, and you want to make sure you're extracting the most value from each event you host.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 13, 2017

How do we get people to participate at meetings? We know that participants — people who are active learners — learn more, retain more, and retain more accurately than passive attendees. They are also far more likely to make valuable connections with their peers during the event. Seth Godin describes a desirable meeting mindset: What would happen… if we chose to: …Sit in the front row.

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EventMB

MARCH 27, 2017

Rising early can start your day the right way, make you more productive and boost your career above the rest and here’s how you get there. We’ve all heard of the early bird getting the worm. While night owls can have increased creativity, studies also show that they procrastinate more, making them less productive. Additionally, […]. The post 10 Things Event Planners Should Do Before 9am by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Social Tables

MARCH 8, 2017

Pulling off a successful event is a team effort – it’s impossible to do it all alone. By surrounding yourself with a team of professionals that have demonstrated their knowledge and expertise, you are helping to ensure the success of your event. Let’s take a look at what it takes to put together a great team. The Key Players. Any kind of event is made up of several teams of people, led by those known as key players.

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Eventbrite UK

MARCH 22, 2017

Costs savings, better strategy and new approaches to execution are just some of the benefits of zero-based budgeting. Find out if it's right for your event. The post How to Manage Event Costs with Zero-Based Budgeting appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 17, 2017

I’ll admit that in 2011, when the Virtual Edge Institute (now called the Digital Experience Institute) first co-located its conference with the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders, the experience fell flat for me. At the time, a mere six years ago, the fledgling for-profit entity that wagered its future on the potential of virtual meetings staged sessions that were too heavily weighted toward the online audience in the verbal communication and moderation by the spe

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Event Farm

MARCH 9, 2017

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a combination of festivals, conferences and exhibitions that celebrate the intersection of the interactive, film and music industries. The event is hosted annually in Austin, Texas, and typically spans 10 days—this year, the event will kick off on March 10 and last until the 19th. Last year , SXSW attracted over 72,000 attendees, and the group of A-list speakers included Barack and Michelle Obama , Pat Benatar, and T-Pain.

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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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Conferences that Work

MARCH 27, 2017

In 1975, I was stricken with viral meningitis while attending a conference in the former Yugoslavia. While spending ten unexpected days recovering flat on my back in a Split hospital, my only reading matter was an English translation of Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching. Perhaps it’s not surprising, considering the circumstances, that Taoism stealthily and permanently insinuated itself into my psyche.

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EventMB

MARCH 17, 2017

Are you trying to figure out how to incorporate more event technology on a small budget? We have some ideas to help. Everybody loves tech, right? You may hate learning how it runs or setting it up, it but most event attendees love a tech-laden experience for the oohs and ahhs factor. But tech doesn’t […]. The post 10 Ways to Bring More Tech to Low Budget Events by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].

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Guidebook

MARCH 31, 2017

Over the past several months, Guidebook won numerous awards for its innovation and leadership. It’s amazing to see and also very humbling to be nominated alongside companies including Google and others whose impact is unquestioned in the industry. It’s not just Guidebook that’s winning — our customers also gained recognition for their leading-edge mobile apps in service of their students, employees and other audiences.

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Eventbrite UK

MARCH 21, 2017

Celebrities can leave a great lasting impression for event goers. Here's how to find the perfect celebrity for your audience and budget. The post The Ins and Outs of Booking Celebrities for Events appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 28, 2017

Ok, admit it! You’re good at the details. You have an eye for minutia. You live and breathe by the motto, “A place for everything and everything in its place.”. You wear as a badge of honor that the devil is in the details. You take great pride in creating a sense of order out of chaos. However, your love affair with control can also stunt your conference growth!

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Event Farm

MARCH 6, 2017

This is the third post in a three-part blog series with tips for engaging with attendees before, during and after events. If you missed the first or second posts, which were about engaging with attendees before and during events, you can check them out here and here. Otherwise, keep reading for 10 tips to engage with attendees once your event has ended. 1.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 6, 2017

Many believe that meetings are an unpleasant evil that sucks time and energy away from getting things done. That’s unfortunate, because meetings — when done right — are one of the most powerful business tools for creating the action outcomes that stakeholders and participants want and need. Over the years I’ve learned through painful experience that blindly doing something, anything , before thinking through what I could be doing and how I might be doing it, was invariably a recipe

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EventMB

MARCH 13, 2017

Do you wish you could bring more creative approaches to your events with greater consistency? Stop thinking that creativity is a mystical beast and start seeing it everywhere with these tips. Creativity is the lifeblood of any event planners’ career. Without it, your events fall flat, your attendees are uninspired, and clients will go elsewhere. […].

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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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Planning Pod

MARCH 1, 2017

Hybrid events are those that have two distinct audiences – one live in-person audience and another virtual online audience – and they have been on the rise over the last few years. In fact, it is estimated that 26% of all meetings in 2017 will be hybrid events, and with the rapidly growing popularity of Facebook Live , this number will undoubtedly jump in the next year or two.

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Eventbrite UK

MARCH 1, 2017

Nick Gold, the MD of Speakers Corner, shares his experience to advise you on how to choose the best speakers for your event. The post 7 Things to Consider When Choosing a Speaker for Your Event appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2017

Imagine designing your next conference or annual meeting from scratch around content instead of picking up the template you’ve been using for years and tweaking it. Not just your education programming, but your breaks, meals, even your exhibit hall (which we advocate for evolving into a solutions center, including changing the name). “Please stop designing content for events and start thinking about designing events for the content.

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Event Farm

MARCH 23, 2017

This post was originally published on Attend by Event Farm 's blog and was written by Garrett Huddy. Why does your company host events? Your event strategy, like all other marketing activities, should ultimately be designed to build pipeline and drive revenue. As marketing and sales teams morph into revenue teams with shared goals, marketing has started to start thinking more like sales by tracking success in pipeline and opportunities instead of just lead generation and awareness.

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Event Planning BluePrint

MARCH 7, 2017

Many event planners have a hard time valuing our event expertise, especially when it comes so naturally to us. . It can be even harder when we’re first getting started or we’re not sure how to create value for our event clients. In today’s episode of EventPlanning BlueprintTV, Alex Cheung of Toronto Special Events Network joins me. . Create Value For Your Event Clients.

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EventMB

MARCH 14, 2017

Event professionals need to stay on top of current trends. Not doing so can place their client list in jeopardy. Are you doing any of these 10 things? If so, it’s time to let them go. A former boss of mine came of age in the late 70s and early 80s. You know the years […]. The post 10 Old Event Tactics It’s Time to Ditch by Christina Green appeared first on [link].

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 30, 2017

In a perfect world, strong attendee turnout would be a guarantee, but unfortunately that’s far from the reality. Selling potential attendees on the value of the event is the first hurdle. Then, once guests are registered as attending, getting them to the event is the next obstacle. Poor weather , illness, appointments, work and traffic are just a few of the things that can stand between the attendee and your event.

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