Expo Pass

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Welcome to the wonderful world of webinars! But, you may be asking yourself, “What on earth do we talk about?” No worries. We’ve done the research for you and created a list of the topics people most want to engage in 2023. Get ready to dive into a sea of knowledge and leave your audience feeling inspired and entertained. So, grab a microphone, pour yourself a cup of virtual coffee, and let’s get ready to rock the webinar world!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Event goals are what you aim to achieve before, during, and after your event, and they impact almost everything event professionals do. So what happens when you crush your goals? Well, Ana A. reached out and asked precisely this. She says, “Say an event was successful, reached all goals and objectives, and made the host more money. What would you say the next step for the event is?

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 30, 2023

Much like event professionals, destination marketers are in the business of brand-building, content creation and engaging targets face-to-face to showcase the value proposition of a particular city, state or country. And with an uptick in experiential programming hailing from the tourism industry, there are plenty of crossover lessons to be learned.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Spencer Sherman, VP-Live Content and Events at FaZe Clan; Nick Garrett, Director, GDX Studios Superfans are willing to follow the brands and properties they love across the country, the world, and now, into exciting and challenging new frontiers for marketers, like the metaverse. And with the rise of niche passions, crisscrossing passions, the opportunities to align with new partners and transform your brand’s “fan base” into “a superfan base” are growing.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Skift Take: In today’s pressure-cooker environment, planners want the same immediacy and variety as in their online grocery shopping. GroupSync’s instant booking gives them the faster, smarter decision-making capabilities they crave.

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IMG

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Are you hosting events this year? Here are the event trends for 2023. From Marketing Events to Diversity and Inclusion event experiences, this year’s trends will help you be more impactful and get the most out of every opportunity you have to meet with your team or clients. There is no room to speculate, being more intentional with your events, is the way to achieve your goals.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Managing the conference badge design process for your in-person events is typically a complicated and costly process that requires outsourcing the design, wrangling spreadsheets, mail merge , and templates, followed by endless rounds of approvals. However, there are new event tech tools that can help streamline the process and make it easy for you to bulk-create conference badge designs like a pro.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Skift Take: Creating fully carbon-neutral trade shows may still be a mirage, but exhibitors wanting to cut their carbon emissions can now realistically do so. Here is one example of how to be a green exhibitor.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

At Eventbrite, we’re always looking for new — and effortless — ways to bring people together. After all, as an event creator, you’re busy. In 2022, the average creator held more events than in 2019 (annually, an average 3.1 paid events per creator).

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 30, 2023

Most weekdays, my wife and I join a fifteen-minute online meditation offered by teachers at the Insight Meditation Society. The other day, teacher Matthew Hepburn introduced a dharma practice of meditating, not on one’s breath or body sensations, but on another person. As Matthew talked, I realized that I experience good facilitation listening as a meditation.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you know the Planning Pod team, you know that we build our catering management tools based on what actual catering companies tell us about their operations. When we released our food and beverage tools a couple years ago, those updates were carefully crafted through the process of interviewing real catering industry professionals who roll up their sleeves on the daily to serve people – and our latest launch is no exception.

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EventMB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Skift Take: Montreal’s image as a creative hub owes a lot to C2. The iconic business event plays a key role attracting investment to the city and creative sponsor activations are an important part of how it delivers value.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Despite all the stress; all the horrors; all the cancellations; all the technical difficulties; find out why eventprofs love working in events.

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Eventbrite UK

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Despite all the stress; all the horrors; all the cancellations; all the technical difficulties; find out why eventprofs love working in events.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Louisa Watson, Director of Marketing at Wyboston Lakes Resort and Sustainability Director of beam has been recognised as Sustainability Industry Champion at the prestigious Greengage Sustainability Awards. Louisa Watson commented “I’m completely overwhelmed. This was a marvellous surprise and a wonderful honour for me and for Wyboston Lakes Resort.

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EventMB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Skift Take: Cvent, a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider, is reportedly looking into selling with private-equity firm Blackstone interested.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As we recap 2022 and head into the new year, it’s clear that people want to continue experiencing the magic of events and social connection.

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EventSource

JANUARY 31, 2023

A charming venue surrounded by a beautiful landscape, sunny skies, and a dreamy muted colour palette—Meaghan and Jason’s wedding at Piper's Heath Golf Club is the picture of classically romantic. The bride took the reins to create an effortlessly elegant affair that was also fun and go-with-the-flow – and the results are stunning. Thanks to beautiful details and a day where they had enough time to spend with their friends and family, enjoy the oyster bar at cocktail hour and have a f

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Strong consumer-protection legislation is making its way through Congress in the wake of a couple of very difficult months for the airline industry. Few would argue that the experience of connecting groups via screens is better than the in-person meeting experience. However, far fewer would say that the experience of traveling by air to get to that meeting is better than, well, not traveling by air.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Skift Take: The festivalization of events trend reached a whole new level in 2022 with a private three-day experiential music festival featuring superstar Bruno Mars. Corporations globally are investing in festival experiences as strategic incentives to attract and retain young talent.

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With pandemic concerns receding, how should you structure your organization for the future of work: everyone back in the office, fully remote, or a hybrid approach? The latest research suggests that for enterprises focused on optimizing operational performance (i.e., pretty much everyone)—that’s the wrong question to ask. Different employers are taking different approaches , and doing so successfully.

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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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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As if Las Vegas didn’t already have enough event capital, Area15 cranks it up another notch. Since its conception in September 2020, this venue has brought 40,000 sq. ft. of otherworldly experiences to groups. Now, Area15 just opened two new venues and unveiled news that it will soon expand by more than 450,000 sq. ft., in the form of new experiences, pop-ups and more opportunities to wow your group.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 was held in person in New Orleans. (Courtesy of ASA) Convene editors reached out to a handful of organizations to see how they are incorporating lessons learned from the ways the pandemic affected their audiences, stakeholders, and members into their go-forward strategies. This is the first in a series of stories from the January/February issue of Convene.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Skift Take: Once again, we are looking ahead at how business events are evolving and what event professionals must do to stay ahead of the curve. Join us!

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With pandemic concerns receding, how should you structure your organization for the future of work: everyone back in the office, fully remote, or a hybrid approach? The latest research suggests that for enterprises focused on optimizing operational performance (i.e., pretty much everyone)—that’s the wrong question to ask. Different employers are taking different approaches , and doing so successfully.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

U.S. Travel Association Says Airlines in the United States Are Sub-Par In a new quarterly press conference launched today , the U.S. Travel Association’s videotaped presentation included findings from a new Ipsos Poll field survey: The air travel experience is sub-par for nearly half of Americans: Just one in 10 Americans who have flown by air (13%) rate their overall travel experience as excellent while nearly half (45%) rate it as average or below average Crowds and congestion, flight delays o

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 30, 2023

Better Block volunteers transformed an empty lot (below in story) in Duluth, Minnesota, into a community space (above). Convene editors reached out to a handful of organizations to see how they are incorporating lessons learned from the ways the pandemic affected their audiences, stakeholders, and members into their go-forward strategies. This is the first in a series of stories from the January/February issue of Convene.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Skift Take: The festivalization of events trend reached a whole new level in 2022 with a private three-day experiential music festival featuring superstar Bruno Mars. Corporations globally are investing in festival experiences as strategic incentives to attract and retain young talent.

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