PCMA Convene
APRIL 9, 2018
Photo Credit Adobe Stock. Why is April 10 Equal Pay Day? It’s not arbitrarily decided to earmark one day each year in April to spotlight the gender pay gap. The date reinforces a point: It takes women nearly four months longer to catch up to a man’s annual salary. Equal Pay Day began in 1996 in an effort to draw attention to the gender wage gap in the U.S., and in the 20-plus years since, the needle hasn’t moved much. .
Plan Your Meetings
APRIL 9, 2018
Last minute event planning is a bad idea for so many reasons. It’s tougher to find venues. The client’s preferred venue will likely be booked. Clients will end up paying more for hotels, resorts and airfare. Planning at the last minute increases the likelihood of errors. In the rush to plan, important details may be overlooked. (CC) Faliq Idrus. The pressure that accompanies last-minute event planning and its twin, last-minute changes, contribute to making event planning one of the most stressfu
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EventMB
APRIL 10, 2018
I think we can all agree, an event with no attendees is going to flop. You want every event you produce to be a sell out. Or at least get a respectable number of registrations through the door, in line with your targets. But how can you attract more attendees, even if you have no […]. The post Event Promotion: 100 Creative (Free and Cheap) Ideas to Try Now by EventMB Team appeared first on [link].
GEVME
APRIL 9, 2018
When looking for new ways to engage employees, corporate event professionals experiment with multiple event formats. From fun incentive trips to spectacular galas, you can align the goals of an organisation with a huge variety of corporate meeting types. The statistic s reveal that corporate event planners will spend 22% more on product launches in 2018 than the previous year.
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Conferences that Work
APRIL 9, 2018
Over the last five years I’ve heard increasing concern from the meeting professionals community about the deterioration of the quality of our national industry conferences. A recent thread on the MECO community (a great resource for meeting professionals since 2006) describes numerous recent basic logistical failings, and points to what I see as symptoms of fundamental problems with meeting industry associations at the national level.
Event Pro Update brings together the best content for event, conference, and meeting planning professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Eventinterface
APRIL 9, 2018
Get ready to reignite your creativity. Guest Robert Evans Wilson, Jr., award-winning writer and speaker shares his top tips and tools for meeting and event planners to be creative. Listen to host Al Wynant and guest Robert Wilson discuss the following: Overcoming creativity block. How to overcome conformity and ignite creativity. How to inspire diverse teams to be creative.
GEVME
APRIL 11, 2018
With the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, businesses around the world must adapt to suit this brand new data protection policy. As the broadest modification in data privacy laws since 1995, the GDPR is going to be a game changer in every industry that deals with data collection. We’ve decided to explore how event businesses should perform effective due diligence today to avoid painful punishments in May.
EventMB
APRIL 11, 2018
This is a sponsored post written by Lori Esposito, Chief Marketing Officer, MeetingPlay. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Today, it’s not enough to create great content, fill your event with vendors, and feature an expansive venue. Your event attendees expect more. Your event has to be extraordinary, and generate buzz that will explode on […].
Eventmobi
APRIL 12, 2018
Today is Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), which is an annual event that brings together leaders from across the meetings and events industry. It’s a time when event professionals can showcase how their events have helped shape the world we all share. Business meetings, conferences, conventions, incentive travel, trade shows and exhibitions have the ability to evolve and enable the way people, business, and communities work together to make a greater impact.
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Eventbrite UK
APRIL 11, 2018
We speak to seven event organisers about the biggest mistakes they have made - and what they now do differently as a result. The post 7 Event Organisers Reveal Their Biggest Mistakes (And Lessons Learned) appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.
Eventinterface
APRIL 9, 2018
Get ready to reignite your creativity. Guest Robert Evans Wilson, Jr., award-winning writer and speaker shares his top tips and tools for meeting and event planners to be creative. Listen to host Al Wynant and guest Robert Wilson discuss the following: Overcoming creativity block. How to overcome conformity and ignite creativity. How to inspire diverse teams to be creative.
EventMB
APRIL 12, 2018
This is a case study sponsored by Meetings + Conventions Calgary. More information about Event Manager Blog’s case studies. Calgary hosted over 700 participants for the International Play Association World Conference and demonstrated the flexibility of the destination by combining outdoor elements with the internal programming for a truly unique event experience.
BizBash
APRIL 11, 2018
Gone are the days of meeting attendees squirming around in uncomfortable conference chairs. Out with bare, boring booth setups at.
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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
Eventbrite UK
APRIL 10, 2018
Discover how you can gain valuable event experience, and support emerging musical talent, by hosting a secret gig for Sofar Sounds in your home. The post Join the Live Music Revolution…Host a Gig in Your Living Room appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.
Eventinterface
APRIL 8, 2018
Event communication is the subject of our latest Event TALK episode. Los Angeles-based Gretchen Hydo, Keynote Speaker, Life and Business Coach, shares her top tips for meeting and event professionals on how to best communicate. Listen to host Al Wynant and guest Gretchen Hydo discuss the following: Top tips for sharing the story of an event effectively.
EventMB
APRIL 9, 2018
Join us for this webinar that will explore best-in-class sponsorship techniques, and teach you how to grow your sponsorship revenue amid shrinking budgets and increased competition. In this presentation we’ll examine the relationship between sponsors, properties, and the event guest; explore strategies to increase sponsorship sales, improve activations onsite and build repeat sponsorships year-over-year.
PCMA Convene
APRIL 9, 2018
In terms of jobs, the meetings and events industry creates more direct jobs than large manufacturing sectors such as automotive, chemicals, and food. The industry also employs more workers than the telecommunications sector or oil and gas. These are among the takeaways of “The Economic Significance of Meetings to the US Economy” report, which updates the 2009 report by the same name, from Oxford Economics, the Events Industry Council, and the Meetings Mean Business Coalition, released in Februar
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Eventbrite UK
APRIL 10, 2018
George Taylor from LS4 Events examines the top benefits of running corporate events. The post The Top Benefits of Corporate Events appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.
Oveit
APRIL 10, 2018
“The only person you should be better than is the person you were yesterday”. This is the thought that gets me out of bed in those mornings when all I want is to turn off the alarm and get back to sleep – we all have this kind of mornings. This quote applies to our work as well. And I had the pleasure of discovering that many of our event planners partners think the same.
Connect Your Meetings
APRIL 9, 2018
Raise your hand if your friends or family member still have no idea what you do as a meeting and hospitality professional? Sure, some of my friends understand, but you all are industry professionals! And we have a holiday to prove it: Global Meetings Industry Day. Listening to my parents describe is sometimes comedic (trust me, they are good intentioned and very proud), but I quickly find myself stepping up on my advocate soapbox and beginning with “Actually, as a meeting professional, I manage
Endless Events
APRIL 10, 2018
SXSW is one of the most iconic events around. It’s a celebration of creativity and provides a platform for creatives to achieve their goals. The iconic event is so successful because there are a boatload of experiences that create lasting memories for attendees, such as HBO’s Westworld experiential event. Today the iconic Hugh Forrest of SXSW joins us to discuss everything an event planner would want to know about the event.
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.
Eventbrite UK
APRIL 12, 2018
Calling all promotors! Manchester-based DJ, James Lang, talks us through why Manchester is the hottest city to run nights. The post Manchester Calling – Why the City is a Hotspot for Promoters appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.
Hubilo Blog
APRIL 10, 2018
EU GDPR is the “Talk of the Town” presently and it is a big step towards giving EU people the right to their personal data. The European government has taken this measure to ensure security measures in today’s digitalized era. The GDPR has many policies which need to be complied by all the organisations which are or will be dealing with EU citizens. .
Meeting Application
APRIL 12, 2018
Augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence are technologies many people will mostly associate with entertainment. This isn’t necessarily incorrect, however, the tech also has many practical, business applications. Various types of events these days have created a perfect platform for some experiential marketing. AR, VR, and AI seem to be the perfect fit with this strategy.
Eventtia
APRIL 10, 2018
A brokerage event is more than one-on-one meetings between professionals. A truly valuable interaction should involve the careful matchup between the networking profiles of your attendees. What does this mean? When attending a B2B matchmaking event, your guests have specific goals and interests. Students will want to engage with potential employers.
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Eventbrite UK
APRIL 9, 2018
Exciting new research commissioned by Eventbrite looks at the millennial approach to event tourism. Check out the top stats. The post Millennial Event Tourism – The Stats appeared first on Eventbrite UK Blog.
Hubilo Blog
APRIL 13, 2018
If you are even meagerly related to the events industry, you surely understand the importance and dread of these two words — Event promotion ! Though it is something extremely crucial and totally inescapable, event organizers often fail to understand its true essence. This leads to a situation where they go haphazard with their marketing and the results end up usually not so good.
PCMA Convene
APRIL 11, 2018
Teamwork starts at the top, according to Martin Lanik, author of The Leader Habit: Master the Skills You Need to Lead in Just Minutes a Day , which will be released on April 17. A sense of interconnectedness and cohesion among work team members is an important part of building a culture of continuous improvement and increasing employee performance and retention, writes Lanik, CEO of leadership-readiness platform Pinsight.
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