Expo Pass

APRIL 13, 2023

It’s time to meet your new best friend—event sponsorship. This is one of the best methods for saving money, securing must-have supplies, and forging a lasting relationship with impactful partners. It isn’t just about getting what you need, though. When you do it right, event sponsorship benefits both parties. This is a delicate relationship, but with the right road map, it’ll go as smoothly as a text thread with your bestie!

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EventMB

APRIL 12, 2023

Skift Take: At a time when event organizers have to work harder than ever to prove they're really delivering value to everyone from attendees to stakeholders, it's essential to choose a host city where the right connections are easy to make. Discover five ways that a connected destination can make your most ambitious event goals a reality.

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CadmiumCD

APRIL 12, 2023

If you polled a group of event planners, most would agree that event technology can significantly impact the success of an event. There are many reasons for this, including the fact that event management system software provides organizations with a central hub to handle all aspects of their event.

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Planning Pod

APRIL 12, 2023

#Eventprofs – get your Instagram stories ready, because you’re about to see some seriously share-worthy content! Whether you’re looking to amp up your organic social media strategy, gain inspiration for your next event, or just stay ahead of the curve on industry news, these 8 accounts are worth following and engaging with across social networks.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 14, 2023

The Business of Events, the not-for-profit independent Think Tank for the events industry, has extended the deadline of its sector-wide Consultation. It will now close on 30th April. The aim of the Consultation is to gather sentiment among those owning, running, managing, and working in the events industry, which will lay the foundation for a comprehensive Policy Agenda for the sector.

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Attendease

APRIL 14, 2023

Event email marketing is one of the most powerful online strategies you can use to promote events. By sending well-crafted marketing emails you can regularly check-in with your audience, increase registrations , secure sponsorships and speakers, and grow your brand visibility. This guide provides everything you need to consider when creating an effective email marketing strategy for your event.

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IMG

APRIL 13, 2023

72% of the global workforce reported feeling lonely at least once a month 83% of workers see corporate travel as a benefit to their job. 63% of corporate travel managers are excited to host regular company off-site meetings and retreats again. As we move into warmer days, many of our corporate clients have started their company retreat planning process, as part of their company culture and employee engagement strategies.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2023

Contingency plan, A, B & C: iStock Credit: Andrii Dodonov Last fall, two of our consulting clients were scheduled to have their annual conferences in Orlando. In late September, Hurricane Ian pummeled central Florida, triggering a significant number of flight cancellations. Group No. 1 had no choice but to cancel its in-person event. Fortunately, this association had already planned a digital version of the conference to be held four weeks after the in-person event.

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EventMB

APRIL 14, 2023

Skift Take: Lisa Messina, the very first chief sales officer at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, discusses building back the convention market, women leadership, potential headwinds, and the new attractions groups have to look forward to.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 14, 2023

April is Autism Awareness Month, the perfect time for meeting professionals to commit to learning more about how a few simple changes can improve the meeting experience for neurodiverse attendees. As the growing interest in workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion expands, meeting professionals are considering how events can be more inclusive for neurodiverse attendees, including those with autism.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Pádraic Gilligan, chief marketing officer for SITE, will walk attendees through the latest trends in incentive travel and its “awesome, transformational power” at MPI’s EMEC Brighton, 26-28 March.

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Event Smart

APRIL 9, 2023

Surveys have become an essential, if not standard operation procedure, of any event planner. Without conducting a post-event survey, event planners won’t be able to accurately assess the success of their event’s objectives. Furthermore, the data collected from the event survey questions enable data-driven decision-making for event organizers and brands.

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EventMB

APRIL 11, 2023

Skift Take: The meetings industry is evolving, including in its approach to event technology implementation. Having an internal IT team is crucial. Leaving it all to be handled by partners is no longer an option.

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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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MeetingsNet

APRIL 10, 2023

How robust does your event network need to be, and what’s negotiable? Here are some things to consider before signing a connectivity contract. In the past year, Jay Klein planned one event where he was charged $150 for an ethernet line for a week and another where the same-size line was $2,500 per day. Tens of thousands of dollars can separate one hotel’s internet fees from another.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Malinda Harrell says that when it comes to the fight against human trafficking in the meeting industry, one of the key first steps is to unlearn what you think you’ve learned.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

This year’s tax deadline is Tuesday, April 18 but for those late filers or for those self-employed meeting planners just waiting to sign and send, a last-minute check is always a good idea. Some things have changed and some have remained the same. We spoke to Bonnie Lee, an Enrolled IRS Agent whose California-based firm, Taxpertise, specializes in the self-employed.

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EventMB

APRIL 12, 2023

Skift Take: Vibrant online event communities may be difficult to build, but many can help create successful in-person events. They can help drive content, tap into new audiences, and keep conversations real.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 10, 2023

Zoom introduces a new feature called IQ, a “conversation intelligence software” to keep attendees and non-attendees up to speed on a meeting’s content and next steps through A.I.-generated summaries. Online-meeting platform Zoom has partnered with artificial-intelligence firm OpenAI—the maker of ChatGPT—to create Zoom IQ, a feature that tracks the audio, visual, and chat-forum content of virtual meetings and then summarizes topic threads, creates content for post-event emails, and more.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Amanda Armstrong says that as the meeting industry prepares to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) on March 30, it’s important to think bigger than our economic value.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2023

On this episode of What One Thing? Marin Bright speaks to Jade Simmons on what led her to find her purpose in public speaking, playing piano, and a look into her new book Purpose The Remix: A Mind-Blowing Reunderstanding of Purpose and How It Works. The post What One Thing? with Jade Simmons appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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EventMB

APRIL 10, 2023

Skift Take: An estimated $2.6 billion in losses resulted from sophisticated business impersonation scams in 2022, and the events industry is fighting back.

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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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Event Smart

APRIL 10, 2023

Event creators, event organizers, and event marketers know that event invitation emails are hard to write. However, if done right, an event invitation email will lead to successful event promotion. On the other hand, if done wrong, it will lead to a waste of effort and poor return on investment.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Jessie States, CMP, CMM, vice president of the MPI Academy, was honored with IACC’s Award of Excellence yesterday during the IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange 2023 in Durham, N.C.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

An incentive destination for the new generation Any time a hit television show features a distinct destination, meeting professionals get interested and the tourism industry of that location gets a real boost. It has recently been reported that season three of the wildly popular dark-comedy series White Lotus will be taking place in Thailand. According to Dana O’Malley, CEO of Kindred Public Relations representing Aleenta Resorts & Spas, the producers of the hit show say the new season in Th

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EventMB

APRIL 12, 2023

Skift Take: Cisco, Atlassian, and DocuSign are some of Impact Point Group’s clients that will now be part of Freeman’s agency team.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 14, 2023

Event Marketer’s monthly Industry Pulse Survey fielded responses from the experiential marketing community in March on how artificial intelligence is impacting the industry. While most event professionals (86%) say they’re not actively using the technology at present, 75% say they believe AI will change the course of events. (Look out for our next survey in April.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

At the end of 2022, I R.S.V.P.’d for two virtual experiences after receiving press invitations, curious to see what’s on offer for groups and participants with such events.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

Refresh your events with purposeful design and messaging Two of the buzziest industry events showcasing forward-thinking ideas today are CES and SXSW. As producers of events across the world, we have a front-row seat on how brands are bringing their marketing strategies and purpose-driven initiatives to life and witnessed how these two are capturing hearts and minds of audiences, capitalizing on evolving trends and inventing new ways to connect.

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