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5 Mistakes You'll Make When You Create an Event Website

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Event planners have a misconstrued idea about what an event webpage should look like. Many believe that creating a webpage is merely publishing event information and letting the attendees sort it out and decide what's relevant on their own.

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New Passport & Real ID Rules for 2025

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Skift Take: Planners need to be aware of several passport and visa changes in 2025 and to communicate them to attendees before time runs out.

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Football Sponsorship: How 18 Brands Blitzed Fan Engagement this Season

Event Marketer

Plays have been called, flags have been thrown and victories have been clinched throughout this pro and college football season, and amid all the action, brands have been looking to score points with the fans. From sailgates to luxury bathroom trailers to germ zones, heres how sponsors played the field. ALTEC LANSING The industry is progressively making concerted efforts to support neurodiverse attendees through event touchpoints like tranquility lounges and sensory kits.

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IAEE Expo! Expo! Put on a Show for Show Organizers in LA

Smart Meetings

For many meeting professionals, taking a well-deserved breath after a year of planning large conventions, attending the International Association of Exhibitions & Events (IAEE) Expo! Expo! is an annual tradition. This year was no exception. An estimated 1,700 attendees passed through the West Hall doors at Los Angeles Convention Center the second week of December.

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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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Civil Rights in Atlanta- A Legacy of Courage and Transformation

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Atlanta, Georgia is often hailed as the cradle of the Civil Rights Movementa city where history, leadership, and unwavering resolve intertwine to reshape the nation’s conscience. Rooted in a legacy of African American resilience and progress, Atlanta is a beacon for social justice and human rights. Its landmarks, institutions, and key figures inspire generations to champion equality and dignity for all.

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Special Report: 8 Essential Trade Show KPIs

Stova

DETAILS Discover essential strategies for maximizing trade show impact with our comprehensive report! From lead generation and ROI to innovative approaches like AI-powered networking, this resource is loaded with insights to help event organizers tackle todays biggest challenges. Unlock creative solutions to streamline processes, elevate exhibitor experiences, and achieve measurable results.

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Best New Year’s Eve Trends of 2024

Smart Meetings

From the thousands, no, millions of celebrations around the globe that will ring in the new year, what are the best takeaways for meeting profs? We scoured the web to find the grandest, the wildest and even the wackiest ways we Earthlings will greet the arrival of our latest revolution around the sun. These we distilled into four megatrends to tuck into your to-do files for an OMG event in 2025.

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Effective Email Marketing Strategies for Associations

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As we head into a New Year, its important for associations to review its current email marketing strategies and see where it has excelled and where improvement may be needed. By reviewing the current strategy, associations can ensure its email marketing efforts are effective and impactful, current to members needs and trends, and aligned with the associations communications goals.

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How to Build a Smart Event Data Strategy to Maximize ROI?

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Skift Take: Crafting successful events isnt just an art but also a science driven by data. A smart event data strategy can help you optimize every stage to drive better engagement, smarter decisions, and higher ROI.

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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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The List: Your Accessible Meeting Checklist

SmartMeetings

Is your meeting accessible? Heres what to consider There are a lot of boxes to check when youre trying to make a fully accessible meeting. Weve gotten pretty good at ensuring venues are ADA accessible and that events offer sign-language interpreters and audio transcriptsbut we can do even better! Below, youll find some of the most common things attendees are asking for now, with further resources to boot.

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New and Renovated: Most Anticipated of Openings of 2025

Smart Meetings

The most anticipated openings of 2025, alongside big plans for brands, show how hospitality continues to evolve. New and Renovated Hotels Reflect Top Trends 2025 is a year to get excited for. With a host of exciting new hotels slated to open throughout the next 12 months, plus some major strategic visions in the works at major brands, the opportunities for every style meeting are boundless.

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Nine snippets of wisdom for 2024

Conferences that Work

Here are nine old and new snippets of wisdom that spoke to me at some point in 2024. And a bonus at the end “Leadership is no longer part of a job description: something anointed on the chosen few. Leadership is a role to be adopted when needed, and then passed on when the need has gone. It’s a dynamic thing, moving around the organisation, reshaping the organisation as it passes from individual to individual, team to team.” “Is your organisation irrelevant?

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‘Tis The Season – Convene Turns Meeting Venue Into a Christmas Market

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Skift Take: With rising demand for immersive, large-scale holiday experiences, Convene has created a ready-made corporate holiday party solution at its Sancroft, St. Pauls location in London.

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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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Best of 2024: Experiential

Smart Meetings

Experimentation is what drives any industry forward, and events are no different. Throughout the year, several event production experts and meeting professionals showcased, discussed and ideated about experiential events. Event Case Study: Walmart Experience at CES 2024 This was Walmarts first appearance at CES. The executives at the company attended the event with the idea to show CES attendees what the company has accomplished in the technology world.

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Best of 2024: Incentives

Smart Meetings

The power of incentive trips cant be overstated they can be just the morale boost your group needs. From the properties available to the experiences offered (including one of our own), in 2024 we shared numerous ideas and resources to get the ball rolling for your next incentive trip. All-Inclusive Incentives: Stormy Waters or Smooth Sailing? Incentives can be easy on the walletif you know where to look out for.

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Best of 2024: Event Tech

Smart Meetings

How event tech helped planners create better events in 2024 The secret sauce of any significant event is ultimately the event technology, which adds the finishing touch to the visual aesthetic. Whether it is the lighting, the video component or the AI app integration, every element shapes an events structure. Below are some top stories we produced in 2024 to help planners improve their event design with the technology we have at our disposal.

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Smart Travel: Japan Airlines Hit by Cyberattack, Transylvania Opens Hotel of Ice, UN Tourism’s Collaboration with Austria Deepens and More

Smart Meetings

In search of a mind-blowing incentive that will leave attendees in awe? Try Romanias Hotel of Ice, where guests indulge in a winter wonderland, surrounded by breathtaking landscapes. Plus, thanks to a December 10 agreement by the European Council, youll be able to seamlessly tack a few extra stamps on those passports. Stressed about San Franciscos hotel strike and how it will impact an upcoming meeting?

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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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Best of 2024: F&B

Smart Meetings

Food and beverages can make or break an event, often leaving a lasting impression on attendees. Was there variety? Was the food well-prepared? Did the flavor profiles shine? Were mocktails offered alongside cocktails? These details matter. To help event planners deliver memorable culinary experiences, Smart Meetings has compiled a list of essential food and beverage stories from this past year to help planners leave their attendees stomachs satisfied.