Eventmobi
MAY 26, 2020
Image via Instapage. Monetizing your virtual or hybrid event is easier than you think – there are many ways you can help your sponsors, partners, and exhibitors extend their reach and create valuable connections with your attendees in an online event format. We’ve put together this handy guide to help you understand how you can easily offer great value to your partners and monetize your next virtual or hybrid event.
BizBash
MAY 28, 2020
From branded PPE to bumper tables, here are some creative decor products and ideas for future in-person events.
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EventMB
MAY 27, 2020
Virtual events have been taking off during the coronavirus pandemic, bringing with them a mix of relief and trepidation. If there’s one silver lining, it’s that attendance rates for virtual events have been multiples higher than their live counterparts. Here's what you need to know to capitalize on the increased reach. The vast majority […]. The post Virtual Events: How to Take Advantage of Higher Attendance Rates by Victoria Copans appeared first on [link].
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MAY 27, 2020
Eventbrite Kicks Off Pride Month with NYC Pride, SF Pride and other Global Icons The modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement, from Pride celebrations to the very narrative of coming out, is built on leaving isolation behind to find community and togetherness. But in this era of social distancing, Pride festivals around the world have been forced […].
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Velvet Chainsaw
MAY 27, 2020
I am getting a little overwhelmed by the many predictions that so-called experts are sharing about the future of face-to-face meetings. The range of opinions–from wild optimism to frightening pessimism–is exhausting to wade through. The news cycle of 24/7 pandemic coverage, conversation and debate has obscured the fact that travel and meeting attendance are not always decisions made by companies but by people.
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EventMB
MAY 26, 2020
We spoke to Dr. Brian Labus, epidemiologist and health sciences expert at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to prepare event professionals for the challenges of the next few months. The future looks daunting, but there are safe ways to go back to business. The event industry is buzzing with a heated debate about […]. The post Epidemiologist Says the Future of Events Will Be Small and Local by Julius Solaris appeared first on [link].
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MAY 27, 2020
“The first Pride was a riot” is heard so often that it’s become a cliche. More than half a century after the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, the phrase stalks every corporate-branded Pride commemoration — a reminder that before this era of widespread social acceptance, LGBTQIA+ people had to break society down before building it […].
Event Industry News
MAY 27, 2020
Festicket surveyed over 110,000 festival-goers to find out how comfortable they feel about returning to live events once the lockdown has been lifted. With over a third of the world currently in some form of lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the live events industry has taken a huge hit. But what about when the lockdown is lifted? Festicket surveyed over 110,000 festival-goers from countries such as the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands to find out how comfortable they feel about r
BizBash
MAY 28, 2020
As Memorial Day Weekend marked the unofficial start of sweet, sweet summertime, we're taking a look back at last year's envy-worthy events.
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EventMB
MAY 29, 2020
Whereas household names such as Eventbrite and Cvent took significant hits in the past few months, virtual event technology companies are thriving. Many report that they can't keep up with demand and others are securing massive rounds of investment. While some event tech giants are buckling under the economic strain of the events industry […].
EventSource
MAY 25, 2020
The Basics. Name: Christina McKenzie. Company: the cocoa cakery. Years in Business: almost TEN!! June 2010-2020. Let’s get down to Biz. So how’d you get into the biz? I (so stereotypically) got watching Cake Boss, and thought, “I can do that!” and tried my hand at a few cakes to practice before my oldest daughters first birthday. That was February of 2010, and by June I was selling cakes to friends and family and had started working on a website.
Event Industry News
MAY 29, 2020
What should ballrooms look like when we are all back to meeting again? Meeting planners no longer have to worry about figuring that out. A new event-tech tool could smooth the return to meeting by making it easy to plan room layouts that take each region’s safety rules and recommendations into account. Event-planning platform Allseated announced its new Physical Distancing Tool today.
PCMA Convene
MAY 27, 2020
Velvet Chainsaw Consulting’s Sarah Michel, upper left, talked with Colleen Creighton, executive director of the American Academy of Suicidology (AAS), and bottom, Jonathan Singer, the AAS board president about the association’s successful digital meeting. Back in March, as the annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS20) — scheduled for April 23-25 in Portland, Oregon — approached, the outlook, from board and conference program chair Jonathan Singer’s point of vi
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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
SmartMeetings
MAY 28, 2020
How are you handling the shift to virtual events? While the meeting landscape is different, it’s also the same. McNeel Keena, vice president of product management at Cvent, talked about the implications for planners of this and much more in the latest Smart Meetings Accelerator, “ Best Practices to Accelerate Your Pivot to Virtual Events.”. For instance, he also shared insight into how to keep your attendees engaged in the virtual world.
Endless Events
MAY 27, 2020
So, let’s talk about virtual event sponsorships, shall we? As we all know, sponsorships have been the industry’s holy grail of revenue for years. They’re a safe way to ensure money is coming through the door, and planners have dedicated a fair chunk of their time to perfecting the art of negotiating good sponsorship deals. That is, of course, up until the moment the industry saw itself facing an unprecedented challenge.
Event Industry News
MAY 26, 2020
Birmingham 2022 has released the names of local businesses it will be working with over the next two years, providing a timely boost for the region’s marketing and creative services sector. Despite the difficult climate caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Birmingham 2022 is continuing to appoint new suppliers and is focusing, where possible, on awarding contracts to businesses based in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Stova
MAY 29, 2020
You know the feeling.you're in the thick of planning an upcoming event and are trying to figure out what new engagement formats to use to excite your guests. But a wrench has been thrown into the mix: this event is virtual. Now, you have to think about what event formats are available, will they be engaging enough, will attendees participate in them?
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Eventsforce
MAY 27, 2020
Want the lowdown on all things event tech? In your inbox, every week. . China has been one of the first countries to bring back live events since the pandemic took hold of the global economy – and many are watching closely to see what kind of new preventative measures future events will need to put in place to protect attendees and keep them safe. One such measure is the use of body temperature scanners – which is one of the many interesting news stories we cover in our technology round-up thi
SmartMeetings
MAY 28, 2020
Editor’s note : The lawyers quoted in this article are not providing legal advice. If you are seeking legal advice, consult with a professional. When you begin planning in-person meetings again, the last thing you want is for an attendee to suddenly become ill and blame you for it. In the post-COVID-19 world, you must protect yourself not only physically, but also legally.
Hubilo Blog
MAY 23, 2020
Most events hosted across the globe have only a finite revenue stream, sponsorship in most cases is the highest contributor to earnings that an event does. For years now, event professionals have figured how and what to demand sponsoring any physical event, but due to the current crisis posed by the pandemic events are now pivoting to virtual. The virtual ecosystem is new to most people; especially various brands that sponsored events as part of their event marketing strategy.
Event Industry News
MAY 29, 2020
Frankfurt/London, 28 May 2020. The Strategic Alliance of the National Convention Bureaux of Europe has released the results of a study on “The Impact of Coronavirus on Europe’s Convention Sector”. The analysis, prepared by Tourism Economics, aims at providing a constructive narrative of the meetings and conference sector’s pathway through the crisis, towards recovery, and has developed three scenarios to reflect the possible range of outcomes from this crisis.
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Endless Events
MAY 29, 2020
?? The Best of the Best: Know The Difference: Virtual Event Platform vs Virtual Event Production Company. Trends… But Make It Virtual: 2020 Virtual Event Trends. ? Want to dive deeper into these trends? Will is hosting a webinar LIVE this Friday all about the virtual event trends of 2020. Register here! A Virtual 3-Day Weekend ??. Hello again!
SmartMeetings
MAY 27, 2020
How will attendees know it is safe to attend meetings again? More to the point, how can you as a meeting planner help people feel confident about gathering? Hosts Global brought together industry experts to share best practices for doing just that through their #MeetWithConfidence talk Series. From F&B to security and sustainability, these conversations and accompanying checklists will empower event professionals to take the steps required to return to meeting safely.
EventSource
MAY 25, 2020
2020 will definitely be a year to remember. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a unique set of circumstances for everyone, especially those planning their weddings. If the pandemic has forced you to rethink your plans and postpone your wedding, you’re not alone – and once you have dealt with the emotions of postponing your wedding, you need to let your guests know what is going on.
CadmiumCD
MAY 27, 2020
It’s the big day. Only a couple months until your conference and time to launch your event website. Your heart is tied into knots and a rush of anxiety bubbles into your chest as you hover over the publish button. You grip the mouse with white-knuckles then hear the sound of a left-click as if your finger had a mind of its own. “Well, this is it,” you sigh.
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PCMA Convene
MAY 26, 2020
TED is one of the many formerly face-to-face events lining up speakers, such as Susan David, for their digital programming. Event organizers have been navigating many challenges in the fallout from COVID-19 and the switch to digital events, and one question has been particularly pressing: What’s the right strategy for hiring and paying professional speakers?
SmartMeetings
MAY 26, 2020
An interactive, 3-D world that hosted 12,500 engagements in one day and a full curriculum of learning, sharing and a little bit of jogging doesn’t happen overnight. In the case of PlanetIMEX , which launched the third week of May, it took just over two months. The virtual space that was created resembled a cluster of colorful geometric islands that would not be out of place in a theme park.
Glisser
MAY 26, 2020
With the inclusion of the new powerful and innovative translation of Wordly.AI , the robust Glisser platform can now deliver real time translation with both audio and text in up to sixteen languages, including Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Already an industry leader in presentation technology, the latest partnership makes it possible to connect and engage with a global audience, no matter which language you’re speaking.
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