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Structuring Association Sponsorship Programs to Win

Eventmobi

It’s no longer a given that companies that sell to your members will sponsor your association. Bruce Rosenthal, founder of the Partnership Professional Network, explains what you need to know now about structuring association sponsorship programs to win. What are corporate sponsors really thinking? I’ve interviewed a lot of corporate sponsors over the years.

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Taking the stress out of managing your event agenda

Attendease

Managing complex event agendas can be the source of a major headache: making sure that no speaker or venue is double booked, ensuring that sessions are not oversold, allowing attendees to sign up for waitlists, updating attendee-facing collaterals when last-minute changes occur, and the list goes on. What could possibly go wrong? Well, a lot, apparently.

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Event Idea Theft

EventMB

Skift Take: How the request for proposal became a vehicle for the misappropriation of someone else's work. — Sue Pelletier Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

Software testers do peer conferences right! (They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. But first…. …a short history of the peer conference. I first designed and convened what I called a “ peer conference ” in 1992 for a group of IT managers at small schools that eventually became known as edACCESS.

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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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Sustainability experts call for 100% renewable energy at venues

Event Industry News

On 7th September 2022, Hire Space ran their ‘Venue Talk’ event at London town house 41 Portland Place , which showcased their new hybrid equipment and streamed panelists. One important panel discussion tackled the issues around sustainability within the events industry and gave advice to venues on how they can enhance the sustainability of their spaces and events.

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How to Get Sponsors for Your Sport or Fitness Event

Picatic by Eventbrite

Live professional sports reach millions of viewers, but your local softball teams, charity races, and events have great reach too. This makes them an effective outlet for advertising your brand. Building community and raising awareness are what amateur sports do best. Sporting events aren’t cheap, and that’s where sponsorship comes in. Hosting a sports or […].

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Is the Price Right for Your Next Meeting or Event?

EventMB

Skift Take: As costs for just about everything skyrocket, what should meeting and event planners do? Is package pricing the way to go? — Andrea Doyle and Sascha Zuger Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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E-marketing & omnichannel strategies for pharma

SpotMe Blog

Only “27% of global biopharma medical staff say they are developing an omnichannel strategy” (Indegene 2021). That’s not enough. Why? Because without e-marketing and omnichannel strategies, pharma is missing a golden opportunity to enhance HCP experiences across all channels at every stage of the marketing funnel. We recently spoke alongside hundreds of life science industry experts at the Veeva APAC Commercial Summit, Avonax Global SFE & Digital Marketing event, and Pronovea Pharma Summit.

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All the swag your attendees will actually want and will use.

Expo Pass

We’ve all gotten a lot of swag in our days. Some of it we use during the event. A few we cherish for years and years. Some we can’t wait to leave behind in the hotel room! All these experiences with swag got us thinking about what kinds of swag attendees actually want at events right now. Is it all about brand names and “cool” stuff? Or are they looking for fun gear to use out of the office?

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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 EventPro Advantage: Powerful, Customisable Software backed by Unmatched Service

Event Industry News

We are very proud that EventPro Software is a finalist at the 2022 Event Tech Awards under the category Best Venue Booking Solution! We know that it’s challenging for event professionals to choose the right event tech solution when there are so many options clamouring for attention. However, there are four factors that form the “EventPro Advantage”, which we believe lifts us above the crowd.

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Events Cancel as Hurricane Ian Intensifies

EventMB

Skift Take: A slew of meetings and conventions planned for Florida this week had to cancel as Hurricane Ian barrels toward the state. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Crisis Communication: Tips for Event Safety

Event Leadership Institute

The swimming pool of meeting and event safety has a variety of items floating in it, from physical safety and health concerns to climate change and political upheaval. One of the key elements that tie these together is communication. And in the case of event safety and security, it’s crisis communication. One of the advantages of putting together a crisis communication plan (CCP) is how much it can actually relieve the pressure of managing an unknown (or even a known) safety incident.

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Lydia and Victor’s Stunning Tented Wedding at The Millcroft Inn & Spa

EventSource

You will fall head over heels for Lydia and Victor’s sophisticated boho wedding at the stunning Millcroft Inn and Spa. With the help of the oh-so-talented Designed Dream Events , the couple’s lovefest featured a warm citrus palette that contrasted beautifully against a neutral white tent, organic textures, and lush florals. The result was nothing short of a dream (no pun intended).

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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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Analysing audience behaviour at physical events – do you have the tech?

Event Industry News

2020 saw a huge acceleration in the demand for digital platforms as part of the event hosting landscape, due to the crushing effect the coronavirus had on physical attendance. Thankfully for most brands, the demand for physical events has, and continues to recover well, post pandemic. We can assume this is, in part, due to interaction with any physical product being extremely hard to replicate in a virtual environment – as one of the 5 senses, touch is a key part of the marketing mix for many r

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Inside Skift Global Forum 2022

EventMB

Skift Take: It is only natural that a company like Skift has a dynamic event that reflects its brand ethos. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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The Breakdown on International Travel in 2022

Smart Meetings

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. But with the travel industry still reeling from the fallouts of Covid, heavy international travel traffic has been difficult for airports to handle.

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How to Handle the Loss of an Association’s Accounting Software

StraussCA

In today’s world, we rely on technology, software, and automation for a lot of our work. It is no different in the association world, and the need for the right software is paramount in how an association is functioning. Software is essential to an accounting department’s efficiency, speed of completion and reducing costly bookkeeping mistakes.

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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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Your most pressing fall 2022 event industry questions answered

Socio Events

We recently sat down with a panel of industry experts during our Event inspiration: Trends and ideation workshop to discuss the most pressing event trends and challenges, and just like DJ Grafitti , who kept us dancing during the breaks, our Q&A section was on fire ??. Our panelists gave valuable insight into some of your most pressing questions, so we wanted to recap them here.

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The 2022 Fab 50: Recognizing the Event Industry’s Top Builders

Event Marketer

The only editorial listing of the event industry’s best fabrication partners . For the fabricators of the experiential marketing world, the days of waiting for clients to call are largely in the rearview mirror, with shops across the board seeing an exponential uptick in business, sometimes even requiring staffers to work nights and weekends. But after enduring the painful pandemic slowdown, you won’t hear anyone complaining about the extra hours.

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Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing

Smart Meetings

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) President and CEO Mike Dominguez is bullish about the demand for group bookings and the path for building up the capacity to service meeting professionals sending RFPs in a compressed market with shrinking booking windows. His company is filling the gaps in specialty areas to support hospitality clients by hiring specialists.

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How to Make Educational Content More Engaging

CadmiumCD

Video is a powerful medium of instruction in the average learning environment. Nearly 90% of all information transmitted to the brain is visual, which is why educational video content is far more engaging than text or pictures alone.

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Dominate Your Local Market With These 4 Reputation Management Strategies

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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17 Event Email Copy Templates to Engage Attendees

Eventbrite UK

After months of planning your event, it’s time to go live and send out those invites. But we’re all inundated with emails, and no matter how much someone could love your event, the danger is your email may get lost in the crowd. A successful email doesn’t just get opened – it gets the recipient […].

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At Tales of the Cocktail, Campari Focuses on Engaging a Key Influencer Segment: Bartenders

Event Marketer

At Campari Academy, attendees could line up a mentor session with an industry leader. From the Super Bowl to the Oscars, nearly every industry has a tentpole event that shines a spotlight on the best in the biz. Within the spirits industry, that occasion is New Orleans-based Tales of the Cocktail (TOTC). Over the summer, the global conference made its post-pandemic return to live with a range of educational sessions, tastings, networking experiences, activations and awards programming built for

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Adventures in International Meetings

Smart Meetings

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte. “Experiencing new things and offering new perspectives helps people find themselves,” he said.

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Delivering sustainable events with 1 Wimpole Street

Event Industry News

1 Wimpole Street is one of London’s leading conference and events venues. Located in the heart of London on the corner of 1 Wimpole Street and Henrietta Place, 2 minutes from the hustle and bustle of the famous Oxford Street and Regent Street and nestled between Mayfair and Marylebone. We realise our actions have an impact on the environment around us.

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B2B Events in 2023 - What You Need to Know

Get ahead of the curve and stay informed with Zuddl's industry report on the future of B2B events in 2023. Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from leading experts in the field. Make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.

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What’s New With C2 Montreal, The Most Innovative Conference

Endless Events

Event planners and organizers are always considering how to push the envelope of event design. But with progress comes risk, the risk of failure. C2 Montreal is an event known for pushing the boundaries of events and inspiring industry-wide progress. #EventIcons has invited Anick Beaulieu of C2 International to chat with us. Anick is an accomplished event professional.

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3 Reasons to Track Session Attendance at Your Event

ePly

If you knew what your attendees wanted, wouldn’t you do more of it? Don’t just take their word for it, track your event attendance and let the data speak for them. Use attendee tracking to understand the expectations and actions of participants, validate your offers, and prove event ROI. Attendee tracking can provide the data to identify the participant’s journey to registration and the way they interact with the event, providing opportunities for personalization and optimization.

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Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing

Smart Meetings

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) President and CEO Mike Dominguez is bullish about the demand for group bookings and the path for building up the capacity to service meeting professionals sending RFPs in a compressed market with shrinking booking windows. His company is filling the gaps in specialty areas to support hospitality clients by hiring specialists.