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16 Ways Event Planners Can Avoid Burnout

EventMB

Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Skift Take: There’s no magic cure for burnout. The best way to deal with burnout is to know how to identify it and intervene quickly. These tips can help you help yourself or help others. — Julie Moline Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Five Brands Share Event Budget Tips for 2023

Event Marketer

Event marketers today are grappling with the rising cost of event services, extensive shipping delays and labor shortages. While the confluence of these circumstances might signify a perfect storm for another line of business, experiential marketing is a hardy—and nimble—industry prepared to adapt to the state of the economy without compromising the quality of the work.

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Meetings & events industry trends and predictions for 2023

Prestige Events Magazine

From evolving event booker expectations to the importance of the right collaborations for business success, hear the latest MICE trends and predictions for the year ahead from a selection of Custard’s expert clients. Lead times, creative thinking and wellbeing. “Short lead times and conversions will continue to be a theme for business meetings and events in 2023.

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Do’s and Don’ts: Six Tips to Help Justify Attendance at Your Event

Velvet Chainsaw

As we progress through the event industry’s recovery to 2019 levels, conference organizers must have a laser focus on helping potential attendees make their business case for attending their events. The best path for helping them get approval to attend is to ensure that the majority of your education program is aligned to advance business outcomes or results.

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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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3 Ways to Attract Sponsors and Exhibitors for Your Next Event

Eventmobi

It’s hard to host a successful event without sponsors and exhibitors. Unless you’ve got plenty of funding, you’ll need sponsors’ support to bring your event to life. The right exhibitors can boost your event’s name recognition, and help you grow your audience. Here are three methods to draw in more of the right sponsors and exhibitors, and encourage them to invest in your event.

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Show Me the Money: Planning and Budgeting for Today’s Hybrid Meetings

CadmiumCD

As more meetings and events move to hybrid status, meeting planners and association executives are honing their expertise on how to plan, budget and execute them.

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Live vs. virtual events: Which one is best?

Socio Events

If you’re having trouble deciding between live vs. virtual events for your next big corporate affair, you’re not alone. The decision to host either an in-person or virtual event is not one that should be made lightly, because the success of the entire operation may be determined by its format. Some things work better in a virtual format, some things work better in person, and each option comes with its own set of cons, too.

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five ways to make your event more sustainable

SevenEvents

we attended the c&it sustainability forum at convene event space in london. after an insightful agenda, we’re reflecting on how we can create more sustainable events. check out the five top tips we learned below. venue searching. when looking for the perfect venue, sustainability may not always be at the forefront of your mind. but the values of the event space play a huge role in how sustainable your event will be. make sure to ask the venue for their sustainability policy and the energy ef

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Meetings Are Forever Changed, New Data Shows

EventMB

Skift Take: Stressed teams, less demand, the popularity of drive-to destinations, and shorter lead times are among the findings of the Skift Meetings State of Business Events report. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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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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How to Build Lasting Partnerships With Brands, Nonprofits, and Governments

Picatic by Eventbrite

One of the best ways to expand your events’ reach is to find partners that support your vision: big corporate brands, nonprofits, and government agencies can all help you level up. During Eventbrite’s RECONVENE Sessions event Expand Your Reach: Building Strategic Partnerships, three event creators with extensive experience collaborating with brand partners shared how they […].

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The 10 Best Holiday Office Party Games & How to Play Them

Social Tables

Planning an office party for the holidays is no easy feat. The event planner or planning team is in charge of organizing an event that is fun, festive, and affordable. You’re responsible for planning a party your coworkers will want to attend and, even more importantly, a party they’ll enjoy. Luckily, choosing the right office holiday party games can help guarantee that your seasonal shindig is a smashing success.

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Event compliance: busting 5 myths in the pharma industry

SpotMe Blog

Event compliance is a number one priority in the pharma industry. But it shouldn’t be a barrier to innovation. By understanding the event compliance landscape and working with experienced partners, life science companies can use event technology to drive engagement and enhance the experience for both HCPs and KOLs. It’s time to show life science companies that it’s never been easier to follow event compliance rules with hybrid and virtual event platforms.

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Plans Underway for Cincinnati Convention District 

EventMB

Skift Take: Cincinnati lost its bid to host FIFA World Cup matches in 2026, but that is not stopping it from investing in its convention district. — Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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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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20 Ways to Advertise Your Event and Sell More Tickets

Eventbrite UK

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to event advertising. But there are essential channels and tactics that each event creator should experiment with. Here are five you should try.

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Veterans Day, masking, thoughts and prayers, and the ways the establishment deflects criticism

Conferences that Work

Three recent events made me notice the ways our society’s establishment deflects criticism. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Veterans Day, masking, thoughts and prayers, and the ways the establishment deflects criticism appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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How To Increase Event Platform Adoption Rates

Endless Events

Your brand went through the time and expense to set up a unique event platform; Whether it’s a web-based platform or an app, you have tons of fun features, tools, and resources in the platform for your attendees. But when it’s time to host your event, attendees aren’t using the platform. What’s going on? While you can’t force every attendee to use your event platform or app, maximizing adoption is essential to get more value out of your event.

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New Sourcing Tool Tempts Corporate Planning Teams

EventMB

Skift Take: Planners must pay to play for the latest venue and vendor sourcing platform. Investors are betting on slick technology paired with proactive human support will prove popular in a competitive market. — Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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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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Hannah and Steven’s Romantic Outdoor Wedding at Edgewater Manor

EventSource

With wonderful lakefront views, an earthy colour palette, and precious DIY details—Hannah and Steven’s wedding at Edgewater Manor was truly a romantic celebration that was worth waiting for. The couple first met in 2017 at a gathering when Hannah was visiting her extended family in Toronto from Taiwan. Although initially, they were just friends, eventually their true feelings took over, and when Hannah returned back to Taiwan, their long-distance love story began — the struggle was

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20 Ideas for Hosting a More Memorable Award Ceremony

Eventbrite UK

In classic awards show style, here are 5 top tips for staging award ceremonies : and the winners are….

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Why do Event Marketers Receive More Credit and Respect Than Event Planners?

Endless Events

Our conversation today comes from a question sent in by one of our listeners named Genesis. She asked, “Why do event marketers receive more credit and respect than event planners?” . Event marketers and event planners do, in fact, often receive credit, financial support, and recognition differently, which makes this an excellent question. As the Brew Crew will discuss, the reasons for this difference in treatment are complicated and can vary from person to person and company to company. .

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Visual Architects Recommissioned for Kendal Calling 2023

Event Industry News

Event décor and installation specialists, Visual Architects has been recommissioned for services at Kendal Calling 2023 taking place at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District from 27th – 30th July, following a successful, full transformation of the festival in 2022. Last summer saw the Manchester-based company – which transforms events and venues through unique event décor, lighting, and immersive experiences – create original, signature looks and concepts for nine open air arenas an

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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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Meetings Recovery Continues Upward Trajectory, According to New Report

Smart Meetings

Two-thirds of meeting professionals have reported the recovery of the hospitality industry to more than half of 2019 levels and one-third reported having reached beyond recovery to 80% of 2019 levels, according to new research by IACC’s new report, Meeting Room of the Future Barometer Late—November 2022. In the report of 98 global venue operators, Europe (including Sweden, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands) and the Americas are showing encouraging signs of a meetings indu

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How To Start an Event Decorating Business

QC Event School

Do you have a creative flair for event decor? Are you always the one to take charge of the decorations at family gatherings and parties? If you answered yes, then starting your own event decorating business may be the perfect career for you! In this article, we will provide a guide on how to start an event decorating business from scratch – from setting things up to marketing your services and more!

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The Next Generation of Meeting Planners: A Profile

MeetingsNet

In his mid-twenties, Tomell Harbison of Talley Management Group taps into the mindset of fellow young professionals to create association events that appeal to everyone. It seems that most meeting planners get into the business by accident, rather than spending their grade-school years thinking, “When I grow up, I’d sure like to organize professional-education conferences.”.

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How engagement technology transforms events into interactive experiences

Socio Events

After more than two years of getting to grips with virtual (and hybrid) events and meetings, it’s safe to say that attendees now have higher expectations. One-way presentations where we’re staring at a speaker and have few opportunities to engage with the content simply don’t cut it anymore. With a wide mix of events and meetings happening every day, how do you compete for attendees’ time and attention?

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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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A Unique Meetings Consolidation Model Grows

Smart Meetings

Predictions of a mass consolidation of the meetings industry have been swirling since the World Health Organization started advising lockdowns in early 2020 to “smooth the curve” of what was then known as novel coronavirus. The way companies join forces at this point in the recovery may not follow traditional models of hostile takeovers and mass mergers.

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Meetings & events industry trends and predictions for 2023

Event Industry News

From evolving event booker expectations to the importance of the right collaborations for business success, hear the latest MICE trends and predictions for the year ahead from a selection of Custard’s expert clients. Lead times, creative thinking and wellbeing. “Short lead times and conversions will continue to be a theme for business meetings and events in 2023.

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Hotels Chase the Money, Leave Groups in the Lurch

MeetingsNet

Does your hotel contract make it easy for a hotel to relocate your business? Are you ready to respond aggressively if it does? If your hotel contract was written before or during the Covid pandemic, you’d better watch your back. In the current climate where high demand for group space is driving up rates, unilateral cancellations by hotels have become increasingly common—and host organizations are often not well protected by their contracts.

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