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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.

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Full Coverage: The 2024 Experience Design Awards

Event Marketer

The editors of Event Marketer have unveiled the winners of the 2024 Experience Design Awards, an annual recognition of outstanding event design, innovative builds, interactive tech, and environmental creativity across a wide variety of consumer-targeted and business-to-business event formats.

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4 Ways to Leverage Virtual Event Design to Increase Engagement

EventMB

High production value — including quality event design — is incredibly important when it comes to matching live engagement online, which almost half of eventprofs struggle with when sourcing virtual tech. Here are 4 design ideas from recent online events to enhance the virtual experience.

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New Realms, New Ideas: Virtual Reality Tech Is Transforming Events, Experiences

Smart Meetings

The crux of merging VR media and technology with the event and hospitality industries is in their shared inclination and motivation to effect experiences. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech. VR was a key in the hand of Ford’s event planners. Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech.

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The European Perspective on Event Tech

EventMB

Skift Take: Thorben Grosser, Vice President of Product Marketing at EventMobi, joins this episode to discuss event tech, event design and how to run a successful event tech business in Europe. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Small is the new big—for meetings!

Conferences that Work

As attendee expectations shift, more clients are contracting me to boost connection at large events, where existing tech solutions like brain dates and speed networking often fall short. Meanwhile, small, well-designed events continue to thrive and grow in popularity. You can then grow the event over time.

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Multigenerational Magic: Engaging Diverse Audiences at Events

Smart Meetings

Millennials (born 19811996) look for authenticity, social consciousness, and smooth tech integration in their experiences. When you approach event design with this in mind, you can cater to each generation’s strengths and expectations. Generation X (19651980) values no-nonsense, practical content delivered flexibly.