Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A budget is a detailed forecast of what will be happening financially at your event. It helps control your expenses and revenues, and measures the success of your meeting or event performance. When building your event budget, it’s best to determine what financial success means for your event and how you want to measure it.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. The three other meetings did not share historical attendance data.).

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Skift Take: The financial services and professional investment sector presents a valuable market for virtual event tech, provided vendors can support the sector's very specific needs. Skift Meetings Studio Team Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In today’s market, meeting-planning companies are asked to do more for their clients with less. The post-pandemic surge in meetings coupled with concerns around inflation and a labor shortage have all contributed to an environment where independent planners have to operate at their best but with fewer resources, including smaller budgets.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 18, 2021

Why people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences : Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian — in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. My post Why don’t meeting conferences pay speakers?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. They want to feel as though they have a role in choosing their own meetings journey.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Of course, event KPIs can vary from basic attendance numbers and financials to more far-reaching topics like post-event visibility. However, if you planned for 500 attendees and only 200 showed up, you likely will want to seek areas of improvement for the next time around so you can meet your targets and “wow” a larger crowd.

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EventMB

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Zoom’s stock valuation took a bit of a dive after hours Monday afternoon as the financial world reacted to their projection that 2022 […]. The post Zoom Moves to Meet Slowing Growth With New Products for Enterprise Clients by Eileen Wennekers appeared first on [link]. A new business model hopes to turn that around.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 26, 2018

Conference and meeting professionals like action when planning their events. The current conference state of affairs and financials dominate discussions about next year’s event. The post Meeting Professionals Anxiously Want To Start Their Improvement Planning Process Yesterday appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 21, 2024

This type of help from businesses can provide crucial support in the following forms: Financial: The most widely-known type of sponsorship is a company donating money to fund an event. They should genuinely care about your event’s success and want you to meet your goals. Does the main point of contact respond promptly?

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2023

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Event planners are experiencing sticker shock from rising costs for audiovisual, food and beverage, and other direct meeting expenses.

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Attendease

JULY 3, 2024

Sales kick-off meetings (SKOs) are vital for driving success in your company’s sales team. When done well, sales kick-off meetings foster unity, inspire confidence, and reignite the passion that fuels top performers. Keep reading for 13 creative event ideas to engage and inspire your sales force at your next sales kick-off meeting!

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Attendease

JULY 3, 2024

Sales kick-off meetings (SKOs) are vital for driving success in your company’s sales team. When done well, sales kick-off meetings foster unity, inspire confidence, and reignite the passion that fuels top performers. Keep reading for 13 creative event ideas to engage and inspire your sales force at your next sales kick-off meeting!

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EventMB

AUGUST 20, 2024

There isn’t a single definition of “luxury” for hotels and meeting venues, but attendees recognize it when they experience it. Skift Meetings partnered with the Grand America Hotel, a top-tier property in Salt Lake City, to produce this report, highlighting strategies for achieving a truly luxurious experience.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent survey conducted by The Eastside Rooms clearly shows that travel-based financial incentives play a significant role in international and domestic destination selection for PCOs. When asked if “ travel-based financial incentives from destinations impact choice of destination?”:

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2025

How to Help MICE Colleagues With the full extent of damage from the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires still being evaluated, many in the meetings and events industry are stepping up to find meaningful ways to support those impacted. 20-23) The Society of Thoracic Surgeons STS Annual Meeting (Jan. 24-26) TheFitExpo Los Angeles 2025 (Jan.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 13, 2025

Having registrants not show up has become a big problem for the meeting industry, especially for free events. For event conveners, this is at best dispiriting and at worst financially disastrous. Could no-show fees work for the meeting industry? Have you tried or experienced no-show fees at a meeting? Your thoughts?

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 15, 2021

Our roundtable of leading association event pros continues to discuss their challenges in applying solutions to these risk factors (financial, member affiliation and health and safety). I question if the synchronous hybrid meetings, as many envision now, are sustainable. Innovation and change require commitment and fortitude.

Trade Shows 397

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 13, 2020

Over the past few weeks in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, I’ve listened to hundreds of people share their feelings at online meetings I’ve led and joined. Here they are, from the perspective of the many meeting professionals I’ve heard. Yet I am also hopeful.

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Financial Meetings Conference Technology 314

Attendease

JULY 5, 2024

Softrax’s definition of account hierarchy notes that this structure aims to ease financial reporting, analysis, and management. When financial data is organized in a logical and consistent manner, it’s easier for event management teams to understand their financial status for better budget creation and decision-making.

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Attendease

JULY 5, 2024

Softrax’s definition of account hierarchy notes that this structure aims to ease financial reporting, analysis, and management. When financial data is organized in a logical and consistent manner, it’s easier for event management teams to understand their financial status for better budget creation and decision-making.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 11, 2021

For each domain, I’ll include examples of meeting processes you can use to satisfy participants’ problem solving wants and needs. Research a potential client’s financial background? For more information on how to do this, see my book Event Crowdsourcing: Creating Meetings People Actually Want and Need.).

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

. “The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) makes humongous amounts of money from its journal and meetings, but spends very little on helping its members, while treating overseas researchers with indifference bordering on disdain.” ” —Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, Has the Society for Neuroscience lost its way?

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EventMB

JULY 25, 2024

Skift Take: Event and publishing giant Informa has big plans to expand into the marketing and financial technology verticals. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Attendease

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A board of directors may keep finances organized by approving budgets, monitoring the nonprofit’s financial health, and ensuring proper financial management and reporting. For fundraising events in particular, have board members reach out to previous or potential major donors in their networks to ensure you meet your goals.

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EventMB

AUGUST 19, 2024

Meeting planners have been seeing more “Open to Work” badges on LinkedIn and hearing from colleagues who left in-house jobs to start their own firms. An Extension of a Team After 24 years as a financial event specialist with a top Fortune 100 company, Carlin Putnam is one of those planners.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Knowland’s report on year-over-year events growth says Nashville’s meetings scene jumped more than 30 percent in September. Its meeting-volume report for September was released October 5, and it shows growth for the events industry is strong. Here are the other high-percentage growth cities, and the industries driving it.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Skift Take: Business Events are booming in Sydney, according to BESydney’s latest financial report that reflects the destination’s strength as an incentive market. Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

Financial 184

Financial Marketing Meetings Travel 184

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

. “The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) makes humongous amounts of money from its journal and meetings, but spends very little on helping its members, while treating overseas researchers with indifference bordering on disdain.” ” —Dorothy Vera Margaret Bishop, Has the Society for Neuroscience lost its way?

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An important aspect of event management is finding the right sponsors who can provide the right financial assistance needed to pull off a big event, in exchange for brand exposure. Sponsors make events financially feasible, keeping ticket prices reasonable, ensuring the implementation of the latest and the most innovative event tech.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 14, 2024

Just as the 2024 hurricane season began on June 1, a few meetings-focused hotels in South Florida, both on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, publicized promotions to the group market featuring especially favorable pricing and contract terms for meetings taking place between July and December of 2024 and July and December 2025.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 8, 2023

But what budgets are not good at is providing the financial nuance necessary to create a case for an increase or expansion. It is only when we use financial tools to showcase what events “could be” that we can advocate for increasing spend. This article appears in the May 2023 issue.

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EventMB

MARCH 1, 2023

Skift Take: Despite positive financial results, Eventbrite is laying off eight percent of its staff. Miguel Neves Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Its restructuring plan involves relocating development, customer support and operations roles away from the U.S. as well as cuts to real estate.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In this guide we will cover proven strategies to help you determine your ticket pricing strategy, and ensure the financial success of your event. Sliding scale: Rather than having a set price, you can offer attendees a sliding scale to give them options for how much they can afford according to their financial situation.

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Attendease

AUGUST 26, 2024

Trade shows and exhibitions These large-scale industry gatherings allow companies to showcase products or services, connect with prospects, meet with partners/vendors, and assess competitors. Corporate events require significant time, effort, and financial investment. What is the typical size and complexity of my events?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 24, 2024

Financial is the primary area where you need a good combination of leading and lagging indicators. Attendee value proposition — At least 60 percent of your meeting’s direct expenses should be earmarked for categories that are additive to the attendee experience — a benchmark that comes from Convene ’s latest Meetings Market Survey.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. SM What types of freelance meeting planner roles are most in demand?

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