Gallus Events

MAY 18, 2017

This is something very different from the networking that we casually think about: you know, the random meetings over coffee or picking up the delegate pack. So first, a definition of structured networking at conferences: “Using the environment, meeting design or technology to ensure that the right conversations happen”. .

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Expo Pass

MARCH 31, 2021

Our guests were: Shakiera Helenic – Dual Director of Sales & Marketing – Sonesta Suites Scottsdale Gainey Ranch , Andréa Lyons – CEO and Executive Producer – All About Presentation , Debra Mategrano – Regional Sales Director – Encore , and Lyndon Stewart – Managing Director – Catalyst Ranch.

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Gallus Events

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Whether we are trying to shoe horn in a few events before peoples minds start to wonder to the festive period or maybe we are upping the marketing for our events in the first quarter of the following year, November can be a car crash of a month! However, none of these events offered to pay a speaker fee. Think about that for a minute.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Keep reading to find out how today’s event specialists are making events work for them from planning and organizing, to design and production. Catch the latest episodes of The Event Marketing Show ! ” – Rhian Berry, Marketing and Events Manager at EventMind. You just might learn something.

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Gallus Events

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

A creative space brings out the best in attendees and speakers. Rather than being speaker led, a great facilitator is able to bring out the knowledge from all of the attendees. During the Future Assistant we ran a breakout session in Camden Market. But as they say, a picture says a thousand words!

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Gallus Events

MAY 11, 2020

As one of my speakers said during my last online event: “to get to the next level you will have to pay at the next level” Everyone is heading online……… So here they are: The five best online training courses for online events. The meeting design institute have been pioneering hybrid events for as long as I have.

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

The programme was designed to lessen the strain for the events professional and I am sure the content will have helped those organisers who attended. Addressing declining sponsorship; the need to be more innovative with marketing and the best use of event technology were all covered on the programme. They used Meeting Design.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 22, 2020

The panel members — a corporate planner, two association planners, a meeting-design expert, and a hotel executive — discussed the viability of hybrid events. If you focus on getting quality content and the right speakers,” Yang said. “I Some panelists suggested that the digital side of a hybrid event offers even more value. “If

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 30, 2021

Other sessions will address positioning your company for post-COVID growth and how the work-from-home culture and decrease in business travel will affect in-person meetings. Look for more announcements to come with additional speakers, the full agenda, and more surprises. Register now for the Business, Design & Strategy Summit.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations in regards to meetings and events, ultimately redefining the industry as a result. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Gone are the days of static schedules that shuffle through speaker after speaker while attendees remain seated.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

All of the above is driving the generation’s expectations for meetings and events, ultimately redefining the meeting industry entirely. Attendees want more control over the meeting agenda. Gone are the days of static schedules, where speaker after speaker shuffle on stage while attendees remain seated.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 6, 2019

Miguel Neves is a passionate social media advocate and experienced events professional who consults, trains and speaks on digital marketing and event technology. Ahead of his discussion at The Meetings Show, ‘The future is hybrid, are you ready?’ By Miguel Neves, chief social strategist. The future is hybrid, are you ready?

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 16, 2018

When FRESH18 — which bills itself as the first annual conference focused exclusively on meeting design — gets underway Feb. 27-28, it will be showcasing its own solution to a common event-design problem: getting the audience to participate. The speaker is encouraged to remain on hand to join discussions and answer questions.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 11, 2021

For example, a company may be concerned with how teamwork is affected by inclusion, meeting design or event experiences that simulate common issues and illustrate solutions. Before the conference, create a control group so you can monitor how learning is used post-meeting. Then you can adjust for next time.

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Gallus Events

JUNE 17, 2016

The programme was designed to lessen the strain for the events professional and I am sure the content will have helped those organisers who attended. Addressing declining sponsorship; the need to be more innovative with marketing and the best use of event technology were all covered on the programme. They used Meeting Design.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

Both speakers emphasised that learning about event technology is crucial now because this is the time when we get to design and define what this means for our industry. I’m a firm believer that everyone needs a technologist on their team now,” said Vismale.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

in the early planning stages of an internal meeting, designed to bring together two teams – Digital and Information Technology for the first time – prior to their merger into one ‘Digital Technology’ team. Networking and collaboration were the primary objectives of this all-hands meeting, held in Germany in January 2019.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

Morgan’s observations are mirrored in the insights from “The Future of Meetings and Events ” report, a joint research project between Marriott and the PCMA Foundation, which identified five major, future-oriented consumer trends and market forces that will be transforming meetings and events in the years to come. Test Time.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. Some speakers might be concerned about giving up the ability to manage the material.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Activities for hosted buyers this year include a welcome reception at the Museum of London Docklands and a party at the Hard Rock Hotel, London, organised in collaboration with Moulden Marketing. Headlining the education programme is keynote speaker Ric Salmon, producer of the first virtual Glastonbury and CEO of Driift.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

With that, let’s all brush up on a few of the latest buzzwords from tech to marketing. 10 Statistics to Convince You that Experiential Marketing Wins. On the side of the audience, we’ll see more innovation related to getting attendees to interact with speakers and giving them an active learning experience.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Industry Performance Trends.

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Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Some seating issues we heard back about in our seating survey included participants having trouble understanding the layout, not being connected enough to the speaker, and needing more spatial/seating flexibility for networking. Traditionally, event teams have seated attendees based on elements such as relationships, titles, or industry.

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Slido

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Fireside chats in an informal setting The misperception that experts in their field must also be expert speakers often results in dry, one-way presentations that don’t do justice to the speaker’s knowledge or expertise. This year’s Festival of Marketing used this format widely.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2019

Where past generations of meeting-goers might have been content as spectators, attendees today are looking for more active participation and experiential learning — starting with the fact that much of what they used to travel for is now available digitally. Some speakers might be concerned about giving up the ability to manage the material.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

So if a primary event activity includes a keynote speaker or performer, then your seats need to be directed toward the front of the event. There are several cloud-based event layout software tools available that can automate the process of creating these event space designs and ensure you are using the proper dimensions for your diagrams.

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Event Industry News

JUNE 25, 2018

From our own award-winning devices and event apps, to market-leading third-party solutions we bring the very best in event technology and support to engage attendees before, during and after your event. Transformative technology. The web-based app means no downloading is required. Last minute changes to the app can be made easily.

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Gallus Events

JULY 19, 2018

It’s not just the content and the speakers, it’s also about having time and a space to think about things differently, and perhaps see challenges in a different light. We can work with you to target a new market or improve the events you already organise. However, attending a conference like this allows organisers to do exactly that.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 13, 2018

Last month , we addressed how planners can become more hands-on in content creation and speaker preparation. Yes, most every meeting has after-the-fact attendee evaluations. Rob Carey is a business journalist and principal of Meetings & Hospitality Insight, a content marketing firm for the group-business market.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2019

Rachael Naylor, the new HBAA Venue Member Chair announced the launch of a Venue Members meeting, designed to forge closer collaboration between venues. Paul Hussey of Meetings Benchmark provided a review of the market in 2018 and valuable insight into forward bookings for early 2019. It’s OK not to be OK’.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 24, 2017

So you’re holding a conference. How are you going to get your audience tuned in and engaged? Read the full article at Conferences That Work.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

H: Meeting or event design. J: Marketing. Each one is linked to a story by a meeting professional that we think will help you understand them better and apply them to your work. Measure the value of the meeting or business event. Design program. Engage speakers and performers. B: Project management.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. Their Twitter account is a treasure trove of innovative and unconventional ideas for anyone in catering, planning, or experiential marketing. Dahlia is an event technology evangelist, speaker and educator. TahiraCreates.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2019

By Tom Pick, a digital marketing consultant with event management platform developer G2Planet. “VR/AR and Blockchain get all the press but I’m not seeing the rate of adoption with those as I am with influencer marketing.” ”— Leo Jakobson , Executive Editor of Incentive | Senior Editor of Successful Meetings.

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

“VR/AR and Blockchain get all the press but I’m not seeing the rate of adoption with those as I am with influencer marketing.” ”— Leo Jakobson , Executive Editor of Incentive | Senior Editor of Successful Meetings. Automated Check In, Influencer Marketing, and Digital Displays.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

Morgan’s observations are mirrored in the insights from “The Future of Meetings and Events ” report, a joint research project between Marriott and the PCMA Foundation, which identified five major, future-oriented consumer trends and market forces that will be transforming meetings and events in the years to come. Test Time.

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The MICE

MARCH 11, 2021

The first speaker, Farshida Zafar, L.L.M., In the beginning, we looked at what was on the market and saw that many online event platforms attempt to mimic real life. We used meeting design to do that, which already had some gamification elements to it. Why use gamification? And we really wanted to bring that online.

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