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11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018

Smart Meetings

The personal touch attendees expect from meetings is now largely being delivered with the help of machines. Yes, the event business has officially entered the realm of high-tech. Smart Meetings covered all the must-have tech advances this year to help you stay at the top of your game.

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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. Smart Meetings talked to Scott Schoeneberger, managing partner at Bluewater Technologies Group Inc., Ford at 2020 Essence Festival; Photo credit: Bluewater Tech.

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The Evolution of Meetings: Lessons for Navigating a Hybrid Future

Smart Meetings

If there is a silver lining to the pandemic for the meetings industry, it’s this: The pandemic accelerated the evolutions of meetings. Like the typewriter, print publications and fax machines, the fully in-person meeting would have eventually become extinct. People know how to use them, and they make great meeting programs.

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Nine High-tech Solutions to Explore in the COVID-19 Era

Event Marketer

High-tech vending machines have been a staple in many experiential activations over the years and while most were a pure social media amplification play—tweet with a hashtag within a geofenced area to receive dispensed goods—their touchless nature could solve a few different pain points on the show floor moving forward.

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4 New Year’s Resolutions Meeting Planners Should Make—and Keep

Smart Meetings

As a meeting planner, it’s important to follow what’s trendy on the tech front. Learn How to Use Social Media. It cannot be said enough: Social media is crucial when it comes to events nowadays. So, it’s of the utmost importance to learn how to utilize all forms of social media.

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Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix

Smart Meetings

In the podcast, Zuckerberg touched on one thing event professionals hold dear: that feeling of presence in meetings. This is something virtual meetings try to replicate, yet falls short. Hence the excitement of getting back to face-to-face meetings. Read More : Language Interpretation Is the Next Wave in Virtual Meetings.

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From the Metaverse to NFTs: How Event Marketers Can Tap into the Power of Emerging Tech

Event Marketer

This surge in mind-boggling tech seems to have happened overnight. Accessing the metaverse and related tech is becoming easier thanks to open 3D virtual worlds like Decentraland and The Sandbox, and gaming platforms like Roblox and Fortnite. Pivot MIA: How Vox Media Turned its Podcast Into a Futuristic Tech Conference in Miami.

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