Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Her mother is a full-time wheelchair user who traveled and sometimes would show up as the keynote speaker, but not have a room available with an accessible shower. AV requirements can get pricey fast, as some speakers might not be able to hold a microphone or need assistance. “If

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EventMB

JUNE 5, 2022

What do you do if your speaker goes off the rails? Let’s say the speaker goes off script and says things that don’t align with your company? What questions do you ask of the speaker to prevent this from happening? The speaker was very famous. Clarify Why You Want To Hire a Keynote Speaker. Nightmare scenarios?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Read More: Sustainability as a Practice Defining Sustainability The discussion began with a broad overview of what sustainability means to each speaker. Over the past few years, the term has become somewhat of a buzzword, and it’s important to remember that “sustainability” refers to many dynamic practices and goals.

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Attendease

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

If you have guest speakers or outside professionals helping you with any of these event components, ensure everyone is on the same page about aligning all stories with your nonprofit branding guidelines and the aforementioned best practices for nonprofit storytelling.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 4, 2019

Then advisors, volunteers and staff review applications to select the content and speakers for their event. Content refers to what is being discussed. Process refers to how the content is discussed. What are the steps we need to take to transition experts from speakers to facilitators? Content Versus Process.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 6, 2017

So, why should speakers change how they present at your conference? The majority of your conference speakers imitate what their teachers and professors did with them. These speakers direct learning. It refers to learner-focused education for people of all ages. My lecture has worked for years. They lecture.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Diane is a keynote speaker on curiosity and innovation and a New York Times Bestselling author. If you’d like some inspiration, feel free to refer to that list of 100 ideas! This is a guest post by Diana Kander. Her latest book, Go Big or Go Home , outlines five ways to create a memorable customer experience.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 18, 2021

My post Why don’t meeting conferences pay speakers? In addition, we’ve all had to sit through “speakers” who blatantly promote themselves and their companies on our dime and time. For the reasons given above, it’s unrealistic to expect that a supply of “free” speakers will ever disappear. As usual, you get what you pay for.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Referring to her new book, The Gig is Up , Mizrahi characterized this marketplace shift as the “gig economy,” which is made up of project-based, on-demand services that can be provided by anyone, anywhere. The post Smart Meeting Speaker: ‘Gig Economy’ Requires Multiple Ways of Engaging People appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Age by Swapcard

APRIL 26, 2022

Virtual Sapiens’ Rachel Cossar delivers her four top tips for maximum engagement that speakers and organizers at hybrid events won’t want to miss. Hybrid events (also referred to as ‘smart events’) present a compelling opportunity for inclusion, flexibility, and impact.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

With over 30 years of experience as an Executive Speaker Coach, Producer, Director, and Choreographer in both professional theater and corporate settings, Stamm specializes in transforming presenters into confident, compelling speakers. Heres a behind-the-scenes look at how Kurt coaches speakers and runs rehearsals.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Arthur Brooks Shares Insights at DIAC24 Arthur Brooks , a Harvard School of Business professor and known happiness expert, stepped in as the opening keynote speaker at Destinations International s Annual Conference (DIAC24) in Tampa Bay in July 2024. Is There a Formula for Happiness?

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Eventmobi

JUNE 4, 2024

This brand guide will then serve as a reference for anyone who works on your event branding to ensure every aspect is cohesive. Create a branded letterhead for email blasts about your event that includes your logo, fonts, and colors, and reference your messaging guidelines as you write the copy.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 7, 2021

But what is a keynote speaker, exactly, and how do you go about finding the right one? In this post, we take a deep dive into what a keynote speaker is: Who they are, what they do, and where to find them. Well, for starters, harnessing the power of an accomplished and enticing speaker could help take your event to the next level. .

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To make the journey a little smoother, we asked some of the top-rated speakers from our Smart Meetings Experiences over the last year to share the one thing you should do right now to position yourself to thrive next year. Speaker, Drummer for P!NK, Keynote Speaker/Bestselling Author, “The Fine Art of Small Talk” (Hachette).

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 30, 2020

Joining the podcast from Copenhagen, Denmark, was professional keynote speaker, Samuel Scott. With a background in journalism and marketing, Samuel turned his professional attentions to being a keynote speaker in 2016, where he delivers marketing truths “with the mindset of an expert trade journalist with nothing to sell.”.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The reasonable expectation of privacy refers to the illegality of photographing or recording someone on video, without their consent, while on private property and live streaming is no exception. This is probably included in your venue contract but it’s good to double-check. What is Considered a Public Place?

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

Here are the steps involved: True Attendee Definition — Certain attendance categories should be removed from the core audience analysis to get to what we refer to as “true attendees.” Among those to exclude are expo only, staff, exhibitors, sponsors, press, guests, workshop-only, and students. (If

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Speaker recruiting? Kristin Arnold [I think you’re referring to Zoom Rooms, not Zoom Meetings. Mostly because my panelists are tech people and not always the best speakers????. Love asking panel members (or speakers) to change their backgrounds when you want to shift the energy or when you go to live Q&A, etc.

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Experiential marketing — sometimes also referred to as “event marketing” — is a strategy that consists of direct, one-on-one engagement with the consumer in a branded offline or hybrid (offline and online) experience. What is “experiential marketing” and why does it matter?

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Attendease

AUGUST 15, 2023

Use webinars to share knowledge in real-time, provide visual aids for better understanding, enable interactive Q&A sessions for immediate clarifications, and record sessions for future reference. Thought leadership and brand building. Live webinar execution It’s showtime!

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EventTechBrief

APRIL 18, 2019

In the beginning, developers focused on core logistical tasks, such as agenda building, project management, speaker and content management and (for meetings with a trade show component) floorplan and booth sales. Attendees can set reminders, customize their schedules, rate speakers and sessions using the bot. That’s changed.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It will also limit your ability to imagine things differently — the root cause of organizational failure cited by a thousand motivational speakers during “normal” times. And we can’t do that if we keep starting every conversation with some reference to “normal” and how much we miss it.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Reference the data you have in your database to identify trends in your audience, specifically among those who have attended events in the past. Make the most sought-after assets of the event, like a well-known speaker or musical performance, the focus.

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GEVME

JUNE 15, 2020

Our task is to take content from the world’s top speakers – creators of programming languages, developers who work in the most advanced companies and use this language, and so on – and bring it to developers in the most remote villages and cities of Ukraine, India, China, Brazil etc. Gratitude from the participants and the speakers.

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Attendease

JULY 6, 2023

This first step is essential since the best event platforms will enable your team to handle numerous tasks, including registration, creating a professional event website, email marketing, attendee management, speaker scheduling, and analytics.

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Attendease

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This includes budgeting for marketing, venue, speakers, and other expenses. Finally, make sure you have bandwidth to gather feedback and surveys, as they’ll make another great resource to refer to later. Quality refers to the relevance, impact, and delivery of the keynote speakers and sessions.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 7, 2021

A virtual event on Zoom that consists of two poorly lit speakers in their living rooms talking to each other may as well be a podcast — at least then you can walk the dog. Are you delivering sponsored content with a variety of speakers that will live on as gated content after the event? Are speakers using reliable mics?

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

9 Velvet Chainsaw Consulting webinar got to hear how the National Speakers Association (NSA) wrestled with many decisions leaders faced following the move of its 1,200-attendee INFLUENCE 2020 national annual convention scheduled for the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Aug. Participants in a Sept.

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GEVME

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Digital Data – referring to data that are captured from online (or digital) interactions . Physical Data – referring to data captured from physical interactions in the real world . He is also an investor in innovative startups and a public speaker on the topic of digital transformation in the business events industry.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 29, 2024

More Inclusive Strategies: How a New Era of Beauty Events is Being Defined by Fans, Not Brands Inside the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix: Opportunities, Challenges and Brand Buzz The guidelines encourage community-building and diversity of speakers and content.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 5, 2022

To offer the best programming, Audrey needed to understand which topics and speakers were of interest to attendees. “Since our attendees are tech-savvy, we felt that giving them a printed program with all the session descriptions and speakers was becoming antiquated. Personalized Scheduling & Speaker Profiles.

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Gallus Events

MARCH 22, 2016

(Across the three morning speakers 90% of attendees responded that they remembered the speaker’s key messages!). 4 Ask speakers to construct their content around key themes. To do this you have to avoid the “suitcase” speaker. Instead, engage with your speakers and ask them to tailor their messages for the audience.

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Guidebook

MARCH 10, 2025

This website should include: Event details (date, location, agenda, speakers) The benefits of pre-registering (access to discounts, exclusive access, etc.) Speak directly to them and reference their interests, or highlight what makes this event particularly relevant to them.

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Attendease

OCTOBER 27, 2022

On your event registration website, make sure to highlight the parts of the event your attendees should be excited about, like keynote speakers and top-rated sessions. This email should have all the information your attendee needs so they can refer back to it as needed. Clear and consistent communication is the name of the game.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. The hotel industry has seen consecutive record occupancy numbers over the last few years and it is projected to continue.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 1, 2021

As a speaker, emcee or moderator, how do you handle a lag in chat responses? Your participants will learn from each other and you’ll have the chat transcript as a source of rich data to refer to as well. We had a lot of ground to cover and didn’t get to all of the questions. What can I do?

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