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7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events

Smart Meetings

A few possibilities for virtual event planners to provide networking opportunities for attendees include: Live chat tools alongside a session (part of the platform), where attendees can ask questions to the presenter and engage with each other. Hashtags across social media platforms for cohesion and to aggregate conversations.

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3 Big Ideas from DMA West’s Education Summit

Smart Meetings

His reunion came shortly after the public introduction of Facebook, which launched in 2005. Matson said the platform was a game changer for him. As class president, he took on the responsibility of wrangling all his former classmates for the 10-year gathering.

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What Does the Cvent-Choice Hotels Agreement Mean for Planners?

MeetingsNet

Embedding the Cvent tool into Choice Hotels’ booking platform also enables hoteliers to increase their visibility among Cvent's global network of event planners. Further, all Choice properties are listed on the Cvent Supplier Network, a large venue-sourcing platform where planners can research and book meeting and event venues.

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Hong Kong to host 2026 Lions International Convention

Travel Daily Media

Hong Kong previously hosted the Lions International Convention twice: first in 1992, and again in 2005. One of the world’s largest service club events, the Lions International Convention stands to draw in around 20,000 attendees from across the globe. This massive win marks the triumphant return of one of the biggest conventions to Hong Kong.

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What Exactly Is the Metaverse? Here’s One Expert’s Take.

Convene by PCMA

The metaverse is “platform-agnostic,” said Di Bartolo, who co-authored with Hackl the 2022 book, Navigating the Metaverse. The second — Web 2.0 — refers to evolution from a static platform to one with user-generated content distributed on social-media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, etc.

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How and Why Visit Indy Adopted an All-Digital Marketing Approach

Crowdriff

The visual marketing platform also enables Visit Indy to search social photos based on hashtags, geo-locations and search terms to curate those images and feature them on their website , thus encouraging more visitors to get their own pictures taken with one of the signs. million in 2005 to more than 26 million in 2014.

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The Ultimate Guide to Conferences for Event Planners in 2024

Bizzaboo

22-24, 2024 New York, NY Connect NYC offers a unique platform to engage and cooperate with top-tier planners and suppliers, all while gaining valuable knowledge from industry luminaries who will impart priceless insights into the future of the meetings and events landscape. Connect NYC 2024 Feb. Convening EMEA Sep.

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