Endless Events

JUNE 20, 2023

Before you market to any audience, you need to understand who they are and where they come from. If you aren’t part of Gen Z, you might feel confounded by the preferences of these young whipper-snappers, so it’s extra important to do your homework on this audience. Gen Z includes people born between 1997 and 2012. Who Is Gen Z?

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Business is Human Since it launched in 2012, the C2 Montréal conference —conceived by creative agency Sid Lee in partnership with Cirque du Soleil — has set a high bar for daringly different session formats, environments, and approaches to connecting diverse participants. How has that evolved? READ MORE

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2024

Mirroring trends seen in the turnover in the industry since Covid, approximately 50 percent of the audience was attending for the first time. Real-world Up-skilling Two floors down in the education sessions, attendees were earning certificates in Event Data Analytics and Healthcare Meetings Compliance.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

While the value of live events are uncontested, when it comes to spreading the word about live events to attract attendees, your brand has several digital options. With a limited marketing budget, how do you know the best way to digitally promote your event to attract the most attendees? I’m glad you asked. Segment Your Lists.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

At a time when many are reacting to changes in climate and attendee expectations, the golden state’s hospitality sector is leading the way to a future that will continue to welcome change-makers for decades to come. You may even inspire attendees to do better while you are at it. Sustainable Meeting.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Merely knowing what attendee churn is and why it happens isn’t enough. As we know, attendee churn is your event’s failure to retain guests year over year. Since attendee churn can take a drastic toll on your brand, event, and even budget, let’s focus on seven preventative methods to keep it at bay.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 7, 2024

Results Attendee Growth : The number of attendees grew by 226% over 12 years, with attendees comprising over 71% of the customer base. The Buying Show became a must-attend event, significantly enhancing business relationships and revenue, with the program continuing successfully since its inception in 2012.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I think in 2012 was the first episode that he did it in and that’s light years. ” Okay, but how do we actually implement that and how do we actually make it something that I can bring to my event in a way that’s going to make my attendees go, “Wow, that was awesome”? He obviously focused on one to one.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

At a time when many are reacting to changes in climate and attendee expectations, the golden state’s hospitality sector is leading the way to a future that will continue to welcome change-makers for decades to come. You may even inspire attendees to do better while you are at it. Sustainable Meeting.

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This seems to be the norm, because when you talk to attendees you find they set a low bar for satisfaction, e.g. “I t’s OK if I learn one new thing a day, oh, and if I make a useful connection or two that would be great! I’ve been attending conferences for over forty years. Most of them are dull and largely irrelevant.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2024

Results Attendee Growth : The number of attendees grew by 226% over 12 years, with attendees comprising over 71% of the customer base. The Buying Show became a must-attend event, significantly enhancing business relationships and revenue, with the program continuing successfully since its inception in 2012.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

How do you think the experience of the pandemic will change how your conferences will be designed in the future and how attendees will want to participate? Sitting on Zoom for the duration of an entire conference is tiring and lacks the same opportunities to experience a host city and to connect with fellow attendees.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Audiences expect experiences beyond the act of gathering together, sharing a meal and socialising. London Olympics 2012: There was new infrastructure, new housing, they cleaned up some areas. Attendees expect more from the events than they ever have before. But what about smaller events? What are some examples of event legacy?

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 27, 2022

Looking back on my career, one of the things that I’ve always been so passionate about is understanding my audience and what matters to them,” Magyar said. freaking out because if attendees didn’t have the most up-to-date agenda they wouldn’t know what to do. What’s going to bring them value, what brings them joy?

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 21, 2023

Seth Godin makes the same point when talking about the future of education and what we can do about it in his 2012 TEDxYouth@BFS talk. Design sessions where the audience can’t stop talking about what they did. Give attendees experiences, not things. Watch this 30-second clip. Give people permission to connect.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Rogens started the nonprofit HFC in 2012 as a way to help family caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients. The Rogens launched the organization in 2012, inspired to take action after Lauren’s mother, Adele, was diagnosed with the disease at 55. Alexandra Villano. She passed away in 2020.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 20, 2023

For the 3,300 attendees of the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference, held January 8 to 11 in Columbus, Ohio, the message could not have been more clear: The business world is not the same as it was when in-person meetings were last happening at full speed.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

They unite brands with their target audiences through live experiences, digital engagement and traditional marketing. Banzai provides audience generation solutions for field and event marketing teams from startups to the Fortune 500. Notable clients: Energy Upgrade California, Hyundai Motor America, LG, L’Oréal, Nestlé. Chicago, IL.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

This is where a specialized agency can help: brainstorming virtual event ideas and bringing them to life to keep up with growing audience expectations. AGENCYEA Chicago, IL Agency EA links brands to their target audiences through hybrid and virtual events, strategic marketing campaigns, digital engagements, and experiential activations.

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Eventtia

APRIL 12, 2023

Brella is an all-in-one solution offering a suite of tools for handling various aspects of event management: creating websites, managing registrations, attendee tracking, facilitating networking, and more. Attendee management: manage your attendees’ data and track their participation in the event with ease.

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Eventtia

APRIL 12, 2023

Brella is an all-in-one solution offering a suite of tools for handling various aspects of event management: creating websites, managing registrations, attendee tracking, facilitating networking, and more. Attendee management: manage your attendees’ data and track their participation in the event with ease.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 29, 2024

At a 2012 Ted Talk, Charlie Todd and Improv Everywhere planted a fake speaker whose PowerPoint presentation seemingly failed, with the multicolored “spinning ball of death” on screen instead of slides. It begins when someone in the audience interrupts the speaker by standing up and starting to sing.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2025

Gen X (born between 1981 and 1996) and Z (born between 1996 and 2012) are already filling our ballrooms with Gen Alpha not far behind. How can we make the next generation of attendees feel comfortable, not to mention the entry of young workers helping us create meeting magic? They demand straight talk from friends and brands.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 7, 2025

I love the folks (especially my good friend, Jan-Jaap In der Maur ) at Masters In Moderation , a company that has been providing meeting and facilitation services and training in the European Union since 2012. We understand that engagement is not a gimmick but a fundamental right of every attendee. Active engagement grows belonging.

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