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6 Tips for Keeping Attendees Tuned In During Your Online Events

Smart Meetings

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. That’s why securing an exciting, engaging speaker and creating a compelling, concise agenda is even more critical than for in-person events.

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21 Creative Ideas for Corporate Stage Design

Endless Events

You don’t notice the curtains behind the timber at first, but the purple lighting adds a touch of color and a warm glow to the staging, without overshadowing the panel of speakers. ICA (International Cotton Association) Trade Event 2016. The ICA Trade Event in 2016 was a celebration of the ICA’s 175th birthday. Source: Adlib.

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Here Are The 22 Best Event Platforms To Use In 2022!

Endless Events

Building events since : 2016. Pre-recorded sessions allow for the speaker to join the right-side toolbar to answer questions asked in the Q&A panel with video participation in real-time. Building events since : 2016. Building events since : 2016. Cadmium is the event platform for managing event content. CrowdComms.

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How to Promote Your Event on Instagram by @dancarthy2

Techsytalk

According to one report , the social network giant has 500 million monthly users and 300 million daily active users as of June 2016. You can, for example, post a pic of the venue’s podium and add that this is where speakers X and Y will be presenting. Well, it’s really more of a question of why not. The statistic says it all.

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Event Gamification Guide: Reach Your Event Goals!

Endless Events

Getting valuable feedback about speakers and the quality of content is crucial for many event planners. Editor’s Note: This was originally published on August 12 2016 by Kaitlin Colston and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Gamified Polling & Feedback.

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[CTRL] + [ALT] + [DEL] : A Collaborative Global Event Reboot

Techsytalk

28 July 2016 — Yesterday morning, via various outlets, a heavily promoted industry conference scheduled to take place 22-24 August announced it is cancelling the show just one month before the conference. While many, if not all, of the invited speakers and delegates have lost time and money, their knowledge will not go to waste.

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START Summit injects innovation into Europe’s startup conference scene

The MICE Blog

In 2015, the first ‘big Summit’ took place on the campus, and in 2016, the event relocated to the Olma Messen St.Gallen, the biggest exhibition hall in the city. Fast forward to 2023, and START Summit attracted over 6,000 participants and featured 150+ speakers. Gallen There are about 1,500 rooms in the city of St.