Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We asked Kailash Nagdev, senior vice president of sales and analytics for EXPO 2020 Dubai , to shine a light on the seven years of work required to coordinate input from 200 stakeholders in 191 countries with the goal of “driving innovation and inspiring action to deliver real-life solutions to real-world problems.”

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

Recall that Cisco , which offered WebEx before streaming was cool, purchased Socio and just closed the deal on Slido last month in an attempt to make engagement on the platform seamless. Last year, wireless service provider Verison purchased video conferencing company BlueJeans in an attempt to provide a “unified communications portfolio.”

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Some might even say that the event tech evolved more since March 2020 than in the entire decade before that! logistics : event registration, shipping, paper materials, travel, and attendee communication. Ask yourself: what is the function of an event platform ? A Gaze Into The Future: 365 Community Model.

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2021

Before the pandemic hit in 2020, the events industry was a well-oiled machine. Then came March 2020, and with it, huge changes. From 2020 To 2030 In 10 Months. ” Things started changing in March 2020 when many companies lost their in-person business. So, what features should we look for in virtual event platforms ?

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Endless Events

MAY 5, 2022

Prior to event apps and platforms, event planners relied on pre-event and post-event surveys to measure event ROI. The Benefits Of Event Technology & Effective Communication. Technology has enabled us to communicate with virtually anybody anywhere at any time – both in our personal as well as professional lives.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Covid-19 hit West Hollywood, California , affecting more than 36,000 residents, causing business to shut down and forcing city hall to shutter operations, cutting off communication to the community—and the only means its citizens had to give input on city issues. Waves are being made with other digital platforms, too.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The conversation kicked off with a reflection on the industry’s transformation since 2020 “Covid was a huge changer for the industry,” Stichtenoth noted. This statistic underscores the importance of destinations adapting their content strategy to align with how travelers interact with AI platforms.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

“In brief, we are a visual communications company”, explains William. “And what that means is we use visuals to help our clients communicate their ideas more effectively. And we’ve been doing it for about seven years, and 2020 has been a disruptive but exciting year. Introducing The Sketch Effect.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Named one of the best inventions of 2021 by Time Magazine, KUDO is a real-time interpretation software company and virtual platform focused on providing language support for multilingual meetings. The software creates a platform from which real-time multilingual speakers interpret what’s being said at the event, for attendees.

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The Abbi Agency

JANUARY 20, 2022

Additional projects in Southern Nevada include the launch of leading online education platform Study.com ’s Keys to the Classroom initiative in Nevada and the groundbreaking of The Highline apartments by Lyon Living and LandSpire Group. Though the agency is rapidly expanding and changing, one thing has stayed the same: its values.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Well, amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 fears and the spread of it, mega-events such as the 2020 Olympics, F8 for Facebook, Ceraweek, Zoom, and Zendesk have canceled their events. The second half of 2020, however, looks positive. Will we adapt to a new way of marketing and communications? Customize communication.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

Today’s event icon is the personable Megan Henshall , the global events account manager at Google who got into events because she was “really bad at sales” She shares how she experienced the pivoting year of 2020 and explains how to adopt a human-centric mindset in events. Overcoming The Pandemic At Google.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2022

We started getting asked to do event technology, which became very impactful and important in 2020. Some of the most impactful changes were brought by smartphones; they have changed the way we communicate, network, and meet new people. ” The second one is the ability to communicate with clients.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020. And lastly, on our middle station, we have the topic of Thrill, which offers nice viewing platforms and the thrill walk so that guests can imagine themselves as James Bond walking around the cliff.’.

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

Rather than equally prioritizing both audiences, the old hybrid event simply offers one-way communication from your event to participants that view the event remotely. As we slowly transition into the new normal, event professionals must keep in mind the lessons 2020 taught us. TEDxSydney 2020 is a fantastic case study for this model.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

So it really ramped up for 2020, one to two webinars or live summits a week. “We wanted to be very proactive about our 2020 schedule. For a platform that, as far as I know, I don’t want to say unlimited attendees, but close to it. The Timing. I would say it takes about two hours per speaker that you have.

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Endless Events

JUNE 17, 2021

Since we were mostly confined to the walls of our homes, social media was often the only way we could communicate with one another. It was a platform of yelling rhetoric and no actual communication. I get to talk to people that do really awesome stuff and I get to use whatever platforms I have to talk about that.

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ETC Corporate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ Awards enhance the visibility of European cultural tourism destinations, create a platform for sharing experience and knowledge and promotes networking between destinations. 2 nd prize: Feel Good – Campaign to promote sustainable tourism products and services in Germany 2020.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Gallery Slide description: In five days, Ashfield Meetings & Events adapted and redeveloped content for a virtual platform to ensure a slick event experience. Gating level.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

If you read our last piece on why collaborative learning is the future of event-networking , you are already familiar with e180 as the creator of Braindate , an online platform and an in-person experience that helps participants at events meet for topic-driven, knowledge-sharing conversations called braindates. Source: e180.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

In 2020, it was (and still is) all about platforms. Today, platforms are like the new Event Operating Systems. Radius : A platform that allows attendees to receive digital content based on their physical location. The platform allows attendees to see accurate directions based on their location.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

” A2, on the other hand, is responsible for wireless communication systems and headsets. ” “Pre-2020, we were starting to go down the road of more in the room experiences with event technology, including polling and second-screen experiences,” says Brandt. They also help people get mic’d up.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Insights resource Crunchbase estimated that in 2020 and 2021, more than $1.5 Over the last two years, event platform companies Bizzabo and Hubilo each laid off double-digit percentages of staff. From the vantage point of 2024, we can all see that the early 2020 predictions were the result of a Covid-hazy crystal ball.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

Event platforms with all their data insights offer a whole new world of possibilities for measuring event success. For example, you can communicate efficiently, change the schedule, and even crowdshape your event. The events industry is moving from focusing on big, spectacular in-person events to the so-called community model.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

For example, there were no live captions for streaming in a platform, so we paid for automated captions. Well, then, the platform came out with automated captions for free. Your platform technology might have built in a lot of labor hours to help build out your conference. And these things apply to your platforms too.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In September 2020, for example, we had the opportunity to learn more about virtual engagement strategies with Sketch Effect. “We learned through acquisition experiences that adoption of these platforms is tough. “We can prevent emails that contain files with old logos from being sent. It’ll ping you with a warning.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 9, 2020

Amongst many other things, social media became a true pillar of the way human beings communicate with each other. And I’m actually going to rethink how I’m going to present myself online for 2020. “I think I don’t like about social media is that it’s a platform war at all times”, Will explains.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Now, after exactly one year without live events, as an industry and individuals, we’ve experienced a shift in values in how we communicate, collaborate and learn. One example is a game called Momentum/Odyssey, driven by Dutch entrepreneur Rutger van Zuidam that took place in 2020. And so are events.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

San Jose-based cloud video conferencing and event platform BlueJeans is not a Covid-come-lately virtual meeting company. in 2020, they were bought by Version and now leverage the power of incorporating 5G and mobile edge computing in its flexible, easy-to-use platform.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2021

She tells Sarah how Hilton pivoted in March 2020 and shares the resources they created to help their customers. Before Sarah and Kelly talk about hybrid event tips and tricks, they need to go all the way back to March 2020 when Hilton pivoted from in-person events to virtual and hybrid events. Send out pre-event communication.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 16, 2019

He was like, “No one was necessarily looking for a better way to communicate because we all thought we were good with G-chat, I-chat, whatever.” What he says is instead of selling a messaging platform, what they’re actually selling is productivity like increased productivity.” So I find that fascinating.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2021

In 2020 we hosted a 2-hour event featuring the talent found within SITE , our first in what would become a series of digital events. It had to be easy to attend so we chose the simplest platform, Zoom. Why SITE NITE all NITE? When IMEX Frankfurt was cancelled this also meant SITE NITE Europe would be cancelled, again.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

the inaugural workshop took place 18–20 August 2020, virtually over Zoom … In total, 1038 registrants from over 30 countries participated, with individual session attendance in the low-hundreds.” Online platforms and tools used. Conferences are an important learning and support resource for early career scientists.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

Event technology platform Hopin offers real-time language interpreting directly within their live streams through their partnership with Interprefy. Instead of renting an event platform in Paris, which probably costs money, the event’s managers sent VR sets (Facebook Oculus) to all speakers and created 3D avatars for them.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Champion, Conference and Events Director at the National WIC Association, spoke about how they were able to more than triple the number of their event attendees during the pandemic thanks to the Hubilo platform. Before the event, they invited attendees to familiarise themselves with the virtual event platform.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A 2020 Bizzabo report showed that over 80% of B2B marketing professionals ranked event engagement as an important KPI for determining an event’s success. Maximize event communications. Make it easy for attendees and potential attendees to communicate with the event planning team. Include participatory activities.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Choose the right webinar platform. Select a webinar platform that is user-friendly, easy to navigate, allows attendees to communicate easily, and has the capacity to host a variety of content. Popular professional webinar hosting platforms include: ClickMeeting Livestorm WebinarJam Zoom Webex GoToWebinar.

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