Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2021

Virtual Events. Regardless of what happens with live events, “ virtual events are here to stay,” according to Steve Gottlieb, CEO of event software provider Shindig. The cost savings are just too compelling, and online events are less disruptive. Hybrid Events. It’s a win/win,” she says.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What better way to learn more about the exciting world of event technology than listening to an awesome product spotlight episode of the Event Tech Podcast? Today, Will and Brandt bring two guests in to hear an unbiased review of Accelevents , an all-in-one hybrid, and virtual event management platform.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the past two years, we’ve covered nearly every aspect of planning virtual events and keeping virtual audiences entertained from the safety of their homes. Now that we’re making a return to in-person events , we can start talking about many event-planning topics we had no use for since March 2020.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

2022 is going to be our best year yet; we’ve embraced exciting new event technology and hybrid events as the way of the future! If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. Which virtual event platform features to look for?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“We live in a hybrid world where almost every major event has a virtual component, even if we don’t call it that,” said Bizzabo Chief Marketing Officer Alon Alroy. Yes, hybrid meetings are more complicated and costly, but virtual is here to stay without a doubt,” he said. Then omicron and the culture wars hit. “We

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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. And w hile 66% say that they have postponed their events, 25% of events are being rescheduled for September or later. But it won’t be.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Associate Professor & Director, Sports Management Programs, The George Washington University School of Business, 2020-21 PCMA Visionary Award educator honoree. The EventTech800” infographic from MarTech 8000 demonstrated the 400-percent growth in event-tech companies in 2020. It’s just that the virtual events have sucked.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

For serial entrepreneur Lawrence Coburn , who is navigating the serendipitous networking company twine through the evolution of the virtual events space as co-founder and CEO, getting in early to a growing niche was essential. I think the pendulum will end where virtual events are a bigger part of the pie than before Covid.”.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2022

Over time, we started building a big influence in the events industry. We started putting out more content, not just on production, but general event planning. We started getting asked to do event technology, which became very impactful and important in 2020. I remember how much guidance they needed in March 2020.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

But based on the most recent marketing and event trends , we can categorize them into three broad types: Singular annual event strategy. Multi-event strategy. Most businesses have always sworn by planning singular annual events. But in 2020, the pandemic forced us to take our events online. .

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

Event trends 2022 are here and let us tell you, it’s an exciting year for event planners who dare to dream big. Those who’ve read our guide to event trends in 2022 already know how which hybrid event models hold the most promise and the role of event technology moving forward. Community Model.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually. Cvent CONNECT August 1-4 | Caesars Forum | Las Vegas Cvent CONNECT is one of the world’s top event technology conferences that brings together meetings, events, and hospitality professionals.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 13, 2020

?? The Best of the Best: Learning and Growing: Why Collaborative Learning is the Future of Event-Networking. Virtual Events: How to Use AR and VR At Your Events. Event Design: 21 Creative Ideas for Corporate Stage Design. ? AR and VR aren’t exactly cutting edge when it comes to event technology.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

Here are some of the most essential ideas in the events industry. Remember: event technology solutions alone are not enough to turn your event into a boundary-pushing experience. Design your events with the experience in mind and use technology to support you in that vision. Experiential Virtual Events.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 12, 2022

What’s more, Verified Market Research , a leading global research and consulting firm, expects the global events industry to bring in a whopping $2.194 trillion by 2028 — quite the uptick from the $887 billion the market commanded in 2020. More than 25% of in-person and hybrid events are paid vs. only 10% of virtual events.

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Endless Events

MARCH 11, 2022

Event profs have heard it time and time again: hybrid events are the way of the future in the events industry. They’ve risen from relative anonymity to stardom in 2020. Two years later, they are one of the most important event trends of 2022. Hybrid Events Are More Sustainable. Let’s explore!

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Insights resource Crunchbase estimated that in 2020 and 2021, more than $1.5 billion was invested in virtual and hybrid event companies. Over the last two years, event platform companies Bizzabo and Hubilo each laid off double-digit percentages of staff. Today, many are running leaner versions of their former selves.

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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. They cover every important aspect of planning the perfect hybrid event: technology, safety measures, and audience engagement. “Unfortunately, most of my team was furloughed because we do the in-person events.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 20, 2022

But how do webinar organizers take an idea and transform it into an appealing virtual event? Which webinar best practices do the most successful virtual event planners and organizers follow? We cover a variety of webinar best practices that can help new organizers and seasoned virtual event planners alike.

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Eventtia

APRIL 12, 2022

While virtual events are certainly not brand new and have been around for quite some time, it’s no secret that the global COVID-19 pandemic has caused the surge of popularity of virtual events. What is a Virtual Event? Why Host a Virtual Event?

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Techsytalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

techsytalk GLOBAL is taking its 2020 event virtual and has chosen Swapcard , the leading AI-powered engagement and matchmaking platform for premium events, as the official event platform. Written by Mia Masson, Copywriter. Seattle, WA (Nov.

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Meet Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

MeetGreen has operated as a virtual company from the very beginning over two decades ago and we are adventurers in this world. Adapting Events in 2020. At the beginning of the COVID 19 shutdown in March 2020, the MeetGreen team successfully converted the year’s first face-to-face meeting to a virtual event in ten days.

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InEvent

MAY 13, 2021

Our top picks of tech innovations that promise to make hybrid and virtual events that much better. Nearing the end of 2020, the trendy term for the moment was “the new normal.” … Post Tech innovations that are transforming virtual events showed as first in InEvent Blog.

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Best Corporate Events

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Virtual Events. Regardless of what happens with live events, “virtual events are here to stay,” according to Steve Gottlieb, CEO of virtual event platform provider Shindig. The cost savings are just too compelling, and online events are less disruptive. Hybrid Events.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 21, 2023

The Role of Event Technology in ROI All-in-one event management software not only makes it possible to measure otherwise inaccessible data, but it also makes measuring holistic data a heck of a lot easier. Sure, we’re an event technology company, so there’s a good reason why we’d want this to be the case.

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Meet Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In-person events were either canceled in 2020 or switched to a virtual format. We compared the same eight events in the 2019 physical iteration and its digital 2020 counterpart. The findings were a 97% increase in attendance overall over 2019 in-person events. What Does the Data Say?

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Stova

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Pre-pandemic, that attention span was only 8 seconds—and it’s not a stretch to hypothesize that it’s diminished even further since 2020. We all know the line about humans having a shorter attention span than goldfish.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

According to events on Bizzabo’s platform, more than 25% of in-person and hybrid events are paid versus only 10% of virtual events. The average ticket price for a paid event is $655, but 50% of paid tickets used discount promo codes, and 75% gave a full discount — that’s a free ticket. .

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 2, 2024

Last week, the event technology space celebrated a significant milestone: Gartner® released its first-ever Magic Quadrant™ for event technology platforms — a moment that marks the growth of our market and the triumphant return of in-person events as a go-to marketing channel.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 8, 2024

Gartner® published its inaugural Magic Quadrant™ for Event Technology Platforms a few weeks ago, and Bizzabo was named one of three market Leaders. Guided by a belief in the power of corporate events to bring people together, Bizzabo focused on creating a streamlined, easy-to-use event management platform.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 16, 2023

From webinars and field marketing events to recruiting events and sales kick-offs, there’s no shortage of different types of corporate events companies can organize. 4 Reasons for Hosting a Corporate Event According to Allied Market Research, the U.S. corporate event market — which hauled in $95.3

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This new style of event is becoming increasingly popular after the global COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancellation of many large-scale physical events throughout 2020 and 2021 due to social distancing and quarantine policies. Physical Event: Pros and Cons. Virtual Event: Pros and Cons.

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Eventtia

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While hybrid events have been relatively popular in the past half-decade or so, it’s no secret that the COVID-19 global pandemic has further accelerated its popularity throughout 2020 and 2022. Both virtual events and in-person events have their own unique advantages, so how can we get the best of both worlds?

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 6, 2024

When Convene spoke with Judge for the August 2022 cover story on talent trends and challenges in the events industry , she had already seen a marked increase in the number of meeting planners looking to leave their full-time jobs between 2020 and 2022. Does this still ring true or has this changed?

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 23, 2023

In this piece, we’ll examine the importance of long-term goals for event planners and some tips that should help you create goals that enable you to continuously improve as a professional and key events team member. Today, when an event wraps up, an event marketer’s job is just beginning.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

of event organizers believe that events are the most critical marketing channel for achieving business goals, and 75.9% Although many brands have already started building in-house event marketing teams, many more haven’t. Dynamic Events, Inc. According to The state of in-person B2B conferences report , 80.4%

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