The MICE Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

Drag Taste’s ‘Sangria and Secrets’ is considered the world’s number one online experience. We created the “Sangria and Secrets with Drag Taste’” experience, for corporate and public, which today is the number one online interactive experience globally. And now, we have created six online experiences.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtual events, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. GEVME offers 1:1 and group video meetings, an activity feed, sponsored products, and a passwordless login experience utilizing OTP (one-time pin). Albert’s Aha! Building events since : 2016.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JUNE 30, 2021

User-generated content (UGC) is what it sounds like: content created by people who have used certain products or services. . The TV brand and store won your business simply because a past customer shared about their product. Users are more likely to trust a product when they see it in action, shared in a non-salesy way.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The most authoritative list of 2021 virtual events and conferences on the internet. Planners have already made their intentions clear, with 93% of event marketers already planning to incorporate virtual events into their strategy in 2021 and beyond. Note: As 2021 goes on, we plan on updating this post regularly. IMPACT 2021.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 23, 2021

is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter of this year will allow the 20-year-old company to raise $801 million to pay down debt and invest in product innovation. Events became digitized through virtual and online experiences, and we invested heavily in expanding our virtual event capabilities. The post Cvent Going Public with $5.3

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

Additionally, they are much more likely to spend money on experiences rather than products. The job of an experiential marketer is to make that experience unforgettable and enjoyable, prompting the customer to develop an emotional bond with the product or brand. Give them a chance to try your product or interact with it tangibly.

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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? I had never actually done what would now be considered a virtual event or an online event. We looked at what that would look like in an online environment.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 1, 2022

The repositioning of Encore as more than just an AV equipment supplier is being championed by a new senior team working with President and CEO (and 2021 Smart Meetings Catalyst Winner ) Ben Erwin. Recruitment includes appealing to Twitch users who are experts in gamification and online behavior.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In this episode of the Event Tech podcast , the tech duo looks back on 2020 and 2021 and considers how they would do things differently if they had to relive the pandemic. The biggest disappointment in the industry for me was how many production companies shut their doors at a time when planners needed event tech people the most.

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Tourism eSchool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

3 Steps to Encourage Customer Advocacy of your Tourism Experience Online. Published on September 20, 2021. Here’s three simple steps to get your customer spreading the love and being online advocates for your tourism experience. How to charge a premium price for your product. By Rebecca White. Ask customers to share.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

The consensus, according to Sample, was that it was better than expected with 48,000 showing up in person and more participating online. “We When asked, she predicted that the group would probably continue to offer some sort of virtual product to expand their digital reach and monetize the content in a different way.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Rather than having a regular conversation about event technology, Will and Brandt are sharing the contents of a session they led at the FICP Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona back in November 2021. Go to them, see as many online events as you can, and talk to your colleagues.” So how do you find new venues?

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Bizzaboo

JULY 20, 2021

Here’s what you need to know about how the world’s top brands are approaching their own hybrid event strategies in 2021 and 2022. Some companies will decide that their event strategy comprises a mix of in-person and online events. Right now, ZenDesk isn't going to be producing any physical events in 2021 (2022?).

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If we’re really lucky , we’ll have a safe, inexpensive, effective vaccine some time before the end of 2021 (remember, testing takes time). Given that vaccine availability will be limited during the production ramp up, we should not assume that in-person events would quickly become feasible. This is starting to happen.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“What we did was really take the program, the scientific program, and literally move it directly online”, Magdalina explains. So I think all the media will go away hopefully, it will stay in a better-edited version online. “And people were really gracious with us. They understood that we didn’t have much time.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Between 2021 and 2022, I committed the error of typing the phrase “the future is hybrid” not once, but seven times and even titled an early 2023 story “ The Future is Hybrid-ish.” Insights resource Crunchbase estimated that in 2020 and 2021, more than $1.5 Nobody should have an online component. Time for a confession.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 19, 2021

Yesterday [see below], I realized that hub and spoke is a great format for purely online meetings too. The hub event and each pod may be either in-person or online. Online meeting : participants are connected to each other via an internet platform like Zoom or Teams. Online pods. Adrian Segar (@ASegar) July 16, 2021.

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Tourism eSchool

JULY 28, 2021

The Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) is a national, central online database which features listings of thousands of tourism experiences, events and destination information. Your description should engage the visitor, captivate them and make them want to experience your product and ultimately book. Write captions for each Image.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

Asheville Greenworks, a volunteer-based organization, had 1,609 volunteers across 196 projects in 2021, who all helped restore Asheville in a variety of ways, including planting trees and removing litter from creeks and roadsides. In fiscal year 2020-2021, nearly 2,500 volunteers supported MANNA.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 5, 2021

[My June, 2021 guest post for BlueJeans by Verizon on event ROI.]. All events have owners , suppliers of services and products , and attendees. Suppliers of services and products plan to make a financial profit from their investment of time and resources, and perhaps firm up additional profitable business too.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

After a one-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) took place in Rotterdam in May 2021. Thirdly, online and hybrid events can reach new geographies and target audiences. Secondly, events serve as a driver for innovation.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

In the past 18 months, we’ve seen a rapid evolution of virtual events regarding event technology platforms and online experiences. It had world-class online entertainment by Drag Taste, prominent industry and non-industry speakers, with the headline speaker Gary Vaynerchuk. Then, just start testing. Does this sound familiar?

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The two-part CEMA webinar series, “Planning an Annual Conference in 2021, The Before & After,” reviewed what worked and what didn’t at Workiva’s Amplify virtual events. In that same spirit, I tuned in to the two-part CEMA webinar series , “Planning an Annual Conference in 2021, The Before & After.”

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Held in late February 2020 in Orlando and attracting 17,000 attendees, Global Pet Expo “snuck right in” before the pandemic shut everything down, said Christopher Bonifati, CEM, director of attendee services at the American Pet Products Association (APPA), which co-produces the event. Christopher Bonifati. “We In-Person Application.

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Solimar International

MAY 23, 2022

They have adopted new digital habits, and changed their online behavior as a result. Today, 65% of global travel and tourism sales are made online (Statista 2021), leading digital marketing to be even more important than traditional marketing. What is the value of digital destination marketing? From local to global . Go virtual.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 14, 2024

According to the latest analysis from the Advertising Specialty Institute, distributor sales of promotional products, including event giveaways, in 2023 set a new record, reaching more than $26 billion in sales. We are trying to come up with swag people will actually like/keep,” she posted. But not such good news for the environment.

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They incorporate various digital components, from gaming competitions to communication between in-person and online participants, and more. Empower 21 was one of the first hybrid events in 2021. Even though the entire event was online, participants had the opportunity to collaborate and connect with others.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

You can send a simple group email or use a free online invitation creator to get a bit more involved. The party may be online, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be boring. Contact Us: hello@socialtables.com +1 (877) 973-2863 Request Pricing ? Make sure to tell everyone when and how to dial in and how to prepare. Pick a theme.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 24, 2020

Some meetings are moving to virtual while others are supporting online learning versus in-person education, using Zoom and Microsoft Teams. So far, meetings moving online have averaged between 20 and 40 people. Companies will need to get their teams together for product and initiative kickoffs, board meetings, re-launches, etc.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Megan Martin recently crossed over from the planning side to the supplier side of events, joining event and community software company JUNO in October 2021 as account executive. Or if you love creating, you can go work for a supplier that does graphics and production. Honestly, every single experience and job I’ve had has led me here.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 12, 2021

Budgeting for events in a rapidly changing landscape, whether for a digital or in-person event or a hybrid of the two, “might seem like it’s ‘Mission Impossible,’” said Todd Schwartz, CMP, during his PCMA EduCon 2021 session, “Setting and Scaling Budget in an Uncertain Landscape.” Rates: Negotiate for better terms with in-house AV suppliers.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Gen Z is enjoying its digital downtime, including popularizing analog products such as Polaroid cameras. Exposure to nature has been linked to how well we think and collaborate, and with boosting focus and creativity,” Barbara Palmer, Convene ’s deputy editor, wrote in 2021. Casey Gale is managing editor of Convene.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 12, 2022

Although in Q4 2021, 75% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were virtual, only 30.6% 71% of event decision makers say that it’s difficult to make virtual events accurately mimic the IRL experience, with 2 in 3 (67%) feeling it’s difficult to articulate a brand narrative through virtual events ( BlueJeans and Forrester , 2021).

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 13, 2021

Nine out of 10 (91 percent) held a virtual event between March 2020 and June 2021, yet only slightly more than half (54 percent) said they were successful in meeting their organizations’ objectives. They work in a range of industries — industrial, education, consumer goods, and health care, among them.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

And from 2020 through 2021, sales of the company’s virtual photo-booth product climbed, Eitzen said. Last summer, as events reopened unevenly amid new COVID strains, the company began to see clients use the virtual photo-booth product for some in-person events, he said. Eitzen said. But getting here has been really difficult.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8% We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8% We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8% We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8% In Q4 2021, 75% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were virtual, in Q2 2022 30.6%

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 24, 2022

After its 30th annual meeting was held in June 2019, the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) team had big plans for its 2021 in-person event. ESPNIC and Kenes Group were aware that many professionals were experiencing Zoom fatigue by the middle of 2021. Grabbing a (Virtual) Drink. Live From Spain.

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