Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 26, 2021

CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas, which served as a hybrid hub for PCMA Convening Leaders 2021, will be the site of Convening Leaders 2022. Registration opened yesterday for PCMA Convening Leaders 2022 (CL22), to be held in person Jan. 9-12 at CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas and online.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

For sure, there are a significant percentage of meeting attendees that can’t wait to participate in person; but organizers and planners found out during the first several months of 2022 that a sizable audience of previous attendees were more than happy to participate virtually. Pick the low-hanging fruit.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

According to a 2022 report by American Express Meetings & Events, 80% of event planners consider sustainability in their planning processes. Create Sustainable Meeting Packages: Develop turnkey solutions that bundle eco-friendly practices like paperless registration, plant-based menu options, and carbon offset programs.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2023

The letter called boycotting a powerful tool and cited improvements at Chateau Marmont in 2022 that ended after years of protests, lawsuits and canceled events by the Democratic Governors Association and Japanese American Citizens League. A new mechanism will allow panels to move online. ” Costs were estimated at $2.8

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 6, 2024

Last Minute Registration Shuffle Lancey Cowen A recent Maritz study showed that 45% of attendees from 30 trade shows register within four weeks of the event date. The event went fully virtual in 2021 and was staged as a hybrid event in 2022 in Denver.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 15, 2025

Finally, well dive into proven strategies, like creating registration pages that actually work, sending emails that people want to read, using event apps to stay organized, and leveraging social media to reach your audience. Keep the buzz going online with social media. They can be in person or online. Want tips for your page?

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Endless Events

MARCH 6, 2023

In 2022, the United States saw 1,774 data breaches. The New York Attorney General’s office found that users reuse passwords to cope with so many online accounts. Many new virtual event managers working with online tools might have only bought one seat that allows access. I’ll add a tip. For example, HubSpot.”

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Use SEO to boost search results SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of optimizing online content to improve how high it ranks in search engine results. Link online event resources Connect all of your event pages and content together to widen your audience reach and keep track of online engagement.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

These findings reflect a study from PCMA, which found that nearly 70% of event organizers were planning in-person events for the second and third quarters of 2022. November 2022. December 2022. NOVEMBER 2022 TECH EVENTS. 2022 Greenwich CIO Executive Leadership Summit. 2022 Denver CIO Executive Leadership Summit.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

In Q4 2021, 75% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were virtual, in Q2 2022 30.6% of event organizers were able to reach a wider audience with virtual events ( Bizzabo , 2020) 54% of virtual event registrants convert to virtual attendees. We’ve come a long way from Q4 2021 when a mere 16.8% of events on Bizzabo’s platform were in-person.

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Bizzaboo

MAY 28, 2023

Onsite registration has a profound impact on your attendees’ overall event experience. When attendees enter an event venue, the onsite registration and event badge printing process is like your storefront — the first look at what the event will be like. How To Overcome Onsite Registration Challenges 1.

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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.” When event professionals say their event is hybrid, they mean they have a version of the in-person event available to watch online. Time for a confession.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 11, 2022

It’s no secret that hybrid event has made it big throughout 2021, and is here to stay in 2022 and forward. A hybrid event is designed to give event organizers the best of both worlds, and in this guide, we will help you figure out all you need to know about hosting and managing a hybrid event in 2022. And others. Conclusion.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The company has a long history of producing webinars and online programs. On-demand viewing for registrants was available for 30 days. That has not been something Workiva has been able to replicate in terms of engagement online. Only one sponsor canceled its agreement when the 2020 in-person event was moved online.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Bear Analytics ’ IQ platform made Global Pet Expo’s data “more granular and behavioral based,” enabling show management, Bonifati said, to tailor messaging specific to different registrant groups, or personas, for the online event, which was never meant to be a virtual replication of the physical event. “It Data Insights. Data and DEI.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Suppliers are more bullish than planners, however, on revenue expectations for 2023 compared to 2022 — half of suppliers vs. one-third of planners expect an overall revenue increase of up to 50 percent. And as the year went on, planners seemed a bit more certain about their attendance levels for future events.

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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. In this guide, we will discuss all you need to know about how to plan your first hybrid event in 2022, including: What actually is a hybrid event?

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 29, 2022

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is aiming to restore its pre-pandemic in-person participation at the same time it cultivates a larger online audience. For the 2021 event, the registration price for face to face and digital was the same, and the event produced equivalent content for both audiences.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 11, 2024

The TEN Collective, a community of small-business owners in the meetings industry, gathers online every other week to discuss their challenges and questions. One resource that’s assisting a growing number of meetings-industry independents is The TEN Collective, an online community for small-business owners.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 31, 2022

The 2022 SHRM Talent Conference & Expo took place April 10-13 in Aurora, Colorado and online, and emphasized how HR professionals’ actions — big and small — have a ripple effect on the lives of others. SHRM’s 2022 Talent Conference offered an expo as well as sessions across seven content tracks. Photo by Chris Williams).

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Bizzaboo

MAY 24, 2023

That said, email marketing success is possible when you craft an email around a goal, such as generating event registrations or downloading a new piece of content. Put social posts and other UGC to work to sell your event and drive registrations. Key takeaway: Not every event email has to point to registration.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Whether in-person or online, event organizers want attendees to pay attention and participate. Offer free and relevant downloads to registrants prior to your event. 2022 Markletic reporting shows that 81.8% Stream your event live on social media and invite members of your online audience to join. Download rates.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Dynamic Registration. Whatever the case may be, leading event management solutions give you the ability to personalize the event registration process and empower attendees to pick the perfect option for their circumstances. Personalized Registration Experiences. It’s an easy way to make speakers and moderators feel like VIPs.

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Events have moved online and it didn’t take long for us to realise that we can reach untapped audiences while keeping costs down. A virtual event is an online version of a physical event. A virtual conference is just like any other conference with the difference being that it’s done entirely online. Virtual conferences.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 12, 2022

Starting this list off, we’d like to share some current data as of July 2022 based on Bizzabo customers: 2X increase in hybrid and in-person events over the last three months vs. the 3 months prior. of Q2 2022 events are planning to go virtual. 54% of virtual event registrants convert to virtual attendees. Bizzabo , 2020).

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Conversation Starters at Convening Leaders 2022 gave both in-person and digital participants a chance to discuss a range of hot-button topics. The new realities of holding digital, hybrid, and in-person events were discussed in Las Vegas and online last month during CL22 in topic-based, facilitator-led, 30-minute, small-group discussions.

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Eventtia

APRIL 1, 2022

While one of the key perks of hosting a hybrid event is the fact that you can draw a bigger audience by making your event available online, you still need the right marketing and promotion strategy to attract your target audience. Also, keep registration flexible (i.e., Have a functional and easy-to-use online registration function.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 6, 2022

Editor’s note: This article is part of the Convene July 2022 cover & CMP Series story package. But when in-person events moved online during the pandemic, the volume of data available to organizers probably jumped tenfold, estimates Joe Colangelo, founder and CEO of Arlington, Virginia–based events analytics company Bear Analytics. “If

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Mary Pat Cornett, CAE, CMP, accepts her Digital Experience Strategist of the Year award at the 2022 PCMA Visionary Awards. Under Cornett’s leadership, the organization introduced an entirely new event, Nutrition 2020 Live Online , that offered free programming and a truncated schedule. EPNAC Photography and Video).

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To illustrate, here’s a list of some of the most popular event KPIs from a demand generation funnel perspective: Registrations. Here are a few examples: Registrations from target accounts. Onsite event registration software. Create a Strategy for Onsite Registration. Gross revenue. Attendee satisfaction. Mobile event app.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 13, 2022

Organizers — the Department of Environmental Studies at Masaryk University in Czechia, the World Environmental Education Congress Network, and professional congress organizer AIM Group International — moved the event to March 14-18, 2022 at the Prague Congress Centre. RELATED: Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis: How the Events Industry is Helping.

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Bizzaboo

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This type of software for event planners provides a centralized platform where planners can manage tasks such as event registration, attendee engagement, venue selection, speaker scheduling, ticketing, and much more, all within a single interface. Plus, the software automatically reminds both groups when due dates are approaching.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

But you can envision [thinking], “Wait a minute, I’ve gone to this event before, I’ve attended these kinds of sessions, those sessions have this metadata or these tags along with it, when I go into an online experience, I’m going to get [served] something similar.” Coming into 2022, we were about 50 percent down from where we were in 2020.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Networking at scale is a key strength of trade shows and conferences something no local gathering or online option can match. Michael Engard, senior solutions specialist and lead web developer At the tail end of 2022, ChatGPT arrived on the scene, and a new and exhilarating era of digital content creation began.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 26, 2023

Similarly, several female attendees at a 2022 bitcoin conference in Miami reported everything from offensive comments about their appearance posted on social media to someone slipping an AirTag into a woman’s purse, presumably to track her whereabouts.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It is super-charging mobile event apps too, improving attendee registration, data capture, venue booking, and overall event management. Social media companies use a business model that depends on keeping you online for as long as possible,” he writes. “To Just three years ago, Facebook was the leading channel for event promotion.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

That’s because their annual event, called IASA Xchange and OnPOINT, was set to host 550 in-person attendees, presenters, and exhibitors at the Morial Convention Center from August 29 to September 1, while also beaming in more than 500 online attendees. Hurricane Ida struck New Orleans on what would have been the event’s opening day.

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