Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Istanbul offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity that resonates with our international audience, and we are thrilled to bring EMEC back to this vibrant city.” Holmgreen impressed upon me the importance of MPI’s “idea incubator” approach, involving formats and education. This is our signature European event.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

MPI Academy shares insights into how planners can master their continuing education journey Ah, the continuing education conundrum. Continuing Education with MPI Academy Tim Luepke, director of MPI Academy Once an event producer himself, Luepke now dedicates his time to giving back to the industry with education and advancing careers.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

To educate meeting professionals about the companys curated wellness menus of catering and content options, gatherings are happening from Washington, D.C., The Business Case for Alert and Focused Attendees David T. Ask attendee as part of registration what wellness means to them and what they would like to participate in.

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Endless Events

JUNE 5, 2020

Our main goals here has been to educate planners everywhere on the subject – and make them realize just how cool and engaging virtual events can be. After you took the time to learn about mistakes to avoid , how to engage your audience , and sponsorship deals , we want you to think about how to entertain attendees.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2019

Today we are diving into MPI’s World Education Congress. The World Education Congress (WEC) is a gathering where both MPI members and non-members alike come to gain education, network and more. The event has grown to about 2500 attendees and each year MPI is working to raise the bar. World Education Congress 2019.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2018

Audience engagement techniques meet AR and VR technology in this year’s InfoComm, and the Center Stage sessions are set to explore their interrelationships. InfoComm 2018 aims to use this conversation as a way to merge disciplines to craft a better and more immersive experience for event attendees. Click To Tweet. There’s Sli.Do

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Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2023

One Thing the Industry can do Better: Educate Attendees One of the significant benefits of the nomadic lifestyle is constant exposure to other cultures. Her response: attendee education. We’re not educating our attendees about the destination enough. We always get the attendee’s home address.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. IMEX22 pic.twitter.com/L1HkdcudyB. —

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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

Over the past few months, we’ve been focused on providing all the educational content we possibly could about virtual events. And this is why we’ll begin diving into educational content on the topic, alongside virtual events. How Do Physical & Virtual Attendees Interact? Do I Have To Plan Two Different Events?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

Lack of planning and understanding audience needs can hinder event attendances. billion people with disabilities globally, organizations and events that don’t cater to them are not only risking backlash, but they’re also limiting their potential audience reach. With over 1.8 Why Is Event Accessibility Still an Issue?

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Endless Events

MARCH 26, 2021

Delivering educational and relevant material to an actively engaged audience has never been as important as it is now. The age of digital and hybrid experiences got the wheels turning in everyone’s heads, and many still struggle with the matter of how to deliver the best virtual content to their attendees.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

Lack of planning and understanding audience needs can hinder event attendances. billion people with disabilities globally, organizations and events that don’t cater to them are not only risking backlash, but they’re also limiting their potential audience reach. With over 1.8 Why Is Event Accessibility Still an Issue?

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Endless Events

APRIL 28, 2020

Keeping your audience engaged will be one of the hardest tasks associated with putting together a successful virtual event. Your content will be pivotal in assuring you hook the attention of the audience. Failing to take into consideration the technical aptitude of your audience is up there with the most common virtual event mistakes.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Let’s see how you can best support both your virtual as well as in-person attendees with the right AV equipment, shall we? Make sure to give your attendees representation in the live stream. Take the opportunity to burn your event into your attendees’ minds, much like Web Summit does year after year.

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Endless Events

JULY 15, 2021

Will, Thuy, and Nick revisit PCMA EduCon 2021 and share three different perspectives: one of a co-host, one of a virtual attendee, and one of an educated outside observer. ” Thuy was also a part of the PCMA EduCon 2021, as an attendee. I’m glad I attended it from a digital attendee standpoint.”

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

of vibrant, distinct meeting space at La Fonda on the Plaza attendees made brilliant connections and took part in an experience that both refreshed and inspired, heading home with elevated understanding and ideas of how to incorporate wellness into their own events, for all of their own attendees. Across the breathtaking 20,000+ sq.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

Depending on the venue and the size of in-person and virtual audiences , these experiences can take many forms. We call such an event ‘the Star’ This venue can host a smaller amount of attendees (typically 10-50) who enjoy a VIP, behind-the-scenes experience. The rest of the audience tunes in virtually.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Organizations can entertain, educate, inspire, sell, or do all of the above simultaneously. Organizations use event marketing to: Promote the brand to a larger audience. Get data insights into their target audience. Let attendees know what’s coming next while they’re at the event. Increase their conversion rate.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2021

Audiences are growing increasingly tired of 2D digital experiences and missing the level of interaction made possible by in-person events. Introducing this exciting tech into attendees’ lives circumvents many of the challenges posed by virtual events. Using VR for virtual events can be a complete game-changer.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Is it all about the amazing content and educational value? This will always depend on how tech-savvy your audience is. However, the world of virtual events is as new to attendees as it is to planners. And this means that attendees will have no problem leaving your event and opting for one that offers a no-frills approach.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

And learn how to plan a successful virtual event that your attendees will never forget! “Live webinars in addition to the summits where we do three hours of education, we now teach the majority of all of our certificate sessions online. And those programs are sometimes six hours long, and I facilitate and teach most of those.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2023

A recently published Freeman report highlights a significant shift in the demographics of B2B event attendees. With this new generation of younger, more diverse, and more educated attendees emerging, the event industry must adapt to meet their evolving needs and expectations. Understanding your audience is a big deal.”

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s already overwhelming for first-time, able users to figure out the ins and outs of the platforms, and it only gets increasingly complicated for disabled audiences. So, in order to craft more accessible events, you must also consider attendees that can only join via telephone. are deaf or hard of hearing.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. After all, what makes an incredible event is not the stage and the logistics, but the atmosphere and the positive emotional state of the attendees.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2021

In a world where experience costs and attendee expectations are rising, smart meeting planners will consider how to make the most of their content investment. Prior to Covid, learning content was increasingly recognized as a driver of the perception of value for meeting attendees. Think like an Educator.

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Endless Events

JULY 24, 2020

My sister is a teacher in northern Nevada, and there are so many education problems that revolve around hybrid solutions. Even though the issue feels a lot like this: So we were both in positions to have an educated conversation on the topic. It’s not just a trend for events or education.

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Endless Events

JULY 24, 2020

The Endless team has put together all of our collective knowledge about strategy, engagement, and technology in order to equip you with the tools you need to plan a successful virtual event your attendees will never forget. After months of pushing out educational content about virtual events, our team took it a step further.

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

Furthermore, you will need to decide how attendees will gain access to the virtual event. Will attendees be provided with a log-in code? Do you want attendees to be able to walk through your event virtually? Is it important for attendees to be able to communicate 1:1? How will attendees ask questions during presentations?

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

What do your attendees think about your event? What was the experience like for in-person versus virtual attendees at your hybrid event? In this post, we’ve compiled 51 must-ask event survey questions that you can paste directly into your post-event surveys to gain crucial insights into the attendee, sponsor, and employee experience.

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Endless Events

JULY 17, 2020

Because this time around, you don’t have to worry about just one audience. Contrary to what happened in the past, hybrid experiences demand that you consider both in-person and remote attendees. One of the biggest pitfalls of hybrid events is neglecting the virtual audience. The Virtual Audience.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2021

Today, she shares with our audiences what she had learned. As the head of marketing at Endless Events, Sarah knows that it’s important to meet your customers and attendees where they are at when marketing virtual events. “Another virtual marketing idea is sending something to your attendee’s house.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Speakers want to present remotely, and attendees and sponsors are starting to drop off. What if travel policies change, and speakers, attendees and sponsors start to cancel? Know your audience. Make sure it stays true to audience needs. A good hybrid strategy also expands audience reach and event lifecycle.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2023

One major aspect is the engagement among attendees. Where event profs hope to give event attendees a vibrant, appealing and informative session, it may come off more as an information dump for some. Smart Meetings spoke with several event experts whose main goal is to craft a personalized, engaging and educational experience.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

of vibrant, distinct meeting space at La Fonda on the Plaza attendees made brilliant connections and took part in an experience that both refreshed and inspired, heading home with elevated understanding and ideas of how to incorporate wellness into their own events, for all of their own attendees. Across the breathtaking 20,000+ sq.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2025

Look at what you’re already doing in your daily routine and find ways to enhance it,” says James, who will be presenting “Beyond the Booth: Designing Wellness-Driven Experiences” at MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC), June 18-20 in St. “But how can we make them more engaging?

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Meeting professionals who are looking to make their events more appealing to next-generation attendees might consider making a simple shift: Use words to describe your events that resonate with your target audiences. For those respondents, “learning” or “content” resonates more than “education,” he said.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 30, 2021

After a promising but brief return to in-person-only events in the spring, the Delta and Omicron variants forced many event organizers to renavigate a hybrid event landscape to engage both digital and physical audiences. Even as their hybrid events remain a work in progress, many organizers now see their long-tail potential.

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