Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. Improving Accessibility in the Events Industry Accessibility is a critical aspect of event planning that ensures all attendees can fully participate in and enjoy the event experience.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Event planners, speakers and attendees all saw their calendars cleared out last March, returning slowly with virtual events and only now showing a glimmer of hope for the return of live conferences. Here are some ways you can make attendee experience a differentiator for your next event: Communication. The Best Speakers.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 11, 2018

Turn your event attendees into event participants. The speaker drones on, reading from their notecards or plain white powerpoint slides. You can efficiently learn so much actually listening to the speaker. Even the most famous public speakers don’t just wing it. Whether it’s educational or entertaining.

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Endless Events

APRIL 28, 2020

Focus on providing educationals yet engaging content with enough balance between words, text, video, and attendee engagement tricks. #2 Just because we live in the 21st century and technology is pretty much ubiquitous, that doesn’t mean every attendee is tech-savvy. 2 Overcomplicating. Who are your personas?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. Improving Accessibility in the Events Industry Accessibility is a critical aspect of event planning that ensures all attendees can fully participate in and enjoy the event experience.

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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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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

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. Don’t Dump Away.

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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. We’re talking about B2B events here.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2021

Introducing this exciting tech into attendees’ lives circumvents many of the challenges posed by virtual events. David Whelan is the CEO of Immersive VR Education , which sells a VR training and collaboration platform called Engage. Amazing Examples Of VR For Virtual Events. We achieved everything we set out to do and more.

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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 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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The MICE Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

The annual conference plays a key role in AERs broader strategy: strengthening its members, fostering ongoing education, and collectively developing innovative solutions for current and future challenges. The short talks on specialized travel drew strong interest, while the AI session filled the room with curious 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

MARCH 25, 2020

What will your brand and attendees get out of the experience? Do you just want a speaker talking to the audience? Do you want attendees to be able to go from a virtual room to another? At the end of the day, you still want to put on a show your attendees will remember for years to come. Find Speakers. 2 Months Out.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

How will the expectations from attendees evolve? While it’s hard to make absolute predictions of what we can expect from the future, we can absolutely make educated guesses. Ensuring the safety of your attendees within the health spectrum will be one of the biggest 2021 event trends. Speaker Training: Bigger & Better.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Life Sciences Trainers & Educators Network Annual Conference. For a corporate stage design reflective of conference themes, look no further than the Life Sciences Trainers and Educators Network Annual Conference. A transparent speaker podium with a branded banner was the ideal choice to not detract from the bold backdrop.

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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?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. 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? Streamline the user experience for planners, attendees and stakeholders.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

As guests entered the convention center, they saw attendees dressed in festive red and green garb all around, from ugly Christmas sweaters to stylish holiday patterns. 13 and welcomed over 1,000 attendees and exhibitors. Day two kicked off with a keynote speech from author and public speaker Lisa Braithwaite, M.A.,

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As in-person events gain momentum, attendee expectations are higher than ever. IMEX Group worked with pc/nametag to manage registration for the 12,000 attendees who descended on Las Vegas for IMEX America in October. Read More : IMEX22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees. Attendee Benefits. Read More : New U.S.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

While content, speakers and networking opportunities are vital, an often-underestimated element can set an event apart—decor. More than just a backdrop, decor can significantly impact an event’s success, influencing everything from attendee engagement to brand perception. Read More : It’s All About Engagement!

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

While content, speakers and networking opportunities are vital, an often-underestimated element can set an event apart—decor. More than just a backdrop, decor can significantly impact an event’s success, influencing everything from attendee engagement to brand perception. Read More : It’s All About Engagement!

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ADMEI

MARCH 20, 2024

Reflections on ADMEI 2024 Annual Conference: “In the Zone” 20 March 2024 The 2024 ADMEI Annual Conference, aptly themed "In the Zone," delivered a powerful punch of education, networking, and industry insights for Destination Management Companies (DMCs) worldwide. Want to delve deeper?

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2020

This will include things like speaker fees, entertainment fees, event platforms , the technical and production costs, and so on. If your virtual event will offer ten hours, along with extra perks and state of the art speakers and trainers, you can charge double or more – $700 and above. This is, of course, a hypothetical example.

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

Very little thought went into the virtual audience’s experience, their ability to network amongst themselves and the other attendees, the quality of the stream, and the way content was delivered. It involves multiple venues networked together to offer scale and intimacy while keeping attendee numbers within safety guidelines.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Meeting Professional Continuing Education Includes Sustainability Certification Meeting professionals are taking sustainability more seriously than ever before. Look to Events Industry Council (EIC), a leader in event professional continuing education. It includes education around social responsibility and inclusivity.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. We are turning attendees into participants,” he said. You have to be ready for that.”. Flexibility as a Constant.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

What to consider when planning an event at an all-inclusive resort Meeting Professionals International (MPI) CEO Paul VanDeventer likes to say that when planning the association’s World Education Congress (WEC), MPI takes chances so members don’t have to take on the risk. Thanks to all the vendors, sponsors, student volunteers & speakers.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

So, in order to craft more accessible events, you must also consider attendees that can only join via telephone. This means that simply listening to presentations and keynote speakers might not be an option for a significant portion of your audience. Most, if not all, virtual event platforms have the option to dial in by phone.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

Generally, we offer 10 tracks, but we are narrowing that down with lots of exciting speakers and topics to help give people more clarity,” she said. The education will still come in lots of different formats, including keynotes, seminars and campfires. That could be in the form of campfire talks and additional educational elements.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

On Track Tahira Endean The umbrella tracks for educational content are the same as the categories featured at IMEX Frankfurt in May. Whether attendees want to be better at business, learn more about experience design or how to plan events that are kinder to our planet, they will find the personal and professional development they need.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The scholarship program gave recognition to individuals with less than 10 non-consecutive years of experience in healthcare design and construction, including research and/or education. The attendees welcomed these emerging leaders and in fact endorsed many of the leaders to apply.”

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the app, participants build their schedules, check in to sessions, complete surveys and connect with speakers, sponsors and one another. The process of preparing for continuous education involves gaining in-depth knowledge of various aspects of meeting and event planning, from tactics to strategy,” she says.

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Endless Events

MARCH 19, 2020

Education Is Your Friend. It’s not the AV company who says, “Hey, here’s a speaker, good luck. Yeah, you need this speaker and I’ll set it up for you,” and you have no idea how it works. “I think we’re about to see a revolution in remote speakers. Utilize them”, says Will.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Amy Riley, senior director of business sales for Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority , advised attendees to “Pack your walking shoes!” Whether this is the attendee’s first IMEX America or a return trip, she predicts visitors will be amazed by all the new things there are to do and see. Speaker Power. Smart Monday.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Before we get into the formal education side, we have to acknowledge that event planners need to have a set of particular soft skills. These soft skills help event planners manage everything that goes into event planning, for example choosing a venue, labor costs, attendee engagement, sponsorship opportunities, speaker management, and more.

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