Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2025

Attendees at Visit California Outlook Forum 2025 at JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Beyond Parks & Rec Photo by Max Whittaker These students are preparing to be managers of people, projects and the design thinking that goes along with that, said Becker, who is a Cal Poly alum and on their advisory board. That is where the power is.

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Endless Events

JUNE 5, 2020

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. Just like you’ll have the speakers doing their thing from the comfort of their homes, you can have a bartender do the same! Yes, you read that right!

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2022

As health and safety standards change with every new surge in Covid cases, many planners adopted virtual or hybrid platforms, but not all attendees have embraced the shift. Implement mask and social distancing policies that will put attendees at ease. Include small breakout sessions to let attendees connect with each other.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Most meeting professionals manage the needs of a small subset of attendees who require food, wheelchair access, sound, language or sensory accommodations. Her mother is a full-time wheelchair user who traveled and sometimes would show up as the keynote speaker, but not have a room available with an accessible shower. Is it tabbable?

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Endless Events

APRIL 14, 2022

“It begs an important question for event profs: are you prepared for something like that to happen? ” Always Be Prepared: Anything Can Happen. Do we need to collect attendees’ consent that they will not be going up on stage uninvited? What do we do in that case? No one has access up on that stage.

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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. Prepare ahead of time. Even the most famous public speakers don’t just wing it. So how do you do it?

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Techsytalk

MARCH 21, 2019

So, you have to know how to prepare yourself well and take the best out of these events. Look at the list of attendees. That’s why you should look at the list of attendees and see if you can spot someone who garners interests or someone who you already know. Prepare well, do the research and go. Why do you want to go?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

How will the expectations from attendees evolve? Ensuring the safety of your attendees within the health spectrum will be one of the biggest 2021 event trends. Will a good choice of platform suffice or must event profs look beyond that in order to present attendees with new and exciting opportunities?

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Endless Events

MAY 1, 2020

Preparations for your event might be in full swing, but there are still virtual event concerns you must address! Attendees’ Bandwidth Ability. Because everyone involved in the experience – you, the attendees, the speakers, the entertainment – will be attending the event remotely. Communicate!

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Fake women event speakers? Fake speakers Creating fake women speakers is just one tiny step in the right direction. Fake speakers Creating fake women speakers is just one tiny step in the right direction. How hard is it to make all your speakers fake? Make all your speakers fake! Lots of them!

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Endless Events

MARCH 22, 2018

That’s why we’ve put together this list of creative ways to connect your attendees. Use technology to better connect your attendees. Let’s take a closer look at each of those: Event apps: Event apps are used to help increase attendee engagement and deliver a more personalized event experience.

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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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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Being a speaker, there’s always a long story. How did you make the transition to private life, to being a speaker, and how did catching bad guys help you move into managing risk for meeting planners? So what is it that meeting planners get wrong about protecting attendees? How did you end up in your career? KC : Right.

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

You’ve booked a keynote speaker that is sure to wow! You’re focused on providing engaging and interactive sessions for your attendees. You know that conference networking is important, but you’re not sure how to help your attendees make meaningful connections. Don’t worry. You’re not alone. That’s pretty powerful.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2018

Some might even say they border on cheating, but they always capture attendees attention. Hopefully, it’ll also make your event sticky enough to turn event goers into customers and repeat attendees. It also includes a complete breakdown of how to prepare the perfect booth, while also giving tips for preparing for emergencies.

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Endless Events

JUNE 8, 2020

The extraordinary Lee Papa is an internationally recognized Mindfulness and Meditation speaker and trainer, specializing in the Meetings, Events, Hospitality, and Travel industries. I prepare, but I don't obsess or stress over it because I set the intention. But are we really so busy that we forget to think about ourselves?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2024

What Planners Can Do to Be Prepared When it comes to severe storms, the best things any event professional can do is prepare as much as they can. Before the storm hits, it’s advisable to communicate with attendees, vendors and speakers. Can attendees come to the venue or should they stay where they are?

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

The final step in the event management process is a follow-up meeting after the event to discuss the event’s overall ROI, attendee and sponsor feedback, and make the necessary readjustments to the overarching event strategy. Event professionals have to come to follow-up meetings after events well-prepared. Start planning.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its about bringing all the moving parts together in a way that feels effortless to your attendees while ensuring nothing slips through the cracks behind the scenes. At its heart, its all about delivering a seamless experience that leaves attendees feeling engaged, valued, and eager to participate again.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2020

Now that your attendees are no longer physically present, engagement becomes more important than ever, and an event app can go a long way in helping you out with this. And if you’re looking to promote your main sponsor, push notifications that remind attendees about sponsored sessions or offers is also a great way to do so!

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2021

If there’s something 2020 has taught it’s that we can never be too prepared. Not to mention the stress of having to learn how to plan and execute virtual experiences that engage and motivate attendees! Where it pertains to virtual event rehearsals, we’re talking about your speakers.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2020

Yet, attendees still walk away feeling frustrated at the lack of quality connections they’ve made at an event. It’s time we go back to the drawing board and understand what our attendees really want when they ask for more networking opportunities. source: e180). Or they must come armed with potential conversation topics.

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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. Preparation matters. Account for accessibility.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

We’ll discover: The reality of virtual speakers at events. Allow virtual speakers to take the stage. Are you planning an event and the perfect speaker can’t manage to get to your venue at the right time? Of course, we already do this by live-streaming to screens, but now we’re looking at virtual speakers with 3D visualization.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

More than 40 speakers and industry leaders were also expected to attend. We created everything for all general sessions and breakout content like opening videos, animated show looks and speaker title card animations, awards presentations, deck templates, plus voiceover and sponsor loops.” is to be prepared for anything.

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Endless Events

MARCH 26, 2021

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. When planning a virtual or hybrid event, every element of the design must be done with your attendees in mind. Don’t Dump Away.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

The best thing you can do to start this journey off with the right foot is to be prepared. The number of attendees, sales, engagement, profit, new contacts – whatever is relevant to you and your organization. What will attendees accomplish by attending your event? Who are your attendee personas? Who are they?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

.” Another great core goal to measure event success is attendee satisfaction. ” Attendee retention , on the other hand, is more challenging. “When you think about attendee retention, you don’t always see that as a KPI metric for in-person events. .” “You can use NPS or CSAT.

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ADMEI

MARCH 20, 2024

This one-of-a-kind event, held in Atlanta, Georgia, attracted DMC professionals from across the globe with thirteen countries represented in person, fostering a vibrant community and equipping attendees with the tools to propel their businesses forward. Prepare for awards. Start preparing your award submissions early this year.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To ensure a consistent and evolving impact for your company and attendees, we recommend developing a three-year event strategy. This strategic planning enables us to tailor the event’s elements to not only engage attendees but also to keep the desired outcomes in focus.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Big events with a high number of attendees might require up to a year to plan. Include all planning meetings into your event timeline so everyone can add them to their calendar and prepare in advance. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2022

Armed with this information, you’ll be better prepared to advise planners as you receive detailed information on their ideas and requests for events, games and motivating team-building competitions that can get quite exuberant. First, fresh air can give attendees an immediate boost of endorphins just from being outside. Naturally Good.

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Endless Events

APRIL 6, 2018

The upside is convenience and providing quick support to attendees. It doesn’t matter which part of the attendee data you’re gathering, everything needs to be kept locked down under current tech standards to keep them safe. Get the Right Keynote Speaker for Your Events. Click To Tweet.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Time to brew some conference attendee strategies! On this week’s episode, Will Curran, Nick Borelli, Dustin Westling, and Thuy Diep get together to talk about conference attendee strategies. Conference Attendee Strategies – Who’s Coming? This is your chance to get the best scoop! How do you perceive?

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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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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.”.

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Endless Events

APRIL 30, 2021

Now, venues also play a big part in promoting attendee safety and facilitating the technology necessary to engage the virtual audience. What content are your attendees consuming at your event? How will food preparation work? It’s no longer just about the experience taking place on-site. Why are they watching? For how long?

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