Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

Present: Participating in the Experience Since before the pandemic, and perhaps sped up because of it, attendee engagement has been something meeting professionals want more of. While participation from attendees isn’t necessarily a requirement of being more engaged, it can have a positive impact on the outcome of the event.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Note to #meetingprofs : You have to experience the @encore @EncoreGlobal_ experience to spark your excitement about the possibilities for immersing your attendees in multi-sensory journies. To ease the rush of registration, attendees were urged to print badges at home and grab a lanyard in the hall. A Brighter, Faster Mandalay Bay.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It covered Europe, but it also covered meeting attendees coming from Europe to the United States,” says Jill Blood, vice president of deputy general counsel for Maritz. “So, For Maritz, around 10% of our total attendee base is European across all of our clients. I think we’ll hear it from attendees when we get it wrong.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

He said, “I don’t think I can even do the meeting where I was supposed to present in four hours.” So what is it that meeting planners get wrong about protecting attendees? KC : Let’s look at the entire event, not just the attendees. When I go through my presentation, I ask a series of 10 questions. KC : Right.

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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

APRIL 28, 2020

No one wants to look at dense presentation slides for hours on end – that’s a one-way ticket to Boredom Town. Focus on providing educationals yet engaging content with enough balance between words, text, video, and attendee engagement tricks. #2 4 Choosing The Wrong Presenters. 2 Overcomplicating.

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Endless Events

MAY 20, 2021

It’s hard to build connections with presenters or attendees through a screen. They ask: ‘Why aren’t my attendees talking in the chat? ’ But honestly, they would be so mad if their attendees were chatting it up while somebody was speaking on the stage. Is that just me?” ” She continues.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

The number of attendees, sales, engagement, profit, new contacts – whatever is relevant to you and your organization. Think about them and write them down so you can present them when meeting with a virtual event production company. What will attendees accomplish by attending your event? Who are your attendee personas?

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Endless Events

MARCH 21, 2022

You can get hyper-creative with custom floor plans and put your own spin on it, or have a map that helps attendees maneuver around an event as you would if it were in person,” Amy says. Managing speakers, volunteers, and attendees, while on a tight schedule. That allows me to focus on the best thing for our attendees.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Yes, it’s time to bring together virtual and in-person knowledge so as to create riveting and immersive experiences for attendees. This person will moderate the chat, take questions, and pass them on to the speakers, as well as consistently work to engage with those who can’t be physically present. But the virtual attendees?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Fresh off of the steep learning curve that was virtual, planners must now brace for the challenges presented by hybrid. For starters, attendee safety will be at the forefront of event planning when it comes to the live portion of hybrid experiences. safety of attendees, in which facilities must comply with 20 specific elements.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

In the early days of the pandemic, attendees were more accepting of bad camera angles, awkward transitions between segments, or video that looked grainy. What do they hear between the formal presentations? Food is another way to keep the audience in front of your presentation, instead of getting up to go to the fridge.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In this particular case, we’re not talking about engagement between attendees, but rather the complex relationship between the talking heads and the audience. Endless monologues from the speakers wasn’t something attendees loved with in-person, to begin with. And consequently, it becomes an important factor in the former.

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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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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2022

Instead of expecting attendees to follow an agenda, smart event planners will figure out how to give people the opportunity to explore and find solutions for themselves, without being told — the same way they search a gaming environment for clues and interesting activities. People have been shocked to see presenters standing up.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve outlined 77 event KPIs and divided them into eight major groups: general and attendee event KPIs , financial event KPIs , marketing KPIs , audience engagement KPIs , presenter KPIs , sponsorship and tradeshow KPIs , event networking KPIs , community KPIs. Registration & Attendee KPIs. Presenter KPIs.

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Endless Events

JUNE 19, 2020

You’re either a planner eager to learn how you can set your virtual speaker up for success, or you’re a speaker looking to be trained in the art of virtual presentations. But now that you’re presenting from a different location than everybody else, you’re in charge of your own background. Why are they there?

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

So if you’re trying to bring in a remote presenter or somebody is having mic problems, chances are by the time you get the person down there, whatever it was that needed to be fixed at that moment has passed. I wound up being the one guy: the live stream person, helping people get their microphones set up, running all the presentations.”

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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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Smart Meetings

APRIL 23, 2024

Luxury language and presentation tips IACC 2024 in Basking Ridge, New Jersey was centered around empowering attendees to be seen, heard and respected as they drive their careers forward as leaders in the meetings and events industry. When pitching, presenting or speaking to the public, always use luxury language.

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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. So what’s left? The experience.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 18, 2021

While attendees were a lot more forgiving last year, as we all learned the ropes of virtual events, the same can’t be expected today. Gone are the days where you could get away with tuning in from the living room to give a presentation. The result was more engaging sessions that wowed attendees!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

From missions and challenges to competitions, there are many ways to make your attendees feel truly immersed in the experience. Therefore, event gamification incentivizes your attendees to become active participants by adding game-like features to your event. For reference, check out InEvent’s gamification presentation.

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Endless Events

JUNE 7, 2021

Lift Attendees’ Energy With A Hype Man! ” An example Will uses is not showing the Wi-Fi password for the virtual attendees, since they don’t need it. ” “The bare minimum is to double whatever’s on the IMAG feed and that could either be camera or presentation,” agrees Brandt.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

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. Once a virtual attendee feels bored and stops watching the live stream, there’s very little you can do to bring them back. The rest of the audience tunes in virtually.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Participants of the American Geophysical Unions 2023 Annual Meeting, sitting at the AGU virtual hub in Zurich, Switzerland, follow a presentation broadcast from San Francisco. But consumers aka attendees have higher expectations when they gather together. This approach also can be taken in tandem with a larger event.

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Endless Events

JULY 6, 2021

Inspired by the last episode with CrowdPass , Brandt also wanted to continue exploring the related topic of attendee tracking. I had them in some of my presentations years ago because they were using drones as pixels and making full displays in the sky with drones. Attendee Tracking Doesn’t End With Facial Recognition.

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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. Be sure to give your speakers the rundown on what they need to know for their presentations. You need to have an emergency plan in place to protect your attendees at your event should disaster ever strike. Keep your attendees informed.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Attendees are free to explore on their own or follow a leader. Feature : Spatial video enables attendees to easily move in and out of conversations as if they were in person. Presenters can join the main stage and broadcast a presentation to all users. Explore a public world here. . Albert’s Aha! Albert’s Aha!

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2023

Knowing how attendees best absorb information could result in a positive outcome for everyone involved. At events, Array uses a network of iPads that allows attendees to interact with the content being presented to them. All queries submitted are responded to live by either the presenter or a staff member.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

Presented with more challenges than ever before, the events industry was forced to do a complete 180. 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. Higher Expectations From Attendees.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

Asynchronous hybrid events have emerged as a solution to many hybrid event challenges , such as continuous audience engagement, picking the right venue, and sufficient bandwidth for attendee support. There is no need to juggle between the virtual audience on one side and the in-person attendees on the other. Source: IBTM World.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Attendees can watch the panel and interact in the live chat, but there’s very little two-way communication available. It’s hard for the speaker to monitor the chat and answer Q&As while presenting. The bottom line is this: attendees in a Zoom call lack agency. Zoom also poses a challenge for event video storage.

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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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Endless Events

AUGUST 4, 2021

After all, the best way to learn what makes our beloved attendees tick is to simply ask them. Then, your presenters would ask questions. All these event tech trends might sound exciting to technology enthusiasts, but what about your average attendee? The last thing event planners want is their attendees getting lost.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2023

How to choose between in-person, virtual and hybrid for your next event When Covid-19 lockdowns pushed the world into all-digital interactions, they presented event organizers with a gift: the opportunity to test digital-only event strategies. Presentation styles tended to become outmoded, less conversational.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

Remote workers present an entirely new way to look at “bleisure travel.” Harrison explains that this style of bleisure presents both challenges and benefits for businesses: how do they face tax implications for employees working remotely in different countries? How do planners integrate remote attendees with in-person attendees?

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