Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And I’m so grateful that my dad gave me the book How to Get Any Job with Any Major. Great book, I still recommend it to everybody.” ” And last but not least, virtual audience engagement. “Similarly, speakers need to be storytellers. “Sometimes speakers are trying to jam everything in. .”

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Endless Events

APRIL 6, 2018

Are you able to keep your audience’s private information secure before, during, and after the event? For many in the industry, connecting with audiences is something that happens only when an event is about to launch. Here Are the Meeting Booking Stats You Need to Know. The Lowdown on Event Tech Security.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2025

How to pivot gracefully when something happens to an expert on the way to the stage Youve curated the perfect speaker panel, confirmed your thought leaders and prepared for a dynamic discussionthen one of your panelists cancels. Read More : What to Expect When Booking A-List Event Speakers Mind the details. So what now?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. That’s why securing an exciting, engaging speaker and creating a compelling, concise agenda is even more critical than for in-person events.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

PS: Create an engaging event this year by learning how to increase your audience engagement with our free webinar. Can we really cure audience inattention with cognitive enhancing drugs? Get Ready for the Top Meeting Trends in 2018. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 23, 2019

We’ve all been there, you’re at a conference, you’ve been waiting for months to hear a particular speaker. When the time finally comes, the speaker is just lackluster. If you want your audience to stay engaged it’s imperative your presentations don’t suck! Video content is a great way to capture your audience’s attention.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 6, 2025

Conference management is so much more than just booking a venue and sending out invitationsits a comprehensive process that covers every stage of planning, organizing, and executing a successful conference or large-scale event. Understanding the Dynamics of Conference Management What is Conference Management?

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Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

In the process, you’ll also want to define your target audience clearly, since this is a stepping stone for many aspects of planning and execution. Do you just want a speaker talking to the audience? Do you want the audience to engage? Find Speakers. What are your marketing and financial goals? 2 Months Out.

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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. The best emcees energize the crowd, keep them attentive and get them excited for the next speaker. The Best Speakers.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

One thing I’ve used is a no-book-in-advance, 15-minute session to meet with a subject matter expert at the event.”. Gaudini is also an advocate for shorter sessions and longer audience engagement periods. The speaker doesn’t know what the audience wants necessarily,” she said. Unless…” she continued.

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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. In our e-book, The Road To Hybrid: A Guide To Models, Method & Mindset , we’ve divided them into four groups, also known as hybrid event models , and considered their characteristics. And production matters!

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2021

Event planners surmised that audiences had gotten so comfy in fuzzy slippers that they would not want to leave their houses. My company, Go Leeward Agency, worked with a 10,000-attendee event that utilized dozens of speakers. Another client said, “Ticket sales used to cover the venue and speakers, but the profit came from sponsors.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Booking major venues and event entertainment is something that should be done as soon as possible. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Consider booking your AV team prior to your venue. Start by thinking of your target audience.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2023

Jaki Baskow reflects on celebrity booking trends in the top convention city In the 45 years talent broker Jaki Baskow has been booking celebrities in Las Vegas under the Baskow Talent brand, a lot has changed. Another element of the business that gets Baskow going is the impact made on audiences from the events she orchestrates. “I

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Referring to her new book, The Gig is Up , Mizrahi characterized this marketplace shift as the “gig economy,” which is made up of project-based, on-demand services that can be provided by anyone, anywhere. Single media , in which a single story is delivered by a single media (a book, for instance). Are you attending?

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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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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2020

You can create a podcast that features your audience, speakers, and sponsors as a new way to sell sponsorship slots and stay relevant. We break down each step of creating a podcast along the way so that you can use podcasting as a new revenue stream for events and offer even more value to your audience. A great solution?

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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! Book Clubs Don’t Get Old.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2021

Scott Flynn, CEO of team building provider Best Corporate Events , says his company saw a surge in bookings for live events in June only to see interest pivot back to virtual events more recently. Now, in late August, Live events booking are surging again. We’re agnostic about the format,” he notes. It’s a win/win,” she says.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 15, 2024

Event organizers are worrying about increasing costs and attendance numbers at their events this year, according to responses to a recent survey conducted by AAE Speakers, a speakers bureau and talent agency. Here are some other takeaways from the survey results: Who Chooses Speakers?

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

It was one takeaway of several that Galloway an author, podcaster, and upcoming Convening Leaders 2025 Main Stage speaker predicted more broadly of AI, specifically that we will see the winners and losers come into clearer focus in 2025. Galloway illustrated this point with his own example. Jennifer Dienst is senior editor at Convene.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The head of a major speakers bureau provides insight on hot topics, interesting formats, and rising cost concerns for keynoters and other featured speakers. MeetingsNet: Now that the post-pandemic business landscape has some stability, what is different in what corporate groups are looking to get from their speakers?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

No – the magic of events lies in the overall experience your audience has. But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. Our guest is Mark Herschberg , an MIT instructor, the author of The Career Toolkit , speaker, and CTO.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

The software creates a platform from which real-time multilingual speakers interpret what’s being said at the event, for attendees. Once the interpreter’s audio has been selected by the meeting participant, the interpreter’s voice replaces that of the original speaker in real time. Planning for a Multilingual Audience.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

So how can you get authentic audience engagement at your events? In a thoughtful article “ Audience Engagement – at the Heart of Meetings “, Pádraic Gilligan writes: “…We all want audience engagement so why doesn’t it take place?…While ” I disagree. ” I disagree. A different workshop. Conclusion.

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Endless Events

MAY 23, 2018

More than ever we are seeing conference breakout sessions used to create a more personal feel that feeds off participation and involvement from the audience. Allowing choice results in more participation and higher levels of audience engagement because the audience is genuinely interested in the topic. Let’s jump in!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

We need to be able to react so that we can give our clients the confidence that they need to put business back on the books with confidence and be able to start booking out more long lead business.” ” “We’re all going to need a PR plan for every event we do that involves guest speakers,” says Dustin.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 7, 2021

With the power to influence, energize, ignite, and even empower an audience, an impactful keynote speech has the potential to make or break an event’s success. But what is a keynote speaker, exactly, and how do you go about finding the right one? What is a keynote speaker? What is the role of a keynote speaker? .

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

We had all the hotel blocks booked and had already moved the event twice due to Covid-19. She said, “This isn’t ideal, but, I have a captive audience of customers and suppliers that want to meet. Ballpark jumbotron for speaker and branding. There was no way we were going to move it again. We got lucky.

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

Virtual audience engagement is key for every virtual and hybrid event, and it’s even more decisive when it comes to fundraising. We had a program book just like you would at a normal event, thanking our sponsors and giving more information about the cause. We also had some branded materials from our nonprofit organizations.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 17, 2022

A recent article on Forbes.com picks the brains of interesting players in the meetings and events world: talent agencies and speaker bureaus. Speakers must be skilled enough to make their sessions more of a discussion than a one-way presentation.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

Then, slide in some brain-churning keynotes that gives your audience valuable takeaways. To cement your event in your participant’s minds, why not take our free audience engagement webinar as well? Old keynotes no longer work for today’s audiences. That should be enough to create a truly remarkable event. Click To Tweet.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Make audience input easy. During the registration process, ask people what they expect or want to get out of their attendance; allow audience members to submit questions to speakers in real-time using question boxes or chat functions; use feedback tools to capture audience input at various points during and after the event.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

Do you think it’s important to provide this feature to your audience? Your speakers and presenters have a tough job. They’re the ones who will have to keep a virtual audience engaged when there are so many other things they could be doing instead. How are you planning on nurturing your audience after the event is done?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 8, 2019

How to Improve Audience Engagement At Event – #EventIcons Episode 110 – Our episode touch on tools that can help you create an atmosphere that encourages audience engagement and create value at your event! It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried – It isn’t a book telling you what to do.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s one of the simplest ways to increase your virtual audience engagement ,” says Will. The tech duo has covered this part in an episode about the best virtual speaker kits : lifting your laptop or camera to eye level. “Stack it under a bunch of books or a crate. Brandt cannot wait to let off some steam.

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