Blue Spark Event Design

MARCH 13, 2024

Mastering return on investment (ROI) with corporate conferences involves more than just organizing an event; it requires a comprehensive approach that begins with meticulous planning, continues through strategic execution, and culminates in the thorough measurement of outcomes. need help with audio visual? to its expenses.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 3, 2024

At its core, event design is all about deliberately crafting every aspect of an event to achieve specific organizational objectives and create memorable event experiences. Successful event design seamlessly integrates all of these elements to reflect the event’s purpose and create a truly unique experience.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Here’s an independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25—Designing and Developing Content for Collaborative Business Events—of the book The Routledge Handbook of Business Events. Tip: The hardback version is expensive, the ebook is a quarter of the hardback cost.)

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

We talk about all kinds of things, with a focus on my work and thinking about participant-driven and participation-rich meetings and event design. 06:00 On traveling to events, and my passion for what I do. 07:45 Behind the scenes: How I got into designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

What event designers are learning is that exposing participants to micro-stimulants can ease the process of reaching their ultimate satisfaction during the event by winning their attention over and over again. Adding early morning running, yoga sessions or Tai Chi classes into conference agendas is becoming the norm.

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Blue Spark Event Design

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Are you tired of repeating the same annual conference-style each year? Use these steps to help evolve your annual conference into an experiential design. Understand Your Target Audience Start by understanding who your target audience is and what their needs are. Ice breakers can be an amazing way to connect guests.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Meetings and conferences are perhaps one of the most important fundamental ways in which people come together and change happens. So I’m pleased to discover an academic research article paper about unconference — especially since its title is: The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences !

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2023

For the International Conference for Software Craft and Testing held annually in Germany—known as SoCraTes—event coordinator Tobias Goeschel has a notably less-complicated job than most other business-event planners have. Easing Attendees into the Atmosphere.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

So, how can we implement innovative ideas and audience-focused design thinking to plan events that create a magnetic communal experience that is personalized to each attendee? Offer Personalization Before, During and After the Event Engaged attendees are actively involved in designing their event experience.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 1, 2019

Event design may be more important than you think. I’m going to argue that event design changes society. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Event design changes society appeared first on Conferences That Work. Lab at The EVENT, April 4-6, Montréal!

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 , I sat down with Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea on LinkedIn Live for an hour’s deep dive conversation about peer conferences: the participant-driven, participation-rich events I’ve designed and facilitated for over thirty years. Peer Conferences Unveiled—The Transcript!

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Blue Spark Event Design

JANUARY 17, 2023

Client Objective: Design a fantastic corporate conference with unique events in San Diego including touches of the local destination as well as company attributes. Challenges: Weather – This event was held in January which brought evening temperatures that dropped into the 40s.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

To do this, you need to make your conference memorable. Not planning conferences? These tips can apply to almost any event. For example, start with venue design that both attracts and engages people as they enter your venue. Then, slide in some brain-churning keynotes that gives your audience valuable takeaways.

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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 Read the full article at Conferences That Work. Conclusion.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

Beth Surmont, today a proud CMP Fellow, says that during the very first Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference, she witnessed the monumental impact events can have firsthand. “A A young woman stood up and tearfully shared her story.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 29, 2024

It’s a session format where hundreds of people can profitably discuss and learn more about a “hot” topic—typically “hot” because it involves difficult challenges for the participants—and crowdsource creative, unexpected solutions by drawing from the ideas and experiences of the entire audience. But wait, there’s more! No problem!

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 5, 2023

For the International Conference for Software Craft and Testing held annually in Germany—known as SoCraTes—event coordinator Tobias Goeschel has a notably less-complicated job than most other business-event planners have. To build out that schedule, the attendees themselves engage in real-time session creation.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

a multimedia design and tech company, to map out best practices for putting the technology to work in the conference center, and he shared experiences developed alongside event organizers who understood the possibilities. As planners, we want to captivate audiences with our welcome. Planners Step into Another Space.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Only a quarter of event organizers are constantly evolving their event designs. “Although most organizers report that they consider market trends and audience needs when developing their most important events, only 27% of organizers report that dramatic audience-centric changes occur from one event to the next.”

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Endless Events

MARCH 29, 2021

How can we bridge the gap between the virtual and the in-person audience? But we are getting ahead of ourselves – tune in and learn what else our lovely hosts have to say about hybrid audience engagement and interactions between the two audiences. Hybrid Event Interactions: What’s The Price?

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Blue Spark Event Design

AUGUST 16, 2021

They quickly became overwhelmed with the additional planning, execution, and branding involved with a virtual event, and they literally ran out of time to train the lifeblood of the conference – their virtual speakers, and panelists. The client’s event goal was to turn an in-person conference into a virtual one within two months.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 11, 2020

The result are these five incredible hybrid event examples that have taken place or will do so in the near future. Each and every one of these conferences will help inspire your planning process and better understand what you can do to cook up a successful hybrid experience. Growth Marketing Conference. Apple Special Events.

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 18, 2021

Why people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences : Another issue of an occasional series— Dear Adrian — in which I answer questions about event design, elementary particle physics , solar hot water systems, and anything else I might conceivably know something about. an unknown level of expertise.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s my article “ Five Reasons to Change Conferences “ , published in the December 2018, NSA Speaker magazine. But our conference programs still focus on lectures, where a few experts broadcast their knowledge to passive listeners. Related posts: Conferences That Work goes to Japan! Here are five reasons why.

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 28, 2022

They assume that the core purpose of a meeting session is to transmit content to an audience. A “creative” event design is one with a novel venue and/or decor and lighting and/or food and beverage. Consequently, planners restrict the entire focus of creative event design to novel visual and sensory elements.

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Endless Events

JUNE 20, 2023

In this guide, we’ll give you a quick primer on Gen Z, plus actionable tips to help you better engage this crowd at your next corporate event. Before you market to any audience, you need to understand who they are and where they come from. You’re marketing to a more educated audience, which should impact how you present your brand.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 25, 2024

When the opportunity arose to curate an event for Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) in Marco Island, Florida, our team knew this challenge could be an exciting journey. This meant that our event design had to not only meet but exceed their expectations, presenting a unique challenge and opportunity.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Whether online or in-person, events are a great way to drive brand awareness, generate leads, and connect with customers. 60% of business leaders and 80% of marketers believe that events are critical for success. People are aching for events. So let’s give your audience what they want. What makes your event unique?

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Blue Spark Event Design

JUNE 13, 2024

Transform your event with stunning stage decor using these tips for elevating your plenary and general sessions. Plenary and general sessions are the heart of conferences, summits, and large gatherings. These sessions bring everyone together, creating a central focus for the event. need help navigating AV?

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Blue Spark Event Design

MARCH 8, 2024

When exploring ways to showcase a corporate brand at a conference, our brainstorming sessions always circle back to the conference objectives. It’s crucial to clearly outline your goals so that we, as event planners, can effectively convey those key messages and themes across the entire conference. We can do that.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In fact, the industry’s audience is expected to surpass even 2019 levels in the coming years. This growth brings both ample opportunities and new challenges as planners work to accommodate an influx of attendees while booking, planning and executing events. 78% agreeing that attendance at these events is important for their industry.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 18, 2016

I’m in San Antonio, Texas, having just run two 90-minute “panels” at a national association leadership conference. As each panelist gave their talk, I allowed questions from the audience, and, as I should have expected, each panelist’s five minutes expanded (by a few minutes) as they responded to the questions.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

The insights from this event will be summarised in this post. Increasing audience engagement and online event attendee numbers during a pandemic. The audience they work with is mothers and babies, and the best way to provide education turned out to be through virtual events. Combatting screen fatigue.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Darren Mendola, vice president of global conferences and events at the Alzheimer’s Association, accepts his Event Designer of the Year honor at the 2022 PCMA Visionary Awards. Mendola, CMP, DES, vice president of global conferences and events, told Convene. EPNAC Photography and Video).

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Tembusu Events and Communications

JUNE 18, 2024

Event planners will need to stay ahead of these changes to create memorable and impactful experiences. Moreover, these trends underscore the importance of sustainability and personalization, which are becoming increasingly critical to meeting the expectations of modern audiences.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

One of the most successful elements at Avalara’s FUSE conference was The Fireside Theater, where guests and FUSE presenters engaged in intimate conversations. And although Avalara had expected that most business deals would come after the event, customers signed contracts worth millions of dollars while still on site, Ferrer said.

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Blue Spark Event Design

APRIL 24, 2024

Customized Solutions Every corporate event is unique, with its own objectives, audience, and requirements. Full-service event planners tailor their services to meet your specific needs, crafting customized solutions that align with your goals and budget. Need Help with Your Next Event?

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