Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Think then about how event experiences can advance that purpose through alignment with the commercial objectives. Get to know your audience on a deeper level. Great leaders know their audience, whether its customers, partners, board members or team members. We can keep the momentum of The Great Lesson going.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The challenge is designing events that speak to the needs of an audience that changed over the last three years. When considering audiences who historically couldn’t physically or financially attend, the idea of a hybrid event comes into play again. Ask and Deliver: “Ask your audience what they prefer,” said O’Grady.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Now that virtual events are fairly normalized, it’s never been easier to access a global audience. Whether you’re planning a company event or an exhibition, it’s key that attendees all have the ability to efficiently communicate with one another and engage with the content. Yes, you read that right.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, Naomi Clare, founder and CEO of Storycraft Lab , believes planners should be reaching out much earlier to the event’s kick off, at least six to eight weeks prior. “We Read More: Winning at Maximizing Virtual Audience Engagement: 10 Fun Ideas from Dahlia El Gazzar. If we introduce this into the program, then that’s a win-win.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 6, 2022

Megan Finnell, CMP, director, meetings & conferences, MGMA, and Tim Simpson, brand & engagement chief strategist for Maritz Global Events’ Design Studio, speak to EduCon attendees Monday during their session. The data showed that half of the audience liked parties and half of them liked directed networking, she said.

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Endless Events

JULY 15, 2021

“There are a few shows that I’ve attended which really understood their virtual audience and did their best really to give them content in a way that makes sense for that experience and not just set up a camera somewhere,” Nick adds. ” “Kudos to them because hybrid events can be scary.

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Endless Events

MARCH 26, 2019

Kevin is a recurring guest, with d ecades of experience telling organizations’ stories through the design and production of live events. He provides an entrepreneurial approach to innovative systems and thinking, moving the needle with audiences on what they think, feel, know and do. Win Without Pitching.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2024

Understanding Your Stakeholders Defining your audience and understanding their concerns is critical for empathetic communication without making promises that can’t be kept. You want to ensure you have more than one method to contact your audience if an emergency strikes. Do not rely on one method. Mark Catuogno, M.A.,

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now that compression is making available space an endangered resource and inflation is pushing up prices for even the most basic items while companies are hesitant to make binding decisions, the responsibility for explaining the realities of what is possible on both sides of the balance sheet falls to the event planner. Choices, Choices.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Additionally, in case you’re planning a global event , think about accepting payments in various currencies. Offer early-bird tickets to avoid an overwhelming amount of last-minute registrations and nurture your audience with email marketing until the big day. All The Exciting Event Technology!

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Megan Finnell is director of meetings and conferences for Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Timothy Simpson is brand and engagement chief strategist with Design Studio by Maritz Global Events. On the other side of the coin is the perception of your communities, audience and guests you’re looking to engage.

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Endless Events

APRIL 20, 2021

Before we even start considering the event tech side of things, for example, we have to go back to basics. The future of events is human-centric! “We talk about creating equitable experiences across virtual and in-person audiences. ” “Gathering in digital venues is a heavier cognitive load.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2023

In other words, creating an event for a demographically defined audience gives you roughly a 10% chance of success, whereas using values as a guide to find your audience improves your chances to as much as 80%. People who share demographics alone are, on average, only 10.5%

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It’s worth checking out if you’re looking for help attracting and engaging particular audiences or for tips on creating the right type of exhibition. There is honestly something here for every event planner, but what we think sets this blog apart is their “Behavioral Change” category. Connect Association. Kongres Magazine.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 10, 2018

Then, try to really engage visitors to achieve your event goal: to get leads. And to max out your trade show engagement, we invite you to take our free audience engagement webinar and learn how professionals at the top of their game create and maintain engagement for their events. Is Your Audience Bored? Click To Tweet.

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Traveler's Q

JULY 25, 2024

Understanding and respecting cultural differences can transform your events into memorable experiences that resonate with diverse audiences. In this blog, we’ll explore how to navigate cultural nuances and plan successful international events. This can provide a richer and more diverse event experience.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

On 28 September, Rotterdam Partners shared how they did it with their global audience during the third Rotterdam Experiment hybrid event, as well as the lessons learned from being the host city of the 65th edition of the ESC. The ESC is one of the best examples of what a global event in the post-pandemic world can look like.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Our audiences are changing. At Maritz Global Events, we are ready to embrace this shift. Trend #1: Post-Pandemic Attendees: What Do They Look Like Now? Our attendees have become accustomed to living life on their own terms and are more comfortable communicating their boundaries.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

People may put you in a box based on their notions of what you can and can’t do, but meeting professionals have to be box-breakers if they are going to have an impact for their audiences. That makes accommodating their needs in the workplace and at events a business opportunity rather than a compliance problem.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 15, 2025

Finally, well dive into proven strategies, like creating registration pages that actually work, sending emails that people want to read, using event apps to stay organized, and leveraging social media to reach your audience. What Is Event Marketing? Why Does Event Marketing Matter? Ready to get started? Want ideas?

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Earlier this year we ran a survey asking event strategists to rate their and their audience’s digital fatigue. The response was overwhelming … both were feeling quite high levels. They say numbers don’t lie and that is pretty convincing.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Doing this will remove a lot of margin for error and save you time down the line if you need to manipulate the budget to show the impact of multiple audience sizes. By doing this, firstly, you will know which line items can be eliminated that won’t impact the actual delivery of the event or the attendee experience.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2019

Being intentional about putting a variety of faces representing a variety of ages, genders, races and points of view allows the diverse audience members to feel represented and welcome. “It happens everywhere, in hotels and airports, and we are uniquely positioned to say something if we see something,” Karamat said.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Read More: Neuroinclusion: Events for Everyone A shining example of just how wide a range MPI Academy’s courses cover is its recently debuted Event Psychology Strategist course, created in partnership with Victoria Matey.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tim Simpson and Liz Smith, both from Maritz Global Events, speak during their Convening Leaders 2022 session, “Transforming Event Experiences: How to Deliver Meaningful Human-to-Human Moments.”. Simpson hasn’t yet arrived at a standard definition of what human-to-human design means for the events industry, he said.

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The MICE Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

The experiential event format will showcase 150 professions and will allow attendees to engage directly with the employers and ask questions of current apprentices in the programmes. . The EuroSkills and WorldSkills events are two global events in which young people compete to showcase their skills and win gold medals for their countries.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 6, 2022

Megan Henshall, Google’s global events account manager, speaks during Monday’s EduCon session. Jacob Slaton Photography). How can organizations foster community in a way that helps innovation succeed?

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Creating engaging future events will partly involve more active audience participation, says one events organizer. Co-creation — Henshall thinks we’re moving into much more active audience participation. So I think creating co-creating opportunities for your audience is really important so they feel seen and heard.”.

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Stova

AUGUST 17, 2020

Virtual event software is becoming more and more sophisticated, enabling experiences that surprise and awe audiences. With this, organizers are doubling and in some cases, tripling their pre-COVID-19 events attendance, attracting international participants from across the globe.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

No Strings Attached Conversations New this year is Event Profs Unplugged, a 90-minute talk show format that will be staged every day from 11:00 a.m. Two hosts will chat with distinguished industry guests about what is really happening right now at events. Audiences can come and go and stay as long as they want. to 12:30 p.m.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 9, 2024

To answer questions about how well event organizers are — or aren’t— adapting, the Freeman 2024 Organizer Trends Report , released this week by the global events company, compares the current preferences of event attendees and exhibitors with the perspectives of event organizers.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2021

Learn more about Global Events Collective’s Moments That Matter documentary project. She focused on human psychology, how people react to technology and adjusted the strategy to keep audiences engaged at socially distanced awards shows. “I “It was truly magical and poignant. The following year was a whirlwind.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 18, 2021

Razlan Manjaji, Head of Global Events at South China Morning Post (SCMP). The pandemic had stirred up transformative changes for the events industry in the past year. If your webinar content and speaker address a pain point of your audience well, people will want to participate. PCMA Announces Plans for Global Growth.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Before this rebranded show, WSWA didn’t have much education, rather, the event had daily general sessions and 30-minute programming sessions specific to its three industry tiers: supplier, wholesaler and retailer. We changed [the education] to create more 20-30-minute impactful talks on hot topics in the industry.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 6, 2022

The events industry traditionally has relied on qualitative tools, like surveys and focus groups, for information about how engaged audiences are with experiences. But it’s a natural for the events industry, too, Zak said. Maritz Global Events was an early adopter.)

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 12, 2023

(Whatever Media Group) Event organizers who are considering straining their budgets to hire celebrity speakers — or who feel pressure to do so — may want to think again. You are our captive audience and we’re going to shove our governance on you, and our awards on you, and all these other things. What Are They Hiding?

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The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It was a great opportunity to see how corporate event teams operate, and to recognise their teamwork, creativity and originality. Event: SAP Sapphire Author: Tim Porterfield – SAP Global Events. Location of Event. First, we’ve made the decision to bring the event to our customers.

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