Conferences that Work

JANUARY 10, 2022

The event industry unduly focuses on large meetings. Pandemic-induced smaller audiences engender hand-wringing. For too long, we’ve equated a meeting’s “success” with its size. ” But if we concentrate on increasing attendance, we overlook getting the meeting design right. What to do?

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Meeting Meeting Design Online Sponsors 132

Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 21, 2024

“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.” Sadly, three-quarters of you are not.

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Trends Attendee Event Design Networking 80

Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2018

Why not make life easier for your while delivering better value to sponsors? Once a sponsor finds that both your missions align and they decide that what you have to offer is something they need, then you’re on your way to forging a strong partnership. Making Emails Target Specific Audiences. Stand to Get the Most ROI.

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Registration Events Sponsors Event Marketing 258

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

07:45 Behind the scenes: How I got into designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. 11:00 What participant-driven and participation-rich meeting design means, and the core components. 15:00 Why we need to have participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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Event Design Meeting Social Media Meeting Design 62

Endless Events

JULY 27, 2018

Help your audience mingle by guiding them, maybe through group activities. PS: If you need more event networking and audience engagement tips, why not. While both these strategies take more work, increasing your audience turnout would be a piece of cake. Today’s favorites are all about how to make event networking better.

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Networking Attendee Registration Events 200

Stova

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A virtual component offers the possibility of opening up to a much larger audience with new and/or geographically dispersed markets not easily available at a F2F event. As F2F events reemerge, meeting designers will face a dilemma: How do you organize an event with two radically different audiences?

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 18, 2019

Time to rethink meeting environments, using spaces and room sets where people are best able to learn and network. Refocusing from the stage to the audience. What does this mean for meeting design, including the room layout, hosting events indoors versus outdoors, food, lights, and more. Speaker: Roger Haskett.

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Meeting Sponsors Speakers Meeting Design 58