Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

Stevens, co-founder of Olympian Meeting , made the argument that leveraging the popularity of the $480 billion wellness industry to encourage everyone show up their healthiest, most focused self wherever they are on their journey is in the best interest of every event organizer. That does not mean that every event needs a 6 a.m. His advice?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

they’re equipped with the lighting, a camera, white backdrop and monitors so they can see the audience and interact with them in real-time. “[It] But as Cameron says, this is corrected for using holograms, getting the attendee onstage to be seen and heard right in front of the audience. “An How do they learn?

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

OCTOBER 21, 2021

SEO (or search engine optimization) is all about organic search traffic. There are pros of both SEO and SEM, and the main similarity is that both require keyword research to determine what the target audience is searching for. Each step usually goes something like this: Decide which product or service you wish to advertise.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 15, 2025

Professor and podcaster Scott Galloway predicted a nuclear and AI-powered future and entreated the audience to mentor young men looking for direction. More than 10,000 subscribers now use the product, which is designed to protect each customers data rather than sharing in a public pool. How different?

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Motivation Excellence

MARCH 28, 2025

For the right audience, travel experiences as rewards are phenomenal ways to engage, connect and foster performance improvements from the people who mean the most to the success of your business! Of course, offering the right destination for the audience is a critical component. Those are some impressive numbers!

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI).

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Endless Events

JULY 16, 2021

Hiring a production partner! We strongly believe that the dynamic planners establish with their production companies should go beyond a mechanic relationship. By going to a production partner during the very beginning of this process, you’re setting yourself up for success. No Production Company? Let us elaborate.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 18, 2020

Not with enthusiasm, but with a sense of duty and obligation to ourselves, our industry, and our audiences. Even here at Endless, we were challenged to help organizations make the shift in as little as 24 days! Unless you want your entire audience to be clamoring for refunds, stop slacking off and start planning.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the positives that came out of the last 18 months is the ability to reach a broader audience through livestreaming. Even as events are coming back and in-person audiences are gathering around the world, a virtual component will forever be a way to add value to your event and to your attendees.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Audience engagement plays a significant role in the success of any event. Whether in-person or online, event organizers want attendees to pay attention and participate. In fact, more than 80% of marketing professionals believe that audience engagement is a key indicator of an event’s success. Understand your audience.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Facing renewed economic uncertainty, that’s an important message for any organization. We’re inspired by social organizations rallying communities through events that spread messages for a better future. We see organizations increasing their budgets to overcome rising costs so they can continue to benefit from the power of meeting.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Not only do we help each organization make the right choice for their perfect event, but we’ve also undergone the necessary training. This will always depend on how tech-savvy your audience is. From the audience’s standpoint, it will always be preferable to register directly on the platform. User-Friendly UX .

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Endless Events

MARCH 2, 2022

Perhaps one of the biggest perks this paradigm shift brings along is continuous audience engagement – one of the most talked-about pain points for event planners. The pandemic normalized virtual events , improved their production quality, and sped up the adoption of event platforms. One login, endless value.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As a production company, we get a lot of questions about virtual attendee engagement. Because audiences are participating from home, it’s easy to get sidetracked by the dog or the mailman. A great way to keep your audience from tuning out during the event is to gamify some aspects of the experience. Gamification Wins.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Budgets will have to increase and the needs of two very different audiences will have to be addressed. Planners often opt for a flimsy live stream, paying no mind to the intricacies of remote audience engagement. Right off the bat, one of the most common pitfalls of hybrid is ignoring the virtual attendees. Financial Incentives.

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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? Don’t worry.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

event production : event AV costs include all things video, audio, lighting, power, and internet. marketing efforts : reach your audience through ads, social media, and email marketing. event production : event AV costs include all things video, audio, lighting, power, and internet. But remember, this is a traditional mindset.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

Additionally, they are much more likely to spend money on experiences rather than products. The job of an experiential marketer is to make that experience unforgettable and enjoyable, prompting the customer to develop an emotional bond with the product or brand. Give them a chance to try your product or interact with it tangibly.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

Cut the Quality and You’ll Cut Your audience. You need to invest in a platform that supports high-quality broadcast video, and you need skilled professionals who can design compelling content to keep your audience engaged. 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

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. ” Will’s Critique Of The Production. ” What an amazing compliment!

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. Perhaps, with the pandemic easing, the industry is just learning this now.

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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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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2022

In the context of today’s corporate, nonprofit and for-profit world, events allow participants to turn slogans, products or ideas into tangible experiences. Brands use events to showcase their achievements, personalities and missions while delivering their message to a captive audience. The playbook is still in production.

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

As such, it’s only natural that production and management companies everywhere are already adapting. Very little thought went into the virtual audience’s experience, their ability to network amongst themselves and the other attendees, the quality of the stream, and the way content was delivered. Why a studio, you might ask?

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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. How can you recreate that for the virtual audience?

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

In this blog post, we will explore why you need to have follow-up meetings, followed by what to do during those meetings and how to organize them to get the greatest impact. Survey Your Audience To Get Post-Event Feedback. The fastest and easiest way to survey your audience is during the event itself. Onsite polls.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

But money saved also means ROI lost: the champion of March 2020 does not deliver on audience engagement and valuable data insights – and these are essential for an event’s success. Enhanced virtual audience engagement. Virtual audience engagement remains one of the biggest pain points of event planners.

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Endless Events

APRIL 23, 2021

Not to mention how much of an asset it can be for the organization internally! Think about it: you’re now going to great lengths to provide virtual and hybrid audiences with broadcast-quality videos. You’re renting studios, hiring technicians, engineers, and production teams. Well, you can do it too!

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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. Know Your Audience Digital-only and hybrid events do have a role to play.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Understand Your Target Audience: Who Are Meeting & Event Planners? Meeting and event planners are creative, detail-oriented professionals responsible for organizing everything from corporate conferences and trade shows to weddings and incentive travel. To stand out, clearly communicate what makes your product or service unique.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

So let’s give your audience what they want. Create a Launch Plan Leading Up to Your Big Event Treat your event like it’s the biggest product launch of the decade for your company. This is your tribe: these are the people who want to chat about your business, attend your events, and buy products. People are aching for events.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Know your audience. Make sure it stays true to audience needs. If infections spike and you need to cancel your in-person event, you’ll still have valuable digital content to share with your audience. A good hybrid strategy also expands audience reach and event lifecycle. How do you keep virtual audiences engaged?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

Offering a hybrid format for your meetings and events may: Bring you more attendees, as well as greater community engagement between and with the virtual and in-person audiences. Give your organization a global audience. Increase your membership. Provide an opportunity to package the meeting content for your digital library.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

“We start planning next year’s parade before this year’s takes place,” said Ray Pulver, owner and president of Upbeat Parade Productions. 2023 Festival of Lights Parade, Palm Springs, California, photo: Upbeat Parade Productions Pulver has been producing parades for more than 30 years.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2023

But to mesmerize your audience with something they haven’t seen before, meeting planners should invest time developing a productive relationship with an AV partner. Read More : 10 Questions to Ask a Potential Event Vendor Your AV provider’s technicians will be interacting with your staff, your presenters and your audience.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And so that’s what our product team has been working hard to do. Because the last thing anyone wants is their organization to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. But when you’re doing a hybrid event, you’ve really got two audiences and somewhat two events. What does that mean for production?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

No matter the format—virtual, in-office or on-site—digital is a standard part of all types of meetings and events from shareholder meetings to user conferences to product introductions and more. Here are some best practices for driving audience attendance in digital events.

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