Endless Events

JUNE 16, 2021

This pandemic taught us a lot of lessons , and if we’re ready to let them all go, let us at least keep one of them very present – you can never be overprepared. As you prepare to plan your next event, re-consider the team you have by your side. Keeping Hope Alive (Without Being Blinded). But we can’t.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

So, in face of data points like these, it’s only natural that several aspects of the industry are preparing for the upcoming shift. Fresh off of the steep learning curve that was virtual, planners must now brace for the challenges presented by hybrid. And this, of course, includes venues! Answering Hybrid Needs.

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Endless Events

MAY 1, 2020

Preparations for your event might be in full swing, but there are still virtual event concerns you must address! How can you be sure the audience will have the necessary speed and quality of WiFi? While this will depend on the tech-savviness of your audience, the answer is probably not. Presenters Being Poor Engagers.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2021

Presented with more challenges than ever before, the events industry was forced to do a complete 180. In this chapter, we cover everything from contactless solutions to food and beverage preparation, along with several other best practices to make attendees feel as safe as possible when returning to live experiences.

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Endless Events

JULY 25, 2018

Planners want someone that enjoys their brand, loves to incorporate technology, is full of charisma, and knows how to work an audience. To really engage the audience you’ll need to find someone that appeals to them and can provide a unique feel to your event. Conference speakers do so much more than present nowadays.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 19, 2021

Communication-skills specialist Kerri Garbis explains how to prepare speakers to present effectively for both virtual and in-person attendees. After all, engaging a virtual audience is quite different than engaging an in-person audience.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

Event professionals have to come to follow-up meetings after events well-prepared. Survey Your Audience To Get Post-Event Feedback. It’s the fuel you’ll need to improve your future events, as well as a way to maintain a connection with your audience. Did we promote to the right audience for the event?

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Endless Events

APRIL 30, 2021

Choosing a hybrid event venue presents its own set of challenges. Now, venues also play a big part in promoting attendee safety and facilitating the technology necessary to engage the virtual audience. Now, venues also play a big part in promoting attendee safety and facilitating the technology necessary to engage the virtual audience.

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Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2022

Finding, pitching, and keeping event sponsors is not a gamble – it’s a process that event planners need to carefully prepare for. When event planners can present their potential event sponsors with such data and ROI opportunities, they’re much more likely to find and keep strategic partners for the long run.

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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. How to Prepare for an Interview.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 19, 2021

However, the odds are there will be a few bumps along the way, no matter how prepared you are. Depending on the audience, you can present it in a humorous way to lighten up the mood. To sum up, the underlying message is to always be prepared. If you plan well enough, you may not even have anything go wrong!

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2020

Now that your attendees are no longer physically present, engagement becomes more important than ever, and an event app can go a long way in helping you out with this. As we discussed in our article about virtual attendee engagement , low-quality content and unprepared speakers are a sure way to drive the audience away.

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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

MAY 20, 2021

It’s hard to build connections with presenters or attendees through a screen. “Presenters wanted to do such a good job on presentations that attendees wouldn’t even look at their phones. Does it look like ebbs and flows in the lulls between the conversation or the presentations? Is that just me?”

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

For sure, there are a significant percentage of meeting attendees that can’t wait to participate in person; but organizers and planners found out during the first several months of 2022 that a sizable audience of previous attendees were more than happy to participate virtually. Preparation matters. Account for accessibility.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What are some of the best ways to indicate and present different aspects of ROI?” ” And last but not least, virtual audience engagement. But it’s so much easier for virtual events. “What is the most creative way you have seen a speaker or a facilitator integrating audience engagement?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2021

Content For Virtual Events: The Audience. When tackling the topic of content for virtual events, Phil circles it back to the audience. So the better you understand who that audience is, the more you’re going to succeed and the engagement will come as they sense that you understand where they sit” A Perfect Example.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If you want people to be engaged in talking to each other during the actual presentations and asking questions in the chat, you have to prime it.”. 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.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Every year in digital marketing presents unique challenges and trends, but an election year takes the complexity to a whole new level. Audience Targeting Digital marketing offers a more targeted approach to reaching potential voters, allowing campaigns to tailor their messaging based on demographics, interests, and behaviors.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Not only do they talk about this particular event platform’s solutions, but they also nerd out about data analytics, virtual audience engagement strategies, and the ROI of virtual events. However, we had all this content prepared for the conference we had intended to have in person. Designing Virtual Audience Engagement.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2022

With the rise of digital marketing in the past two decades, new possibilities for targeting and target audience research have sprung. Unless you are one of the big names in a very specific niche, the chance that you have enough audience to fill up a room is slim. Priming—preparing the audience for what to expect.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Live streaming events is a great way to expand your reach and make your content and programming available to a new audience. There’s a lot of benefits to live streaming events, but truly successful live streamed events are more about audience engagement and less about technology. Do you want your remote audience to be able to network?

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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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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Some large groups are throwing a camera in the room to capture the presentations for an extended remote audience. The best engagement across platforms takes a lot more work up-front, a lot of preparation,” said Holmen. There won’t be one every week, but there will be more preparation around each one,” he said.

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Endless Events

MARCH 19, 2020

Pick your best presentations and put them online.” “I think one of the things that bug me the most is when presenters aren’t prepared with good audio”, says Will. I think there’s just so many speakers and presenters out there that are just using crappy audio. Super awesome.

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Endless Events

APRIL 14, 2022

“It begs an important question for event profs: are you prepared for something like that to happen? ” “From my understanding, most presenters sometimes do a little bit of ad-lib, but it’s primarily scripted,” says Will. He’s yelling from the audience and you can hear him clear as day.

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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

JULY 6, 2021

I had them in some of my presentations years ago because they were using drones as pixels and making full displays in the sky with drones. Emotion & Facial Recognition At Events: From Audience Engagement To Real-Time Changes. ” Emotion and facial recognition might be useful for audience engagement , too.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 20, 2024

With an event production career that spans over 26 years, Frankel was a perfect choice as speaker to educate our audience on the fine details of AV contracting. If you were unable to join in person, fear not—we’ve curated the top takeaways from the presentation for you to take into consideration when planning your next meeting or event.

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2019

A bad AV mistake like projectors that stop working during your keynote bringing the presentation to a halt, will make attendees immediately regret coming. One week before the event, reach out to each individual and ensure they are fully prepared, repeat any mission-critical information again at this time. This is a huge fail!

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ADMEI

MAY 15, 2024

Learning how to design a booth for an exhibition helps DMCs maximize their presence at trade shows and connect with the right audience. Utilizing exhibitor booths effectively has a major impact on how the DMC presents itself and its services. In many cases, exhibitor booths serve as a DMC’s first impression to potential clients.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A streaming option can serve larger, more geographically diverse and executive audiences, act as a flexible insurance policy in the event a new threat grounds attendees while providing valuable data about behavior. But she also has clients who are highlighting just a handful of sessions for at-home audiences.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These are presented to the client for approval, ensuring clarity and avoiding confusion post-event. This timeline ensures both the production team and speakers are adequately prepared, contributing to a smooth event flow. We manage our clients’ total budget and create change orders for any requests that exceed the original agreement.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

PROS : Should another variant hit, you are prepared with a full team, logistics and platform to pivot to a 100 percent virtual event. You can easily shift your live audience to attend online by adding virtual registration codes so check that your registration company can accommodate both. Do virtual presenters run their own slides?

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Endless Events

MARCH 31, 2021

Attendees will likely be more mindful of personal space and ventilation, so provide options that allow you to sparse out the audience, as well as spaces where those warier of indoor rooms can feel at ease. Sanitizer stations to use prior to entering the bathroom should also be present. And can safe food preparation be ensured?

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Developing a "Plan B" for each potential complication means the audience will still get what it came for. Planners spend lots of time searching for, negotiating with, and contracting the right speakers and presenters for their events. If a speaker has a "Plan B" ready to go, then attendees will still get exactly what they came for.

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ADMEI

MAY 8, 2024

Learning how to design a booth for an exhibition helps DMCs maximize their presence at trade shows and connect with the right audience. Utilizing exhibitor booths effectively has a major impact on how the DMC presents itself and its services. In many cases, exhibitor booths serve as a DMC’s first impression to potential clients.

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