Endless Events

APRIL 13, 2022

If you want to increase attendee retention, you need to figure out what makes your audience come back. Check social media platforms to see what your attendees like most about your event. Each event planner should know what makes their particular audience tick and get competitive. Ask For Feedback, Then Act On It.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 4, 2021

One of the hottest topics in the events industry nowadays is hybrid and virtual audience engagement. But as the Event Tech Podcast highlights today, you can’t really talk about audience engagement without including audience response systems in the conversations. Audience Response Systems Are Not New.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

With so many devices vying for our attention, it’s easy to see how our dependence on these electronics can be viewed as a hurdle for presenters, especially as they are confronted with a sea of bowed heads distracted by other content. How can planners help presenters compete with the ubiquity of handheld devices? Take notes.

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Endless Events

MARCH 16, 2018

Are you focusing on your events audience engagement this year? Of course, engaging a tired and jaded audience isn’t easy and that’s why we’re here to help. You also have to feed the needs of the audience to capture their attention and interact. If you need more, drop by our audience engagement webinar.

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Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2018

After all, you need the skills of a Cirque de Soleil performer to handle venues, schedules, suppliers, and social media all at the same time! By putting the audience’s needs first and giving them what they want, you could create an event that’ll leave a lasting impact. Check out the full story through the link above.

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Techsytalk

MAY 30, 2019

Presentations have been around for a long time. In fact, it is difficult to see someone that does not relate to the feeling of getting stuck in a room, then seeing a presenter slowly flip through different slides. All event planners know the importance of drawing the attention of an audience using compelling information.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Immersive experiences are easy production hacks In an age where we’re competing with nearly-addictive , user-generated social media content and experiences like Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm, many of us are kept up at night wondering how we’re going to earn the audience’s attendance, and keep their attention, at our next event.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

It would be like a presenter throwing a CatchBox mic into the audience, without telling them why or how to use it. Event gamification comes in many forms and has the power to transform your event into one that delights your audience. having 50% more social media impressions than your previous event).

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

While virtual event platforms help enhance meeting and event experiences, expand audiences and provide more options for participating, marketing power in the form of pre-event omnichannel marketing strategies and post-event actions is critical for maximizing the success of these events.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

With online events especially, attendees can get distracted by looking at their phones or trying to multitask during presentations. Similar to in-person events, online events typically consist of solo presentations, panel discussions and fireside chats. Keep your event topic and session descriptions very specific.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve outlined 77 event KPIs and divided them into eight major groups: general and attendee event KPIs , financial event KPIs , marketing KPIs , audience engagement KPIs , presenter KPIs , sponsorship and tradeshow KPIs , event networking KPIs , community KPIs. Presenter KPIs. We’ve outlined several in each group.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It boosts audience engagement and helps event planners reach their event goals in quantifiable and seamless ways. For example, your audience can complete challenges , receive points for each completed challenge, and see where they are on a leaderboard. For reference, check out InEvent’s gamification presentation.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 11, 2021

What can meeting professionals learn from this popular pop-up social media craze? Audiences flocking to immersive shows are looking for something else—a story, an escape, a spectacle. This larger-than life projection is worlds away from a droning PowerPoint presentation on a distant screen. Tell a Vivid Story.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Because audiences are participating from home, it’s easy to get sidetracked by the dog or the mailman. People weren’t any less excited about bands streaming tiny desk concerts or magicians giving them a free show through their social media channels. Look, content matters – a lot. Gamification Wins.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Thanks to this knack for adaptability, a surge in virtual events completely shifted the paradigm, and audiences were introduced to brand new ways to connect and experience the world. One of the most glaring hybrid event mistakes planners incur is ignoring the virtual audience (more on that later). Both audiences will thank you!

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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

JANUARY 19, 2021

As the Director of Events for the Social Media Examiner , Phil was also faced with a brand new set of challenges once the pandemic hit. As we mentioned above, the folks at Social Media Examiner aren’t new to this virtual event space. Content For Virtual Events: The Audience. This Is Where We Are.

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Endless Events

APRIL 28, 2020

Keeping your audience engaged will be one of the hardest tasks associated with putting together a successful virtual event. Your content will be pivotal in assuring you hook the attention of the audience. No one wants to look at dense presentation slides for hours on end – that’s a one-way ticket to Boredom Town.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

Audience engagement plays a significant role in the success of any event. In fact, more than 80% of marketing professionals believe that audience engagement is a key indicator of an event’s success. Expert event planners and organizers understand that choosing the right audience engagement strategies can make or break an event.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Patterns of consumption have indeed changed drastically when compared to a pre-social media world. In this particular case, we’re not talking about engagement between attendees, but rather the complex relationship between the talking heads and the audience. But when it came to events, things remained pretty much linear.

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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. And speaking of social media, don’t overlook this now-old friend.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2019

For many years, it involved brands shelling out dollars for exposure at conventions that catered to their target audiences. Now, with data and technology bringing advertisers closer to their audiences, brands expect to see clear and conclusive evidence that sponsorships yield sufficient return on investment.

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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

Well, very simply put, a hybrid event is an experience that brings together people at a physical venue, where everything is taking place, with a virtual audience. And it’s even better because you can harness technology capabilities to add a virtual audience to the experience. Do I Have To Plan Two Different Events?

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

On 14th July, Hubilo hosted their first virtual event and presented the next generation of virtual and hybrid events. To hook and WOW audiences.’ . Hubilo creates experiences that are unique to virtual audiences. Before 1995, the idea of virtual presentations or webinars did not exist.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

One particularly overlooked communication channel is the dynamic hold screens that are displayed to the audience before the event begins each day or in between sessions. Also be sure to include the speakers’ Twitter handles in the program, in any handouts, and preferably on screen during the presentation. Make It Shareable.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

What makes a hybrid event synchronous is that both hybrid audiences experience the same event, at the same time. But this is no easy feat; research shows that 46% of event organizers say that speakers struggle to simultaneously engage a virtual and in-person audience. Why asynchronous events? Each gets full, undivided attention.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

Think about them and write them down so you can present them when meeting with a virtual event production company. What kind of content will you be presenting? Will all your presents be in a single location or distributed? Up to 8 presenters in a session is the ideal limit, so keep this in mind when deciding.

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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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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Reputation + Brand = Past, Present & Future Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and billionaire, is credited with saying, “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” She’s our social media partner, in fact! “I A smaller, more engaged audience is often better than going too broad.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 14, 2020

But Microsoft acknowledged the pressing need to connect its audience of developers, now more than ever. The event featured a yoga teacher that taught the audience how to avoid stress. But what SheetsCon did best was audience engagement. Originally, the event was scheduled to take place in Seattle. The Bread Ahead Bakery School.

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Eventbrite

AUGUST 25, 2022

Cultivating a social media presence is an essential part of your event marketing strategy. of the global population uses social media — for more than two hours a day. This presents a major opportunity for reaching your audience where they’re already hanging out. According to Smart Insights, 58.4%

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 7, 2021

on video content… and then only post it to social media. A distinct creation and deployment plan will reach your audience where they spend the most time online. There is no need for Nielson and audience estimates on views anymore because everything is streamed and tracked. Social Media Videos. Chromecast.

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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. ” and add-in social proof.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

You’ll be thrilled to hear there’s a whole lot of benefits for event goers, presenters and planners too. They need to be comfortable looking straight into a camera, rather than at an in-person audience. Live streaming an event, allowing for audiences to attend globally can maximize your reach and create a powerful mega-event.

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The Abbi Agency

JULY 26, 2021

And for the same reason, we shop at small businesses because we saw a trusted friend tag the brand on social media. They are loyal and honest in presenting your brand and attract others to follow suit. That’s why we avoid restaurants we’ve never visited based on negative Yelp reviews from strangers.

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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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Endless Events

APRIL 15, 2020

Because at the end of the day, as the name suggests, this is where your potential audience will land and, eventually, convert. There’s no point in explaining all the pros of embedding a social media strategy in your virtual event promotion. And with clean and appealing graphics, generating interest becomes a lot easier!

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