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From Distraction to Engagement Supercharger: Putting Your Audiences’ Phones to Use

Smart Meetings

One presenter at a recent conference made the mistake of scolding her audience to turn phones off and put them under their seats. She was met with groans; about a third of the audience left, and the rest ignored her command. Rather than being a distraction, mobile devices can be the surprising key to increasing audience engagement.

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Hybrid How-To: A Guide to Hosting Successful Hybrids

Smart Meetings

“Content can certainly be consumed at the same time, but the experience for each of those audience sets is going to need to be optimized for both,” Peltier says. Think sports broadcast or late-night talk show. That’s really what you’re aiming for with the virtual audience.” Peltier says. The Numbers. “As

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Kentucky Derby: A Masterclass in Managing Big Traditions from its 150th Year

Smart Meetings

million tuned in for the “most exciting two minutes in sports” at watch parties all over the world, many with mint julep at hand. It is the longest continually held major sporting event in North America and many of its traditions are sacred to fans; but that doesn’t mean the program forgoes new experiences.

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How to Get Event Sponsors Your Attendees Will Love

Social Tables

You’re searching for the formula of how to get event sponsors that will positively resonate with your attendees. And in order to do so, here are the three crucial parties to consider: 1) you, 2) your audience, and 3) the sponsors you’re targeting. You also have done your research and know who your audience is.

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Parade Planning: The Moving Spectacle

Smart Meetings

Holidays, historic occasions, themes, fruits, vegetables, sports, animals and all types of food are celebrated by costumed people marching down a street. Don’t forget, you’ll need similar (and often separate) accommodations for your staff, vendors , volunteers, sponsors, media, security, talent and parade participants.

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How to Build “The Dream Event Planning Team”

Endless Events

Much like a team captain in sports has the job of rallying his teammates and pumping them up to win the game, an event team captain also rallies the team. After all, you can’t market an event without a venue, and you can’t hype an audience if you don’t have presenters or entertainment. Engaging with audience and media.

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How an Australian Space Conference Beat the Time Zone Challenge

Smart Meetings

Particularly when it comes to watching international sports, we in Australia are used to dragging ourselves out of bed at an ungodly hour to watch a game or tournament being played somewhere else. But, as Aussies who love their sport, we’re pretty used to it. For us, a 4 a.m. Working Harder and Smarter. We broke our staff into a.m.