Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2025

Bastians keynote began with a Delta on-screen airplane taxiing toward the audience, during which you could feel the wind turbines blowing air toward you. Even more memorable were the smells that wafted through the venue. Upon delivery, attendees could smell coffee throughout the venue.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Once you understand how your audience behaves on different platforms, you can focus on being consistent and captivating where it matters. Across the more than 70 sessions, audience participation was encouraged. In fact, the program kicked off with a celebration of excellence at The NOVO music venue in the Grammy Museum at L.A.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 27, 2021

That was the largest audience for a PGA final round in three years, with some 13 million tuning in earlier in the broadcast, according to CBS Sports. The post New Golf-Adjacent Venues Emerge appeared first on Smart Meetings. When Phil “Lefty” Mickelson drained that last putt and won the 103rd PGA Championship at age 50 last week, 6.5

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The event venue is where attendees eat, drink, network, and engage with your content. For virtual events, the event platform is the venue. For virtual events, the event platform is the venue. If you’re hosting an online event, here’s what you need to know about virtual venues: What is a Virtual Event Platform?

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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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Endless Events

MAY 20, 2022

When it comes to hybrid event budgets, let the audience and event goals be your guide. Is the majority of your audience in-person or virtual? After all, they need to hire more event staff, pay for a virtual event platform, and engage two audiences in two completely separate ways while ensuring they can also interact with one another.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 22, 2022

Together, they explore how AR for events can reshape how people interact with each other and their venues. Using AR Can Improve the Speaker-Audience Relationship. How do you truly connect with virtual and in-person audiences ?” AR could remove those challenges while enhancing audience participation. asks Will. “AR

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Each of them has its own set of pros, cons, and venue considerations. But today, we’re focusing on one particular venue: the Star’s hybrid studio. . The majority of the audience will be tuning in virtually, so it’s key to give them an engaging, aesthetically pleasing experience.

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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 26, 2024

Most have multiple impairments, and that includes the audience and the speakers. I can’t tell you how many times I’m looking at pretty slides that are horrible because they have no contrast and the font sizes are wrong and you are alienating a portion of your audience. We can do better,” Sherrer said.

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

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. It involves multiple venues networked together to offer scale and intimacy while keeping attendee numbers within safety guidelines.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

Depending on the venue and the size of in-person and virtual audiences , these experiences can take many forms. We call such an event ‘the Star’ This venue can host a smaller amount of attendees (typically 10-50) who enjoy a VIP, behind-the-scenes experience. The rest of the audience tunes in virtually.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Virtual audiences should no longer be treated as second-class citizens but rather as equal to your in-person crowd. After all, chances are that the virtual audience is even bigger than the in-person one. Remember, the speaker should be engaging with both the virtual as well as the in-person audience. Keep it professional!

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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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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

JULY 17, 2020

Because this time around, you don’t have to worry about just one audience. One of the biggest pitfalls of hybrid events is neglecting the virtual audience. Because they’ll probably still make up most of your audience. We’ll walk you through individual strategies and how to bridge the gap between audiences.

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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. What Are Asynchronous Hybrid Events? Why asynchronous events?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

MEASURING AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT. Attendee tracking software can help you measure various audience engagement KPIs. Incentivize your audience to participate in surveys by gamifying attendance tracking. Your audience can also collect CEUs in a virtual setting, making learning accessible for more people.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

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. That’s really what you’re aiming for with the virtual audience.” See also: 4 Shortcuts to Keep Your Audience from Zoning Out. Peltier says. The Numbers.

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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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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

the event venue : a huge piece of the budget cake goes towards renting ballrooms, f&b, and room blocks. marketing efforts : reach your audience through ads, social media, and email marketing. the event venue : a huge piece of the budget cake goes towards renting ballrooms, f&b, and room blocks.

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 23, 2024

They consider everything from the layout of the venue to the flow of guests, the mood set by lighting, and even the impact of scents and sounds. Their work doesnt end until the last guest has left, and the venue is cleared. Once the concept is clear, the DMC, acting as the event architect, moves into the design phase.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Application of AI With the ability to match audience targeting and creative at the impression level, we’ve been reaching all-new levels of personalization. When asked what has them most excited in the world of media right now, it’s really a blend of new tech and tech that’s new again. Let’s dive right in!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

If your chosen venue is an architectural gem, then let it speak for itself. Projection mapping technology allows you to give even the mos t mundane venues a gorgeous makeover. The projections turn the venue into a beautiful billboard promoting your event and exciting guests. Don’t Forget to Direct Your Audience.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

It will take a combined effort in order to restart the event industry, both from the planners and venues, in order to begin hosting in-person events again. Venues will have to mainly focus on key areas to provide a safe environment for event attendees by leveraging contactless solutions. . And will virtual events be the new normal?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hosting events in eco-friendly venues (look for LEED-certified buildings). Setting up recycling bins throughout the venue. Make it as comfortable as possible for attendees to work at your venue with event workspaces. You only have to book one venue and deal with one set of dates. Paying for carbon offsets.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In this particular case, we’re not talking about engagement between attendees, but rather the complex relationship between the talking heads and the audience. In order to combat webinar fatigue, presenters and speakers alike must make a serious effort in order to establish a consistent, engaging dialogue with the audience.

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Endless Events

JULY 30, 2021

Hybrid is very much a new experience for everyone involved, including audiences! So make sure you have dedicated support teams for both portions of your audience; and most importantly, make it easy for them to be in direct contact throughout the entire experience. The keyword here is support. Hybrid Event Team: Let’s Talk Tech.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. 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.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By the end of the piece, you’ll learn the questions you can ask using audience engagement software that will help you gather honest opinions from attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers — and how you can use that data to measure success, identify areas of improvement, and ultimately enhance your overall event strategy.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In a world of lockdowns and social distancing, virtual platforms took over the function of event venues (and then some). T he virtual venue is one of the most important decisions you can make for your long-term event strategy. The Venue Map allows your guests to easily guide themselves. And so naturally, the market followed.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

She said, “This isn’t ideal, but, I have a captive audience of customers and suppliers that want to meet. ” Shortly after the notice from the Convention Center, Andrea flew to San Diego with an open mind willing to redesign the whole event to fit in the available venues. Where else can we do this?”

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Endless Events

APRIL 18, 2022

What do we do with those audiences? There was a lot of trepidation about having Wi-Fi everywhere in your venues. But when you’re dealing with a remote audience, you’re pushing all of that infrastructure onto their end. Event trends are there once you’ve mastered the basics of knowing your audience.”

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And the price for not delivering will be having a significant portion of your audience walk out on your event. As he explains, “this is an Xbox controller that I’m using right now to move the camera around this amazing venue. And the events will have bigger audiences because all these events are now global.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Selecting a venue. 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. Creating the e vent/venue map. This role is vital to making the event an venue aesthetically pleasing. Choosing a caterer.

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Endless Events

MAY 24, 2021

” “I would also say that being able to connect the conversations that you’re having in the in-person venue to the virtual audience will be more important than ever. ” Hybrid Audience Engagement: The Power Of Gamification. Are they able to communicate with those virtual attendees during the session ?

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