Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Event planners, speakers and attendees all saw their calendars cleared out last March, returning slowly with virtual events and only now showing a glimmer of hope for the return of live conferences. The best emcees energize the crowd, keep them attentive and get them excited for the next speaker. The Best Speakers.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

To do this, you need to make your conference memorable. Not planning conferences? Or by constructing the talk in such a way that it syncs the brains of the audience and the speaker in remarkable ways. Make Your Next Conference Memorable via Venue Design. Use Your Speakers as Event Ambassadors. Click To Tweet.

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Conference planning is well underway. You’ve booked a keynote speaker that is sure to wow! You know that conference networking is important, but you’re not sure how to help your attendees make meaningful connections. You’ve secured a convention center in a city that’s going to get people excited. That’s pretty powerful.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A company event , a festival, a conference? Booking major venues and event entertainment is something that should be done as soon as possible. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Consider booking your AV team prior to your venue.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 23, 2019

We’ve all been there, you’re at a conference, you’ve been waiting for months to hear a particular speaker. When the time finally comes, the speaker is just lackluster. To be most effective have your presentation follow the traditional story plot, there is a reason time after time movies, books and so much more stick to it.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

You need people that work for the conference, right? But then you should also have five or 10 (depending how big your conferences is) people, who have no relationship whatsoever to your conference, and [you can] honor them with a title; give them a little bit of power and make [starting conversations] their job.”. “If

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But he’s been to many conferences both as an attendee as well as a keynote speaker that he knows all about engagement and networking at events. Our guest is Mark Herschberg , an MIT instructor, the author of The Career Toolkit , speaker, and CTO. ” He says that he’s never been that excited by conferences.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Is it time you discovered a new approach for that annual conference or general session? IBM Impact Conference. With some 18,000 people attending the IBM Impact Conference, every aspect of the event must engage huge amounts of people. Organizers assigned each conference topic a color. Sony E3 2012 Press Conference.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But before you get too entrenched in booking speakers or drawing up venue contracts, it’s best to think about how you’ll get results from an in-person event. Event platforms for in-person conferences allow attendees to customize their schedules. See how Endless can make your next event one for the history books.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

The PCMA Convening Leaders conference this January offered something no other annual mega-gathering of the association has: virtual interpreters. The software creates a platform from which real-time multilingual speakers interpret what’s being said at the event, for attendees. Read More : 4 Tips to Make Your Online Event a Success.

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Endless Events

JUNE 24, 2020

Your speakers, your agenda, everything like that. So if you’re sending out updates about speakers and things going on, or even if someone signs up for your newsletter to stay tuned to what’s going on with your conference, put banner ads in the email. Virtual Event Sponsorship Ideas: Let’s Go! Event Website.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

That’s why we’re going to jump in and explore the potential virtual participation has for the event industry, from small conferences through to live sporting events. We’ll discover: The reality of virtual speakers at events. Allow virtual speakers to take the stage. Nearly half! The power of live streaming. So, let’s dive in!

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Endless Events

JUNE 14, 2018

Something often overlooked when booking hotel blocks for conferences are hotel amenities for conference attendees. People pay a lot of money and travel far to get to your conference, so don’t you want to make their home away from home a positive experience? Need ideas on conference breakout sessions?

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

It was one takeaway of several that Galloway an author, podcaster, and upcoming Convening Leaders 2025 Main Stage speaker predicted more broadly of AI, specifically that we will see the winners and losers come into clearer focus in 2025. Galloway illustrated this point with his own example. Jennifer Dienst is senior editor at Convene.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

We had all the hotel blocks booked and had already moved the event twice due to Covid-19. As we walked through Petco Park, with the intention of using the seating bowl for the keynote speaker, Andrea realized it would be a memorable location for the entire show. Ballpark jumbotron for speaker and branding. We got lucky.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2024

Becoming a CMP While she was in college, working as an intern in hotels, Gee noticed that many catering managers and conference service managers had the designation “ CMP ” following their names. The first piece of advice Gee offers is, “Get the books and read the books.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 7, 2021

But what is a keynote speaker, exactly, and how do you go about finding the right one? In this post, we take a deep dive into what a keynote speaker is: Who they are, what they do, and where to find them. Well, for starters, harnessing the power of an accomplished and enticing speaker could help take your event to the next level. .

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2021

Corporations, universities, government agencies and associations abruptly began rethinking the structure of their conferences and team-building events for the remainder of 2021. Now, in late August, Live events booking are surging again. Li Hayes of speaker management agency Go Leeward argued here in early August that hybrid is dead.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Michele Sullivan, the closing keynote is a Fortune 100 business executive, author, motivational speaker and strategic business advisor, who shared insights on “Turning Obstacles into Advantages.” Cancelled Programs. ASAE’s Summit Awards Dinner is still planned for Sept. 30 at National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.,

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2024

I have taken a hands-on approach, diving headfirst into volunteering at countless community events, immersing myself in conferences, and tapping into the wisdom of industry leaders—both locally and nationally.” Study the charts and areas that the book emphasizes. This year, she will be a speaker and presenter there.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

According to Bizzabo’s 2023 The state of in-person conferences report, venue selection is one of the top three major pain points for event organizers, and 64.6% of attendees said conference venues can make or break their experience. If you’re wondering what questions to ask when booking a venue, you’ve come to the right place.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Speaker bios. Book an exciting speaker for your opening ceremony, and before you start, ask attendees to take out their phones and register. . Plus, nothing is funnier than a giddy group of 45-year-old executives going on a treasure hunt in a conference hall. . Networking tools, like contact information swapping.

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Endless Events

JUNE 6, 2018

Conference planning is well underway. You’ve booked a keynote speaker that is sure to wow! You know that conference networking is important, but you’re not sure how to help your attendees make meaningful connections. You’ve secured a convention center in a city that’s going to get people excited. That’s pretty powerful.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2023

Writing event and speaker descriptions are an important part of creating events, but it’s also an area where many event planners would prefer not to spend extended periods of time. Will recommendations around sessions and speakers and people that you should meet get smarter and more personalized?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 8, 2019

C2 Montréal – The annual international business conference that helps established and aspiring leaders unlock their creativity in order to better face disruption and change. It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried – It isn’t a book telling you what to do.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Madison Butler, founder of HR and DEI consultancy Blue Haired Unicorn, wrote a LinkedIn post that became a directory of Black speakers, the Black Speakers Collection website. Black speakers and Black speaker recommendations started flowing in. At that point, there were 28 speakers. The next day, on Dec.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

Even the biggest conferences are always looking for ways to improve. Generally, we offer 10 tracks, but we are narrowing that down with lots of exciting speakers and topics to help give people more clarity,” she said. Read More: How IMEX Frankfurt Answered Critical Questions for a Sustainable Event.

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Endless Events

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s even somewhat strange to imagine a conference where people can’t gather at the end of the day to have a drink together. Just like you’ll have the speakers doing their thing from the comfort of their homes, you can have a bartender do the same! Book Clubs Don’t Get Old. Make Cocktails Together.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But recent years have seen an increasing number of event management applications, culminating in six of 2018’s nine finalists specializing in behind the scenes management or booking. Spacebase –a direct booking site for unique venues. IVvy –a direct meeting space booking system for hotels.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

for conferences and tradeshows and 4.2% for small meetings and 3% for conferences and tradeshows. The report lays out multiple ways an organization may do this, like reaching out to multicultural groups, hiring diverse suppliers and booking venues that are accessible to all. Global in-person attendance is predicted to rise 3.3%

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

The venue can host up to 150 guests seated and 250 guests standing and lends itself to various types of events: product launches, conferences, company parties, networking events, and team-building events. This popular Phoenix event venue was booked for corporate events by clients, such as GoDaddy, Facebook, Google, EO, and more.

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2020

It is a highly lucrative industry revolving around incentive travel , though there is a distinction between incentivized travel and business conferences. Some travel groups have recently begun to move away from “MICE” as an acronym and toward terms like “events industry” or “conference travel.” Incentives versus Conference Travel.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 2, 2019

Our hosts will fill you in on their favorite episodes of the year, books, podcasts, apps, tech gadgets and so much more! Those who enjoyed the Expanse TV Series they should read the book. It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried – It isn’t a book telling you what to do. This is all for you!

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Skift Meetings

JUNE 5, 2022

What do you do if your speaker goes off the rails? Let’s say the speaker goes off script and says things that don’t align with your company? What questions do you ask of the speaker to prevent this from happening? The speaker was very famous. Clarify Why You Want To Hire a Keynote Speaker. Nightmare scenarios?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Look for Synergies When Booking Venues For corporate planners aiming to efficiently source for their next event, Shaffer offered up some initial tips. Whether you’re putting on a huge, visual presentation, or require supreme sound for your speakers and music, your AV needs to be smooth. “If Events CEO Nancy Shaffer for answers.

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