Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Building your event budget can be a daunting task. Your event budget becomes your guide throughout the event planning process to help you make key decisions. Creating a detailed and realistic budget template goes hand-in-hand with a successful event. More: Hack Your Event Budget with Smart Meetings. Venue Fees.

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Registration Events Entertainment Venue 267

Endless Events

MARCH 7, 2022

When we talk about the most popular event platform features , we typically think of registration and ticketing , integrations, gamification, and analytics reporting, for example. But what good are any of those if event planners are not taught how to use them or if they stop working mid-event? This should be the standard.”

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to another episode of #EventIcons, and this time around we’re talking 2020 event tech trends! If you know Endless, you know we love talking about event tech. So now it’s time for the 2020 event tech trends to shine! We’ve lived in data silos for the last 30 years of event technology.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. Event Marketing Roles : Specialists who promote and market events to target audiences.

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Planner Meeting Regulations Insurance 233

Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Post-pandemic events: what will they look like? Well, amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 fears and the spread of it, mega-events such as the 2020 Olympics, F8 for Facebook, Ceraweek, Zoom, and Zendesk have canceled their events. And will virtual events be the new normal? Post-Pandemic Events: Where to start?

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Advertising Events Technology Technology 327

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Luxurious Touches Made Everyone Feel Special in The Palm Beaches When the CEO arrives on the greens of historic PGA National Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in a helicopter, dropping a bucket of golf balls to pick the winner of a high-stakes raffle, you know this is going to be a hosted buyer event unlike any other.

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Meeting Retreat Seminar Events 264

Endless Events

APRIL 7, 2020

Canceling an event is never pleasant. And while a lot of planners’ attention is focused on virtual events , a part is also concerned with cancellation. Is there any way you can repurpose the costs of your in-person event? Is there any way you can repurpose the costs of your in-person event? But we are here to help!

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Contracts Contracts Events Vendor 229

Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Registration forecasting for 2023 was the top challenge identified by Louisville Tourism’s Client Advisory Council members. The assessment included analysis of CAC members’ registration data, insights discovered about attendee behavior, and suggestions for how and when this information should be communicated.

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Registration Events Communications Communications 98

Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

As things currently stand in the events industry, we’re planning events in 2022 as if the COVID-19 pandemic never existed. In-person events are back in all their glory. And to the Event Brew hosts, they often look identical to 2019. She notes that, indeed, some events look a lot like 2019 in 2022.

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Planner Events Virtual Events Trade Show 320

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Eight Out-of-the-box Event Income Ideas 1. Give attendees a deal on your next event. Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. One of the biggest obstacles in selling an event into the future is the possibility the attendee can’t make it.

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Conference Sponsors Trade Show SEO 279

Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

6 steps to finding the right event tech vendors and product Finding the right event tech can be a long, tedious process. What is the purpose of your event? What type of event is it? Event tech tools are going to help you solve those problems and challenges.” Ease of use: Is the event tech software intuitive?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2023

Display Changes Will Not Apply to Group Rates What you see on your Bonvoy app is what you will get—including resort, destination and other fees—at the registration desk after May 15 if a promised shift in how prices are displayed goes through as required in a November, 2021 settlement with the State of Pennsylvania.

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Public Relations Contracts Contracts Registration 290

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. Nearly any event can be live streamed.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 22, 2019

We have come to a time and place were event Wi-Fi is expected. Unfortunately it’s not always delivered as you expected maybe the quality is terrible or the price is through the roof, none of these are surprises you want to run into your event. How can you ensure you are getting great Wi-Fi for your event?

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Trade Show Telecommunications Events Contracts 224

Endless Events

MARCH 11, 2019

Is your event safe from major event cybersecurity risks? As event profs, we hold so much data within our registrations, software, and events. in event tech, and how you can take steps to improve your event cybersecurity. Are you doing everything you can to secure your online data from attacks?

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Events Registration Networking Banking 269

Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches. The short answer is “No.”

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Social Tables

JUNE 12, 2024

Planning a successful event involves working with a large team of reliable, capable professionals. A lot of tiny pieces must fall into place for an event to succeed, and the wrong event vendors could lead to lots of trouble later in the planning process. What are event vendors? a musical festival).

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Vendor Contracts Contracts Events 158

Eventtia

JANUARY 15, 2025

Lets be honest: planning an event can feel like a big risk. You book the venue, organize speakers, send out tons of invitationsand then sit back, wondering, What is event marketing really doing for my brand? In this post, Ill break event marketing down into simple steps so you can plan successful events that get great results.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

We’re talking about the attendees of your company’s in-person events. We call these prospects Event-Qualified Leads (EQLs) and they are the first step in linking events to sales. They are actively engaged with your messages and, if all goes well, they will be glad to hear from you after the event’s conclusion.

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Registration Prospect Contracts Contracts 203

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2024

Accessible, healthy, creative food and the people who order F&B for events took center stage at Smart Meetings Culinary Experience at Paris Las Vegas this week. Meetings & Events founder Tracy Stuckrath kicked off the insights with a primer on not killing or offending your attendees.

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Entertainment Sustainability Panel Contracts 244

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Event professionals know what it is like to take high-stakes risks in public while struggling with our own negative voices. What is new is the ability for non-programmers to use the cognitive tool for everything from writing marketing copy and agendas to answering attendee questions and managing registration.

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Insurance B2B Conference Retail 263

Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Recently, Marriott International announced COVID-19 testing capabilities if you wish to book one of their hotels for an event. Will venues’ testing capabilities signify the full return to live events? ”So Merriott is putting in the work to find third-party testers and have that be an option if you want to do events.

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Endless Events

JULY 13, 2018

Have you ever considered attendee satisfaction as the primary focus for your events? In this roundup, we share a few things you can do to know whether your audience really liked your event. If you plan to make a long and fruitful career out of events, you need to know how to grow and keep an audience. Click To Tweet.

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Attendee Trade Show Audience Rehearsal 159

Social Tables

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Planners today have to be on top of every detail to ensure an event is flawless. However, any event planner can tell you, that in reality, that’s no easy task. Contracting a venue can be a chore within itself. At times, a venue could offer space to two organizations, sometimes issuing contracts to both.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 2, 2024

With a passion for revitalizing the ways companies build meetings and events into their overall business strategy, Stensgaard promises ShePlans Co. Q: How did you first get involved in the meetings and events industry? can help with rethinking event strategies? That is not why they’re going to our meetings or events.

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Motivation Excellence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Motivation Excellence team takes great pride in the fact that we are a full-service incentives, group travel, meetings, and events agency. We Take Care of the Details, Including Contract Negotiations Our team is skilled at contract negotiations with hotels and suppliers. During the event you can send out alerts via Inspire.

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Incentives Travel Travel Contracts 130

Endless Events

JANUARY 27, 2023

In a recent Event Brew episode on event inspiration , Deanna named Ashley as someone she goes to for inspiration and to bounce ideas off. Tune in to learn more about her life in events as a digital nomad and what she thinks the industry needs more of. I’ve always had a love for events,” says Ashley. “It says Will. “As

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Education Attendee Incentives Preparation 177

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

And Marriott partnered with Google on The NEU Project to pioneer ways to design more neuro-diverse-friendly events. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. Events Industry Council to Update CMP Criteria.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2023

Event planning consistently ranks as one of most stressful jobs in the U.S. Whether planners find themselves forced to work with difficult personalities, try to juggle juxtaposing requests, fix event planning mistakes, or balance dozens of last-minute event changes, event planners have plenty of reasons to feel stressed.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As the cost of AV and event technologies continues to rise, planners need to get smarter about what the really need and how to get it at a fair price. While audiovisual, production, and event technology have long been budgetary sore points, they’re even more expensive these days. Tried-and-True AV/Event-Tech Cost Cuts.

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Vendor Events Contracts Contracts 121

Eventtia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Even with the best team, organization and expertise, an event strategy can’t succeed completely without the right event management software. However, with the great variety of options, choosing the right event management software can feel overwhelming. Gathering attendee feedback is essential for improving future events.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 3, 2023

Are you on the hunt for the best event management software? Event software isn’t created equally. These 20+ questions will help you choose the best software partner for your organization’s unique event needs. The events industry has seen a considerable influx of event software over the past few years, and it’s no surprise.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In the event that you contracted Covid within 90 days prior to your trip, documentation of your recovery should be carried with you and presented in place of a negative test or vaccination. citizens and nonimmigrants must be fully vaccinated , the last dose having been received no fewer than 14 days before flight, to enter the country.

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Traveler's Q

APRIL 3, 2023

Organizing a corporate event can be a difficult and stressful task. To make the process easier, it’s important to be aware of the various event planning tips that can help you ensure that your event is successful. With these helpful tips in mind, you can plan a successful corporate event that leaves everyone satisfied.

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Organization Contracts Contracts Automation 130

Convene by PCMA

JULY 15, 2024

Using this type of reactive AI at events could allow planners to track attendee sentiments in real time. Events that don’t quickly find their way onto the AI adoption curve are destined to be out-innovated by the competition. Answer common questions, offer recommendations, and drive engagement.

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SEO Retail Public Relations B2B 111

Bizzaboo

MARCH 4, 2020

Event marketers are no strangers to last-minute changes and crises. These usually have to do with speaker cancellations, unexpectedly long registration lines, poor WiFi, and other last-minute challenges that may seem like a big deal in the moment but absolutely pale in comparison to the global buzzkill that is coronavirus.

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Conference Speakers Vendor Registration 128

Motivation Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Our experts at Motivation Excellence know how to make your next company meeting or event one people cant wait to attend! From technology to personalization, our team gets how to help you shine at your next company meeting or event. Elevating your next meeting experience takes effort. Were here to assist where you need us.

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Meeting B2B Logistics Contracts 130