Endless Events
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Forget the pen and paper. Today’s event planners rely on technology to get the job done. No matter if you’re managing multiple tasks related to an event, keeping your team in order, or communicating with clients, you’ll likely use a digital project management tool. There’s not one perfect tool for every event. Depending on your needs, budget, and event size, you might find that one program works better than others.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
After a long, exhausting meeting, the last thing on most attendees’ minds is eating healthy, but event professionals can do their part by ensuring attendees get the nutrition they need from their meals. In the latest Smart Meetings webinar, Toni Zoblotsky, director, B2B marketing and sales valet, Hilton Worldwide, offers a wide variety of foods that are healthy, fun and instagrammable, as well as a few recommendations to get attendees active.
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Social Tables
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Learn how to delight friends, colleagues, and customers with impressive spring themes for parties and events. Featuring real examples from innovative brands, foundations, and celebrities, these event ideas for spring theme ideas and event names will help you kick off your own event planning in style. Here’s how to pick the perfect spring event name What’s in a name?
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Study this 1839 dinner seating layout. What’s wrong with this picture? Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Dinner seating — a study appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.
Join us and connect with experts at the 3rd International Conference on Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases”, scheduled on May 05-06, 2025 in Dubai, UAE with the theme of “Novel Progression Towards the Heart and Cardiovascular Research”.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Bringing exhibitors and attendees together for a successful event starts with a great conference theme. Here are some strategies for choosing one that goes hand in hand with your brand. The post Find Your Next Great Conference Theme With These Brainstorming Steps and Ideas appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Important research-based lessons for planners and their executives. Regardless of how much a team leader or department manager encourages dialogue, teamwork, and other beneficial and motivational behaviors, how a leader acts in difficult or high-stakes moments is what makes the strongest impression on employees, shaping lasting impressions about their manager and affecting their commitment to work.
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Businesses today are constantly striving to work out how they can achieve more, improve and work more economically, often through meetings and brainstorming sessions. Brainstorms provide a valuable platform for sharing ideas and planning creative ways to tackle challenges as a business. But how can you make sure that you’re getting the most out of your brainstorming sessions?
Social Tables
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
If you need to create a seating chart for a wedding, don’t panic! By reading this guide you’re already one step closer to wedding reception bliss. Here we’ve answered your most pressing seating chart questions and broken down the process into small, easy-to-follow steps. You’ll also find instructions for creating a digital seating chart that will make the whole process smoother and more enjoyable.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Barcodes have been around for decades. We take them for granted on our cereal boxes and soup cans. But now, a related type of code — the quick-response (QR) code — has made its way beyond our groceries and consumer goods. Suddenly, we’re seeing little black-and-white boxes of pixels pop up in magazines, brochures, and even […]. The post How to Use QR Codes for Your Event appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
What might leadership for meetings look like? Let’s turn to Harold Jarche for inspiration: “Those doing the work are often the only ones who really understand the context. Leadership is helping build the structure and then protecting the space to do meaningful work. “ —Harold Jarche, work in 2018 Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post Leadership for meetings appeared first on Conferences That Work.
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
This Whiteboard Wednesday is all about the *?#! AV people say. If you’ve happened to catch our #EventIcons S**t Event Planners Say, then you know you are in for a treat! Brandt Krueger of Event Technology Consulting will be walking us through commonly heard s**t AV people say, as well as why they say it. This should help anyone who has heard these phrases before understand the reasoning behind them (and grab a few laughs along the way)!
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
You’ve set up the Facebook event page, you’re regularly tweeting and you’re posting about your event on Instagram. You might think you’ve covered all your bases. But you’re missing an important piece: an event website. It might seem difficult and unnecessary, but websites are still key for promoting an event and drawing in attendees. Taking the time to create one can be daunting, but plenty of host sites are making it easier than ever to create a site quickly and in a straightforward, clean mann
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Nine months in the making, the four principles go beyond environmental elements to incorporate all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. On January 24, the Events Industry Council, comprising more than 30 member organizations within the meetings and events business, unveiled four principles designed to guide and motivate event organizers worldwide to embrace and implement sustainable practices in their work.
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Eventbrite
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
It’s no secret: In the music business, word-of-mouth marketing is worth its weight in gold. These strategies will get your fans talking. The post Why Word-of-Mouth Is Key in Live Music — and How to Earn It appeared first on Eventbrite US Blog.
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
How can we bring people together across divides? In April 2017, I posted the following to the NCDD-DISCUSSION list. ( The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation [NCDD] is “a network of innovators who bring people together across divides to discuss, decide, and take action together effectively on today’s toughest issues” ) ADRIAN SEGAR It’s an advertisement and carefully staged, but I wonder if there are lessons for NCDD folks in the largely positive response to thi
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
You’ve all heard about AR and VR at events. The terms have been buzzwords for years now, they are constantly on the biggest trends lists and talked about. But how do you use AR and VR at your events? What can you really do with it that will enhance your event? If those questions have popped into your mind you aren’t alone. In today’s episode of Whiteboard Wednesday, Brandt Krueger, of Event Technology Consulting will be walking us through how to use AR and VR at your events.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
What marketers used to say was, “Good, fast, and cheap. You can pick two.” So, if you pick good and fast, it can’t also be done for cheap. If you pick fast and cheap, then it’s probably just going to be good enough. That used to be the “Rule of Three.” Marketing isn’t a “You Pick 2” world anymore. Now, nearly every client is able to say, “ Yes, I’ll have all three, please.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Webinar live date: March 28, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. Webinar live date: March 28, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Even with codes of conduct for CMPs and within most companies and associations, there is still uncertainty about whether certain practices are acceptable or unacceptable as we conduct our daily business.
Meeting Tomorrow
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
In communications there’s an unwritten rule. And that rule is, any audience of any size will lend their time and attention, their feedback, and in many cases – their resources, in exchange for expert insight, ahead of the curve ideas and solid advice, if delivered through a flawless presentation. The momentum is on the presenter’s side. Audiences want speakers to do well, connect with them and deliver strong presentations that are not only rich with information, but full of takeaways that can la
Conferences that Work
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
[link] Check out the above video. The hive mind will see you now. In his post “ The fourth cycle of the hive mind (and what to do about it) ” Seth Godin explores how advances in computers are changing our world. The first three of his revolutionary cycles are well established, the fourth is now arriving. Cycles one through three introduced calculation and data storage , connection , and shifting place and time.
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
You’ve probably noticed a lot of fees when you are looking at venues. The venue AV charges really seem to pile up. I’m sure you have seen them before in the form of wifi fees, third-party AV fees, power fees, and the list goes on. As you are seeing the fee’s mounting on you may have even wondered, “Can I negotiate AV charges?
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Smart Meeting East National. A post-event recap provides useful information to your stakeholders and community on key takeaways from the event. But sometimes this important step is forgotten or postponed in the flurry of activity. However, this essential tool is most useful in the days after the event. In fact, the best time to publish this report is within 48 hours of the event ending.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Developing a "Plan B" for each potential complication means the audience will still get what it came for. Planners spend lots of time searching for, negotiating with, and contracting the right speakers and presenters for their events. But because even the best topic experts are at the mercy of production technology that must work perfectly at the right moment, planners should also spend time working with each presenter and the production team to have alternate ways of proceeding if something goe
Travel Daily Media
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
The post Brits are sustainable travellers: Hilton London at Heathrow Airport reforms appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. A data study by conducted by Hilton London Heathrow Airport said that averagely 68% of Brits are likely to choose sustainable alternatives during everyday activities, with over two thirds (72%) using a reusable travel mug or bottle while travelling.
Meeting Tomorrow
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Tracking event industry trends is a favorite activity here at Meeting Tomorrow. After sifting through all the noise, we wanted to highlight three trends that you should expect to see on the rise this year, and one surprising trend that might be on the decline. Rising: AR/VR at events. There’s a sense out there that virtual and augmented reality are just fading fads, but what you’re seeing is actually just the first phase of adoption—call it the “Novelty Phase.
Path Destination Management
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
“An alternative approach to tourism” I recently read an interesting analysis by Andrew Holden (Director for the Centre for Research into Environment and Sustainable Tourism at the University of Bedfordshire) in which he describes the characteristics of “alternative tourism” as opposed to traditional mass (neoliberal) tourism. We all know how damaging mass tourism can become if left unchecked with the race to make a fast buck becoming the be-all and end-all.
Endless Events
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Are you thinking beyond the surface of event sponsorship? Sure almost every event requires sponsorship but long gone are the days that it is enough to just plaster up a few banners from your sponsors and call it good. Now more than ever before event sponsors need to enhance your event and your attendee’s experience, and planners need to be able to highlight the benefits that your event can bring to potential event sponsors.
Smart Meetings
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
What’s the trick to creating a memorable team-building experience? It has everything to do with deviating from the norm. Team-building exercises are often memorable because they allow attendees see each other in a different context. Team building should be memorable not merely getting for out of the office, and doesn’t always have to be conventional.
MeetingsNet
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
This week's Mobile World Congress featured chip implantation on a human during a presentation. Besides the introduction of new 5G-based services and smartphones, this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona featured a strange but compelling session: One attendee chose to have a radio frequency identification chip implanted under the skin on his hand while on stage , to demonstrate the ease with which the chips—the size of a few grains of sand—can be inserted and removed.
Travel Daily Media
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
The post Brits are sustainable travellers: Hilton London at Heathrow Airport reforms appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. A data study by conducted by Hilton London Heathrow Airport said that averagely 68% of Brits are likely to choose sustainable alternatives during everyday activities, with over two thirds (72%) using a reusable travel mug or bottle while travelling.
PXCom Media
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
: 2 minutes All the professionals of the tourism, transport, hotel and museum industries are now impacted by the digital. And so do every steps of the travel , from the destination choice to the souvenirs sharing. Tourist offices facing real and virtual, connected, mobile and geolocated visitors, can’t avoid this revolution. The latter which doesn’t only change the way they welcome and communicate but also open new great opportunities that bring the territories to life.
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