Endless Events
MAY 18, 2020
What are the odds you’ve been thinking hard about event pricing? With all that is happening in the industry right now, we’re guessing they’re high. Because virtual events are now the norm. And figuring out how much you should charge your attendees is a challenge. With an in-person experience, it was easier. You had previous examples to draw from, and the numbers were a little more clear.
Pádraic Gilligan
MAY 11, 2020
by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua & Chief Marketing Officer, SITE Will Covid-19 kill Incentive travel? Part of me loves the speculation, the permutations and combinations. The “if this, then that” logic that we indulge in on a daily basis. I’m referring, of course, to the endless chatter around what meetings 3.0 or incentives 3.0.
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Conferences that Work
MAY 11, 2020
Why implement participant-driven breakouts in Zoom? I’ve been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich in person meetings — aka peer conferences — for almost thirty years. Why? Because participants love these meetings ! Now the covid-19 pandemic has forced meetings online. Unfortunately, most online events are still using a traditional webinar/broadcast-style approach: presenters speaking for long periods, interspersed with chat-mediated Q&A.
Special Events
MAY 21, 2020
DMC leader Marty MacKay outlines steps the event industry must take to ensure attendees will return to meetings.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Stova
MAY 18, 2020
Do you want to learn how to be a successful presenter at a virtual event? Or, maybe, you are an event planner and you’d like to know how to train your virtual presenters to create the best virtual experience? If your answer to either of these questions is a resounding yes , you’re reading the right blog. We’ve done our homework and found the best of the best practices for presenting at your next virtual event. ( We’ve also included bonus training tips to help out all you event planners. ).
Motivation Excellence
MAY 28, 2020
2020 began like every other year with experts making predictions about how the year ahead would play out. Experts looked into their crystal ball to explain how retail, tech, education, and other major economic areas would change because of disruptive transformations in the marketplace. Nobody, however, foresaw how COVID-19 would bring about unprecedented changes almost overnight.
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The MICE Blog
MAY 28, 2020
The corona crisis has brought the industry together in a way we could have never imagined before. In the current climate, there are no borders and limits to how we can connect and interact with the industry online. New online initiatives were born out of the crisis, such as the #eventprofstalk hackathon and #EventProfsTogetherAtHome , and this is just the beginning of a shift we’ll see growing in the coming years. .
Conferences that Work
MAY 4, 2020
Providing downtime during any meeting is important , but it’s especially important to schedule breaks during online meetings. What happens if you don’t schedule breaks during online meetings. Some people have the attitude that attendees at online meetings are grown-ups and they should be given the freedom to take a break when they want and/or need to.
AltexSoft Travel
MAY 21, 2020
BSP and ARC are two abbreviations that people coming to a travel agency business stumble across early on. Things are quite confusing here and nascent travel agents can easily get overwhelmed with understanding what’s IATA, how IATAN is different, why ARC number is the same as IATAN number… And a whole lot of other questions. In this article, we’ll figure out what BSP and ARC mean and — more importantly — why you should care, if you are a travel agent that wants to issue flight ticket
Special Events
MAY 18, 2020
Wedding expert Nora Sheils shares tips for creating wonderful weddings during the COVID crisis
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Motivation Excellence
MAY 12, 2020
What do we mean by “employee engagement”? Employee engagement means that employees are committed to their companies. Employee engagement isn’t the same as employee satisfaction. It also means that these employees are connected to their organizations. In today’s world, a business will fail if its employees are not engaged, but it will succeed if the employees are fully engaged at work.
Endless Events
MAY 19, 2020
Who would have known that 2020 would go down as one of the most influential years- if not the most influential year- for virtual events in history? Even as the highest-ranked event trends predictor in the industry, even we couldn’t guess this. We surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest virtual event trends for 2020. Some of these trends match up nicely to our overall 2020 event trends we predicted , so you should see some cross over for how you can also apply these to y
Eventtia
MAY 13, 2020
Running an online event comes with a set of challenges. Apart from deciding the structure of your online event and the way you’ll organize the online sessions, you also have to “sell” the idea to your potential speakers.
Stova
MAY 29, 2020
You know the feeling.you're in the thick of planning an upcoming event and are trying to figure out what new engagement formats to use to excite your guests. But a wrench has been thrown into the mix: this event is virtual. Now, you have to think about what event formats are available, will they be engaging enough, will attendees participate in them?
Conferences that Work
MAY 18, 2020
Part 1 of this series of posts gave an overview of what’s involved in implementing participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Read it before diving into this post! In this post (Part 2) I’ll cover most of Step #1 of the previous post: preparing for The Three Questions using Zoom breakout rooms. If necessary, get familiar with Zoom, including breakout room functions, before proceeding.
Special Events
MAY 13, 2020
Wedding expert Jennifer Taylor shares tips on meeting event client expectations.
Motivation Excellence
MAY 3, 2020
The coronavirus restrictions have forced many businesses to make changes in their daily operations, and an increasing number of companies are turning to work-from-home options. Younger workers are especially eager to embrace this idea, and many actively look for companies that offer this incentive. Now, numerous companies are feeling the pressure to offer meaningful benefits that help them retain top workers in their fields.
Endless Events
MAY 15, 2020
?? The Best of the Best: All About That Money, Honey: How To Create Your Virtual Event Budget: Calculator Included! Live Stream Dream Team: How To Live Stream Your Event. ? Need more help with your virtual event budget? We’ve got you covered. Here is our free virtual event budget calculator. A Virtual Concert On Mother’s Day ??. This Mother’s Day was a bit of a challenge.
MeetingsNet
MAY 4, 2020
Virus-sniffing dogs and GPS tracking could help attendees be more safe while planners refocus on creating meaningful events. Liz Caruso, CEO and Chief Event Specialist at Liz King Events and founder of TechsyTalk, a community for innovators in the events industry, shares her thoughts on how people will meet again, including some low-tech solutions. MeetingsNet: What changes do you think will happen to face-to-face events due to the pandemic?
Stova
MAY 14, 2020
The word’s out - virtual events are all of the rage. Your biggest questions have probably been answered: “What platform should I use?”, “How can we keep the feel of a live event?”, “How can I make this work for me?”. Now that those big hitter questions are out of the way, you are probably in the thick of planning the details surrounding every aspect of your event.
Special Events
MAY 11, 2020
Catering pro Abby Borden suggests innovative ways to serve event guests safely.
Conferences that Work
MAY 25, 2020
Part 1 of this series of posts gave an overview of what’s involved in implementing participant-driven breakouts in Zoom. Part 2 explains how to prepare for The Three Questions using Zoom breakout rooms. Read them before diving into this post! In this post (Part 3) I’ll cover how to run The Three Questions using Zoom breakout rooms. Preparing staff to run The Three Questions in Zoom.
Endless Events
MAY 14, 2020
Recently, BizBash shared an article that proposed the hub and spoke method. Now, why does this make sense and what does it even mean? Let us paint a vivid picture for you: as a pandemic sweeps the world, the events industry suffers. But planners and profs alike are resourceful, which is why we’re seeing a huge spike in virtual events. And as days pass, there is only one certainty all of us can agree on.
BizBash
MAY 13, 2020
A group of event pros recently created a design-forward take on drive-by graduation and prom celebrations. Their next challenge? Brand activations.
Stova
MAY 5, 2020
As you plan virtual and hybrid events, you may be wondering, “How can I give my sponsors and exhibitors exposure during my event and connect them with my audience?”. At first glance, creating value for sponsors in a virtual setting may seem intimidating. But fear not! Having a virtual event does not mean your sponsors and exhibitors will lose precious face time with your audience.
MeetingsNet
MAY 11, 2020
Every hotel brand is making decisions on how to create a welcoming, comfortable, and productive experience that can be delivered safely. It won’t be easy. For business travelers, the “new normal” is coming closer to reality with each passing week. New York is talking about a large-scale reopening in June , while some conferences and shows originally set for September and October have announced their intention to go on as planned.
Special Events
MAY 25, 2020
Special event professional Deborah Elias of Elias Events shares her ode to the event industry during the COVID crisis.
AltexSoft Travel
MAY 5, 2020
This is a guest article by tech writer Ray Slater Berry. The crisis is hitting the travel industry hard, there’s no doubt about it. In fact, the global revenue for the travel and tourism industry is earning around 34.7 percent less than last year. With so many businesses struggling, pivoting or having to make tough decisions, now is the time that your next steps can determine how you come out of this crisis.
Endless Events
MAY 22, 2020
Understandably, the advent of virtual events came to shake the very core of the industry. With countries shutting down and social distancing measures put in place, virtual experiences are the only choice planners have to stay afloat. this is not a bad thing, of course, – now more than ever, people have the need to feel connected. To share their stories.
BizBash
MAY 28, 2020
From branded PPE to bumper tables, here are some creative decor products and ideas for future in-person events.
Eventtia
MAY 28, 2020
Online events are slowly becoming the norm. And it's easy to understand why.
MeetingsNet
MAY 1, 2020
A TED Talk veteran presents a four-step problem-solving process that ensures groups consider all internal and external factors to make the right decision. When a group of colleagues comes together to solve an organizational challenge, formidable obstacles lie ahead of them: Weighing the importance of various factors, taking in the varied perspectives of all participants, and coming to consensus—all in a limited time frame.
Special Events
MAY 14, 2020
In the wake of the COVID crisis, wedding expert Emily Sullivan shares ways fellow planners can design successful "micro weddings.
AltexSoft Travel
MAY 8, 2020
A booking engine is the brains behind distributing travel products online. Without this software component, you can neither sell nor buy airline tickets or hotel reservations through the Internet. Trip-related companies employ different types of booking engines to run core processes instead of human personnel. Let’s explore what they actually can do and how their functions and tasks vary across travel businesses.
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