Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Planners shouldn’t simply implement event gamification for the game’s sake – it should be a strategic decision. Gamification should help planners achieve their event goals. For example, planners can aim to improve networking opportunities , sponsor and exhibitor engagement , session attendance , or brand recognition.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Make sure you consider these high-ticket items at a minimum: Venue Speakers Food and beverage Furniture and equipment Staffing (event coordinators, clean up, security, etc.) Decorations and event design Marketing and promotional materials Guest experience Start early, reach out to vendors, and store all your launch plans in one place.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The events industry is waking up to the importance of event data for reaching event marketing goals and proving ROI. A vast source of valuable data is attendee tracking – one of the most powerful ways event professionals can measure event marketing success. MEASURE AND PROVE EVENT ROI.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

If you’re looking for some new event industry blogs to call your favorites – this one is a must. We recommend you check out Bizbash for the ultimate in event planning news, trends, inspiration and venue discovery. Event Leadership Institute. You’ll find the full-scale of event-related topics covered here.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This data helps justify ROI and strengthens partnerships for future events. Gauge networking and relationship-building success. Asking about networking opportunities and connections made gives you insights into how well your event facilitated meaningful interactions — a top priority for attendees.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Moving on with our list of hybrid event mistakes to avoid, we have the Internet issue. Internet will play a fundamental part in any hybrid event. The venue where the physical portion of the experience is taking place must be equipped with enough bandwidth to ensure a seamless experience for virtual attendees.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

It seems that the asynchronous communication trend has also started making waves in the meeting and events industry , namely as asynchronous hybrid events. As discussed in our 2022 Event Trends Guide , hybrid events are not simply in-person and virtual events put together. The same goes for content delivery.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. That’s why it’s also known as engagement marketing. In a sense, all events are experiential. How To Plan Experiential Events.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Choosing what to do at an event especially larger scale events with hundreds of sessions, networking events, keynotes and more can feel very overwhelming. Having data-driven activity suggestions in your event app. For example, an event app might suggest an event marketer go to a content creation workshop. .

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Think NFC for checking into talks, virtual reality for product demos, and augmented reality for networking sessions. And for practical event tech, you need to know what AV to use. The Many Challenges of Event Marketing. Find Your Perfect Conference Venue. Are You Falling Behind on the Newest Tech?

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Endless Events

MAY 19, 2020

Choosing what to do at an event especially larger scale events with hundreds of sessions, networking events, keynotes and more can feel very overwhelming. Having data-driven activity suggestions in your event app. For example, an event app might suggest an event marketer go to a content creation workshop. .

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

You can make events more eco-friendly by: Choosing reusable napkins over paper napkins. 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.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2022

the biggest lessons over the last 15 years in the events industry, predictions about the future of Endless Events and the events industry in general, the difference between event marketers and event planners, and many more miscellaneous fun facts about the Endless team. Event Marketer Or Event Planner?

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2018

Corporate event planning can be a daunting task, especially if it’s on top of your already jam-packed schedule. That said, it’s can also be a fun endeavor where you can try out new food, discover exciting venues and even exercise your designing skills a bit. B2B Event Marketing Reloaded.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Plan the event well and you’ll gain the respect of everyone in the organization. eBay is not just a pioneer in the field of online selling, it also helped blaze the trail for a new breed of seller events. This year’s iteration of the eBay Open highlighted some new tactics for networking in the B2B sphere.

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Social Tables

JUNE 17, 2024

What makes a conference venue “unique?” Unique conference venues are not your traditional meeting spaces; they stand out. Although they look and operate like separate businesses, many breweries, art galleries, museums, arcades, and restaurants host high-quality corporate events. What are unique conference venues so appealing?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In 2015, the top entrants in the awards included mostly apps, allowing for easier networking, real-time communication or streamlined translation. 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.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

I also think there are quite a few founders ready to get out of the market after the peak and go spend some quality time with their money family,” he concluded. A Targeted Approach. Enduring Partners.

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Endless Events

APRIL 4, 2023

Regardless of your pharma brand’s size, events can be a brilliant addition to your marketing mix, boosting awareness, engagement, and sales. Pharma event management is no joke, though. From balancing a budget to finding the perfect venue and speakers, you’ve got to juggle a lot to put on an all-star event.

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Social Tables

JUNE 12, 2024

Planning a successful event involves working with a large team of reliable, capable professionals. Planners work with venues, specialized staff, and vendors to ensure everything runs smoothly. In this guide, we’re walking you through everything you should know about event vendors. Event rental companies. Stage designers.

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Social Tables

MARCH 9, 2023

Much like speed dating, speed networking is a great way to meet potential new business partners, clients, and even employers. In this guide, we’ll walk you through exactly what speed networking is and why it’s useful for everyone from freelancers to corporations to social justice activists. But first, what is speed networking?

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Social Tables

MARCH 9, 2023

Much like speed dating, speed networking is a great way to meet potential new business partners, clients, and even employers. In this guide, we’ll walk you through exactly what speed networking is and why it’s useful for everyone from freelancers to corporations to social justice activists. But first, what is speed networking?

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Endless Events

MAY 9, 2023

Using AI and Data To Make Your Next Event a Hit Build Communities With Intelligent Matchmaking Whether hosting an in-person event or going 100% online, your event needs to plan for social interactions. The key to networking is matching the right attendees, and AI can assist you with matchmaking.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

With constant new tech innovations popularizing our daily lives, event professionals must harness these new technologies to enable and enrich the attendee experience. The list below includes some of the favorite new technologies across The Opus Group network at Opus Agency , MAS , TENCUE and Verve.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

For venues and planners, that means looking into the crystal ball to get ahead of event trends and expectations. Here, we cover the top 19 trends which promise to shake up event planning and hospitality in 2019 and beyond. But what’s driving the effectiveness of event marketing, and really, meetings demand as a whole?

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Unique World Global Destinations

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to a report by Statista, the global virtual events market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.2% from 2020 to 2027, and hybrid events are a direct result of this surge in virtual platforms. North America has already begun setting the benchmark for sustainable events.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 17, 2023

How To Use ChatGPT for Event Marketing Content. Due to the versatility of ChatGPT, there’s no shortage of ways event marketers can use the tool to work more productively. Event planning and marketing. This will help you to tailor the event to their specific needs and interests.

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Social Tables

AUGUST 4, 2017

BizBash is a wellspring of news, ideas, and resources for meeting and events professionals.Their mission is to inspire event professionals with ideas and resources. Articles are visual-heavy which is perfect for getting ideas for what you want your events to look like, day-of. Want event planning magazine content digitally?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Is it event technology? Maybe it’s event marketing? From here, the next step is to network with the influencers and authorities in the field you choose to learn the ropes and make your own mark. Make Event ROI Tracking Easy. We’ve discussed a bit about event partners earlier.

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Eventtia

APRIL 1, 2022

You’ve planned your perfect hybrid event: best venue, best virtual event platform , best keynote speaker, and so on. Yet, all of those efforts will go to waste if you can’t attract enough attendees (both in-person and virtual attendees) to your hybrid event. What is a Hybrid Event? your speaker).

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 4, 2023

Even in our increasingly digital world, face-to-face interactions can never be replaced, making B2B event marketing essential to your larger marketing strategy and to business success overall. of event organizers, with 19.1% What is B2B event marketing? B2B event marketing is essential for many reasons.

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Social Tables

JUNE 8, 2022

A few ideas include: Install digital touchscreens that attendees can interact with throughout the event venue. Use touchscreen menus to display real-time polling results or event session schedules. Use digital kiosks to mitigate long lines, entertain attendees during breaks, or guide guests with an interactive map of the venue.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Marketing your venue will require far more than just word of mouth referrals, and requires you to actively market yourself to your local event planners. Whether they have hosted events with you in the past, or have yet to book with you—the venue marketing tips below will help. Click To Tweet.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 15, 2023

Skift Meetings (formerly EventMB) Formerly known as EventMB, Skift Meetings was founded in 2007 as one of the first blogs for event professionals. BizBash Founded in 2000, BizBash creates print and digital publications, hosts events, and provides resources for corporate event and meeting professionals, event marketers, and executives.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2018

You could achieve this by hiring local food producers, or event nonprofits that provide employment opportunities via a catering service. Match the venue to the ‘why’. When planning events with purpose, venue choice can make a big impression. Both for you and event goers! Check out our blog on unique venues here.

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Social Tables

APRIL 16, 2019

19 Event Trends for 2019 19 Event Trends Shaking Up Group Business & Meetings in 2019 from Social Tables An annual Social Tables tradition, our event trends report predicts the biggest changes to hit both planners and venues in the year ahead. We used the content to create an event trends blog post too!)

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Events became the professional development pipeline for that generation.” ” For these reasons, millennials value networking over almost any other aspect of events. But make no mistake — the networking is there: over 3,000 face-to-face meetings were scheduled at C2 2017 alone.

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