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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Endless Events

JULY 10, 2020

It’s finally time to discuss the hot topic of hybrid events. Over the past few months, we’ve been focused on providing all the educational content we possibly could about virtual events. Virtual events will continue to be relevant from here on. What Is A Hybrid Event? Do I Have To Plan Two Different Events?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Over our 23 years in the professional event production industry, we’ve identified several key elements that often prevent our clients’ events from achieving outstanding success. Our goal is to help you excel in your event planning endeavors. Virtual events: Plan 2-4 months in advance.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2022

In early July, financial technology company nCino made an explosive return to in-person events in collaboration with The Special Event Company (TSEC). To pull off the biggest nSight event to date, TSEC worked closely with nCino to turn their vision into a reality. Webb continued, “Every one of our events went flawlessly.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

Bad event WiFi can ruin your event. If you have bad WiFi your attendees might forget about all the great parts of your event and only remember the WiFi sucked. WiFi when they come to your event. We know event WiFi is important. We know event WiFi is important. But how do you have the best event WiFi?

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hargrove sets an example for planning events that go off without a hitch through their government shutdown contingency plan After the venue booking, event design, attendee lists, emails, emails and more emails, your event is all ready to go—finally! Contingency plans are the answer to your prayers.

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Endless Events

MAY 10, 2019

Planning franchise conventions doesn’t come without its challenges. These challenges, in my experience, can be solved by implementing some franchise convention planning tips. For example, event sessions that are too long can be draining or exhausting for their audiences. Why Planning Franchise Conventions Matters.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

For the sixth year running, event planning has been ranked as one of the most stressful jobs on Earth. That is, unless, you’re an event planner…. For the sixth year running, event planning has been ranked as one of the most stressful jobs on Earth. Event coordinators, we can do better!

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ADMEI

MAY 15, 2024

3 Reasons to Hire an Accredited DMC 15 May 2024 In the dynamic realm of event management, trade shows serve as pivotal hubs for engagement, networking, and brand representation. There are many benefits of trade shows for professionals in the meetings and events industry. They will serve you well after the event ends.

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Endless Events

APRIL 17, 2019

Hiring an AV company for your event isn’t all fun and games, especially when AV labor comes into the equation. And if you fail on carefully planning your event, the bill for the labor involved can easily turn into a huge expense. Are you planning an event? What If This Is In The Middle Of My Event?

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ADMEI

MAY 8, 2024

How to Elevate Your Trade Show Booth Experience 08 May 2024 In the dynamic realm of event management, trade shows serve as pivotal hubs for engagement, networking, and brand representation. There are many benefits of trade shows for professionals in the meetings and events industry. They will serve you well after the event ends.

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Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2020

Because yes, there is a lot of unknown ground surrounding virtual events. But it’s a completely different story when they don’t even bother to tune in or give up on the event ten minutes in. The latter is a common concern for planners trying to convert their events into virtual experiences. Before The Event.

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Social Tables

JUNE 29, 2023

From online community awareness campaigns to out-of-the-box nonprofit event planning ideas, thoughtful preparation can help increase the success of fundraising activities. In this guide, we walk you through the process of planning a nonprofit event step-by-step. Master nonprofit event planning in 10 simple steps 1.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Prepare to have your mind blown by this week’s discussion of tablets and events! Just recently, we launched an episode about hardware in the world of events. The Event Tech Podcast strives to make your life as an event planner easier, so we’re back at it! The Event Lifecycle.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Whether you’re on the brink of planning a first event or are a seasoned professional revising your event planning checklist, this guide aims to be your trusted roadmap. This article provides a comprehensive event planning checklist to help you manage every detail for a successful event, from start to finish.

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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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Endless Events

AUGUST 23, 2019

It’s critical to the success of your event that presentations go well. You find yourself feeling let down, wishing you wouldn’t have wasted your time, or even worse wishing you didn’t go to the event! You find yourself feeling let down, wishing you wouldn’t have wasted your time, or even worse wishing you didn’t go to the event! .

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Traveler's Q

MARCH 2, 2023

What is corporate event planning? A corporate event is more than merely a meeting. Planning a company’s event is not easy, often requiring a multitude of factors from marketing to safety. Every event should have a clear purpose with an end result a company would like to achieve for or with every person who attends.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 31, 2018

When you’re picking your venues and your cities for each of your events, unions definitely come into play. There’s a union related to carpentry at events. What that means is, you might actually have a union whose sole job is to push cases from the truck to where your events going to be happening in the venue.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 15, 2024

During the 12-hour educational marathon hosted by Meeting Professionals International on April 11—Global Meetings Industry Day—one session presenter touched on a delicate issue that surely had all the business-event planners in attendance nodding along: Yes, change is essential and inevitable. There should be a plan B for everything.”

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 26, 2023

Every event professional has the same goal for corporate event planning: to orchestrate an engaging experience that delivers favorable business outcomes. Corporate event planning checklists can significantly increase your chances of achieving your event goals. corporate event market — which brought in $95.3

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Planning an in-person, virtual, or hybrid event is a significant undertaking with countless moving parts. Achieving conference success ultimately requires careful orchestration between the event team, partnering agencies, and other departments, which is where a pre-event checklist template comes into play.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Although you may not have considered those occasions “events” at the time, that’s precisely what they were, and restaurants host more of them than we think. As the demand for private events grows and booking windows get shorter, more customers are looking for restaurant event spaces that meet their needs.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

That’s why, when AirMeet asked me to host their recent session on Reenergizing Your 2022 Virtual Events , I decided to start the session with a round of Event Industry Trivia. Below are additional tips I shared about playing trivia or other virtual games for large groups at virtual events or conferences. . #1

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Eventtia

JANUARY 11, 2022

It’s no secret that hybrid event has made it big throughout 2021, and is here to stay in 2022 and forward. Virtual events have grown to be really popular due to the global pandemic, initially being hosted as replacements for live in-person events that were canceled due to social distancing and quarantine policies.

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Meeting Tomorrow

JUNE 3, 2021

With vaccines now making in-person gatherings a safe reality, event planners are turning to hybrid events — and finding they have tons of questions about production. Hybrid event production requires thinking out of the box, even for many experienced event planners who have hundreds of in-person or virtual events under their belts.

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Social Tables

MAY 16, 2019

Draft your wedding planning timeline. Use this guide for long-term event planning. Book your rehearsal and rehearsal-dinner venues. Send your event schedule to your vendors. Invite guests to your rehearsal dinner. Here’s what to do 4 or 5 months out from a wedding. Purchase the rings.

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Social Tables

APRIL 18, 2024

Switching things up occasionally is important, even for event organizers and corporate planners. Whether you work in public, private, or corporate events, changing the scenery can leave event attendees feeling refreshed and inspired. Where do planners find one-of-a-kind event spaces? What makes a venue truly unique?

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Whether scheduling a live or virtual event, speakers should always be proactive about reaching out to an experienced event planning partner. With that said, virtual or live, timeliness and a good event planner with a wide array of tech solutions can set the stage for success. Walk the stage, or sit in your chair.

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Once you understand how these factors are built over time, you can focus on the venue marketing and event lead generation strategies within each category that produce the best sales outcomes today, this month, this quarter and this year. Step 2: Evaluate your In-Person Influence Techniques. You take significant pride in you work and it shows.

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Meeting Tomorrow

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

With so many in-house AV companies consolidating recently, it’s easy for event and meeting planners to feel like the AV company at the hotel is the only option they’ve got. On our blog, we talk all the time about things like stage inspiration , event technology , and other event tips. Same look, feel, and branding.

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Social Tables

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Party packages are a great way for the Johnsons to book Grandma June’s birthday party at their favorite local Italian restaurant, but they’re also a huge help for larger, more complex, or professional events. We’re diving deep into the business potential behind private bookings and examining what people really want from an event package.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 22, 2022

A multi-site meeting is an internal event that brings employees together to discuss company updates, lay out plans for the coming fiscal year, highlight top performers, and get everyone aligned on the future. In most cases, multi-site events include employees from multiple departments and are hybrid events.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In a world where technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) , is reshaping the event industry, the role of an event planner has taken on new dimensions. This is precisely why hiring the right event planner can make the difference between a seamless event and one fraught with chaos.

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Meeting Tomorrow

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As an event production team, we’ve had a front row seat to thousands of presentations over the years. That’s why we wanted to share our top high-level speaking tips for events with the world beyond our clients. If your event organizers are hosting a rehearsal, take advantage of that time. Practice, practice, practice!

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Alcor Mice

JANUARY 26, 2021

Since then, companies have continued exploring different ways to create a perfect virtual event. According to Bizzabo, as much as 93 % of event marketers have incorporated virtual events into their strategy for 2021. It is clear that virtual events are here to stay for the foreseeable future. PREPARATION.

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Bizzaboo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Planning an in-person, virtual, or hybrid event is a significant undertaking with countless moving parts. Achieving conference success ultimately requires careful orchestration between the event team, partnering agencies, and other departments, which is where a pre-event checklist template comes into play.

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