Endless Events

AUGUST 19, 2021

Planners were inundated with information about masks, sanitizers, and social distancing. While it’s important to emphasize that no event is risk-free, event planners can implement many safety processes that ensure the safety of their attendees, exhibitors, and staff. Contactless registration & payment.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The site of the events center, currently under construction at Stateline, Nevada, is conveniently located near major hotels and casinos including Harveys Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and others. Large concourses wrap around the event-level floor which can be used as registration areas or additional exhibit booths. of meeting space.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2018

Next, make registration and check-in a breeze. Your Guide to Event Registrations. Registration is the first opportunity for attendees to form a concrete opinion about your event. Which is why it’s a must to make registration as smooth and impressive as possible. The Current State of Event Best Practices.

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Endless Events

MARCH 8, 2018

Many businesses and event planners have already begun brainstorming how to implement ways they can make their events environmentally friendly. Creating sustainable events is key to being a responsible event planner. . As an event planner, it’s your role to make changes in the events you create. Transportation and Location.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In our 2020 event trends survey, 47% of event planners believed tailored break out session paths would be the biggest personalization trend for events in 2020. This is a win-win for both attendees and planners. As planners we are responsible for the impact our events have on the earth. Tailored Break Out Session Paths .

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The MICE Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I was really excited to join this international jury, as it gave me a front row seat to see what some of the best corporate event planners are doing, but there was another reason. There was a lot of discussion among event planners, sharing failures, successes, lessons learned and best practices – a valuable peer-to-peer exchange.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 28, 2022

Event trends 2022 are here and let us tell you, it’s an exciting year for event planners who dare to dream big. Others, however, might seem a little bit too daunting for a novice planner, but they’re just what innovative and tech-savvy planners are looking for. Most trends in our guide are beginner-friendly.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By offering refund insurance at a nominal rate, you can give each person peace of mind that they’ll receive their registration fee back in the case of an emergency. One of the easiest ways to kill your upsell opportunities is to make participants visit your website’s multiple locations. Raise your registration fee.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 25, 2022

We like this KPI because it can tell you which presenters, sessions, topics, and locations were more popular with attendees. Session registrations won’t necessarily tell you how good or bad a session was — but they say a lot about your pre-session marketing. On the flip side, low registration means people probably aren’t as interested.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Since 94% of event planners report having problems with their event platform setup, you certainly wouldn’t be the only one with UX issues. Don’t promote your app just on registration day — share your event app deets with attendees ASAP so more people get the memo ahead of time. Promote your app as soon as you share the event details.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

After the pandemic hit us, event planners had no choice but to make an unprecedented pivot to virtual events. With the power of virtual events, event planners all of a sudden had a chance to reach a larger audience and get their name out there. It’s not just the attendee who saves some money, it’s also the event planner.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 8, 2025

While weve made progress as an industry toward more sustainable event practices, how can planners assume a climate-focused role to help move the needle further? In the scientific community, for example, potential registrants are opting not to travel to in-person events because of their environmental impact.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It’s a topic that he’s talked about in the past, from dissecting AV proposals at the AV Audit to giving useful AV audit tips to planners at Whiteboard Wednesdays. As soon as professional-level AV equipment gets involved, it becomes more complicated to beam in a presenter from another location.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Too many event registrants are booking outside hotel blocks — an issue discussed during three PCMA roundtable conversations over the past year. When only two out of five of your registrants book their housing within the designated room block, you know you’re trying to work with a flawed industry model.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Event safety has become a priority, if not for meeting planners, then for attendees. Meeting planners don’t need to be IT gurus. Can my IT folks prevent a hack or act in case a virus invades your onsite registration system? You’ll need to make quick decisions on location, price, and budget.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 9, 2024

Read More : How Meeting Planners Can Pre-plan for Event Crisis Management Additionally, the broader PR team should work from a separate breakout space, ideally located near the Command Center, to maintain continuous communication with the central crisis management team. Do not rely on one method.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

The journey of locating vendors and the resources that best match your needs can send any planner into a tailspin. Nguyen posed a few questions for planners to ask themselves. Factors to Consider As meeting planners start mapping out their needs, here are a few more aspects to consider. What is the purpose of your event?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Why not ask early-bird registrants to vote on their favorite t-shirt design? Event planners of all types have embraced the power of smartphones to boost engagement during events, but these tools and strategies should extend beyond simply creating a mobile-optimized event website. Mobile Engagement Tools.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Event planners, speakers and attendees all saw their calendars cleared out last March, returning slowly with virtual events and only now showing a glimmer of hope for the return of live conferences. That should be the guide for determining the experience as a planner. What is the experience you would prefer as an attendee?

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

Most planners are now scrambling to figure out how to replicate the in-person experience in a virtual environment. What existing event technologies do you already have for registration and/or networking? Do you already have registration or networking tools? Will all your presents be in a single location or distributed?

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Endless Events

AUGUST 22, 2022

“Having the ability to pop up things that aren’t there, like lookout spots or interesting notes about the location, creates lots of potential for wayfinding, sightseeing, fun facts, trivia, and digital scavenger hunts ,” adds Brandt. . AR for events can also significantly change how presenters and event planners communicate with attendees. .

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Now, more than ever, meeting professionals need timely updates about how evolving technology can help them deliver smoother registration, better engagement and more valuable data insights for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. This is what you need to know. How to Harness the Lasting Power of Virtual Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

“With technology affording greater flexibility, professionals increasingly find themselves freed from traditional office confines, enabling them to work from diverse locations,” Harrison says. How do planners integrate remote attendees with in-person attendees? Remote workers present an entirely new way to look at “bleisure travel.”

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Newbie event planners will often pick a venue, negotiate a deal with them, and sign the venue’s provided contract. . Depending on your location, you may need to comply with specific COVID protocols. Pulling in your event planners and graphic designers to tour the venue with you is a good idea.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whether planning private celebrations, non-profit fundraisers, or corporate conferences, the goal of the event planner is to visualize their client’s idea and then bring that vision to life. But how do event planners accomplish this task? What does an event planner do, exactly? So what does an event planner do?

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 30, 2023

though it will use a few other locations and venues throughout the D.C. While the agenda for the March 7 Springtime event is not yet finalized, it will likely be a combination of educational sessions and networking time with destinations and services aimed at meeting and convention planners.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In the August COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard, planners who seek attendee gender pronoun preferences said they collect the information to use on event name badges. Nearly nine out of 10 planners responding to the August COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard said they do not ask registrants to identify their gender with non-binary response options.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 13, 2024

I Wanna Be Sedated (24 Hours to Go) A punk rock pre-event jam that pumps up the ramp-up to on-site registration opening. We Built This City A synth rock ’80s-style song about the power event planners have to make local impact. When we bring so many passionate people into a location, we have real opportunity to give the city a bump.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Coffey shares critical steps and advice to help meeting planners and travelers safeguard themselves and their guests, drawing on his extensive experience in the field. How did you make the transition to private life, to being a speaker, and how did catching bad guys help you move into managing risk for meeting planners?

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Expert planners know that event engagement is vital to an event’s initial success, as well as the success of potential future events. With the majority of B2B marketers in agreement, it’s safe to say that successful events and event planners are able to engage with their audience. Prepare for and market event registration.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

The extension of virtual content delivery methods creates a unique opportunity for planners with new methods to boost engagement among attendees regardless of their location. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts for tips on how to produce meaningful experiences for everyone on the registration list. Make it Tangible.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Since its founding in 2010, EventMobi has expanded its reach to over 30,000 corporate and non-profit event planners. Its full suite of event management tools includes event registration and check-in, advanced analytics, mobile event apps, customizable branding and design, engagement and networking tools and more.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 24, 2022

One of which is marking certain types of information, such as social security numbers, passport numbers, biometric data and “precise” geographic location as “sensitive,” qualifying it as personal information and giving consumers additional control over how that information is used. What This Means For Planners. “As The Big Scary.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Instead of paying to send people to an event, which can add up with airfare, car rental, registration fees, per diem, and missed work time, companies can simply allow those people to watch a live stream of the event. Plus, event planners don’t have to pay for wasted meals and rooms. Everyone wins. Connect With Your Audience.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Though registration information is handy, it is far from comprehensive. You’ll likely have the demographic basics like names, locations and job titles, but that can only get you so far. They are the first significant bridge that helps you close that gap between the registration table and the sales contract.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We are trying to organize it to help event planners think about just seven. Planners don’t have control over every area of the production line, but they do have the power to look into the companies that are part of it. An interesting detail about both the UN SDGs and Impact XM’s action areas is that crossover is almost inescapable.

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Endless Events

MARCH 5, 2020

“There was someone who was a wedding planner and then turned into a wedding planning trainer. They co-located and it’s a co-location show” “And then UBM bought them eventually. And now you see that a lot in different corners of the industry”, Nick explains. “He was kind of the face of it.

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