Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Hologram technology can increase engagement and attract hard-to-get speakers Meetings may be a mostly in-person experience but—as we learned during Covid, with the use of Zoom, Teams and other online video platforms—the use of communications technology has its place in the world of meetings and events. You can make it AI to search the web….

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Webinar session, Joanna Pineda, CEO and chief troublemaker of Matrix Group International , and Jennifer O’Grady, senior director of Design Studio of Maritz Global Events , tackled the Secrets for Engaging Platform-agnostic Association Meetings. Ultimately, finding out what the attendees want is the bottom line for meeting organizers.

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Endless Events

APRIL 24, 2023

Our thriving community includes event planners, marketers, sponsors, technology providers, and more, and we’re all committed to improving our craft and the industry. As part of our ongoing commitment to progress and improvement, we’re changing platforms. And for a while, event tech platforms seemed to share that vision. “As

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

How about sponsors? In this post, we’ve compiled 51 must-ask event survey questions that you can paste directly into your post-event surveys to gain crucial insights into the attendee, sponsor, and employee experience. What do your attendees think about your event? Are they likely to support your event next year?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If you’re just starting out, you can create event communities on platforms like Facebook and Slack. These platforms enable businesses to grow tight-knit communities and allow users to share content. Event platforms like Eventbrite are also popular. And you can’t host your event and community in the same place, either.

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Endless Events

MARCH 7, 2022

When we talk about the most popular event platform features , we typically think of registration and ticketing , integrations, gamification, and analytics reporting, for example. “When you look at event apps and event platforms , 80% of them have the same basic features. The success of their event depends on it!

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Disregarding the online audience will have ugly consequences for the brand and/or organization. Going For The Wrong Platform. Virtual event platforms have experienced a boom in the demand, which means there’s plenty of choice for planners. Opting For The Wrong Sponsors. Not Enough Bandwidth.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

She’s an expert in building professional networks for member-based and attendee-driven organizations. Erica has helped organizations generate revenue ranging from half a million to over 6 million dollars. I started consulting for event organizers,” Erica says. Do you need to address sponsor churn? Then covid hit.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2020

Virtual events are one solution to the problem, but sponsors are rarely willing to pay the same rates for virtual events as they do for in-person events. So you need new revenue streams and new opportunities for your sponsors! Podcasting can be a new place to give value to your sponsors, year-round. Seek Out Sponsors.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2022

Not just because innovative data science helps us understand our attendees better, but because we can, thanks to technology and event platforms, stay connected with our attendees, sponsors, and vendors throughout the entire year. Communities Live On Event Platforms. On event platforms, of course!

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 6, 2025

In today’s fast-paced events industry, conferences have evolved into dynamic platforms for networking, knowledge sharing, and industry growth. Trade Shows: Showcasing the latest products, services, and technologies, trade shows provide a platform for businesses to connect with potential customers and partners.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

But this is no easy feat; research shows that 46% of event organizers say that speakers struggle to simultaneously engage a virtual and in-person audience. Give attendees extended access to a platform where they can meet other community members, attend webinars, ask questions, and interact with sponsors. Higher Event ROI.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

So, how can marketers create impactful hybrid events that resonate with physical and virtual attendees while delivering ROI for hosts, sponsors and exhibitors? In this new era, event organizers must develop strategies for each audience. Today’s successful hybrid events celebrate and amplify the offline physical event online.

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Endless Events

APRIL 14, 2020

At the same time also for sponsors, this was still something which was a little bit uncommon. Because it was still something which is a little bit new kind of for the sponsors, especially when it comes to the smaller sponsorships then this might be quite difficult actually because they don’t have the experience” A Learning Curve.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Today, there are so many simpler, faster, and more precise ways to track attendees: QR codes, RFID technology, Event platforms and event apps, Event registration software, Other attendee tracking software solutions. Exhibitors and sponsors can also enjoy the benefits of attendance tracking at events. The Benefits of Attendee Tracking.

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Endless Events

MAY 2, 2022

There are many ways to send out event notifications: via email, SMS, private messaging apps, and event platforms. How do you keep an inbox organized with all that email? However, I don’t think many event platforms are using them.” That way, you don’t need to pay for a fancy event platform.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Organizations can entertain, educate, inspire, sell, or do all of the above simultaneously. Organizations use event marketing to: Promote the brand to a larger audience. Many organizations plan one big in-person event or conference yearly and put all their efforts and budget into it. Planning Singular Annual Events.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

While these platforms were good, they were limited. Today, event professionals have a vast ecosystem of event platforms to peruse—each of which is able to provide unique advantages. If you look at the event marketing stats , organizations are investing more so than ever on these platforms. What are my goals?

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2022

Modern communities live online , either on social media and communication platforms or most recently, on event platforms. Anybody can launch a free community on social media or communication platforms, but they do not hold as much potential as community platforms. Event organizers have a lot on their plate as it is.

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Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2021

While some adapted fast and organized extraordinary virtual events in 2020 , many are still grappling with the new reality. ” That’s why engagement strategies for virtual events are something organizers have to pay special attention to. Right now, a lot of platforms seem interchangeable at this point.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

The final step in the event management process is a follow-up meeting after the event to discuss the event’s overall ROI, attendee and sponsor feedback, and make the necessary readjustments to the overarching event strategy. Post-Event Debrief Questions For Sponsors. Platform analytics. Celebrate (and replicate) success.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Is it when your attendee walks through the doors of your venue or logs on to your virtual event platform? add traffic analytics to your payment processor : see how your attendees got to the registration form (various social media platforms, Google, …). Or is it much earlier, at event registration? You’re not alone.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 1, 2019

More than four billion people are online and more than three billion people are active on several social media platforms. She shared that most event professionals use social media for marketing, but are not completely utilizing the advantages each platform. During a crisis or a period of negative press, many organizations go dark.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After two years of testing streaming platforms, meeting professionals are asking for more comprehensive solutions and a number of event technology companies have risen to the challenge. How it impacts you: Automated back-end processes allow you to better manage speakers, sponsors, staff and meetings. Cadmium: Lead Retrieval Solution.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 19, 2024

Bizzabo has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Event Technology Platforms. Gartner defines event technology platforms as “tools that enable B2B marketers to execute virtual and/or in-person events for external audiences. These customer reviews include: “Great platform, even better customer service and support.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Will this improve the quality of the event you’re organizing? Trust and cooperation: games are incredible platforms for social networking, collaboration and interaction. Engaging with event sponsors. Presenters can ask for input from attendees via social media, a polling platform or an event app. Choosing your incentives.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Or maybe if you’re meeting with sponsors and they ask you about the purpose of the event, that strategy is really there to help support you and back that up” “It also lets you get one step ahead of everything rather than trying to catch up and focus on design and execution later on. That’s great.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

On the last episode of #EventIcons, Erica Bishaf said , “A lot of organizations put about 60 – 80% of financial risk into one live event.” Today, hundreds of organizations use Event Farm. I came across a nonprofit organization I wanted to help raise money for. My sponsor dollars went through the roof.” .

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Endless Events

MAY 4, 2021

From choosing the right platform to delivering the best virtual content , we always first need to think about what kind of an experience we are providing for our virtual attendees. We championed for them, wanting to make sure that we were still fundraising for them and keeping them relevant and engaged with sponsors and donors.”

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Rereading a 2012 post by Jeff Jarvis , I was struck by the parallels between his take on news organizations’ responsibilities to their platforms and the responsibilities of conferences. Users come first “A platform without users is nothing. Users come first “A platform without users is nothing.

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2020

Keep reading and learn how you can go about deciding how much to charge for your virtual event – and how to drive extra revenue to your organization! This will include things like speaker fees, entertainment fees, event platforms , the technical and production costs, and so on. So we decided to give you a hand!

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Endless Events

AUGUST 18, 2020

Even here at Endless, we were challenged to help organizations make the shift in as little as 24 days! From here on, the production team in charge of your event will begin pre-production, coordinate technical elements, begin framing out platform and integration, and develop supporting production paperwork. Conclusions.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Why Phones Aren’t as Bad as Show Organizers Think. During high-profile events, such as football games and awards shows, many shift their attention between the TV screen and the online conversation generated by the event, sharing their thoughts in real time and following trending hashtags on platforms like Twitter.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Who to thank—event sponsors and employers. Ask organizers if there is a photography policy and stick to it. Most organizers let people know which tags to use for their photos when posting them across different platforms. Share news and feedback from the event and offer that resource to the event organizers.

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Dana Communications

AUGUST 20, 2024

Are they authentic with their content – especially from their previous sponsored posts? With results like these, it’s no wonder MarketsandMarkets has estimated that the global influencer marketing platform sector will be worth $50.3 Make sure you check their followers’ demographics and interests. billion by 2028, up from $10.6

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Two forces driving innovation are (1) the demand for something new and interesting, and (2) the shift from tech designed for the event organizer to tech designed for the audience experience. In 2020, it was (and still is) all about platforms. Today, platforms are like the new Event Operating Systems.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

The number of attendees, sales, engagement, profit, new contacts – whatever is relevant to you and your organization. What specific organization goals will this event help you achieve? Virtual Event Platform. A pivotal piece of your virtual event will be the platform. What are the goals of your virtual event?

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