Endless Events

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You’re gearing up to plan your next event, but you already feel overwhelmed between finding a venue, planning your A/V, and picking the perfect caterer. Since 53% of event organizers say finding the right technology is their biggest challenge for virtual and hybrid events, an event production company can help you pick the right tech stack.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s hard for the speaker to monitor the chat and answer Q&As while presenting. Rather than being active participants, they just sit and listen to your virtual speaker. A virtual venue. Zoom is just a video call, while the event platform is a virtual venue. Registration & ticketing. Branding opportunities.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By the end of the piece, you’ll learn the questions you can ask using audience engagement software that will help you gather honest opinions from attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers — and how you can use that data to measure success, identify areas of improvement, and ultimately enhance your overall event strategy.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

According to International Meetings Review, a small poll in 2017 found that almost half of event organizers aren’t considering virtual attendance for their events. We’ll discover: The reality of virtual speakers at events. Allow virtual speakers to take the stage. Nearly half! The power of live streaming. So, let’s dive in!

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2019

In fact, you should ideally hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract. If you hire them before the venue they can be your advocate in finding the best location for your event. A good AV company will help you determine if the venue fits your needs and vision. We’ve seen venue WiFi costs grow astronomically.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Venue Fees. The event venue is one of the most important—and most expensive—factors of the event budget. In addition to your venue minimum, you will want to keep a separate, more detailed F&B budget where you break out each individual meal function to factor in taxes, service charges and quantities of each item. Mobile App.

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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. A lot of things can go wrong during a synchronous hybrid event as it is hard to stay in sync online and in the physical venue. Higher Quality Interactions At The Event.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You can see: The rating of each session on a scale of 1 to 5, How many attended the session, How many left the session halfway through, Sessions and speakers with the highest attendance levels, Which sessions sparked the most engagement (hands raised, Q&As, polls), How many times do attendees replay each session?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Frank Rikus Hosting corporate meetings and events at a movie theater presents an opportunity to make a lasting impression on attendees, moving meetings from the traditional conference space to a familiar but unexpected venue in the theater.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In a world of lockdowns and social distancing, virtual platforms took over the function of event venues (and then some). T he virtual venue is one of the most important decisions you can make for your long-term event strategy. The Venue Map allows your guests to easily guide themselves. And so naturally, the market followed.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. Speakers want to present remotely, and attendees and sponsors are starting to drop off. What if travel policies change, and speakers, attendees and sponsors start to cancel? What if you and your audience and speakers lack experience with hybrid events?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 27, 2018

Keep the event concise and select a venue that is easily accessible with nearby parking and transport connections. Pillar Project regularly organizes fintech breakfast meetings in London. It typically begins with a short presentation by a guest speaker, followed by a question and answer session with time to mingle afterwards.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2022

Those tips are organized below to give you the edge while planning your next meeting. Try a non-traditional venue that engages with the local culture. Include multiple methods of communication between attendees, speakers and organizers. Invite exciting speakers to keep attendees focused. In-person Events.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2023

Venue Sourcing Win-Wins When deciding on an event location, it is crucial that planners consider the destination’s proximity to a prominent airport, access to convenient ground transportation and nearby activities and attractions. Here are my top tips on ways to leverage your next downtown function.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Seventy-one percent of North American respondents’ organizations have sustainability in mind when planning events, 70% of which reported working with a defined sustainability strategy. Latin America and APAC had the largest percentage of respondents who said their organizations consider sustainability when planning events, at 86%.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. billion people with disabilities globally, organizations and events that don’t cater to them are not only risking backlash, but they’re also limiting their potential audience reach.

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

Knowing event technology trends — and adopting the most valuable ones — gives planners and venues the competitive advantage. Discover top event technology trends for planners and venues alike: 1. Until now, event organizers had to rely on third-party interpreters to host their meetings and events. Live translation.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Look for Synergies When Booking Venues For corporate planners aiming to efficiently source for their next event, Shaffer offered up some initial tips. When it comes to utilizing the resources at a venue, it helps to know who is using the space before and after you. It’s got to be a win for your organization.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

“When you think of an in-person event, you think about who’s on the stage, who’s behind the stage, who is helping mic up the speaker, who’s helping make sure the attendees get into the room … There’s a ton of logistics on-site when you’re helping attendees there. ” Sheehan delves deeper.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Over 60% said they look for venues with detailed programs around ethically sourced ingredients and minimal food waste. I have always and always will advocate that that’s why we start with the destination organization…take a step back and think of this in the RFP in three very manageable buckets.” Include those goals in the RFP.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Handling everything from catering to scheduling activities, the program administrators organize all the fine details of the event. Selecting a venue. Selecting speakers, sessions, and topics. After all, you can’t market an event without a venue, and you can’t hype an audience if you don’t have presenters or entertainment.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2023

The shuttle back and forth to off-site venues is also very important. By signing a contract with a venue, meeting planners can quickly lose their freedom to choose their AV provider. If you want wow on a budget, you must be organized in thought and approach when it comes to what you want to achieve.

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Endless Events

JULY 16, 2021

Should you source the venue and then the speakers? Sales kickoffs are some of the most important, creative, and high-energy events companies organize. Particularly in the world of events, it’s important to have a roadmap laid out before anything else. What are you going to do first? Which partners should be hired?

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

That’s why event organizers chose to create a multi-dimensional set with a series of screens layered across the stage. Organizers assigned each conference topic a color. A transparent speaker podium with a branded banner was the ideal choice to not detract from the bold backdrop. MariaDB 17 Tech Conference.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2023

From an absence of diverse panel speakers to a lack of options for those visually or hearing impaired, events still aren’t catering to everyone. billion people with disabilities globally, organizations and events that don’t cater to them are not only risking backlash, but they’re also limiting their potential audience reach.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 15, 2019

While the featured speaker at your conference may only be on stage for 40, 60 or 90 minutes, as a meeting professional, you are most likely “on stage” throughout the entire conference. Others might be sharing information about themselves, their company, their hopes and their worries. Confidence is your best designer.

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It's no longer just about speakers, presentations, and networking; it's about creating memories that resonate long after exchanging the last business card. Premium venues, artisanal experiences, and one-of-a-kind activities all chip away at profit margins. Today's clients crave experiences as unique as their brand DNA.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Also available are hackers with experience in breaching organizations and defending against cyber threats, investigative journalists, undercover filmmakers and historians with expertise in the world of secrecy. Read More : Steal Brene Brown’s Secrets for Leveraging Vulnerability.

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Endless Events

APRIL 6, 2018

Their report highlights just how much variety is available in this field, with non-hotel venues getting almost as many bookings as their more traditional counterparts. Get the Right Keynote Speaker for Your Events. But during the event, it’s the keynote speaker who is the lynchpin of the entire occasion. Click To Tweet.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You need creative vision, planning and organization, budget management, marketing, promotion, collaboration, adaptability, time management and, of course, the ability to create a memorable experience,” she says. Desireé Dolecki, CMP, has always been an artist. To her, being an event professional is much in the same vein.

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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! 29 to Oct 1. Hargrove, however, was prepared with a swift response.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 24, 2022

Smart Meetings one-day Regional Experience took the personalized meetings to Arlington, Texas, for VIP access to a venue full of special spaces. Also on the Texas-event agenda, a communications boot camp with two in-demand speakers. From a huddle on the field with the original No.

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Modern venues throughout the Financial District host regular industry mixers that create valuable connection opportunities. The Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute organizes collaborative sessions between industry professionals and researchers. Monroe development represent USD 203 million in investments.

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Even the most meticulously planned events can fall prey to natural disasters, a pandemic, vendor cancellations, and keynote speaker travel delays. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Do your vendors and venues have emergency plans? What is Risk Management?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 24, 2023

Read More : When Mother Nature Is an Unwanted Attendee at Your Meeting or Event A sporting event being held in a high occupancy stadium will have more dynamic risks than a conference due to the size of the venue and activities taking place. For security, implement measures to protect attendees and the event venue.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Whether you’re incorporating sustainable measurements into your RFPs, tracking down low-carbon menus or combing through LEED certified venues, you know you’re a green planner. Their team possesses a sustainable events checklist which they use in their work together and with partnered organizations such as EIC. So, what’s next?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 2, 2023

In addition to three days of speakers, networking opportunities and idea-sparking content, The Show’s sustainability efforts—a big topic in the hospitality industry in general, and a topic of focus at The Show in particular—will be on full display. The Show 2024 will be held at Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio Oct.

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