Endless Events

MARCH 22, 2018

Unfortunately, event planner networking often falls to the bottom of event planners’ priorities. When it comes to event planner networking ideas, it can be difficult to find new and exciting ways to effectively bring the right people together. Technology is starting to play a big role in event planner networking.

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Endless Events

MAY 1, 2020

Preparations for your event might be in full swing, but there are still virtual event concerns you must address! Because everyone involved in the experience – you, the attendees, the speakers, the entertainment – will be attending the event remotely. Here at Endless, we’ve been on a quest. So, how can you solve this?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 11, 2018

The speaker drones on, reading from their notecards or plain white powerpoint slides. You can efficiently learn so much actually listening to the speaker. Prepare ahead of time. Even the most famous public speakers don’t just wing it. Speakers need to tailor the content to their audience. So how do you do it?

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Endless Events

JUNE 8, 2020

Because it’s no secret to anyone that event planners tend to use stress as a badge of honor, right? The extraordinary Lee Papa is an internationally recognized Mindfulness and Meditation speaker and trainer, specializing in the Meetings, Events, Hospitality, and Travel industries. How does it help professionals in the industry?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2024

Read More : How Meeting Planners Can Pre-plan for Event Crisis Management The storm is expected to make its way north into Canada with wind gusts of up to 95 mph. What Planners Can Do to Be Prepared When it comes to severe storms, the best things any event professional can do is prepare as much as they can.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As meeting and event planners responsible for the safety of sometimes thousands of people, we cannot take anything for granted. 2: Always Have a Backup Plan (or Several) As a meeting planner, you know that not having a Plan B, C or Z, means you are doomed. Does the venue have specific protocols that event planners have to follow?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

RFP and Event Planner Selection When seeking an event planner, providing a detailed and comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) is crucial. Relying on event planners to ascertain the scope of work without this essential information can result in miscommunication and subpar planning outcomes.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

They go over the recent changes in the events industry, ROI metrics, diversity and inclusivity, sustainability, and her favorite resources for event planners. “Event planners are realizing that they need to evolve to be event marketers. “Similarly, speakers need to be storytellers. Make it a two-way conversation.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As she prepared to graduate, she took on a role as a marketing coordinator at a major healthcare company. There, she began working closely with the event planner. “As In the app, participants build their schedules, check in to sessions, complete surveys and connect with speakers, sponsors and one another.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Planning an event in multiple languages can be a challenge for meeting planners. The software creates a platform from which real-time multilingual speakers interpret what’s being said at the event, for attendees. But the task of finding the right interpreter doesn’t fall into the planner’s hands.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2022

Now, more than ever, planners are opting for an outdoor setting for much if not all of their programs. Armed with this information, you’ll be better prepared to advise planners as you receive detailed information on their ideas and requests for events, games and motivating team-building competitions that can get quite exuberant.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either way, meeting planners need to organize with both online and physical attendees in mind. Preparation matters. Have stakeholders demo the technology and practice dry runs.

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Endless Events

APRIL 6, 2018

Meetingsbooker.com, one such platform, has opened up their statistics so event planners can understand current trends in the space. There are also legal regulations already in place that we as event planners need to be aware of so that your audience’s data is protected. Get the Right Keynote Speaker for Your Events.

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Endless Events

APRIL 30, 2021

The support planners require from their venues increases tenfold in face of a hybrid future. How will food preparation work? Plus, independent venues are usually some of the most unique and creative out there, and they allow you to save up on those huge Internet and AV fees that always drove planners up the wall! Technology.

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Endless Events

APRIL 1, 2020

From the choice of platform to the intricacies of re-enacting the in-person experience, planners have their plates full. The latter is a common concern for planners trying to convert their events into virtual experiences. Keep the hype alive by sending out relevant information about the event – who are the speakers?

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Endless Events

MARCH 18, 2022

Event platforms can be an event planner’s best friend. They have become the building block of a modern event strategy because they offer continuous audience engagement and help event planners measure event ROI in new, better ways. Finally, we explain how event platforms can help planners measure event ROI and reach their goals.

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Endless Events

MARCH 19, 2020

And many planners are looking to turn their in-person events into virtual events. “The most common thing I’m hearing a lot from planners right now is, “I don’t know what’s possible.” ” Why is not every single planner out there reaching out to the people that they know? Figure it out.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To make the journey a little smoother, we asked some of the top-rated speakers from our Smart Meetings Experiences over the last year to share the one thing you should do right now to position yourself to thrive next year. Speaker, Drummer for P!NK, Keynote Speaker/Bestselling Author, “The Fine Art of Small Talk” (Hachette).

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

To event planners, the answer should be a no-brainer: event timelines keep your event and the event planning process on track. Include all planning meetings into your event timeline so everyone can add them to their calendar and prepare in advance. Gather speaker biographies and confirm details. Why You Need An Event Timeline.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2021

“We are organizers of events, but as you’re talking to your speakers, you’re looking for speakers who understand this principle that you, as the speaker are not the guru. “We had a speaker who spoke for us two years in a row. And he was one of our top-rated speakers the first year.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2021

If there’s something 2020 has taught it’s that we can never be too prepared. Where speakers had years and years of experience of in-person engagements, they’re barely scratching the surface of virtual. Where it pertains to virtual event rehearsals, we’re talking about your speakers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By being prepared for any last-minute disruptions, you can go into your event confident that you and your team will know how to handle anything thrown at you. Hargrove, however, was prepared with a swift response. As the festival’s planners worked endless hours to put on the major event, news began to circulate that the U.S.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 10, 2020

Great event planners know that their responsibilities go beyond organizing the logistical details of an event. Having a star-studded lineup of speakers giving keynote addresses, hosting panels, workshops, and sessions is not enough. So participants must prepare by artfully stalking those they want to connect with on LinkedIn.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2022

As health and safety standards change with every new surge in Covid cases, many planners adopted virtual or hybrid platforms, but not all attendees have embraced the shift. Though planners are most familiar with in-person events, it is important to understand how much they’ve changed in the last few years. In-person Events.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The most common mistake we’ve noticed is that many event planners still plan their virtual or hybrid events based on an in-person-only format. We saw an incredible surge in event platforms , leaving many event planners confused. But here’s the situation: the events industry is not going back to how things used to be.

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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? Reputational Risk Planners should be prepared for increased scrutiny of their event’s environmental practices and possible negative messaging around those that fall short.

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Endless Events

MARCH 26, 2021

Yes, everyone wants to create great content – marketers, writers, astronauts, and, of course, event planners. There are a lot of good tips we’ve put out into the universe for speakers at virtual events. Delivering educational and relevant material to an actively engaged audience has never been as important as it is now.

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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. It features transitions, well-rehearsed speakers and is short enough to keep people engaged. If your company is launching a product in six weeks, there’s no way you can prepare a massive in-person event.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

You’ll be thrilled to hear there’s a whole lot of benefits for event goers, presenters and planners too. We’ll discover: The reality of virtual speakers at events. Allow virtual speakers to take the stage. Are you planning an event and the perfect speaker can’t manage to get to your venue at the right time? Nearly half!

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

SITE CEO Annette Gregg analyzes incentive travel for 2023 and predicts trends for 2024 Annette Gregg, CEO of Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) , was the speaker at this December’s Smart Meetings’ Smart Chat Live! Gregg has done the research and encourages planners to take advantage of DMCs. They want personalization.”

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2023

SITE CEO Annette Gregg analyzes incentive travel for 2023 and predicts trends for 2024 Annette Gregg, CEO of Society of Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) , was the speaker at this December’s Smart Meetings’ Smart Chat Live! Gregg has done the research and encourages planners to take advantage of DMCs. They want personalization.”

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2022

Now, more than ever, planners are opting for an outdoor setting for much if not all of their programs. Armed with this information, you’ll be better prepared to advise planners as you receive detailed information on their ideas and requests for events, games and motivating team-building competitions that can get quite exuberant.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

Event professionals have to come to follow-up meetings after events well-prepared. You can get the host or speaker to do a show of hands, or ask people to use your hashtag to send questions. How satisfied were you with speakers/content/networking opportunities? free ticket to your next in-person event). Onsite polls.

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Endless Events

MAY 20, 2021

But no such thing is possible when it comes to virtual networking, which is why this is one of the biggest virtual event concerns that event planners deal with. “But human connections require designers and planners to rethink how they do it, which I don’t think they were in the position to do. Is that just me?”

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

While we were cooped up inside our homes, waiting for the return to in-person events , many event technology companies got to work and came up with amazing software solutions that make the event registration process even more valuable to event planners. But as all event planners and managers know, business events serve a different purpose.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 5, 2022

When a speaker can hear the basic human gesture of clapping at the push of a button, it is beautiful to see,” he said. My advice for planners is to look for a solution with the breadth to support lots of different use cases,” he said. Plus, you can measure it.”. You have to be ready for that.”.

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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. Being a speaker, there’s always a long story. So what is it that meeting planners get wrong about protecting attendees? How did you end up in your career?

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