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

MAY 1, 2020

But while it’s easier for planners to have control over their own connection and train the speakers in the same sense, it’s not quite as easy on the attendee side. When planning an in-person event, security is always something planners are mindful of. Activating Exhibitors And Sponsors. Cybersecurity Concerns.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2019

Organizers on the hunt for sponsors must show direct ROI in order to build fruitful partnerships with brands. These three strategies to get the most out of a sponsor partnership: 1. Resist the urge to begin a sponsor relationship by flooding email inboxes with your initial proposal. Maintain the Momentum Afterward.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As an event planner, you know virtual and in-person events require a completely different setup. Event planners are opting for event platforms for in-person events for these 13 reasons. You don’t have to worry about collecting business cards or messing around with paper registration forms at the event. Or engagement?

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Endless Events

APRIL 9, 2021

After more than a year of helping planners navigate the complex world of virtual events, we learned a thing or two about pain points. What does your sponsor forecast look like? Did you have sponsors in your previous event? On the contrary, plenty of sponsors can get a lot more out of digital experiences than live ones.

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Endless Events

MAY 24, 2021

As soon as attendees get access into the platform, they’re able to see what sessions would be most interesting to them based on how they signed up in the registration process. According to Will, event planners’ biggest nightmare is that platforms aren’t exempt from Murphy’s law. ” Personalization Is Key!

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Often, event planners turn to metrics and attendee engagement as a measure of an event’s success. My sponsor dollars went through the roof.” . Very quickly the brands that were sponsoring our event wanted it at their other Capitol Hill events. Be an Event Designer, Not Just a Planner. It was word of mouth.”.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

No wonder registrations soared off the charts. 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 registrants are divided? This is the question planners ask me the most.

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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. But what good are any of those if event planners are not taught how to use them or if they stop working mid-event? Customer Support Should Be The Standard.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2019

Fifty-six percent of respondents in Eventbrite’s annual Pulse Report said that recruiting attendees for events was one of the top three most challenging part of the planner job in 2018. Rounding out the top three challenges: working with a tighter budget and locking down sponsors. Technology Reigns Supreme. percent in 2019.

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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

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

MAY 5, 2022

And as event planners were somewhat forced into a technological era of event planning, many of them started seeing the benefits of event technology. Prior to event apps and platforms, event planners relied on pre-event and post-event surveys to measure event ROI. Planners can even plan on going completely paperless.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Through a platform, you can gather data, share resources, and even increase the visibility of your event sponsors. Since 94% of event planners report having problems with their event platform setup, you certainly wouldn’t be the only one with UX issues. Schedule management ( 98% of event planners use agenda features in their apps).

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As listeners of the Event Tech Podcast already know, choosing the right event platform is one of the most important decisions event planners can make for their long-term event strategy. They want to help planners go beyond Zoom calls. “First, we looked at some core objectives that event planners were asking for.

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Endless Events

MAY 28, 2021

And while many planners and attendees alike are more than ready to return to live events in full swing, there are a few things to consider. This will include things like contactless registration solutions, masks, hand sanitizing stations, mandatory tests or vaccinations, and more. Slow & Steady Wins The Race. But why is that?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With a reported 350-400 registrants, the summit will be attended by planners, suppliers, domestic and international buyers, press and cultural heritage and climate community representatives. Downtown Richmond, Virginia How to Get Involved Registration for POPS is open now and the registration information can be found here.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. Whether event planners intentionally design them or not, attendees will have had an experience at an event. Highlight your sponsors in organic ways.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

This can sometimes hurt a planner. ” But Will wonders how event planners can justify the ROI on drones, an investment that can cost thousands of dollars. ” Will advises event planners to watch Endless Events’ webinar on cyberattacks to learn more about this highly important topic. It takes pre-planning.

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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. Meeting planners will be able to track which PDFs were downloaded and how many times.

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Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

What would the Brew Crew have event planners do to plan better events? Will says that it seems as if event planners haven’t learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic. ” But on the other hand, there are many events with low registration numbers. ” Planning Events In 2022: Event Planners Lack Resources.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

One of the biggest problems I saw was involving your exhibitors or sponsors. Do you need to address sponsor churn? I think the number one issue I hear from planners is, how do I drive engagement. You can drive registration but there’s also organic revenue that comes from proper engagement. Is business continuity an issue?

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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

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? Do you want an expo hall or sponsor type of experience?

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

So planners everywhere are wondering – how can I combat webinar fatigue? Use registration forms with targeted questions to your advantage and continuously improve the process with each virtual event or webinar you plan. Never has this emotional and physical exhaustion in regards to virtual events been as marked as it is now.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2018

While travel might be exciting, event planners know that it can be tough at times. Of course, there are the various tools of promotion and the whole registration affair which needs to be as smooth as possible. Put your sponsors front and center and give them an opportunity for exposure they could only get at your event.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 10, 2021

He’s all about building meaningful relationships and event planners staying in full control of their events. Event platforms unquestionably satisfy event planners’ needs, but are they really the only way to go forward? Press play and find out! Third-Party Event Platforms Rule The Industry.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 4, 2020

And even though planners have been avidly consuming educational content on the topic, there are still misconceptions going around. Just as planners are changing up how they bring people together, we, as a production company, are mixing up how we capture and deliver content. Exhibitor/sponsors onboarding materials .

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Endless Events

MARCH 9, 2021

If you get that live engagement, it makes your sponsors happy and you can get more sponsored dollars. “You’ve got your registrations in one place, the platform you’re using is another place, you’re streaming from another place… We are piecing things together.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

That included a gifting experience at registration that allowed all attendees to choose their own swag from a shopping lounge, feathered friends both evenings and a light show that highlighted the fun of the destination care of Go Drone Shows. Don’t forget to pamper the planner. Meaningful connections ensued.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2023

SmartMeetings #meetsmart pic.twitter.com/xbj1bBc6I4 — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) June 26, 2023 Be an AV Evangelist: Animatic Media founder Scott Frankel advised planners to “change your mindset and question how audio-visual is done.” Thank you to our fabulous sponsor-partners for bringing the wow.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Whether they’re exhibitors, sponsors, vendors, the B2B partners that are interested in these live events, how to better match them with the live event organizers and with the event properties” “The other piece of what we do is, we have a marketplace”, he continues. “We call it a sponsorship marketplace.

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Endless Events

APRIL 22, 2022

Since it’s such an amazing addition (or should we say foundation) to an event planner’s event strategy , event profs must learn how to build an event community. . Offer them to them first and give them a sold month before you open up your registration to non-community members. Step 5: Include Event Sponsors.

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Techsytalk

AUGUST 1, 2016

Let’s face it – there’s a reason why event planners make the list of most stressful jobs every year. There’s a reason why event planner makes the list of most stressful jobs every year. These platforms have been put together to allow an event planner to plan all the different logistical aspects of their events from a single platform.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most people feel bombarded with notifications, so if you grab their attention in a meaningful way, this can generate excitement and ready the viewer for registration. That can be a hint to take a closer look at what is driving that traffic and whether you should replicate this strategy across other avenues with sponsors or partners. .

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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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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“Remember the days when planners thought that they didn’t need event apps ? You can do it at registration as well. Then, the planner can decide what kind of groups they want to create based on how people answer those questions. Before, it was just an add-on,” says Will. ” Brandt recommends Mixtroz.

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