Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Hybrid formats blur the lines between in-person and digital experiences, inviting remote and on-site attendees into shared moments, where everyone feels like they have a seat at the table. Inspired by Burning Man’s “Net Positive” approach, planners are designing events that don’t just minimize waste but actively leave a positive impact.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. SM What types of freelance meeting planner roles are most in demand?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Phone a Friend To help younger, less experienced meeting planners within Soundings, Judge fostered a system she dubbed: Phone a Friend. “We What we do is we’ve started to use our more experienced talent, so senior meeting planners who also like to give back and grow in the industry. We still have people who are sick.

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Endless Events

MAY 24, 2019

Today we are covering the most common event Wi-Fi terms you should know as an event planner. As an event planner the platforms and websites you use for your events host goldmines of data for hackers. Event planners work with a lot of private data from attendees and vendors. We are putting to an end to now.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As airlines increasingly adopt New Distribution Capability (NDC) technology, Travelports solution ensures that planners and business travelers can efficiently compare and book the best options across multiple suppliers. From the start, it was clear to me that our brands and vision were perfectly aligned.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2023

But to mesmerize your audience with something they haven’t seen before, meeting planners should invest time developing a productive relationship with an AV partner. By signing a contract with a venue, meeting planners can quickly lose their freedom to choose their AV provider. Meeting planners are the leaders of event teams.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

The aspect of cost is one that Farr sees as an appeal to planners. With companies having no headquarters and being 100% remote already, Farr says he sees companies completely moving to the Metaverse. The post What Do NFTs and the Metaverse Offer Planners? appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In fact, according to our State of The Industry Survey , 64% of planners believe hybrid events will be the most common experiences in 2021. Fresh off of the steep learning curve that was virtual, planners must now brace for the challenges presented by hybrid. And venues have been paying attention to the upcoming needs of planners!

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Plus, event planners don’t have to pay for wasted meals and rooms. It’s up to event planners to find that purpose and make it beneficial to the event. In order to decide on your purpose, you have to consider your remote audience. Would you rather just offer a window to the event and have the remote audience be a fly on the wall?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2021

Event planners surmised that audiences had gotten so comfy in fuzzy slippers that they would not want to leave their houses. But what planners neglected to consider in the equation was the vital human connection. While the full-immersion hybrid experience may be dead, that’s not to say that event planners aren’t being creative.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A lot of it comes down to remote work. Remote work is so attractive that organizations with remote options are gaining all of the jobs that are being lost in these other areas. Hospitality jobs typically don’t offer remote work.” ” The Events Industry Is Not Just Event Planners!

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

Public safety expert Frank Harrison, who serves as regional security director, Americas at World Travel Protection , predicts that three central trends will shape business travel in 2024: Remote work, a focus on sustainability and budget constraints. Remote Work & Bleisure Travel Remote work, once rare, has become commonplace.

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Endless Events

MARCH 12, 2021

From revolutionizing remote work to giving a whole new exciting vibe to digital experiences, here’s the full rundown on VR for virtual events! Remote Work. Remote work isn’t a brand new concept – the Endless Events team has been doing it for years! We got high-level attention. And we had a fantastic time.”.

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Endless Events

APRIL 4, 2022

Not only do matchmaking services change the way we can network at virtual events, but they also have immense potential to improve remote company culture and make the most of our internal meetings. We’re trying to bring that to virtual events and remote teams.” ” The Challenges Of Remote Work.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 19, 2022

These topics present some of the biggest pain points for event planners. Both a novice planner as well as a seasoned veteran will undoubtedly find some value in this e-book. Remote Work. Remote work is here to stay. We’ll touch upon all of these questions as well as exciting innovations. The Great Resignation. Why Hybrid.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Simultaneously, planners learned how to harness the power of technology to continuously deliver exciting events. One of the most glaring hybrid event mistakes planners incur is ignoring the virtual audience (more on that later). This is yet another instance where planners must recall that hybrid means in-person plus virtual.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

With more jobs offering flexible remote work than ever before, former staff are reluctant to return to physically demanding positions with rigid schedules. Prospective workers have high expectations—if hotels give them an offer they can’t refuse, meeting planners will reap the benefits of a smoother hospitality experience. Accountant.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2022

The role of the travel manager has expanded, and with it, the role of the planner. We learned quickly how well the remote model worked. Actionable Takeaways for Organizations and Planners. According to GBT, travel programs are becoming one of the main ways remote teams meet.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Whether you’re a planner, a student, or a CEO, this all-in-one collaboration hub is here to make your life easier. Not only did organizations have to shift to virtual with their experiences, but they also had to learn the ropes of remote work. The Endless team has been working remotely since before it was the default setting.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2022

Planning an event in multiple languages can be a challenge for meeting planners. The capabilities of Remote Simultaneous Interpretation ( RSI ) have reached new heights, elevating the events industry and the experiences it creates for attendees. But the task of finding the right interpreter doesn’t fall into the planner’s hands.

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Endless Events

JULY 17, 2020

As event planners learn how to transition into the hybrid model , they must acknowledge it comes with its own set of challenges. Contrary to what happened in the past, hybrid experiences demand that you consider both in-person and remote attendees. What needs extra attention, however, are the remote attendees.

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Endless Events

JULY 24, 2020

With the advent of virtual events, planners became game-changers. With the mass pivoting the industry witnessed, resources about planning remote experiences were everywhere. And on the same note, deciding how to price a remote experience has the potential to overwhelm even the most experienced of professionals.

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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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Endless Events

APRIL 28, 2020

Even though virtual events are set to become the new normal, not many planners have experience with this paradigm. Because planners and companies aren’t sure which way is North right now, it’s easy to disregard the things that could make or break the virtual experience for everyone involved. 6 Wrong Sponsors.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

If planners choose to evolve their event strategies the old way, they often struggle to allocate their budgets to cover all the new ground that’s been established since the virtual revolution. Roughly speaking, planners divide their entire budget into several distinct ‘areas’ of the event. Nothing more, nothing less!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“Remember the days when planners thought that they didn’t need event apps ? Then, the planner can decide what kind of groups they want to create based on how people answer those questions. ” A Final Note On Remote Work. There will be a need for remote working spaces.”

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2021

Meeting planners are telling us they are seeking authentic, immersive experiences that are designed to help groups strengthen interpersonal relationships, as well as support the culture of each organization,” he reported. As part of this increase in business, he has seen a new trend: “Meetings aren’t always about the ‘meeting’ anymore.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2023

It’s easy to assume that meeting remotely is the more sustainable counterpart to in-person meetings, but what about the energy required to power the massive server farms that enable the technology? Bluewater Technologies Group operates with the mission to provide planners with sustainable solutions across the board when curating an event.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While there’s a lot that planners now need to focus on, from engagement to networking and more, we want to talk about something else today. Since we’ve been putting so much pressure on remote speakers and audiences, it’s time to wonder: what can we do? Is it that then it shifts over to the planner?”,

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2023

For the most part, when event planners engage with attendees it is primarily after the event, in the form of surveys to see how attendees felt about the event. However, Naomi Clare, founder and CEO of Storycraft Lab , believes planners should be reaching out much earlier to the event’s kick off, at least six to eight weeks prior.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 26, 2021

And in order to correspond to said expectations, planners must support their speakers as well as possible. “This idea of being able to remotely focus the camera and remotely adjust the settings, I think is huge”, says Brandt. As mentioned in our 2021 event trends guide , attendee expectations will be on the rise.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The timely strategy session titled “ 2022 Incentive Trends & Wish List ” covered some of the unexpected shifts impacting incentive programs, including a desire to stay home with new pets and hobbies, people moving away from densely populated geographical areas and increased responsibilities of remote workers.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 9, 2024

Cost-effective, accessible and trendy Are you a stateside planner looking for a change of scenery? Canada, our neighbor to the north, packs a hefty offering for event planners looking to entertain and entice guests. Calgary is also an excellent choice for planners, as it has completed an expansion of Calgary TELUS Convention Center.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

million in seed funding to start twine , which they describe as “a remote-first company that facilitates serendipitous virtual meetings by facilitating strings of short meetings in virtual windows.” The event planner can determine the number of seats, turn on matchmaking based on tags (e.g., name of team, job title, etc.),

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Arguably one of the biggest pain points for planners, driving engagement isn’t quite as hard as one might think. Back before virtual events were the norm, planners already dabbled in event apps. Perhaps one of the best tools at a planner’s disposal for increased virtual attendee engagement. Polling Matters.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The timely strategy session titled “ 2022 Incentive Trends & Wish List ” covered some of the unexpected shifts impacting incentive programs, including a desire to stay home with new pets and hobbies, people moving away from densely populated geographical areas and increased responsibilities of remote workers.

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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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