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How to Produce a Stand-Out Experience

Smart Meetings

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. The best emcees energize the crowd, keep them attentive and get them excited for the next speaker. The Best Speakers.

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7 Tips for Driving Attendee Engagement at Virtual Events

Smart Meetings

Seven key tactics event marketers can use to promote virtual networking opportunities include: Conference website: Even when prospective attendees are first exploring your conference agenda and speaker list, you want to make the networking opportunities clear on your event site.

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5 Tips for Finishing Strong from Top Keynoters

Smart Meetings

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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Speaker Trends for This Year’s Business Events

MeetingsNet

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. For many events, speakers will be chosen based on outcomes and relevance versus celebrity alone.

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How to Move a 2,000-Person Expo to an MLB Stadium in 3 Months

Smart Meetings

As we walked through Petco Park, with the intention of using the seating bowl for the keynote speaker, Andrea realized it would be a memorable location for the entire show. Ballpark jumbotron for speaker and branding. We got lucky. The week of the conference happened to be an “off week” for the Padres.

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6 Creative Ideas To Promote Your Brand During A Virtual Event

Endless Events

Invite A Surprise Speaker. Many brand experts agree that storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to ingratiate an organization with prospective customers and partners, whether in face-to-face settings or in a digital context. This is where recruiting a special guest to participate and share their wisdom can make a big difference.

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Building Events That Reflect Genuine Human Interactions With Steve Gottlieb

Endless Events

“Nobody who is throwing an in-person event would say: ‘Let’s save our speakers the travel, record their speech, and throw the recording on the stage because that way we’ll get more people who couldn’t come. . “They have to think about what makes their in-person work,” replies Steve.