This is What People Want from Your Events

This is What People Want from Your Events

How many times have you thought about your attendees before planning an event? "All the time", I hear you saying.

How to Design a Seating Layout That Will Get Attendees to Interact

How to Design a Seating Layout That Will Get Attendees to Interact

The core of designing events is providing tailor-made experiences.

5 Reasons Why You Should Always Segment Your Event Audience

5 Reasons Why You Should Always Segment Your Event Audience

One of the hardest things to do when getting any new event off the ground is managing the interaction with the attendees. From conveying the value of your event to designing attractive program activities...

Mini McDonalds at Your Party? It's Possible

Mini McDonalds at Your Party? It's Possible

Do you enjoy going to McDonalds, but do not like crowds? The company introduces a mobile restaurant in which up to five guests can eat.

How to Plan Events that Will Differentiate Yourself from the Competitors

How to Plan Events that Will Differentiate Yourself from the Competitors

The business world is changing at a fast pace. New industries, like FinTech or self-driving cars, are booming. These new dynamics will encourage people to build new platforms for networking and knowledge transfer.

How to Design Powerful Knowledge Sessions for Your Attendees

How to Design Powerful Knowledge Sessions for Your Attendees

Have you ever wondered about the main reason why attendees come to your events? From engaging in unique experiences to exploring the networking opportunities, there are probably a few different answers.

Bea World 2018: the run for the Best Event Awards is open!

Bea World 2018: the run for the Best Event Awards is open!

Nominees contesting for the renowned golden elephant awards will have the opportunity to present their projects live to the corporate jury and the audience during Bea World Festival, from November 21 to 24 in Coimbra (Portugal).

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Searching for International Event Suppliers

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Searching for International Event Suppliers

Think there's no greater hassle than planning an event? Try running an event abroad.

How to Ignite the Creative Spark of Your Event Team

How to Ignite the Creative Spark of Your Event Team

You’re wrong to think that creativity is a minor skill your planning team only needs when it comes to finding venue decoration ideas or deciding on your event’s graphic identity.

How to Get Your Reluctant Attendees to Feel at Ease

How to Get Your Reluctant Attendees to Feel at Ease

You know and dread them. No matter how well you've designed the event experience, a few attendees will always give you that look: the one that lets you know that they are completely unsatisfied, miserable, ...

How to Attract More Attendees with Event Email Marketing

How to Attract More Attendees with Event Email Marketing

There's one question on everyone's mind: Is event marketing dead? Are email opening rates getting lower by the day? Is sending emails a good way to promote an event anymore?

Bankruptcy for Festival Tent Builder G3 Presents

Bankruptcy for Festival Tent Builder G3 Presents

The Amsterdam-based company G3 Presents, which supplies tents to thirty festivals in Europe including Rock Werchter, Pinkpop, Milkshake and Tomorrowland, is bankrupt.

Small Stage, Big Effect: 5 Tips

Small Stage, Big Effect: 5 Tips

How do you manage to put a big stage in a small space - or at least ensure that it does not seem small? Think of the sets in TV studios.

11 Smart Questions to Ask your Tent Supplier

11 Smart Questions to Ask your Tent Supplier

​​​​​​​Renting a tent for your event is a fine idea, but it can bring a few challenges. Much depends on the expertise and the experience of your tent supplier, as well as the quality of the material.

Burning Man's founder dead: the event that changed the world

Burning Man's founder dead: the event that changed the world

Larry Harvey, co-founder of the Burning Man festival, has died. He was 70. His festival changed the world as we know it.

How to Promote Your Event Despite the New Facebook Restrictions

How to Promote Your Event Despite the New Facebook Restrictions

Well, the thing we feared the most finally happened: Facebook decided to change the rules. Users began seeing fewer viral videos and news articles shared by companies.

How to Get Your Attendees to Publish Event Photos on Instagram

How to Get Your Attendees to Publish Event Photos on Instagram

One of the reasons why we plan events is to create as much buzz about our brand as possible.

How to Develop Leadership Skills as an Event Professional

How to Develop Leadership Skills as an Event Professional

As if the logistic stress isn’t enough, event planners also must know how to lead event teams and volunteers. Sometimes we get it right; sometimes we make mistakes that may costs us work efficiency or mutual understanding.

How to Conduct an In-Depth Event Needs Assessment

How to Conduct an In-Depth Event Needs Assessment

Have you ever downloaded one of those generic event planning checklists, believing that the logistic process is the same for everybody? Did you ever try to adjust the management of your event to predetermined to-do lists that actually made no sense? Do you have an event protocol document that you never use?

How to Engage Your Virtual Attendees

How to Engage Your Virtual Attendees

Throughout the last years, we've gradually expanded the idea of event experience, making more and more space for the digital environment. Streaming technologies allow us to reach an incredible number attendees.