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5 Reasons Why You Should Engage With Your Attendees After the Event
Your last attendees just left the building, and you're ready to turn off the lights and go home. The event was a success, and the only thing left to do is congratulate yourself and go get some rest. You're ready to close this chapter and move on to the next event. Not so fast!
What an Event Planner is NOT
There are quite a few misconceptions and prejudices about our interesting and versatile profession. For instance, how often are you asked: 'Could you perhaps organise my birthday party?'
Ultimate Tips on How to Add Value to Your Attendees
Your ultimate goal as an event planner is to create value and help your attendees optimize certain aspects of their lives, businesses, or careers. Whether it's through education, networking, entertainment, creativity, or active engagement, your guests should notice a certain improvement in their lives after attending your events.
Ticketmaster Now Shows Virtual View from Every Seat in an Event Venue
When you're buying tickets for a concert or event, you want to be sure that you'll have a good view on the stage. Ticketmaster has developed a new innovative solution: 3D Virtual Venue: clever technology which offers you a 3D view from the seat of your choosing.
How to Plan and Run a Powerful Hackathon
If you think that organizing a hackathon means putting on a clever geeky T-shirt while checking the Wi-Fi connection, you are terribly wrong. To set up a hackathon, you'll have to engage all of your planning skills and tack on one sleepless night (yes, hackathons usually run for 24 hours without a break).
Impressive Innovative Technology behind the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Those of you who have seen the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest know that the show looks very impressive. 1000 m2 LED screens, 3300 m truss, 1816 lighting fixtures, 212 tonnes of material in the roof, ... The figures alone are staggering.
The Best Way to Promote Your Event (It's Not What You Think)
Picture this: you are in charge of planning and running an event. You designed a compact event program, invited a bunch of amazing speakers, and booked the best venue ever. Apart from that, you had time to set up a promising social media marketing strategy that will definitely boost your event promotion.
5 Ways Live Streaming Will Make Your Events Successful
No doubt, you can list countless reasons why to not live stream your event. Maybe you've convinced yourself that live streamed events symbolize the death of face-to-face meetings. After all, who would come to your conference, workshop, or seminar when they can just 'tune in' via live video?
The Next Web Organises Music Summit
Award winning tech festival TNW Conference and world-renowned music agency MassiveMusic present Music Summit, an entirely new and specially curated three hour program that will take place on the second day of the conference.
How to Craft an Engaging Social Program and Conquer Your Attendees
Stop what you're doing for a second, check the program of your next event, and ask yourself, "Is there something I could improve to enhance the attendee experience?"
5 Ways to Engage your Participants Even More
"This was the best event experience ever." That is what you as an event planner would like to hear from your participants. Only then are you truly satisfied. Engagement is one of the tools that can help you achieve that goal.
Important Questions to Ask Before Engaging Attendees with Gamification
Concidering gamification for your event? Make sure you'll ask the right questions upfront to select the most suitable tools.
How to Communicate Efficiently with Guest Speakers at Events
There's no doubt about it: guest speakers are the stars of your event. Nothing will define the attendance rate or the way your audience feels more than your guest speakers.
How to Plan and Run a Powerful World Café
Let's admit it: making people interact or discuss important subjects during your event can be challenging. You can save yourself the headache by choosing the right format.
How Sharing Economy Will Change the Event Industry
Here's the thing you may not have noticed: the collaborative economy is gradually reshaping the event industry. New opportunities related to the sharing economy are empowering more and more event managers by offering new solutions and fresh perspectives.
5 Things You Must Know When You Search for an Event Venue
Searching a good venue for your event can be a real hassle. You have to take so many things into account! Is the venue accessible enough? Is the Wi-Fi connection strong? Is the air-conditioning system adequate?
6 Useful Tips for Show Organizers and Exhibitors
Are you wondering whether participation in a trade show still makes sense as a marketing tool?
All you Need to Know about the Benefits of Eventful Cities
There's one thing all great event managers have in common: they know how to harness their environment. And some event professionals are luckier than others.
Remarkable Ways Technology Will Boost Your Future Events
"Big Data", "deep learning", "data visualization", "attendee tracking", "data-driven marketing", ... these are some of the event planning-related concepts many event planners struggle to understand.
Experiments that Will Boost the Way Your Event Attendees Feel
When designing, planning, marketing, or running an event, don't limit yourself to doing the same things repeatedly. As an event professional, you have the opportunity to experiment with and enhance the quality of your events.
