Award seasons, including the Golden Globe Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and the Oscars, provide a masterclass in event planning. These high-profile events captivate millions worldwide with glamour, detailed organization, and impactful presentation. By incorporating elements from these star-studded evenings, you can elevate your next conference or convention from start to finish, making every attendee feel like a celebrity.
1. Encourage Red C…
On April 22nd, we celebrated the 54th anniversary of Earth Day, which was estimated to be observed by over 200 million people in 192 countries around the globe. While it may seem that one person, meeting, or property cannot impact global change, small commitments to green operations can help.
Here are seven ways you can green your event without costing your organization an arm and a leg:
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1. Enhance Your Website's Event Visibility
Your event should be one of the first things visitors see on your homepage. Use vibrant images and compelling copy, including the event's date, location, and key attractions.
Embed a straightforward registration button using tools like Eventbrite, which can also manage ticket sales and track attendance progress.
2. Optimize Social Media Usage
Develop a unique hashtag for your event to streamline discussions and heighten visib…
The landscape of event sponsorships has undergone significant changes, making the pursuit of sponsors a more nuanced and strategic endeavor for event planners. Gone are the days when potential sponsors eagerly awaited opportunities, ready to invest substantial sums in exchange for a moment in the spotlight. Today's event planners face a more complex scenario, marked by tighter budgets and evolving expectations. To navigate this terrain effectively, adopting a sponsor-centric approach is esse…
Meetings, conventions, and trade shows consistently rank as effective undertakings to engage with customers, prospects, and other employees.
Even so, increased competition, the higher number of no-shows, lackluster speakers, and not delivering to sponsors or stakeholders' expectations are the challenges planners face today in getting people to their events. Many of these problems stem from an outdated invitation and RSVP process.
If you feel like getting individuals to RSVP is a signif…
If you are a meeting planner, you know that the thought of introducing new or different technology into your meeting environment might be a scary one for a variety of reasons. But the truth of the matter is event technology has tangible benefits, according to research conducted at Frost & Sullivan.
When 14,000 industry participants were polled, they felt that event technology can:
Even though the pandemic is moving on, our meeting and event habits have changed. Some have been clamoring for face-to-face meetings to return; some like virtual events' flexibility, speed, and safety.
This leads many organizations to offer hybrid meetings – a blend of both worlds. The chart below reflects survey results from the Event Manager Blog.
A Meeting Owl Rental is the perfect solution! This lightweight device offers a 360-degre…
Many event organizers think about teambuilding as an add-on function. One that fills a gap in the schedule or can be completed in attendees' free time (i.e., paintball or rock climbing).
But truth be told, the right teambuilder can help build relationships, trust, and cohesiveness among participants, especially if they don't know each other well or there's already tension between them. The key to success is introducing the team theme when attendees arrive and keeping it alive until the me…
As the name implies, Icebreakers are meant to “break the ice” among individuals that are virtually strangers or perhaps only see each other occasionally. With proper planning, your icebreaker can be an excellent avenue for participants to take their relationships to the next level and start to have fun at your event.
It is essential to introduce the right icebreaker, but it requires proper planning and forethought. Here is your icebreaker roadmap.
Are these adjectives associated with your meeting – stale, dull, or uneventful?
If you have planned the same meeting the same way for several years, now is the time to make minor changes, so the event you and your staff work hard on is brought back to life.
“Everyone is looking for an experience. We’ve learned how to make attendees feel special. All the small touches tell your story,” stated Colin Cowie, Owner of Colin Cowie Lifestyle.
According to a Harvard Business Review poll of 182 senior executives, many feel meetings are too frequent, poorly timed, and badly run. Consider this research:
Your convention, trade show, or gala is several months from now. However, much to your disappointment, registration, exhibitor and sponsor signups are lackluster. Bombarding potential attendees with an email blast every other week isn't working. There must be a better way.
Most experienced organizers will tell you it's about telling your event's story through multiple channels. First, building up to why, then capturing great moments that can be archived and told again, is vital when pitch…
You are in charge of your organization’s gala, silent auction, or other revenue-raising events. As you know, you can’t do things the same way they have been executed for the last 20 years. Attendees want a sense of freshness and safety. So they will most likely welcome any changes you have in mind.
However, it is essential to remember (especially if you are new to fundraising) that people give and attend nonprofit events for three reasons:
Whether your job is to plan a staff meeting for 20 individuals or a large conference of 20,000 attendees, it still requires hard work, excellent communication skills, and the flexibility to change to improve the participant’s experience constantly.
If you are looking to bring about more event sponsorships and deliver a better attendee meeting, follow these five resolutions for maximum impact.
It’s time to give up the need t…
Disturbance, Distraction, and Disorder. That is what we have had for the last year.
However, we already live in a disruptive world before COVID-19. A text comes in, you answer it. During a dinner conversation, you take an Instagram of your food. If a Zoom meeting is boring, you mute yourself and open up another tab to start planning your summer vacation.
What if you could take all that potential negative energy and turn it upside down? Here are six ways to embrace the triple Ds and r…