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Posted on May 8, 2022April 30, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Events in 2022

The value of face-to-face interaction will never go away, but there are times when going virtual is a necessary part of your event programme. But how do you turn a multi-day conference, filled with networking opportunities, educational sessions, and the attendee insights they generate into a virtual one? And once you do, how do you ensure attendees are engaged throughout the event?

Hosting a virtual event requires the same care and attention as an in-person event. With both events, you need to effectively promote the event, engage your attendees, create memorable moments for attendees, and prove event success.

Posted on April 29, 2022April 30, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

10 Must-Have Virtual Event Technology Tools

Event technology is at the heart of the virtual events trend. From online tradeshows to webinars to live-streamed conferences and performances — technology makes it all possible. But what are the essential tech tools you need to plan a virtual event, drive registrations and engagement, and run the event seamlessly? Here we look at the top 10 virtual event technology tools you need to put together events that excite, entertain, and educate.

Posted on April 21, 2022April 16, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Top 3 benefits of a modern event registration software

Event registration software is a powerful weapon that professional planners have got today. It can help planners facilitate business innovation while creating a wow factor for their attendees. However, like events, there is no one size fits all in event registration software and you need to be careful while investing in this technology. With the right technology, you’ll be able to create better events while being more efficient and productive. It reduces the manual tasks often associated with event planning and makes you look more professional in front of your audience.

Whether you’re considering on-site event registration software on behalf of an association, non- profit, corporation, government agency or even a trade show, there are several factors you need to consider when selecting the right event registration software for your events.

Posted on April 20, 2022April 16, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Make Your Events Smarter with Onsite Check-in and Badge Printing Technologies

The COVID-19 pandemic derailed the meetings and events industry. It was an unprecedented time—but, undoubtedly, things are returning to normal and physical events are gradually bouncing back. However, in the interim, events will look very different, with more virtual participation options and satellite events. Because of social distancing norms, the biggest driver of participation at an onsite event will be the value it provides to attendees and sponsors. That is why organizers will have to focus on flawless event experiences and ample networking opportunities.

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Power your Hybrid Events with 5 Best Hybrid Event Strategies

Before we get into how to optimize your hybrid event strategy, let’s define what a hybrid event is. It’s precisely what you’re thinking: a mixture of hybrid and virtual events. A hybrid event combines in-person and digital elements to provide the best possible experience for each audience.

COVID-19 compelled the event industry to shift from standard meetings or sustainable conferences to virtual meetings or virtual conferences. If you’re holding a hybrid event for the first time, you’re probably seeking advice on how to make it safe and successful.

Posted on April 5, 2022April 2, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Can your Event Tech Platform Deliver this USP? Nope.

There are numerous event tech companies offering a plethora of features and services. Events play an important role in boosting engagement, showcasing your latest business development, securing great business deals, attracting customers, teaching and networking, events keep society together, it is a fact. That being said, planning a successful business event takes a lot of strategizing and effort. A lot of things might go against your plan of action. Therefore, one needs to invest in a fully integrated event technology platform; which is the central hub in the planning and managing of your whole event.

Posted on March 25, 2022March 19, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

7 Ways to Convert Attendees with Your Event Registration Website

All event planners want to convert prospective attendees to register for their event. But how do you increase event attendance? If you’re using a fully integrated event management software platform, the answer is you can increase attendee conversion with your event registration website.

But how do you build your event registration website to convert attendees? What are the top event registration website tips and tricks? Check out the seven ways on how to build an event registration website that will convert your attendees.

Posted on March 20, 2022March 19, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Event Registration: Tips for Choosing Online Registration and Ticketing Software

As in-person functions convert to virtual events, event registration remains vital for event organizers to attract and register attendees. While virtual events present several new considerations, they also raise plenty of questions you should ask before deciding on event registration software.

How will the event registration app work with your other event technology? Can you customize or personalize tickets and experiences for guests? How quickly can you collect funds as people sign up? Will you have visibility into event data and metrics?

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

End-to-End Event Management Starts with Socio Registration

Events are one of the most powerful marketing channels, and the lack of measurable data has always surprised me. Collectively, the events industry is worth more than $500 billion annually, yet we’ve only realized a fraction of its potential due to the lack of measurability.

When it comes to the collection of event data, the lack of connectivity between point solutions gives a fragmented view of event metrics. It only makes sense that data should work hand in hand with all of the other moving parts, flowing gracefully from one system to the next along the attendee’s journey.

Posted on March 10, 2022March 5, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Hybrid event registration strategies for your next event

With hybrid events emerging as the mainstream type of event recently, it has become imperative for event planners to implement some best ways to incorporate both the elements of virtual and in-person events together. It’s especially important to come up with effective event registration strategies to make sure that they get the max out attendance.

Posted on March 9, 2022March 5, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

How to personalize your event registration experience

To make your event engaging and more targeted, you must make sure that you deliver a personalized event registration experience for your attendees. Also, it helps you to get a good first impression among your attendees.

In this write-up, we’re sharing with you some best tips on how to personalize your event registration experience.

Posted on February 13, 2022February 12, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

5 Reasons to Include a Social Wall at Your Next Virtual Event

For example, we use LinkedIn to make announcements, Facebook to create event pages, and Instagram to share visual content.

But social media strategy should not be only about creating and distributing content across social media platforms. It also needs to engage attendees before, during, and after the event, inspiring them to share the word and create social proof for your brand.

Posted on February 6, 2022January 29, 2022 by Timothy Myres — 1 Comment

EVENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS THAT IMPROVE THE ATTENDEE EXPERIENCE

As often as we hear it, it’s true. Technology can help achieve a well-rounded event and transform the onsite experience – whether the objective is to enhance human connections, captivate attendees, customize spaces or design frictionless visitor experiences. As we strive to stay relevant in an ever-changing events marketplace, here are some technology trends we’re using to make in-person experiences even more powerful, meaningful and efficient.

Read full story at: https://insights.bcdme.com/blog/technology-trends-to-enhance-in-person-event-experiences

Posted on January 17, 2022January 16, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Engaging Your Community in Hybrid Events: 4 Tips for Success

Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve seen a massive pivot to virtual events. Now, as many events are starting to be held in person again, some people are still not comfortable or cannot attend due to geographic restrictions. This has led many organizations to get creative and host hybrid events to accommodate both in-person and virtual attendees.

Although this type of event first became common during the pandemic, it is likely to remain popular because of the convenience and inclusion of attendees from any geographic location. If you’ve held any virtual events during the pandemic, you are in a great position to start planning successful hybrid events.

Read full story at: https://blog.gocadmium.com/engaging-your-community-in-hybrid-events

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

5 Ways to Make CME Event Registration Easier

You offer high-quality CME events for your learners. But can you say that your event registration is simple for your medical learners, or do they often give up and go to another event where the registration is more straightforward?

For any kind of CME event—or even a course—registration should be an uncomplicated task.

So, is your registration process confusing to your learners? If they seem to be leaving before their registration is complete, chances are that your software may be to blame.

Read full story at: https://blog.gocadmium.com/ways-to-make-cme-event-registration-easier

Posted on December 29, 2021January 8, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

30 Virtual event ideas with examples for 2022

We’ve always had webinars, but now, the humble webinar has been joined by a new type of event – a virtual event.

According to a survey conducted by PCMA, 79% of event planners are going virtual. From virtual meetings to virtual conferences, the meetings and events industry has transformed in the last few months and is embracing new forms of event marketing and management technology.

With this new reality comes new challenges and solutions. As you’re building your virtual event strategy, there’s a lot to consider. The right virtual event platform, the right type of content, the best virtual engagement strategies – these are all crucial components in crafting an effective (and enjoyable) virtual event.

Posted on December 28, 2021January 8, 2022 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

The Complete Guide To Virtual Events in 2022

The value of face-to-face interaction will never go away, but there are times when going virtual is a necessary part of your event program. But how do you turn a multi-day conference, filled with networking opportunities, educational sessions, and the attendee insights they generate into virtual events?

And once you do, how do you ensure attendees are engaged throughout the event?

Read full story at: https://www.cvent.com/en/blog/events/virtual-events

Posted on November 25, 2021December 5, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Top 5 tips for choosing the right event registration platform

There is no real “one-size-fits-all” event technology solution for the modern event planner. Business events come in all shapes and sizes, with a range of goals and deliverables. At Huddle, we have supported many of our clients through the process of selecting the right platform for their needs. Here are the 5 most important things for buyers to keep in mind when searching for event technology solutions are:

Posted on November 24, 2021December 5, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Top 7 Tips to get the best out of your Cvent platform

Cvent is a leader in the event technology space and we have worked with them for over a decade. We have seen the event management platform implemented in a huge range of organizations and across many industries, and we have learned a LOT along the way. Check out our TOP 7 TIPs for ensuring you are getting the most from your event management platform.

Posted on November 15, 2021November 20, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Your Guide To Event Registration & Ticketing!

When we think of events, our minds automatically go to entertainment, networking opportunities, the stage, and gamification, among many other things. But today, let’s take a few steps back and think about where do our events truly begin. Is it when your attendee walks through the doors of your venue or logs on to your virtual event platform? Or is it much earlier, at event registration? Since event registration is the first point of contact for your attendees, we think it’s important to make the best of it!

Read full story at: https://helloendless.com/your-guide-to-event-registration-ticketing/

Posted on November 8, 2021November 7, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

How to Launch a Successful Event with a Virtual Event App

The events industry is shaking off a tumultuous last year and a half and taking with it many lessons learned. In 2020, event pros learned that the virtual component of events isn’t going anywhere, especially when tools like virtual event apps can help bring together in-person and virtual attendees through hybrid events.

Attendees no longer have to choose between attending an in-person event or not attending at all. In fact, with the emergence of virtual event technology, attendees can be present at an event from anywhere in the world!

Posted on October 28, 2021October 30, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Quick Tips on How to Create Engaging and Successful Virtual Sales Kickoffs

Sales Kickoffs (SKOs) are a key annual programme for sales teams at most organisations. They are built to motivate, inspire, and educate the sales force, and create a rallying point to drive common goals. Sales leaders use their SKO to drive annual messages and look for these events to increase sales employee retention and drive quota attainment. And with planners typically responsible for organising 86% of internal events, they are a true team effort. As if executing these critical internal meetings wasn’t stressful enough, in our current climate, the need to hold successful virtual (and hybrid) SKOs is a reality.

Posted on October 26, 2021October 23, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

4 Questions to Ask Your Ticketing or Registration Partner

When’s the last time you took a hard look at your ticketing and registration technology? Does it help your team streamline their work, or are you still jumping between different programs? Is it actually helping you grow your business, or is it just keeping the lights on?

Whether you rely on an in-house system or a third-party solution, if you’re working with outdated tech, you’re wasting your time — and money.

Posted on October 13, 2021October 10, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

New registration & ticketing platform set to transform group bookings for meetings & events

Eventsforce has launched today a new ticketing and registration platform that is set to revolutionize the whole process of managing groups around events. Built on Eventsforce’s next generation of event management solutions, the ‘Groups & Ticketing’ system is designed to help organizers sell more tickets and increase revenue from group bookings. It also offers a unique and innovative group invitation tool that allows group bookers to secure places at events a lot more quickly.

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

8 Best Event Registration Software for Conferences and Events

From tiering tickets and controlling content access to finding an affordable option amid rising registration fees, it’s important you choose the event registration software that’s right for you. After all, in addition to being affordable, you want to make sure that you’re using software that’s both easy to use and flexible enough to accommodate your event’s needs.

We’re here to help you search for the best event ticketing software. Start your search by going through our checklist so you understand what you’re looking for, and then check our reviews of the top 8 event registration software options out there.

Posted on September 24, 2021September 26, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Pre-conference planning: key considerations

Once you find the perfect location to hold your event, you might think the biggest challenge is over. However, there are vital planning steps needed between contract signature and the event date. Here are the main components you’ll want to hash out.

Connect back to your event goals and vision

At this point in the process, you should have defined your meeting’s “why.” The meeting’s main goal/vision should guide all the decisions you have to make throughout the planning process.

Posted on September 18, 2021September 19, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Easy registration can increase attendance

Registration forms play a crucial role in converting leads into attendees and influence directly on users’ determination and confidence in their decision to register. The best registration form is one that walks the user thru the process and captures information at each step along the way.

Fear of missing out

Discounted registration limited by time or promotion code can creates a sense of scarcity that truggers fear of missing.

Posted on September 13, 2021September 10, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

The Complete Guide to Early Bird Registration for Events

Successfully marketing an event relies on creating and capturing demand throughout the entire event registration process. Breaking down event marketing into stages allows event planners to appeal to different audiences at different times throughout the registration process. Starting with early bird registration offers, successful event planners generate buzz and accelerate sales in the earliest stages of the event.

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Event Planning Checklist For Large-Scale Events

Large-scale event planning involves layers of minute details that need to be supervised from day one of planning to the event execution day. Trying to keep track of every little detail without an event management checklist can be undoubtedly chaotic and stressful.

A large-scale event planning checklist can make a massive difference in the preparation and execution of the event. Since no two events are ever the same, event planners in Atlanta, advise creating a customized event planning checklist to suit your goals.

Posted on September 1, 2021August 29, 2021 by Timothy Myres — Leave a comment

Could A La Carte Session Selection Increase Virtual Event Registrations?

With borders closed, venues shut, and face-to-face meetings not yet a sure thing, virtual events have been a welcome means of connection and communication during the pandemic, but they’re not without their downsides. Zoom fatigue is real, and given just how many online events there have been this summer, it’s not surprising that attendees sometimes see the prospect of another online event as more of an imposition than an opportunity.

How can event planners counter this? One way might be to allow attendees more control over how they schedule their sessions at virtual events.