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How Beacons can Transform Event Management and Trade Shows

Beacons have captivated the attention of the tech media world. With the recent deployment of these low-cost devices by retailers such as Macy’s, Apple Stores, and sports venues such as Major League Baseball stadium, Oracle Arena, etc., beacon technology has stimulated the appetite of event marketers too.

For years, event organizers have pursued new ways to enhance visitors’ experience by delivering improved customer service and offering digital content through event-specific mobile apps.

Read more at: https://blog.beaconstac.com/2014/08/how-beacons-can-transform-event-management-and-trade-shows/

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Get Flexible With Transferable Online Event Registration

When you’re planning an event, you want to sell as many tickets as you can, but you also want to keep your attendees happy. A ticket transfer allows you to do both. Offering ticket transfers gives your attendees more flexibility and allows them to adjust their event participation as needed.

Perhaps an event registrant has a scheduling conflict and needs to push Thursday night’s yoga class tickets to the next week.

Read more at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/blog/transferable-online-event-registration-ds00/

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8 REASONS WHY THE VIRTUAL VENUE IS BETTER THAN THE PHYSICAL ONE

The year 2020 marked the upsurge of events taking place in virtual venues.

With many countries and cities going on lockdowns since March and again in November, it was clear that virtual was the way to go. And that the virtual venue was the next big thing.

The coronavirus pandemic required both events management businesses and companies that regularly held physical events, for marketing or sales purposes, to consider alternatives.

Read more at: https://eventtus.com/blog/virtual-venue-is-better-than-physical-events/

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VIRTUAL CONFERENCES: 7 BENEFITS AND A QUICK GUIDE TO SUCCESS

Events have been an essential area for marketing, networking, and sales for many businesses for the past few years. But 2020 has forced companies to shift gears in this area.

Large-sized events like conferences are now going into a virtual setting and businesses are now shifting towards virtual conferences.

Many companies, small and large, have been forced to re-evaluate their business, strategy, and how they do things.

Read more at: https://eventtus.com/blog/benefits-virtual-conferences-quick-guide/

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WANT A SUCCESSFUL VIRTUAL EVENT? HERE ARE 18 TIPS

Who doesn’t want a successful virtual event?

Most businesses, big or small, want their events to be successful especially when they’re taking the plunge and shifting to virtual.

Before the pandemic, when many parts of the world were exploring virtual events, a report by Grand View Research valued the global virtual events market at nearly $78 billion. And that was in 2019.

Now that being at home or remote is the new norm, you can expect this industry to grow even more – and fast.

Read more at: https://eventtus.com/blog/virtual-event-success-tips/

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Virtual Events – How to Get the Registration Experience Right!

If your attendees are getting frustrated with complex forms, log-in passwords and a long list of seemingly unnecessary questions – then chances are they’ll give up and look elsewhere. In fact – giving your attendees a good registration experience can have a HUGE impact on first impressions (and attendance!) so it makes sense to get it right.  But how?

Watch webinar on: https://www.eventsforce.com/webinar/virtual-events-how-to-get-the-registration-experience-right/

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AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: THE 2021 GUIDE

Audience engagement is a familiar topic. Keeping attendees actively engaged throughout the entire experience is instrumental in the overall success of your event. And while event engagement is clearly an important metric to keep track of within your larger event strategy, it can be hard to define, let alone measure.

This becomes even more challenging when translated into a virtual setting.

Read more at: https://blog.bizzabo.com/audience-engagement-guide

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Virtual conferences: best platforms, features, and best-in-class in 2020

Among them, industry conferences that have long attracted thousands of professionals on the lookout for inspiration, learning of trends, or networking have had to pivot to the virtual world.

With that in mind, we will review what exactly virtual conferences are, the best platforms to host them, the tools to make yours stand out from the clutter, and the best virtual conferences in 2020.

Read more at: https://blog.inevent.com/virtual-events/virtual-conferences-best-platforms-features-and-best-in-class-in-2020.html

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Monetizing Event Registration

We know that event registration is the tried and true way of earning event revenue. It has also become one of the biggest sticking points for event organizing committees around the globe.

With what we’ve learned over the past year, let’s review 10 ways to earn revenue through event registration:

  1. Add Perks to Registration

    Look for opportunities to motivate attendees to sign up or spread the word. Boost your registration by offering:

Read more at: https://gtrnow.com/monetizing-event-registration/

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10 VIRTUAL EVENT BENCHMARKS TO KNOW FOR 2021

2020 has been a year for trial and error as event marketers continue to navigate and perfect virtual events. We’ve seen an impressive amount of innovation from event planners, from virtual event strategies to virtual event production, and virtual event tools that help event marketers create meaningful experiences. We also expect hybrid events to be a major player next year, combining the best of in-person and virtual experiences.

Read more at: https://blog.bizzabo.com/virtual-event-benchmarks

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EVENT TECHNOLOGY: THE 2021 GUIDE

Welcome to the 2021 event technology guide. Here you’ll learn how to choose the right event technology for your next event to support your desired event outcomes.

What is Event Technology?

Event technology is any digital tool that helps you plan and produce an event. Some examples are event management software, engagement tools, virtual platforms, streaming services, and mobile event apps.

Read more at: https://blog.bizzabo.com/event-technology-guide

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How to use lead capture technology for event personalization

All event organizers make it a priority to ensure a memorable experience for their target audience, from start to finish. And the best way to guarantee that is through lead capture technology, which works primarily as a digital identification system of each attendee. Then, you only need to use ID technology as the means for personalization. Not only does personalization offer a more seamless experience for attendees, but organizers benefit from the increased value of collecting key attendee data that can be highly valuable for follow-up actions or for planning better events in the future.

Read more at: https://beamian.com/lead-capture-technology-event-personalization/

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Quick Guide for Event Check-In & Occupancy Control

After building a successful and fast event registration strategy, it’s time to ensure the same for your event check-in. Plus, as an event organizer you’re also responsible for crowd control and management at your event. In this article, we’ll show you how to manage these event processes at once, in an integrated and innovative way.

As we already mentioned on our blog, you need to be clear about one thing: registrations and check-ins represent the very first impression attendees will perceive about your event, and your goal here is to create a good impression right from the beginning.

Read more at: https://beamian.com/guide-event-check-in-occupancy-control/

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Improve Attendee Event Experience with Tech: A Short Guide

Events are key resources organizations use to engage supporters and interested members. Effective planning requires your organization to leverage all of your resources to the best of your ability.

Ensuring supporters stay engaged is a difficult task to tackle. In order to make sure your organization’s event attendees have a good experience, you’ll need to use software to collect data and use that data effectively.

Read more at: https://www.cadmiumcd.com/blog/attendee-experience-guide/

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THE TOP 7 EVENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS OF 2020

As we enter further into the second quarter of the year, many look ahead for trends on the rise in their industry, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. 2020 is already a revolutionary year for corporate event management and although a lot remains uncertain, there are promising opportunities for event technology in the hybrid event space.

Read more at: https://blog.bizzabo.com/event-tech-trends-2020

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4 Tools That Enhance the Virtual Event Experience

Hosting virtual or online events has become an increasing popular option for planners. Not only is it a way to go on with the show during unexpected disruptions (such as a virus outbreak or a natural disaster), but virtual events have also been touted as a way to promote inclusivity and expand your audience reach.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/4-tools-that-enhance-the-virtual-event-experience

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The Top 9 Meeting & Event Technology Trends for 2020

The end of the year is here! And as planners look forward to next year and start planning their meetings and events, it’s important to incorporate the biggest industry technology trends into their plans.

We spoke with some of Aventri’s leaders, Mike Burns, Aventri’s Chief Revenue Officer, Shane Edmonds, Aventri’s chief technology officer, and Ivan Lazarev, Aventri’s Group Head of Experiential Solution, to hear what the trending, must-have technology for planners in 2020. Check it out.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/meeting-and-event-technology-trends

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4 Strategies to Improve Your Event Registration Process

If you’ve set the date and booked your venue for your event, you’re ready for the next step: setting up event registration. Registration is at the heart of all meetings and events. Not only is it the way your company secures potential revenue, but registration is many times also acts as the first impression attendees will have of your event and thus your company.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/strategies-to-improve-your-event-registration-process

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5 Tech Solutions to Take Your Events to the Next Level

Event technology changes at near-lightning speed. Like most planners, no doubt you’re stretched thin. Who has time to carefully evaluate the tsunami of options?

Here to help, the Aventri Marketplace is a new portal on the Aventri platform that gives customers quick access to premium event service and tech providers. Marketplace partners go through rigorous vetting. You can be sure each solution is top-notch, easy to deploy and compatible with the Aventri platform.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/5-tech-solutions-to-take-your-events-to-the-next-level

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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.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/7-ways-to-convert-attendees-with-your-event-registration-website

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TOP 4 REASONS WHY EVERY EVENT TECHNOLOGY SHOULD SUPPORT MOBILE PHONES

The Importance of mobile phones in daily life is increasing with the passing day and so it is imperative with the scenario in the event industry. The mobile phone has become an integral part of daily life in every aspect, some of them being information, entertainment, networking, engagement, communication and much more. So, integrating mobile phones in the life cycle of an event is the natural evolution for the success of an event and event planner.

Read more at: https://www.evenzhub.com/blog/top-4-reasons-why-every-event-technology-should-support-mobile-phones

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5 Ways to Personalize the Event Experience for Attendees

As an event planner, one of your goals is to ensure that your attendees have a pleasant experience from start to finish, and adding in elements of personalization can be instrumental in creating such an atmosphere.  Not only does personalization offer a more streamlined and unique experience for attendees, but planners have the added benefit of simultaneously collecting key attendee data that can help them plan better events in the future.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/the-power-of-personalization-for-events

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17 Benefits of Using Online Event Registration Sites

There are a million things you have to take care of as an event planner. Event registration is just one of them. It’s one of your top priorities, of course, but it can consume a lot of your time.

So let’s talk about event registration and ticketing software.

What do online event registration sites do?

Read more at: https://billetto.co.uk/blog/online-event-registration-sites/

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How to Select an Event Registration System

The world of event technology is a vast and ever-changing one, so when the time comes to select your new event registration system, the process may seem overwhelming. While it will certainly take some time to find the right solution for you and your organization, the search doesn’t have to be daunting if you know exactly what you’re looking for.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/how-to-select-an-event-registration-system

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Your Event Essentials: Onsite Registration

If you followed our Event Essentials guide, you know how important registration is to meetings and events, and how to secure a good first impression with your attendees via your online registration. But how do you maintain this stellar first impression with attendees during your onsite registration? How do you minimize the chaos and long check-in lines during your onsite registration? Event management software technology!

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/event-essentials-onsite-registration

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Event Planning: When to Open and Close Registration

You’ve planned the perfect event and now you’re ready to start inviting guests. The best events are those that generate a considerable amount of interest, ensuring that plenty of people register. However, you don’t want to invite more attendees than you have resources or space to provide for. The key to finding the right balance is to open and close your event registration at the right times.

Read more at: https://www.cadmiumcd.com/blog/event-planning-when-to-open-and-close-registration/

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How to Enhance the Onsite Check-in Experience

Onsite check-in at an event is a crucial part of the attendee journey. After all, it’s the first physical touchpoint they have during the event experience. When it’s an easy, quick and high-tech process, attendees leave with a positive impression throughout the rest of their time onsite. Long lines and wait times, however, spell disaster.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/how-to-enhance-the-onsite-check-in-experience

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Why Your Online Conference Registration Form Should Look Like Your Web Site

It happens all too often. An organization creates a beautiful web site for their conference or trade show, only to have their brand obscured by an online registration form that looks like a cheap invitation. Apparently someone thought that the idea of a consistent marketing message ends at the time of registration.

This, of course, is a big mistake. Here is why:

Read more at: https://www.eventrebels.com/online-conference-registration-form-software-web-site/

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Event Essentials: Online Registration

Registration is at the heart of meetings and events. It’s is how planners secure attendees and thus how you secure potential revenue. In addition, pre-event registration acts as the first impression your attendees will have about your meeting or event and may impact their event satisfaction. As a result, you need to ensure your pre-event registration is as efficient and user-friendly as possible.

Read more at: https://www.aventri.com/blog/event-essentials-online-registration

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The Event Management Registration Process

Do you need to organise business events, meetings and conferences? Do you need to sell several thousand tickets and provide convenient payment options for your attendees? On the day of the event, will you need to register hundred people every minute, but your company simply doesn’t have enough hands to carry out this procedure? A reliable event registration management system is what you need!

Read more at: https://www.globalsignin.com/blog-technology/the-event-management-registration-process/