While the size of in-person events continues to be capped for many places due to the coronavirus, the possibilities and features for virtual and hybrid events taking their place are growing and…
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Hybrid events—live, in-person gatherings that are streamed out to virtual audiences in some way—have been part of the meetings and events industry for years with varying degrees of success and comfort…
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If you haven’t heard of beacon technology yet, you soon will. The market for the devices is expected to explode in the next six years – growing 80 percent by 2024. First, a little primer: Beacons are…
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Meeting planners don’t have to be expert caterers, hoteliers or transportation service providers. They do, however, need to understand the language of those industries in order to effectively plan a…
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It wasn’t that long ago (before smartphones became the norm) that meeting planners offered computer stations at their events to allow attendees to easily check email and stay connected. “Now those are…
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For a long time, the conventional wisdom regarding the millennial generation was that they were so accustomed to using technology, they had no interest in attending live conferences and meetings…
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Recently we told you about the importance of investing in your technology budget to avoid preventable pitfalls that attendees will remember far longer than the content being presented. But technology…
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Technology needs connected to meetings and events are changing with each new innovation. (Remember when you had to wait for a paper survey to let a speaker know what you thought?) It's safe to say…
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One form of interaction that is important to include as a teaching and meeting tool in all industries is the webinar. Webinars are, by definition, a web-based seminar that allows for presenter and…
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Thanks to the expansion of our collective environmental conscience and advancing mobile technology (tablets, event apps, etc.), the lives of many trees are now spared in the event planning industry…
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