Are you seeing more extended stays after your events? If so, you may be experiencing a slow developing trend – the rise of the bleisure traveler. What will that mean for your event? Here are a few things you should know and what you can do to encourage bleisure and benefit your a … | Continue reading
Need to sell more event tickets? It might be as easy as adding a simple feature to your website. In the beginning of the website age, we used to describe websites as a front desk for yout business that’s always staffed. That wasn’t exactly true because while a good quality websit … | Continue reading
Entertaining large crowds at your event can be difficult and limiting. Here are 16 ways to engage a greater number of attendees all at the same time. Big crowds can be difficult to please, particularly because there is usually limited space and communication across a vast amount … | Continue reading
Your event AV has a huge impact on the way your audience connects with your materials and your presenters. But sometimes tight budgets cause eventprofs to cut this area. Here are a few ways you can retain AV services without toppling your budget. AV budgets are tempting to cut. A … | Continue reading
When an attendee is considering your event, they’re looking at total travel cost. A cheap event ticket won’t help if hotel rooms are the price of half of their weekly paycheck. Negotiating economical room rates is the difference between you selling out and choosing another host c … | Continue reading
This is a sponsored post by Guestsnow. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Last year’s Christmas party was amazing. While it’s tempting to copy that recipe for success, doing so can lead to a disappointed audience. No one wants to attend the same type of … | Continue reading
Experiential is one of the hottest trends in marketing right now. Brands are shifting more marketing dollars away from traditional advertising into experiential marketing and agencies are adapting to this paradigm shift. What can eventprofs do to stay at the front of the experien … | Continue reading
Would you agree that trade shows are in need of change if they want to stay relevant? Many attendees complain about their traditional resistance to change. There is a better way to plan trade shows that deliver a unique event experience to increasingly demanding attendees. There … | Continue reading
LASSO40 is designed to manage on-site check in and eSignature capture at meetings and events. Here is our review. ##abovethefold## LASSO40: What Is It? LASSO40 is an iOS and web-based software to manage registrations and check-ins at your events. It can work in self-check-in, ‘ki … | Continue reading
Stories are becoming increasingly popular amongst social media users as a quick and easy way to share important moments as they happen. Where events are concerned, stories are the perfect tool for creating FOMO (fear of missing out). How can eventprofs make the most of stories an … | Continue reading
Mobile apps have a lot of competition these days, which is why it’s important to design both a valuable app and an app experience in order for adoption to take off. Here are some ideas on how you can do that. When creating a mobile app, there’s more to it than merely creating an … | Continue reading
In event marketing, you want to ensure all of your words resonate with your audience. To use words that have lost their power due to overuse or over exaggeration makes your marketing ineffective. With attention spans being what they are, you can’t afford to turn people off or los … | Continue reading
It’s not too early to start on next year’s success. Pre-planning in these last few weeks of the year can help ensure you’re ready to hit the new year running. Here’s how to have your most successful year ever. It’s the final quarter of the year and a busy one for some event plann … | Continue reading
Join us for this free webinar to learn more about event design and why it matters for your events. More and more people in the event industry are talking about the importance of event design. But what does it mean? Why is it so important and how can you put it into practice in yo … | Continue reading
Mix up your florals and create over the top displays to demand attention at your next event. Event florals can add a powerful touch to your event. When selecting flowers, you should consider several different elements including: Scent – Scented flowers can create a beautiful atmo … | Continue reading
Who needs more time in the day? Are you raising your hand and nodding feverishly? Here are 55 tips to help you reclaim your day and make the most of the time you have. Despite all the technical advances we’ve had over the past century, no one has found a way to increase the amoun … | Continue reading
Stay22 is an easy to set up, free accommodation booking system for event websites. Here is our review. ##abovethefold## Stay22: What Is It? Stay22 is a venue-centric, map-based accommodation system for events. The embeddable widget can be placed into any web page, just like a You … | Continue reading
With attendees expecting more from booths, and stand space on the trade show floor being priced at a premium, many exhibitors are working within a small footprint. However, even when working with minimal space your tiny stand can still make a big impact. It is often believed that … | Continue reading
How to use the latest Facebook features to engage attendees, create FOMO and sell more tickets to your event. Eventprofs have been using Facebook to promote events for over a decade. Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has constantly upped the ante, adding several new useful fe … | Continue reading
Visual Collaboration helps speakers increase participant engagement through interaction. Here is our review. ##abovethefold## Visual Collaboration: What Is It? Visual Collaboration is a new set of participant engagement tools for speakers and presenters which forms part of Eveniu … | Continue reading
Have you heard the term “brand activation”? Are you ready to use it to attract a crowd? You should be. While it’s not hard, there are critical things you must know in order to create a strong brand activation campaign. The term “brand activation” is a lot simpler than it sounds. … | Continue reading
The most anticipated report for the event industry is finally out. Get free access to the most significant trends impacting event technology, event marketing, event experience, event styling, venues, destinations and DMCs. Over 10,000 event professionals downloaded a copy of our … | Continue reading
It’s always easier to get sponsors to agree to something in person. Ideally, none of them would leave your event without signing up to sponsor the next one. But how do you make that into a reality? Here are a few suggestions. Your event just ended. No one has even left the buildi … | Continue reading
Ahhh, the drama. If your workplace is seeming more like a soap opera and less like a place of business, there are a few things you can do to end the disrespect you may be feeling as an event planner. Many people think event planners have incredibly glamorous jobs. They look at it … | Continue reading
Outdoors or inside, temporary or permanent, here are some of the coolest dance floors to encourage fun and dancing at your events. Dance floors can help attendees and guests get their boogie on but they are so much more than that! They can help separate different areas of your ev … | Continue reading
At Event Manager Blog we’re dedicated to helping event planners succeed. One of the critical parts in achieving success for eventprofs falls on the suppliers they choose to work with. So for the suppliers out there who are wondering how they can create lucrative opportunities fo … | Continue reading
This video offers 3 hacks you can use to better engage and enhance your events using social media. ##abovethefold## Savvy event planners know they have to stay on top of social media, but which tools are worth the time and energy to invest in? Which ones are worth the effort and … | Continue reading
If you’re a corporate event planner, you may already be planning customer meetings. But how do you know when it’s time to transition from meeting with customers on occasion to a full-blown user’s conference? This article will walk you through the steps and the questions to ask. T … | Continue reading
The new way to consume content is to binge. A familiar concept with TV shows and movies but the same behavior is emerging as a trend in events too. We take a look at the binge attending phenomenon and see what’s in it for eventprofs. I want it all and I want it now. When […]The p … | Continue reading
Tell attendees where to sit in style with these 17 examples of stunning name cards to create the perfect place setting for your event. Place cards are designed primarily to denote assigned seating at the table at an event. Escort cards are also sometimes used to inform guests of … | Continue reading
If you’re like many event planners, you’re being asked about return on investment. But how do you do it and how should you track it? Here are a few things you may not have thought of. Ahhhh, the elusive event return on investment (ROI). When referring to it, some cringe, others s … | Continue reading
According to recent studies, mobile addiction is rife and could even be having a negative effect on life. Attendees could be spending more time on their devices than engaging with the event. What can eventprofs do to win back their attention? When was the last time you checked yo … | Continue reading
Most event planners know that PR pros write press releases but you might be surprised to learn they do a lot more that can help you get more people to your next event. Here are 18 ways they can help. There’s no such thing as bad PR, right? That’s highly debatable in the age of [… … | Continue reading
How do you stand out in the crowd when you’ve got little to no budget? Here’s how to make an impact at trade shows and exhibitions without spending a fortune on incentives. The problem with having a low budget at a trade show means that regardless of the swag you provide (that yo … | Continue reading
Traditional project management is a great way to stay organized but there are several tenets of PM work that should never find their way into event planning. Are you currently using any of these organizational tactics? If you are, you may be sacrificing your own efficiency and wa … | Continue reading
Are you planning on doing business with a foreign entity in their country? Maybe you’re hiring a vendor at an international destination or perhaps you’re outsourcing some planning work to someone in the country where your next event will be held? If so, there are a few things you … | Continue reading
Looking to dress your tables? Here are some examples of stunning, high centerpieces to consider and take inspiration from. Centerpieces help to add the wow factor, use dead table space, tie the dining settings into the event décor, and can be themed or interactive. They can creat … | Continue reading
In this new video we talk about the 9 levels of event hell. ##abovethefold## In this video we talk about the different levels of event hell, based on severity and talking about what are some of the individual elements that you need to keep an eye out for when you’re planning, and … | Continue reading
Are you concerned about your event’s environmental impact? If so, it might be time to look into making it more environmentally sustainable. Before you do, know what to do and how to do it. Whether it’s your conscience or your wallet that’s motivating you to go green at your event … | Continue reading
Facebook’s new Collaborative Stories brings a new level of real-time engagement to its Events platform. Facebook announced an upcoming feature this week that will likely please eventprofs and event attendees alike. What’s more, this time, it’s not just another straight-up Snapcha … | Continue reading
This is a sponsored post written by Grace Cheung, Marketing Coordinator at QuickMobile. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Event apps can – and should – be more than just a paper program replacement. Using some creativity and collaboration, you can repur … | Continue reading
Marketing isn’t just something that happens organically. There’s a lot of work involved and many moving pieces. It all starts with a strong marketing plan. But how do you create one and what is it comprised of? This is what you need to know to get started. Marketing has become mo … | Continue reading
“That’s not within our budget this year.” Those are dreaded words for any event planner. But how do you help your clients cut costs without sacrificing the success of the event? The answer is ‘very carefully.’ Managing your client’s ever-decreasing budget is one of the major chal … | Continue reading
You can’t just be present anymore, your booth needs to engage with attendees. These immersive experiences could be just the thing to bring your visitors in. The trade show floor is brimming with excitement and with each booth being more colorful and wonderful than the next, it ca … | Continue reading
Business environments need to be navigated differently so here’s some ideas for planning your next corporate event. A successful corporate event consists of several elements but it often has a strong underlying message or purpose which it is important to convey in a professional … | Continue reading
Tech provides more than just the ‘wow’ factor at events. It streamlines operations, allows you to do more in less time, and helps facilitate connections among attendees. Are you using digitalization as part of your event strategy? Here are some things you should be doing. Tech pe … | Continue reading
Need a theme for your last-minute event? We’ve got some creative ideas for you. Read on. Themes provide cohesion and when done well can be incredibly engaging. However, a Hollywood-type theme can take months and months of planning. What are your theme choices if you’re planning a … | Continue reading
They say it takes 21 days for a habit to stick, but it takes 100 days to achieve your goals, and here’s how to do it. Setting goals makes you a better eventprof and we all know that when we set goals for ourselves it keeps us focused, productive, and helps to avoid procrastinatio … | Continue reading