• How Can Associations Make Use of Social Media Tools? Next #eventtable Chat

    Friday, May 18, 2012

    How can associations make the best use of the new marketing and communication tools provided by social media?  KiKi L’Italien, President of Amplified Growth, Inc.  will help us to answer that question on the next #eventtable chat scheduled for Monday, May 21 at 3 pm est. A social enterprise strategist who specializes in associations, KiKi [...]

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  • Hybrid Events

    Event Pros Discuss How Associations Can Make Use of Hybrid Events

    Monday, May 14, 2012

    Though associations are just beginning to explore them, participants at our May 14 #Eventtable chat agreed hybrid events offer potential benefits ranging from expanded reach, to additional avenues for sharing content to new ways of generating revenue. Long-time association supplier and hybrid event enthusiast David McKnight of Digital Publishing was our guest on the chat [...]

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  • hybrid events & associations

    How Do Hybrid Meetings Fit Into Associations?

    Thursday, May 10, 2012

    How can hybrid meetings help associations grow and thrive in a rapidly changing world? David McKnight, President of Digital Publishing Innovation, will help us tackle this question on the next #eventtable Twitter chat, Monday, May 14 at 3 pm est. McKnight has been helping associations manage content and create value for members for more than [...]

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  • Are Event Sponsorships Worth the Money?

    Event Pros Weigh-In on What Makes Event Sponsorships Valuable

    Tuesday, May 8, 2012

    A growing frustration with the expense and correspondingly low return on investment of many event sponsorship options was addressed on our May 7 Eventtable Twitter chat, entitled “Are Event Sponsorships Worth the Money?” Participants addressed some of the variables involved such as whether the sponsorship opportunity is value driven; whether there is a plan to [...]

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  • Social Media for Corporate Events

    Pros Share Tips For Using Social Media to Augment Corporate Events

    Tuesday, May 1, 2012

    What are the advantages of using social media to enhance your corporate event and what are some methods that work?  These were some of the questions participants on the April 30 #Eventtable chat addressed. Our special guest was Jill Drury of Drury Design Dynamics who has developed social media strategies specifically for corporate events.  Jill [...]

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  • Jill Drury

    Using Social Media to Augment Corporate Events

    Saturday, April 28, 2012

    Drury Design Dynamics‘ Jill Drury believes in using social media to add value for corporate events. The full-service business communications company specializing in planning and producing meetings, learning and performance programs, strategic consulting and more, has had great success increasing the social impact of events by providing “bandwidth” needed to maximize the overall experience. Jill [...]

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  • GMIC

    #Eventtable LIVE! From GMIC: A Chat on Take Aways From the Conference

    Thursday, April 19, 2012

    To accommodate a special Sustainable Meetings Conference edition of the #eventtable Twitter chat next week, the chat will change from it’s regularly scheduled time of 3 pm est, to 5 pm est Monday April 22 and will focus on takeaways from the conference. The Sustainable Meetings Conference, hosted by the Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC), [...]

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  • Bed Bug

    Who Influences Event Pros? #Eventtable Chat Participants Sound Off

    Tuesday, April 17, 2012

    Influencers are personal, make waves, can have nothing to do with the meetings industry or everything to do with it, according to participants in this week’s #eventtable Twitter chat, “Meeting/Event Industry Influencers: Who Are They, Really?” The topic was sparked by an article in Successful Meetings that listed 12 men, 1 bug and 0 women [...]

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  • Meeting/Event Industry Influencers: Who Are They, Really?

    Thursday, April 12, 2012

    If like so many this week, you are thinking about what constitutes a top influencer in the meeting/event industry you may want to join Monday’s #eventtable chat entitled, Meeting/Event Industry Influencers: Who Are They, Really? at 3 pm est on Twitter. The subject has been discussed and written about on numerous blog posts and online [...]

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  • Brain Art

    Create More Brain-Friendly Events With These #Eventtable Tips

    Wednesday, April 11, 2012

    Creating a more brain-friendly event doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. Led by insights from our guest, Neuroscience Researcher Andrea Sullivan, participants on the March 9 #eventtable chat came up with some simple, cost effective tips that are sure to make your next event a neuron haven. For instance, have you considered adding more [...]

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Future of Meetings

Hybrid Events
May
14

Event Pros Discuss How Associations Can Make Use of Hybrid Events

Though associations are just beginning to explore them, participants at our May 14 #Eventtable chat agreed hybrid events offer potential benefits ranging from expanded reach, to additional avenues for sharing content to new ways of generating revenue. Long-time association supplier and hybrid event enthusiast David McKnight of Digital Publishing was our guest on the chat [...]

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Event Sponsorships
May
2

Are Event Sponsorships Worth the Money? Next Eventtable Chat

It’s a little like the elephant in the room. Broadcast advertising is no longer the only game in town. The advent of social media has added many more options for marketers. And everyone is demanding more interaction, more value for their money. Do traditional event sponsorship packages fit into this new world? Lindsay Fultz, Marketing [...]

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GMIC
Apr
19

#Eventtable LIVE! From GMIC: A Chat on Take Aways From the Conference

To accommodate a special Sustainable Meetings Conference edition of the #eventtable Twitter chat next week, the chat will change from it’s regularly scheduled time of 3 pm est, to 5 pm est Monday April 22 and will focus on takeaways from the conference. The Sustainable Meetings Conference, hosted by the Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC), [...]

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Green Meetings

GMIC
Apr
19

#Eventtable LIVE! From GMIC: A Chat on Take Aways From the Conference

To accommodate a special Sustainable Meetings Conference edition of the #eventtable Twitter chat next week, the chat will change from it’s regularly scheduled time of 3 pm est, to 5 pm est Monday April 22 and will focus on takeaways from the conference. The Sustainable Meetings Conference, hosted by the Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC), [...]

Apr
12

Meeting/Event Industry Influencers: Who Are They, Really?

If like so many this week, you are thinking about what constitutes a top influencer in the meeting/event industry you may want to join Monday’s #eventtable chat entitled, Meeting/Event Industry Influencers: Who Are They, Really? at 3 pm est on Twitter. The subject has been discussed and written about on numerous blog posts and online [...]

Feb
29

No Satisfying Those Sustainable Meetings People

Sometimes, there’s no satisfying those sustainable meetings people. In this case, that would be me. It might be you, too. Last night, I checked into a hotel in Toronto and learned about a green choice program that answers one of the onsite sustainability issues I’ve found most annoying over the years. I’m pleased. I’m worried [...]

Feb
29

Chat Yields Wealth of Info & Discussion on Event Sustainability Standards

The following is a summary of an #eventtable chat held 3/27 with Andrew Walker, event sustainability specialist and founder of E3 Strategy. There are new standards for event sustainability. That means, event professionals now have an agreed-upon definition of what it takes to ensure meetings and events are organized with social, environmental and economic sustainability [...]