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 [...]
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 [...]
#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), [...]
Meetings Women of Influence: The Rant and Our List
The story is spreading like wildfire this weekend: Successful Meetings publishes a list of top meetings industry influencers that includes 12 men, one insect, and no women. Industry icon and influencer Joan Eisenstodt responds with a call to action and a new Twitter hashtag, #boyzandbugs. Then our friends and strategic partners Elizabeth Henderson and Mariela [...]
#eventtable Chat With Doreen Ashton Wagner on Room Blocks Postponed Until March 26
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the March 19 #eventtable chat with guest Doreen Ashton Wagner has been postponed until March 26 at 3 pm et. Please join us next week to discuss: Is This the End of the Room Block? Log in to Tweet Chat and follow the #eventtable hashtag at 3 pm et March 26 [...]
How Social Media is Changing Humanity and Events
This weeks #eventtable chat featured guest Lynn Randall of Randall Insight’s, a company that helps planners apply the lessons of neuroscience and macroergonomics to supercharge engagement. Lynn helped us tackle the subject of how social media is changing humanity and how this is affecting events. The discussion was a lively one which ran the gamut [...]
How Social Media is Changing Humanity & How This Changes Events
Society, education and even the way our brains work have all been strongly impacted by the advent of computers and social media. So much has changed so quickly that we have barely had time to ponder it all. Last fall at Event Camp Twin Cities 2011, Lynn Randall of Randall Insights, Andrea Sullivan of BrainStrength [...]
Gamification and Your Event: A Chat With Elizabeth Henderson
What’s the big deal about gamification for events? Find out at the next #eventtable Twitter chat Monday, March 5 at 3 pm est when our guest will be Elizabeth Henderson of MeetingChange. As chair of last year’s wildly successful Sustainable Meetings Conference for the Green Meetings Industry Council, Elizabeth led a team which used online [...]
The Value of Virtual Meetings for Event Professionals
Event planners are recommending virtual meetings. Why? Join us on the next #eventtable chat, Monday 2/20 at 3 pm est, when our guest will be Samuel J. Smith, one of the authors of a new MPI/Maxvantage study entitled The Strategic Value of Virtual Meetings and Events . The new study has revealed some surprising insights [...]
The People Formerly Known as the Audience
When I first worked with Adrian Segar at Event Camp East Coast in 2010, I knew I’d met one of the most insightful, skilled, genuine meeting facilitators in the industry. So after The Conference Publishers began working with the International Association of Conference Centers to host the Bright Ideas for Conference Centers webinar series, I [...]
