Earlier this week, reports surfaced of user data from Coachella’s website being offered for sale on the dark web. Concert promoter, Goldenvoice said that hackers gained access to names, email addresses, phone numbers and birthdates but no passwords or payment information had been breached. The event promoters haven’t said when the breach happened or how […]
How Changes in Business Travel are Affecting Event Professionals
Changes to immigration policies and international relations have disconnected the business world and international events are going to suffer. How different is the world travel map in 2017? Read on to find out.
20 Tips to Plan an Event at Walt Disney World Resorts
Planning an event at Walt Disney World® Resorts is a fanciful undertaking and the possibilities are so vast it can be a little overwhelming. Here are 20 things to help that you might not know.
Harassment At Meetings May Be A Bigger Problem Than You Thought
Harassment at meetings is a big problem, according to a recent survey. The report shows that 60% of respondents had experienced harassment at scientific meetings in the last 2 years. Only a handful reported it at the time.
Which Social Media Live Stream Is Right for Your Event?
In the past two years, social media has embraced live streaming as its future. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has said that he is “obsessed” with live streaming and thinks that Facebook will be mostly videos in the next four years. Everyone is reacting to social media’s pivot to live streaming ever since the visionaries at Meerkat […]
What Attendees Need to Experience Events in Virtual Reality
There's a lot of talk about virtual reality in the event industry but how ready for it are we really? Here we discuss what's needed for your attendees and whether the adoption is living up to the hype.
The Why, What, When, and How of Promoting Events on LinkedIn
This is a sponsored post by Christy Huggins, Senior Social Media Manager at Eventbrite. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. LinkedIn can be an elusive and intimidating platform for event organizers. The “casually social” platforms like Facebook and Snapchat make it easy to promote events with straightforward content. But on the premier social […]