Using green transport for events is a bit like eating your vegetables. You know you should, but taking your own car and having a cookie at the break just sounds SO much better! Green transportation ideas like taking transit, ridesharing and walking routes do not work for all events and audiences. However, when planned well […]
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How to Attract Influencers to Your Annual Meeting
Good word-of-mouth marketing draws a crowd and industry bloggers are well-situated to get your meeting some attention, but how do you get theirs? Identify the Top Bloggers/Influencers in Your Industry Before you can attract them you want to know who they are and their topic of choice. Just because they are top bloggers in your […]
7 Effective Ways to Increase Participation at Your Events
Want to improve learning, connection, engagement, and action outcomes at your meetings? Then use a process that requires and supports purposeful participant activity! When people are actively involved in their learning they learn more, and retain what they learn longer and more accurately. And when you eliminate attendees by turning them into participants in your […]
What Type of Event Planner Do You Think You Are?
There are so many amazing opportunities out there today for people wanting to venture into the world of event planning and management. If you take a step back and review all of the different aspects and areas of event planning, you may become overwhelmed with how many types of event planning there are today. Some […]
The Experience Wave: Are Attendees an Audience or Participants?
Engaging Events is one of the most useful educational tools I have seen that spells out how event planners can create – as Kevin Jackson refers to in the introduction of ‘Engaging Events’ – memorable moments for attendees. On reflection, and having studied the e-book, I would like to add in my two-cents worth and […]
10 Venues Embracing Sustainability
Event sustainability is easiest where you can find a venue that is already responsibility-minded. So what to look for? In years past we might be satisfied with a basic paragraph in the event venue specs that confirms “recycling happens”. But today our expectations are evolving, urged on by those who are setting a new example […]
4 Steps to Implementing Diversity at Events
This is a sponsored post written by Kristen Carvalho, Senior Content & Social Media Manager, etouches. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. When planning your event do you think about every little need or accommodation that you attendees might need? From accessibility to food allergies to religious requirements and more, you need to make sure […]