Creating an engaging event experience for your attendees starts right at the time of registration. So, ensuring you have the right event registration strategies in place is crucial to driving excitement and sign-ups. As an event planner, you’ll know this all too well. There are a lot of moving parts to keep on track—everything from marketing and promotion, ticketing and payments, to data collection. But, you can streamline these processes to provide your attendees with a registration experience that’s sure to boost sign-ups. Read on to learn:  How to increase event registrations by creat ..read more

If a global pandemic taught us anything, it’s that the right event management platform can help us stay engaged and connected even when in-person meetings aren’t possible. But as the events industry overwhelmingly reverted back to in-person conferences as soon as restrictions were lifted, event professionals have been left wondering: Is there a way to keep that momentum going year-round? In short, yes. To meet this demand, event organizers need to balance carefully planned in-person meetings with year-round, online engagement. And an event community could be the answer. The event community mod ..read more

About the CMEE For over 25 years, The Canadian Meetings + Events Expo (CMEE) has brought together meeting planners of all kinds – independent, corporate, or government – with event suppliers. As the biggest and longest-running meetings and events show in Canada, the CMEE gives event planners the chance to discover and meet with 200+ companies, gain relevant industry knowledge, and source new event ideas. Meet the Person Behind the Magic Melissa Arnott oversees the successful delivery of tradeshows and conferences, including the CMEE, at Newcom Media Inc. As an experienced trade and consumer ..read more

Pop-up events have been around for some time, especially in the retail sector and recently pop-ups have become increasingly popular among restaurants and art galleries. Pop-up events are very popular in the UK and interest is spreading to North America. More and more, corporate event and meeting planners are using pop-up events for meetings, product launches, and even hybrid events. When they are well executed, pop-up events can create excitement and have a high impact in a short time period. What are pop-up events? Pop-up events are temporary, unexpected events in unique spaces. They pop up ..read more

It’s hard to host a successful event without sponsors and exhibitors.  Unless you’ve got plenty of funding, you’ll need sponsors’ support to bring your event to life. The right exhibitors can boost your event’s name recognition, and help you grow your audience.  Here are three methods to draw in more of the right sponsors and exhibitors, and encourage them to invest in your event.  Use Lead Capture Technology to Give Them What They Want Exhibitors and sponsors both want the same thing out of your event:  Leads.  They want to know that when your event is over, they’ll w ..read more

It’s no longer a given that companies that sell to your members will sponsor your association. Bruce Rosenthal, founder of the Partnership Professional Network, explains what you need to know now about structuring association sponsorship programs to win.  What are corporate sponsors really thinking? I’ve interviewed a lot of corporate sponsors over the years. Sponsors have expressed concerns like: “Recognition is probably the least important driver of sponsorship value.” “Our company markets 365 days a year; our conference sponsorship is only 3 days a year.” “For the money, time, and en ..read more

There’s so much to consider when planning an event.  Will you host it in-person, online, or as a hybrid event experience?  Whom will you invite, and how will you encourage people to come?  What speakers and events will you feature?  How much can you spend?  But one of the most important decisions has to do with the event app you choose.  The right app will serve as the central hub for the event, playing a crucial role in everything from pre-event marketing to post-event analysis. It will also play a big part in the overall attendee experience.  To help you ..read more

Your ability to create a seamless event registration experience will largely depend on the event check in app you use. We’ve heard it before, first impressions matter. But what does that mean for event planners?  According to Forbes, you only have seven seconds to make a first impression. That’s it. This means that in less than 10 seconds, your attendees have formed an opinion of your event. Where are attendees most likely to spend their first seven seconds at an event? The answer for most will be waiting in line to print their badge. They haven’t had a chance to experience the content, c ..read more

About Mambu SaaS. Cloud-native. API-first. These all describe Mambu’s market-leading banking and financial services platform. Virtual Event Technology Mambu used EventMobi’s: Event Space Full-Service Registration Meet The Person Behind The Magic Participants Attendees included internal employees from across the world. Event Objectives Mambu had two primary objectives for their February 2021 “We Own This” Virtual Kickoff Conference: To share their 2021 company strategy and vision To build community, unity, engagement, enthusiasm Planning The Event To celebrate their new status as a uni ..read more

About FMX FMX is one of the world’s largest trade conferences for animation, effects, games, and immersive media and is organized by the Animation Institute of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Virtual Event Technology FMX used EventMobi’s: Event Space Full Data Management GoLive! Production Services Meet The Person Behind The Magic Participants Participants included international professionals and students from the fields of animation and special effects. Event Objectives FMX had two primary objectives for their May 2020 conference “Reimagine Tomorrow”: To promote exchange within th ..read more