I am thrilled to announce that we have appointed Mehdi Khalili as our new Chief Technology Officer. Mehdi is an accomplished technology leader, bringing a wealth of experience to the role and the EventsAir team.  At EventsAir, we are investing heavily in our technology, and Mehdi’s appointment is a testament to our commitment to delivering the best event management platform. With his expertise and leadership, we’re confident that we can continue to evolve the EventsAir technology platform, deliver leading capabilities in the product and deliver on important feature priorities that we have ..read more

Welcome to 2023! I realize that we have been quiet in the past 2 months, but we will endeavor to bring you more news and insights into what we are up to on our blog as we get into the new year.   On the product front, the last 2 months have seen our development team particularly busy with the release of V15 of EventsAir in December 2022. This was a significant release which was 12 months in the making and included scores of new features and fixes for our customers. Our attention now turns to several new and critical product initiatives which we will keep you posted on as they evolve. Thes ..read more

EventsAir has been recognized as the Best of the Best in the 2022 Australian Event Awards being named winner in the Best Innovation, New Product or New Service category for AIRCast Studio. Australian Event Award winners were announced in Sydney on Wednesday night (November 23) onboard The Jackson Super Yacht. Judges said: “The system offers an excellent, cost-effective form of long distance engagement. An essential tool with global applications that is easy to use. The 4th version of AIRcast demonstrates success and the commitment to ongoing innovation by EventsAir.” “In this time of increas ..read more

As Event Tech Live 2022, has officially wrapped up, I wanted to capture my thoughts on the event itself. Paul Martin, Executive Director – Strategic Business at EventsAir, kicked off the event speaking on a panel with Neil Thompson from Delegate Wranglers on how to really build engagement and excitement in attendees pre-event. In the session they revisited the age old question and explored new ways of building real event communities and memorable experiences for attendees long before they set foot at the event. It was great to be back onsite, speaking to customers on the stand and network ..read more

Over 300 EventsAir users gathered on the Gold Coast for the EventsAir User conference, RISE 2022, earlier this week. They took this opportunity to connect with the EventsAir team and take part in educational sessions and networking opportunities. This was the first user conference in the APAC region since 2019 and everyone in attendance expressed excitement and appreciation for the chance to return to live events supporting the EventsAir customer community. “There was great energy at the conference, and it was really fantastic to see everyone making new connections and learning new skills ..read more

Chris Ridd, CEO of EventsAir, has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry, including five years as managing director of Xero Australia and 15 years in senior executive roles at Microsoft. In this exclusive interview for Conference News, he talks to Martin Fullard about the future of EventsAir and its feature-packed platform which maximizes event planning productivity across all event stages: from planning, to event day, to post-event feedback and reporting. The post CN Exclusive with Chris Ridd, CEO, EventsAir appeared first on EventsAir ..read more

So your boss has asked you to plan a virtual or hybrid meeting. “Everyone’s doing it, so it can’t be that hard to organize and implement,” your boss says. “Let’s use some tech tools to reach our current customers and new ones as well. It’s just operating online software. How difficult can it be?” We get it: you feel overwhelmed, worried you’ll mess it up, and fearful of the consequences. Besides, you have no idea where to start! You’ve got this covered! Set yourself up for success by understanding the challenges of events with online components. Multitasking, distracted attendees, online but p ..read more

Our brains are easily distracted. They are rather lazy. Our minds would rather wander than pay attention. It just takes too much energy to stay focused and we exhaust quickly. We have “continuous partial attention—a semi-attentive state in which people continuously scan for opportunities, activities, and contacts,” as leadership consultant Linda Stone describes it. So how does your event marketing cut through all the noise and distractions and garner your target market’s attention? How do you get heard amongst all the racket? What do you need to do to design effective meeting marketing strateg ..read more

On October 31 and November 1st 150+ EventsAir clients gathered both in person as well as remotely to take part in the EventsAir RISE 2022 User Conference for the European region. Attendees were treated to two days of educational content, networking and plenty of time to connect and meet with the EventsAir leadership team. This was our first user conference since 2019 in the region and all in attendance expressed excitement about the return to live events for the growing EventsAir community. “I spoke with dozens of those in attendance, and everyone was extremely pumped to meet our new CEO and ..read more

IMEX 2022, Las Vegas, is officially wrapped and we are left feeling so grateful for the experience. Between seeing new and familiar faces, and getting to experience live events with everyone again, we are excited to see what more is in store. The post EventsAir at IMEX appeared first on EventsAir ..read more