While quaint private events involving a few dozen guests may be fairly simple for even new event planners to handle, events and conferences with thousands of participants can be a headache for even seasoned organisers who have plenty of experience under their belts. Thankfully, there are several ways of making the process of handling giant attendees lists, more manageable. We’ve listed our two favourite options – a traditional solution and a technology-driven solution – for you to consider. The default go-to, Excel spreadsheets (and outsourcing)Although some tech-savvy event planners may not g ..read more

As video and audio conferencing become increasingly crucial in day-to-day business, more companies across the globe are seeking reliable, easy-to-use and cost-effective conferencing solutions that they can count on during important meetings and events.Philip Morris ČR, a leader in the tobacco industry, uses audio conferencing in its day-to-day business. After testing out multiple solutions, the company chose Angage as its conferencing solutions provider for a key conference call for analysts – where the organisation was set to present its financial results for the past year.The presentation wa ..read more

The workforce of the future is a mobile one, with employees that are capable of working (and being effective at the jobs) from anywhere and everywhere. According to a report* from Deloitte, 68% of organisations agree that a mobile workforce is an enabler of business and talent strategies. The report also states though, that only 3% of organisations would rate themselves as “world class” in global deployments. This highlights a crucial distinction between understanding and execution, as business realise the value that a mobile workforce can deliver – though most are still keeping employees chai ..read more

The purpose of every event – whether physical or online – is to gather people of similar interests at a common destination to share a common experience. And events that fail to do so are considered to be bad investments. This is why many event planners consider event registration as a vital phase of the event planning process. Without good event registration numbers, even world class events won’t deliver a healthy return on investment (ROI). If you’re scratching your head over how to increase event registration numbers, we’ve got some good news (and useful hacks) for you.Use your mailing lists ..read more

Would you be ready to climb a vertical mile in the European most beautiful canyon of Verdon Gorges?This was the challenge set by adventurers Rodolphe Cassan and Mich Kemeter. Rodolphe Cassan is a renowned Paralpinist, Climber and Wingsuiter from France. He is also an Angage-sponsored athlete who shares his love for adventure, exploring the limits of human potential and optimising paths to success. Meanwhile, Mich Kemeter is a talented and internationally-recognised climber from Austria.An Extraordinary Challenge: The Vertical Mile The challenge was determined. Our adventurers set their sights ..read more

While chatbots have been around for many years now, they have traditionally been on the periphery of technology – a fun experiment to toy around with, nothing more.However, in recent years, chatbots have become progressively more intelligent. They have transformed from thought experiments to virtual assistants who are proficient in handling Q&As (questions and answers) and today, are an integral part of a growing number of business models. Today, we’ll look at innovative chatbots that are changing the way the world sees these digital assistants. DisneyHow believable and interactive can cha ..read more

The term “experience design” may be a new term to some event planners, but it’s one every event organiser will have to become familiar with soon. Today, event attendees expect every seminar, conference and launch they attend to be a engaging “experience”, and not simply an “event”. They key to delivering these invigorating experiences is thoughtful experience design.What is experience design?Taken quite literally, experience design is the act of designing an experience. In this case, designing an outstanding experience for your event attendees. Whether you’re organising a product launch, compa ..read more

Networking events usually turn out one of two ways – a fantastic experience that results in a windfalls of new prospects to follow up with, or a drawn out affair with no end (and no new name cards) in sight. And the same event can often produce both results, just depending on who you talk to. While chatty, extroverted characters who spark up conversations in seconds often do exceedingly well at networking events, introverted attendees who take time to warm up (especially in big crowds) may only find themselves hitting second gear at the end of the event. This presents a unique conundrum for ev ..read more

Once upon a time, organisers who wanted to collect feedback on the conference, seminar or event had to rely on pencil and paper-based methods – often using either optical character recognition (OCR) technology to help them tabulate the results post-event (after all the feedback forms were collected and run through the process) or worse, manually tabulating the feedback results. The arrival of voting systemsWhen voting systems arrived, a whole new world of speed, convenience and possibilities opened up to event planners. Suddenly, results could be viewed live and be updated the second any respo ..read more

Across the globe, event-goers share a common pet peeve – queuing up to register. Yet, with events, conferences and seminars often seeing thousands of attendees show up on day 1, event planners are left with a familiar, longstanding problem – there simply isn’t enough space and manpower to open up enough registration booths to handle these crowds. But what if… your registrations could be done in seconds? Do away with traditional event registration methods that involve slow processes, handwritten forms and lots of event staff. These innovative solutions can speed up (or even completely eliminate ..read more