Tag Archive: event technology

Where Are We And Where We Are Going?

Tweet The Pew Internet & American Life Project provides great data on Americans and the Internet. The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. They are a great resource of data for any conference organizer or assocation…

What Is The Right Mix? Face-to-Face, Digital, Hybrid Events

Tweet Your meeting’s reach no longer stops at the conference room walls. Now technology makes it possible to reach people you never had access to before.  The question is: How much should be live-only and how much shared with a remote audience?  How do you create an environment that makes your remote attendees feel they…

Using Gamification To Influence Event Participants’ Behavior

Tweet Gamification is the current shiny object for the meetings and events industry. Why all the hype about gamification? As the business sector is discovering, gamification has the power to Increase and improve customer engagement Build customer loyalty Incent customers to do specific things  Defining Gamification  Gamification is the use of game mechanics and game…

8 Pre-Conference Strategies To Engage Your Participants

Tweet   A lot of energy, time and passion is put into planning a conference. Many focus on all the onsite logistics running smoothly. Seeing Conferences In A Ecosystem Of Customer Touchpoints Conference participants focus on their experience. Their emotions range from the pre-conference anticipation and hype to the post-conference blues and exhaustion. And often…

Tech Seeds Of Revolution In Meetings And Events

Tweet   The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed. ~ William Gibson.  From The Information Age To The Participatory Culture The explosion of digital media and the emergence of the participatory culture have amplified and transformed communication in ways we are only beginning to discover. Today, creating and sharing information is…