Tweet Today’s Audiences Want High Tech With High Touch Today’s conference and event audiences are hungry to be engaged and involved in the experience. They want to participate in a variety of ways. They are willing to try new things. 95% of the attendees at my presentation at Event Solutions Idea Factory said technology changes…
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Take The Wiffiti Plunge: Engage Your Audiences With Animated Texts
Tweet Texting: it’s one of today’s major methods of communication. You do it. Your kids do it. Your friends do it. Your parents do it. Maybe event your grandparents do it. People text at the store. They text while talking. They text during TV shows. They text from major sports and entertainment events. They probably…
The Four Cs Of Social Engagement: Social Media For Events
Tweet According to a recent study, 80% of American adults use the Internet. 75% belong to a social network. Our social media use is increasing and event organizers need to adopt new thinking, new directions and new strategies for event communications and engagement. Here is the PPT from my presentation for Southwest Showcase jointly produced by International Association for…
5 Reasons Why CSMs And CVBs Should Use Social Media
Tweet Convention Services Managers (CSMs) and Convention and Visitor Bureaus (CVBs): They are a meeting professional’s right hand. They are event professionals’ co-pilots. We need them. We love them. We can’t succeed without them. They help provide the onsite scaffolding and structure of our events. Without them, our meetings would implode from the time we…
Why People Join Social Networking Sites
Tweet What is the number one reason why people join social networks? Go ahead and think about that for a second. Now say your answer out loud. What was your answer? Networking, sharing, for a sense of belonging, to learn? Guess what, those are all good reasons but they are not the number one reason….
