Monthly Archives: October 2011
Livestream and Storify Revamped. Events Can Celebrate
I posted 3 days ago on services that helped to share post event materials in a better way. Two top choices for event planners mentioned in the article are Livestream and Storify. It so happens that both of them had a major overhaul over the past two days. I thought to update you with the… Read more
Posted in Amplification
Tagged amplify, hybrid events, live blogging, live streaming, live tweeting, livestreaming, remote attendance, storify
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8 Indispensable Features for a Kick-Ass Event App
This is a guest post by Michael Heipel. He’s one of the (few) cool guys shipping great event marketing content in Europe. Michael is responsible for Marketing and Event Management at the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers WAN-IFRA. Among his duties are the organisation and… Read more
Posted in mobile
Tagged android, apps, event apps, event website, geolocalization, iphone, nokia
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Innovating Conferences
Last week I had the chance to meet with fellow event blogger Gianfranco Chicco from Conference Basics, one of the best blogs about events out there. We’ve been postponing a double feature for a while now, but finally we managed to shoot an interview. Who is Gianfranco? Gianfranco is… Read more
Posted in ideas
Tagged conferences, event marketing, event planning, gianfranco chicco, innovation, picnic, Wired
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Top 10 Facebook Event Pages
Lots of readers asked to showcase the best Facebook event pages. I collected some of the best according to different uses and objectives. Facebook is becoming a must have for event marketing and amplification. Facebook loves events; event planners and venues love Facebook. The number of tools… Read more
Posted in facebook
Tagged best facebook pages, blog software, criticism of facebook, event, event marketing, event planners, facebook, facebook event, facebook features, online social networking, pages, popular events, showcases, social integration, sundance film festival, viral, web 2.0
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Event Fun #1: Bieber
Here is a comics strip that will run monthly for the next 6 months on the blog, thanks to Chris Shipton of Livescribes, you can find him on Twitter… Read more
EMBlog Job Board: Find and Post Event Planning Jobs
In such turbulent times we may find ourselves in need of a new job. That is why we are launching the Event Manager Blog Job Board. In the past years I got to know you really well. That is why I am trying to expose the best jobs available worldwide in the event planning industry. The board… Read more
Posted in event management
Tagged event management jobs, event marketing jobs, event planning jobs, jobs
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The Rise of Visual Meetings
Some time ago I stumbled upon this post talking about how Olgivy partnered with ImageThink to deliver a new way of taking notes for events and effectively create a storyboard for what was discussed. Visual Thinking is a growing trend in events. Event planners are effectively hiring cartoonists… Read more
Posted in ideas
Tagged draw people, event planners, graphic design, graphics, livescribes, meeting, meetings, meetings events, storyboard, visual, visual meetings, visual thinking
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Social Media Strategy for Busy Event Planners in 6 Easy Steps
So much to do and so little time. This is the life of an event professional. We are busy trying to make everything work and things to do keep piling up. On the other hand social media are becoming an integral part of our marketing mix. This is also the case for customer service over social… Read more
Posted in marketing
Tagged customer service, event planners, event planning, event planning industry, event professional, facebook, linkedin group, marketing, marketing mix, online social networking, social, social media marketing, social network, social network service, social networking, social networks, strategy, twitter, web 2.0, world wide web, youtube
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