10 Event Trends for 2012 Free Webinar is Tomorrow

Just a friendly reminder that the 10 Event Trends for 2012 Webinar is tomorrow. You can sign up here, it’s free. You can read more about it here. You can check the presentation here. See you… Read more

10 Event Trends for 2012: Free Webinar

10 Event Trends for 2012 is a presentation I published last week on this blog. I don’t believe any piece of content on event planning has ever had so much attention. The presentation was viewed over 40,000 times in a week. It was downloaded almost 300 times and favorited by dozens. Just… Read more

10 Event Trends for 2012

Hello dear readers. Here is my small present for the holidays. I published a similar presentation last year that was well received on Slideshare, with several thousands interactions. This year I was a bit skeptical before publishing it, due to the dozens of imitation attempts and to the… Read more

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

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

Burberry Starts Event Online with Twitter

Burberry launches their next fashion show to selected users. Twitter users that is. We have covered in the past how events are increasingly starting online. While not all events can be originated from an online community, it is a good tactic to tap into an existing social network and make it… Read more

The New VIPs

I forecast in late 2010 that 2011 was going to be all about New VIPs. It has happened. This post is by Julius Solaris for Event Manager Blog (Info). It all started here. If you flick to slide 3, I was trying to tell you that the way you established the influence and authority of your guests was… Read more

Crowdsource Your Presentations with Reel

Reel is a nice tool to save us from death by Powerpoint. This post is by Julius Solaris for Event Manager Blog (?). Sad presentations exist. It is a sad truth. While you can read about making them better here, it is however tough to understand whether our slides will work or not. While… Read more

The Art of the Goody Bag

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Dear reader, you know how important goodies are becoming, this post will give you an overview of how to create the perfect goody bag for your event. This is a guest post by Jan Nathanson, President, Imagination Branding, specialists in Promotional Marketing and Branding. Jan is @ImagineBranding… Read more

10 Event Trends for 2011

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My petit cadeau for the holidays :-) A presentation outlining some of the trends I think will impact event planning in 2011. Very happy to have your feedback on it. If you think it is worth it, I’ll add some voice at some stage. Grazie to @fabivs for the smashing design. 10 Event Trends… Read more