Scan Emotions to Measure Events ROI

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It would be great, wouldn’t it? Analyse the emotions of attendees to measure the success of events. Fedback Forms Stink Don’t try to sell me the story that feedback forms are reliable. Tweets from your attendees are, but not feedback forms. Feedback forms ask questions you devised. Not much… Read more

Why The Invisible Festival is a Fantastic Idea

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This post is by Julius Solaris, your Editor in Chief. He is @tojulius on twitter . Invisible Festival is a virtual festival right in your backyard. Powered by Spotify and with a noble cause. I was immediately hooked while listening to my favourite music player by the Invisible Festival… Read more

What I learned about Social Media

On the 28th of May I was invited by great planner Liza Bergman to participate at Masterclass Social Media in Amsterdam, here are video and presentation. I enjoyed the crowd and we also built a community for the event which I invite you to join. Julius Solaris @ Masterclass Social Media from… Read more

[Event Technology] Pathable

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This post starts a new series about technology you should embed in your event. Name: Pathable Twitter: @pathable Category: Networking Description: Pathable allows organizers (which is you) to set up a community for their event. It enables networking with a powerful tagging… Read more

EventOrb unleashes Event Calendar

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EventOrb is a nifty event marketing service that allows promoters to do a number of things such as: – Create unlimited events – Add photos from the event before or after it has taken place – Add videos of the event – Search for events all around the world by proximity, date, time of day… Read more

Thank you LeWeb

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Busy typing at LeWeb08 Photo by dsearls via Flickr LeWeb08 was a crucial appointment for Internet startups, held in Paris few days ago. The conference was packed with obstacles, but I learned a great lesson: watching events online is a great thing. I think online and offline are seriously… Read more

Be more Pecha Kucha!

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Pecha Kucha Montreal 2007 Photo by JamesEverett via Flickr Pecha Kucha nights were started in 2003 by Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein in Tokyo. The nights are aimed at young designers, the format teaches a lot to all of us engaged with boring presentations. Pecha Kucha means chit-chat. Back… Read more

Why I like CitySocialising.com

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CitySocialising is a great local service to help beating the personal barriers that prevent you from getting a better job, improving your social life, being active. Apart from that, it is an awesome threat to traditional event professionals. Jo is organising Sunday lunch Hampstead and walk… Read more

Free is the new black

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Photo by kalandrakas The horrible economic trends as well as the impressive movement of user generated events is challenging the traditional scheme of paid events. If you charge for your events you may soon be in real trouble. If you charge a lot for your events you are probably already… Read more

5 ways to promote events you don’t know

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Photo by luc legay Many people lately have been asking me to promote their events on social networks. My response to most of them is this post. Social Media and social networks now offer great potential to cut costs on event promotions. Social media and social networks are just buzzwords to… Read more