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Crowd Fund Your Event with EventStir

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Julius Solaris

Crowd funding is becoming a bulletproof way to propel businesses, charity causes and films. EventStir applies the same concept to events. I had a chat with Sajad Ghanizada, the co-founder, who introduced me to what I think is a definite winner. They came up with the idea during StartupWeekend DC… Read more

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Crowdsource Your Presentations with Reel

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Julius Solaris

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

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Using Facebook Pages to Shape Event Concepts

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Julius Solaris

Attendees are becoming more powerful. They will soon decide what your event will be about. Actually they already are. This post has been written by Julius Solaris for Event Manager Blog (?). I was captured by a great story published on Springwise on how Bacardi used Facebook to decide their… Read more

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10 Alternative Business Models for Events

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Julius Solaris

A lot of discussion took place over the past week about free vs paid, reality is that there is much more out there than just charging a fee to attend. It’s no new topic, we know. But lately Chris Anderson re-introduced it, Malcom Gladwell made a big deal out of it and Seth Godin gave the final… Read more