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While social media apps can help meeting planners promote their events, a trending hashtag on Instagram or a retweet on Twitter doesn’t do as much if the online face of your event—the website—is subpar. Here are six tips to help you put your best home page forward.
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For a primer on how to engage with different personality types that can be expected at a conference, we turned to The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator model and list of the eight types you may encounter at your next event and some tips on how to ensure each one is getting the value they need.
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Sometimes, despite our best efforts, a repeated event comes to an end. Whether it’s due to a lack of attendance, budget cuts or unforeseen circumstances, a company or other sponsor may decide that the next event will be the last. Naturally, as an event planner, you’ll want to make this final curtain call unforgettable. Here’s how.
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Event professionals dominate the ranks of road warriors. That time in the sky, at the hotel and charging expenses can lead to deep reserves of loyalty points, but not all benefits are the same. Loyalty programs come with lots of requirements, and terms can change as fast as the weather. Making sure you are not missing out can be a job all by itself. We turned to experts for dos and don’ts for making the most of those hard-earned rewards.
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In March, Visit Dallas invited a locally based company known for making people feel welcome 3,000 miles in the air—Southwest Airlines—to talk to the destination team on the ground about how to engage visitors in new ways. The program, tellingly called It’s Hospitality Y’All.
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Smart Meetings talked to Liz King Caruso about how to add value to your social media presence and engage with your audiences across different platforms. Here is what she had to say.
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Event descriptions have become key to drawing in attendees. How can yours reach its full potential? We’ve created a list of pointers to help you create your best event description yet.
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Another day, another conference. When you attend meetings on a regular basis, it’s easy to fall into the mindset of just getting through the day. However, being on autopilot can lead to forgetting simple attendee etiquette.
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Getting to the airport on time is always nerve-racking, and anyone who has missed a flight knows well what a nightmare it can be. But if you can stay calm and follow these steps, it can end up being A-OK after all.
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Everyone uses social media now for marketing events. But what about the feedback you get from attendees during an event? People post about everything—and that includes how they are enjoying the venue, food, customer service and so on. Heed these six tips to stay on top of your social media throughout the day.
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