Event Planning

Event planning tips, tricks, techniques, best practices and helpful information by event professionals from around the world.

Events in Crisis: You Need a Plan

What happens when a catastrophic happening, manmade or via nature, strikes your event? And how do you plan to handle it? Follow these guidelines to create a simple yet effective crisis plan to make sure your planning and client's money does not go to waste.

Dramatically Increase Event Registrations Now

Stuck with low registration numbers? Boost your event attendance by leveraging the power of social media marketing and see results fast with power tips that work. Social media marketing should not be left unattended by event organizers.

How to Use Gamification to Market Your Events

Turn your marketing campaign into a game to engage your audience and allow them to promote your event while they play for the prizes, which also includes media attention if you do it right and make it newsworthy.

Introducing the Hack Event

Hacking has a bad connotation in today's general populace, but it's a way to bring people together to do GOOD work with GREAT outcomes. If you really want to change the world than hack events might be for you.

The Speaker’s Guide to Trade Show Speaking Opportunities

Trade shows offer great promotional possibilities not only for exhibiting businesses but for professional speakers as well. It helps build credibility and prestige that lead to more speaking opportunities and better visibility throughout the industry.

Prepping Your Newsworthy Event for Media Coverage

Having an event and expect or want television, newpaper, radio, and internet coverage? Here's how you can make your newsworthy event press media ready and generate positive PR not only for the event, but for the organization or client behind it.

Twitter Introduces Web Analytics

Twitter introduces web analytics to website owners to help them understand how much traffic they receive from Twitter and the effectiveness of Twitter integrations on their sites. Now event planners will be able to see how effective their Twitter strategy is.

The Top 3 Reasons People DON’T Attend Your Event

Many event planners focus on why people would attend their event, but it is also important to consider why people DON'T want to attend your event. This allows you to address those issues and easily increase your attendance to reach and surpass your objectives.

How to Ensure a Successful Corporate Event

Getting an event off the ground and completing it successfully is a feather in your cap, gets you repeat clients, and ensures good business. Here's a list of 15 ways you can follow to ensure smooth execution and maximum enjoyment.

10 "Non-Marketing" Uses for Social Media at Events

Social media are underused by many event pros. Timely use of Facebook, Twitter & others can enhance your event on the spot & make it the talk of the town. Here are ten practical uses for social media that have nothing at all to do with promoting your event.
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