Category: Event Technology

How To Decide on the Best Event Technology for You
It seems like every day there is a shiny new piece of event technology touted as “the next best thing” for managing event details, increasing productivity, collecting registrations and RSVPs, connecting attendees, and so on. But with more and more event tech solutions available, the anxiety over which option to choose increases. And when you ...
By Jeff Kear on April 17, 2017

Save Your Hybrid Event from Epic Fail with These 24 Insights
Hybrid events are those that have two distinct audiences – one live in-person audience and another virtual online audience – and they have been on the rise over the last few years. In fact, it is estimated that 26% of all meetings in 2017 will be hybrid events, and with the rapidly growing popularity of ...
By Jeff Kear on March 1, 2017

33 Best Practices for Boosting Online Event Registration [Infographic]
Most revenue-generating events rely on registration and ticket sales to generate anywhere from 50% to 100% of total event revenues. And online event registration is an already large and still growing source of sales for most events. Case in point … in 2014, Google said 71% of all ticket buying happens online, and online registration ...
By Jeff Kear on January 23, 2017

How to Compare and Review Event Registration Software [ Infographic ]
As you may already be aware, no two event registration software platforms are alike, and each person and organization has specific requirements regarding the features and functions you need to properly collect event registrations online. To this end, we have provided below a complete checklist for comparing online event registration software tools. Feel free to ...
By Jeff Kear on January 11, 2017

8 Biggest Event Trends for 2017
As the new year approaches, not only is it time to reflect on the past year and all the wonderful new people we met and experiences we had, but it’s also time to look to the new year and take a look at what it has in store for the events industry. Our list of ...
By Jeff Kear on December 13, 2016

7 Big Drawbacks of Event Planning Spreadsheet Templates
If you have been using a computer for any length of time, it seems that spreadsheets have been around as long as computers and are as familiar as word processing programs and email. The story of spreadsheets really starts with academics back in the 60s and 70s who needed an easier, faster way to make ...
By Jeff Kear on June 22, 2015

6 Reasons Why the Event Binder Is Dead
Before laptop computers were commonplace, before tablets were even a glimmer in Steve Jobs’ eye, event planners and managers carried around massive event binders full of printed documents and spreadsheets as well as tons of notes regarding each and every event. These event planning binders were the event “bible” for each event and contained all ...
By Jeff Kear on May 28, 2015