Organizing Events in New York, the Sequel - Part 1: Dos-and-Don'ts

Organizing Events in New York, the Sequel - Part 1: Dos-and-Don'ts

How do you feel about The Big Apple as a location for your next event? A great city, vivid, dynamic, trendy and tempting. But how do you get into it? What are the pitfalls? What locations are hip and trendy?

How to Deal with Streaming Apps on Events

How to Deal with Streaming Apps on Events

Livestream apps are hot. You make a video with your smartphone and your followers tune in live, looking through the lens of your camera. With apps such as Periscope, Facebook Live, Twitter, ..., this is child's play. But how to deal with them on events?

7 Event Photos you Can't Go Without

7 Event Photos you Can't Go Without

Good event photos make clients happy, flatter sponsors and grab media attention. These kinds of photos, however, just don’t appear out of blue. They are tactically thought out and executed with a well devised plan.

9 Tips to Pimp Your Event for Mobile Devices

9 Tips to Pimp Your Event for Mobile Devices

The use of mobile devices is exploding. You can see it everywhere at events: visitors consulting their mobile phones for the program, taking notes, networking, and sharing content through social media.

Go for the Gold with Your Awards Program

Go for the Gold with Your Awards Program

When it comes to planning an industry award program, there is a lot involved. With so many different awards out there for every different industry vertical, person and department you need to make sure that yours stands out from the rest.

7 Essential Tips for Hybrid Events

7 Essential Tips for Hybrid Events

Hybrid events draw both a live and an online audience. Those online viewers are far away, with all sorts of distractions. So you definitely need to work some magic to keep the attention of these virtual participants.

Perfect your Instagram Strategy [infographic]

Perfect your Instagram Strategy [infographic]

Instagram is hot. Since its launch in 2010, users have shared more than 30 billion pictures with each other on the platform. Instagram is also popular on events.

8 Great Tips for a Successful Event Start-Up

8 Great Tips for a Successful Event Start-Up

In the event industry, the start-ups are popping up like mushrooms. That's not so strange, in this creative and innovative sector. But this is also an industry with fierce competition. Only the best start-ups survive.

SEO Tips for Event Websites (part 1): 6 Keyword Must-Do's

SEO Tips for Event Websites (part 1): 6 Keyword Must-Do's

How do you draw more visitors towards your event website? By scoring well in search engines, of course. But how do you do that? By using keywords and qualitative links to your event website.

Start-Up: Bizzabo

Start-Up: Bizzabo

The network platform Bizzabo is the ideal way to share information with your participants. You create your own event community in which you create and use interaction with your participants.

Partying stain- and worry-free with the SOS-partykit

Partying stain- and worry-free with the SOS-partykit

On an event or a party, accidents are never far away. An unexpected stain, a surprise rip in your outfit or your hairdo sags. With the following items in your pocket, your guests will never be surprised and you stay on top of every partypooper.

How to (Secretly) Stay Sober at a Party

How to (Secretly) Stay Sober at a Party

Whether it's at the New Year's party of your work or a night in the pub with your friends: those who don't drink alcohol are often seen as boring party poopers. But there are plenty of ways to stay sober without being labeled as a party pooper

When is a Powerpoint-Presentation Really Useful?

When is a Powerpoint-Presentation Really Useful?

Now that every congress- and meeting room is standardly equipped with a projector, Powerpoint-presentations are both used and abused. Especially abused.

Events & Technology: Hologram

Events & Technology: Hologram

Hologram: a three-dimensional image created with photographic projection. The effect can be spectacular at large events. Is this going to become the new trend?

Events & Technology: RFID

Events & Technology: RFID

Identifying visitors remotely - that's what RFID does. By linking RFID to online interaction, you can intensify the experience of your event even further. A fantastic breakthrough, but is it for any event?

6 Tips to Squeeze Your Event Budget

6 Tips to Squeeze Your Event Budget

If you're organizing an event, then the phrase 'the sky is the limit' rarely applies to the budget. How can you squeeze production costs to get the most out of the budget?

There's More to a Nametag Than You Might Think

There's More to a Nametag Than You Might Think

Nametags seem simple, but are they really? Why do we still so often see unreadable nametags at events? Or guests without a tag? Perhaps it's not as easy as we think. Here's some food for thought as well as tips.

7 Tips for Your Digital Invitations

7 Tips for Your Digital Invitations

Event organizers are opting more and more for digital invitations as a means to send out invites to guests. It makes sense: it's fast, easy and economical. But just what are the do's and don'ts when using email invitations?

10 Methods to Keep the Attention

10 Methods to Keep the Attention

When people listen passively to a presentation, their attention span on average is rarely more than 15 to 20 minutes. This gave rise to the idea to change speakers after 20 minutes. Research now shows that this is a huge misconception.

Events & Technology: Augmented Reality

Events & Technology: Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality (AR) is currently hot in marketing. But what impact does this technology actually have on the event industry? Is this just another cute gimmick or is there more to this electronic gadget?