TweetAmong all the challenges that event organizers have to conquer, there’s one which is particularly important: being discovered by their future audience. The online service Lanyrd aims to fill this gap by providing a social conference directory that can expose events to a larger number of people. Lanyrd founders, Natalie “Nat” Downe and Simon Willison, offer [...]
The Conference Basics Tribune is a free newsletter specifically made for event organizers -> It includes a selection of articles, tips, recommended mobile apps, books and featured event organizers. Want to see how the newsletter looks like? Here are a few examples.
TweetPinterest is the new kid on the block of Social Networking and many event organizers have been pondering how to use it to “pimp” their events. One practical application would be to follow the example of creative mastermind Marcel Kampman (creative director of PICNIC Festival and organizer of Mastermundo) and use Pinterest to aggregate and [...]
The Conference Basics Tribune is a free newsletter specifically made for event organizers -> It includes a selection of articles, tips, recommended mobile apps, books and featured event organizers. Want to see how the newsletter looks like? Here are a few examples.
TweetOne of the toughest things when launching a new event is having enough money to kickstart the process, book a venue and the first speakers before any money has been made through ticket sales or sponsorships. You don’t only need to have the money in the bank but also risk it all for a product [...]
The Conference Basics Tribune is a free newsletter specifically made for event organizers -> It includes a selection of articles, tips, recommended mobile apps, books and featured event organizers. Want to see how the newsletter looks like? Here are a few examples.
TweetListening to and meeting interesting speakers is still one of the 3 main reasons to attend an event (the other two being networking and the overall experience). Also, big names are one of the most important marketing levers organizers have to sell more tickets (though word-of-mouth amplified by social media is becoming more relevant). With [...]
The Conference Basics Tribune is a free newsletter specifically made for event organizers -> It includes a selection of articles, tips, recommended mobile apps, books and featured event organizers. Want to see how the newsletter looks like? Here are a few examples.
TweetAs every month, the Conference Basics Newsletter introduces an event organizer from around the world. The latest edition featured Marcello Merlo, Conference Director of Frontiers of Interaction. Marcello Merlo is the Conference Director of Frontiers of Interaction (disclaimer: I was Frontiers’ Conference Director in 2010 and am now involved as an advisor), which organizes its main event in [...]
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TweetCharlie Todd created Improv Everywhere, which defines itself as “a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places”. At TEDxBloomington, Charlie presents some of the their most famous projects and the inspiration behind them. Funny and intense, it shows how to create shared experiences, a necessary ingredient for [...]
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TweetLovely video shot at Burning Man 2011 based on famous writer of children books Dr. Seuss‘s final book before his death. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! deals with life and its challenges, ups and downs and how to get over them. The video-story acts also as a presentation of at least one of the sides of [...]
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TweetRarely have I seen such a clear and useful way to represent the event strategy of a company. Michelle Thorne (blog, twitter) of the Mozilla Foundation (the guys behind the web browser Firefox among other things) has recently published the Mozilla Event Menu, and overview of different event formats they will be acting throughout the year [...]
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TweetSelling tickets on Facebook is a natural step towards providing a service (selling tickets) where the users are already present (Facebook is expected to reach 1 billion users by August 2012, link). Most big online ticketing platforms (Eventbrite, Amiando, Ticketea) already offer the possibility to add a ticket module to Facebook pages and I’ve came [...]
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TweetUnfortunately, most presentations –at corporations, conferences, etc– are like this. Boring, irrelevant, forgettable, useless… a total waste of time. This video offers a funny reminder and also a guide of the usual things you should avoid. Video created by Habitudes for Communicators, who have recently launched a book with tips for avoiding presentations like the [...]
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