Have you ever been to a conference or event where you got back to your room after a long day of sessions to find a personalized card and gift on your hotel bed? Didn’t this make you feel special!? Make delegates at your conference feel like someone cares, and [...]
All our clients are looking to increase registration for their conference, which in turn increases revenue, and increases profit for the organization/association. Increased profit allows for greater investment in future conference programs (better speakers) - a win-win situation for everyone. Some of our clients have jumped to the conclusion [...]
I always enjoy attending large budget, signature events and conferences so that I can look for elements we can apply to our clients with smaller budgets. Just because your budget is missing a zero doesn’t mean you can’t wow your attendees. The Vancouver Convention Centre hosted the famed TED [...]
Do people want to come to your conference? Is it a battle to get registration numbers up? Do you know why people come to your conference? When I ask these questions, clients may discuss the ROI of the conference, or suggest that using the newest technology, or seeing a [...]
What’s that old expression? “If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me that…”? Well if I had a nickel for every time someone asked me about how our clients decide what to pay industry speakers I’d probably have bought myself a few cups of coffee by [...]
According to a September 2013 article in Convene Magazine from the Professional Convention Management Association, one third of your conference budget should be spent on food and beverage. This is a significant cost and it can be a challenge to provide enjoyable meals to your attendees without blowing your [...]
Each industry has a busy season – or two – and you know better than anyone when it hits your office. Each day is a difficult juggling act of monitoring emails, phone calls and texts - all between meetings and managing events. Sometimes it feels overwhelming and that the [...]
Successful conferences rely on speakers delivering content that is relevant to the conference theme. The conference committee and/or board of directors works very hard to determine the theme that will attract and be meaningful to conference attendees. The program committee is then tasked with coming up with speakers that [...]
A survey by Media Technology Monitor reports that one in three Anglophone Canadians use social media every day, with 63% of these users stating that they read Facebook posts, tweets and/or LinkedIn updates every single day. Another study shows that American adult use of social media just slightly surpasses [...]
Some convention hotels (and even convention centres) use the offer of “free” Internet access as a way to attract conferences and signature events, but this is not the norm. As a result we make it a standard practice to ask for guest room rates that include in-room Internet access. [...]
