5 Ways to Wake Up Your Breakout Groups

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What is a breakout group? Breakout groups are a common fixture at conferences and business events. But what are they? Breakout groups are small-group sessions organized within larger conferences around topics determined by conference attendees or  organizers. These groups adjourn to smaller conference rooms, explore challenges and solutions related to their topics, and then return to the larger conference audience… Read the rest

5 Reasons Why You Should Transcribe Your Next Event

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Event and meeting planners often overlook the importance of transcribing their events. As an event planner, transcribing your event may not be on the top of your checklist, but event transcription can add value to your event in many ways that are not immediately obvious. From bolstering your social media impact to engaging your audience far beyond your venue, there… Read the rest

7 Do’s And Dont’s For Multimedia Presentations

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Multimedia presentations are an integral part of any meeting, conference or event. If you’re an event planner or a presenter, there are a host of issues that can keep your presentation from having the impact it deserves. Whether you’re presenting in front of your organization’s board of directors or a crowd of attendees at a trade show, use our list… Read the rest

7 Solutions to Common Wireless Microphone Problems for Event Planners

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Wireless microphones are a favorite standby for event and meeting planners. As an event planner, you’re likely aware of the many benefits that wireless microphones offer. Wireless microphones offer superior mobility for your presenters, help reduce stage clutter and tripping hazards, are incredibly easy to use, and come in a variety of configurations, including options for handheld or hands-free microphones,… Read the rest

5 Tips To Help Event Planners And A/V Technicians Work Together

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microphone equipmentAs an event planner, you’re known for your superhuman feats of organizational strength. You help create your event’s schedule, secure a venue, accommodate the needs of your presenters and register hundreds of attendees, all the while with a deadline and budget looming over your head. The one thing you may need help with, however, is A/V production. Don’t worry, you’re… Read the rest

5 A/V Tricks to Boost Attendee Engagement at Your Next Event

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conference microphonesEvent planners pride themselves on mastering every detail of their meeting, conference or lecture series. But it’s often easy for planners to overlook the most important event planning detail of all: attendee engagement. Event planners should know that the quality of a venue’s A/V infrastructure plays a critical role in the ability of a presenter to engage an audience. Bad… Read the rest

10 Last-Minute Tips for Running Live Sound at Your Event

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Your big event is finally here! As an event planner, you’ve checked and double-checked everything on your event planning checklist, you’ve set up your microphone and PA systems, and your presenters are ready to roll. Perhaps you’ve played it safe and hired a crew of audio technicians to operate your sound system. But maybe, like many event planners who… Read the rest

6 Simple Steps To Keep A/V Equipment Safe At Your Events

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One item event planners often overlook on their event planning checklists is whether or not their A/V equipment is walking out their venue’s front door. A/V equipment security is a big deal. Audio and visual equipment can be very expensive, and much of it is small and easily concealed. Items like microphones and laptops are ideal targets for theft and… Read the rest

5 Audio Production Mistakes Every Event Planner Should Avoid

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Every event planner juggles a host of details for any event they plan, whether it’s a large conference, board meeting or small speaking engagement. All too often, however, event planners overlook one crucial aspect on their event planning checklist: audio production. Solid audio production is critical to the success of any event, regardless of the event’s size or venue. Audio… Read the rest

10 Common Mistakes Event Planners Make (With 10 Tips On How To Avoid Them)

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Planning a conference or event is no easy task, as any professional event planner will quickly admit. Still, many event planners underestimate the amount of time and work needed to plan a successful event, and often make common mistakes along the way. Event planning mistakes can lead to annoyed audiences, alienated speakers, a drained budget and a loss of credibility… Read the rest