10 Ways CRM Helps in Effective Management of Events

10 Ways CRM Helps in Effective Management of Events

A great and damaging misconception about Customer Relationship Management (CRM), is that many believe that this is something that concerns conventional businesses. The commercial ones. The ones that you purchase from on a regular basis. Hardly does anyone think of customer relationship management when it comes to event management. 

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Challenges in Post-Event Engagement in Academia

Challenges in Post-Event Engagement in Academia

Today, a non-negotiable aspect of organizing an academic event is associated with what you do post-event. Yes, you read that right. Post-event. If you’ve signed up to be an event planner in this day and age, well, we’d like to warn you that there are clear boundaries. And perhaps no finish lines. It is a race that continues well after your event officially draws its curtains.
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6 Registration Metrics Event Organizers Must Track

6 Registration Metrics Event Organizers Must Track

Event registration is a live data feed. Statista notes that about 328.77 million terabytes of data are generated daily. Every spike, drop-off and demographic detail in your registration flow is telling you something about how your event is landing with your audience. If you are a proactive organizer, you should be paying very close attention to this data. If not, you are seriously missing out.

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Informal vs Structured Networking in Academic Events

Informal vs. Structured Networking in Academic Events

Everyone who has attended an academic conference has felt the weight of networking. You sit through two days of presentations, collect a dozen business cards, eat the complimentary pastries and leave feeling oddly disconnected. You spoke to people, yes. But did you actually network with them? Probably not.

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5 Ways to Increase Event ROI- How Event Tools Help with the Process

5 Ways Event Management Software Increases Your Event ROI

Technavio has projected the valuation of the global event management industry to be well over $1.07 trillion. And almost all forecasts are in agreement that the event space is only set to skyrocket all the more, in terms of fiscal valuation, manpower and employment. What this means for the individual event planner or their event ROI is that this field is a high-stakes affair.

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Abstract Submission Guide: How to Submit Abstracts for Conferences

How to Submit Abstracts in Conferences- A Detailed Guide

Conducting research is among the single most valuable endeavors in the scientific community and academia. It is via research, sometimes spanning over decades, that meaningful inventions have been accomplished for humankind. Although beginner researchers may believe that their work is only meager in the large scale of academia, documenting your work can open up opportunities bigger than you may have imagined. And a key part of successfully putting your research out in the world is submitting your abstract.

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9 Questions to Ask Your Event’s Technology Vendor

9 Questions to Ask Your Event’s Technology Vendor 

Signing a contract with the wrong technology vendor can cost you more than money. It can cost you your event itself.

For the thousands of event organizers who go through this process every year, the experience strikes the cord of familiarity. A vendor promises everything and more during their pitch. The demo is outstanding and the pricing appears to be a great deal. Or so they make it seem.

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Mobile-Optimized Registration- Things Organizers Should Know

Mobile-Optimized Registration- Things Organizers Should Know

The world is now vertical. The internet has the entire world scrolling through 6-inch-long screens. Google Analytics’ Benchmarking feature reported that more than 60 percent of all web traffic worldwide comes from mobile phones. And the proportion of individuals browsing on laptops is less than ever. In fact, statistics show that this could soon plummet even further.

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How to Repurpose Event Content for Multiple Channels

How to Repurpose Event Content for Multiple Channels

If you have ever found yourself not reaching your highest potential despite having the capability to do so, you resemble the average event planner today. You know that you can do much better. You also realize that you are, in fact, already sitting on a goldmine in the form of your event content and do not have to look any further. Yet you do not act on it. You think, deliberate and let go, somehow convincing yourself that you do not have enough resources.

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10 Signs Your Scheduling Software for Events Is Outdated

10 Signs That Your Event Scheduling Software Is Outdated

Event planners, listen up. Two months into 2026, and we want you to make an important confession: admit that your event scheduling tool needs a level up.

Yes, we said what we did.

Yes, we understand that your event scheduling software has perhaps been a lucky charm. It has seen thick and thin with you throughout the years. It was there for you when no one else believed in your journey.
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Effective Panel Discussion Dos and Don’ts at Universities

Effective Panel Discussion Dos and Don'ts at Universities

Panel discussions are among the most exciting things one can look up to at a university event. Whether you are one of the panelists, the moderator or even part of the audience, there is something that speaks to everyone in a panel discussion. What makes these kinds of discussions much more interesting and alluring than ordinary ones has a lot to do with the speakers you have on your panel. Continue reading

Abstract Review Software- 10 Risks of Using Outdated Systems

Abstract Review Software- 10 Risks of Using Outdated Systems

Conference organizers managing a high volume of abstract submissions need to start giving credit where credit is due. You see that abstract management software sitting at the center of your abstract review process? Well, that abstract management system matters much more than you come to believe it is capable of. Abstract review softwares are incredibly simple at work.

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