How to Choose the Best Event Management Software

How to Choose the Best Event Management Software

The academic world isn’t short of conferences. From research presentations and forums to seminars and webinars, these are just a few of the many events that require careful preparation and flawless coordination to ensure everything goes smoothly. However, managing an academic conference using traditional techniques can prove to be not only time-consuming but inefficient. Adopting the latest technological innovations has been a blessing. The academic event management systems help the organizers ease the whole process of conducting and executing a conference.

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How to Encourage Interaction Between Speakers and Attendees

How to Encourage Interaction Between Speakers and Attendees

According to a survey by Umbrek, only about 40-70% of your audience are active attendees. The other half leave your event without ever speaking to the speakers they came to hear. This is the grim reality when event planners fail to encourage interaction between attendees and speakers in their events.

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17 Event Management Automation Tech Tips You Must Know

17 Event Management Automation Tech Tips You Must Know

In only a few years, event management automation has managed to work its way up to become one of the most rewarding solutions for professional event organizers. And it only keeps getting better. According to Market.us, the number of planners adopting automated systems has increased multifold in the last two years.

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The Role Of Micro-Interactions For Virtual Event Engagement

The Role Of Micro-Interactions For Virtual Event Engagement

Virtual events: two words that have become part of our everyday vocabulary in the modern digital space. The rapid adoption and subsequent evolution of virtual event platforms in only a few years is remarkable. Despite video conferencing technology being available for public use for over a decade, a fully immersive virtual event was always a fairly distant concept for most people.

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Top 10 Cost-Effective Event Management Platforms in 2026

Top 10 Cost-Effective Event Management Platforms in 2026

An event management platform that meets all the goals of your event, sets it up for success, right from the beginning. Narrowing down on the right event management platform that ticks all the boxes can make or break your event’s performance. That being said, what the right event management platform should not do is break your bank.

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Event Website Design Elements For A Killer Attendee Experience

Event Website Design Elements For A Killer Attendee Experience

An event or conference website is the first handshake between your event and your future attendees. If it’s awkward, slow, or confusing, people are going to take a hard pass. But if the event website design is clear, fast and easy to use, visitors will sign up faster than you can say ‘keynote speaker.’ Building an event website interface that drives registrations demands some non-negotiable design elements. A smooth one sets the tone and makes the audience eager for more.

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12 Post-Event Engagement Ideas to Keep the Community Alive

12 Post-Event Engagement Ideas to Keep the Community Alive

You likely spent a lot of time, energy, and money on this event, and now that it’s over, you think your job’s done. That’s where you’re wrong! The real work is about to begin now. You can deepen relationships, share content again, and convert the attendees into a community of loyal followers after the event. There are post-event engagement strategies that you can instantly implement to keep up with the good vibe of any event, whether it is online, offline, or a combination of both. Continue reading

Mobile Event Apps Are Changing Conferences For The Better

Mobile Event Apps Are Changing Conferences For The Better

Research conferences have long depended on printed programs that everyone carries until they start to fall apart midway through the event. It made sense once. Before digital tools took over, a neatly bound program felt like a mark of professionalism. Yet, that routine now feels impractical in a world where schedules shift by the hour and participants expect updates at their fingertips. Universities and academic organizations have begun realizing that mobile event apps can do what printed booklets never could: keep pace with the real rhythm of conferences.

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40 Ways To Generate Additional Revenue At Your Next Event 

40 Simple Ways To Generate Additional Revenue At Your Next Event

Most event organizers will admit that organizing an event, whether modest or large-scale, is a challenge. It takes time, effort and money to put up a good show for those who sign up. Much early into planning an event, all professionals involved in budgeting come to realize that the financial estimates are hardly set in stone. They’re changing almost every other day. What looks reasonable on paper is rendered logistically impossible in execution. All thanks to inflation and prices that go up and come down at any minute.

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The Impact of Data on the Future of Academic Events

The Impact of Data on the Future of Academic Events

Academic events are significant for a variety of reasons. These gatherings provide an excellent way to share knowledge. They also offer valuable networking opportunities that promote collaboration and inspire research. By utilizing data insights, universities are changing traditional academic events into smarter and more connected experiences. This shift improves collaboration and helps researchers worldwide.

The growth of digital technologies and easier access to data is bringing in a new era of academic events. This change highlights the significance of data-driven insights for event management. The goal is to improve every part of the academic event cycle.

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A Simple Guide to Building Your Academic Conference Website

 

A Simple Guide to Building Your Academic Conference Website

An academic conference is not simply an event involving a hotel, speakers, and participants; it lives online before, during, and after the event. A sophisticated conference website is no longer a “nice to have” feature. An essential aspect of your infrastructure is providing credibility, communication, marketing, logistics, and long-term community building. Continue reading

How to Attract More Attendees to Your Conference

How to Attract More Attendees to Your Conference


You’ve secured world-class speakers, best in the industry. The agenda is packed with variety and depth. The logistics are planned almost flawlessly. All set for the big day, yet the registration desk isn’t nearly as excited, sparse participation has dampened the mood.

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