Top 10 Podcasts for Event Professionals

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The world of events is ever-changing, and staying updated is crucial for success. Podcasts offer an excellent way to gain insights into the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in the event industry. Here’s a curated list of the top 10 podcasts that every event professional should consider tuning into.

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Transforming Event Ticketing with Tax Manager

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At Dryfta, our ethos revolves around constant innovation and the relentless pursuit of perfection to enhance the lives of event organizers, making their tasks simpler and more efficient. Understanding the complexities and challenges faced by organizers in the ever-evolving world of event management, we dedicate ourselves to finding solutions that are not only effective but transformative. That’s why we are thrilled to unveil our latest groundbreaking feature: the Tax Manager tool.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Streamline your University Events with Dryfta

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Events & conferences are pivotal in the intricate fabric of the university ecosystem. They serve as platforms for nurturing community ties and promoting a sense of belonging among students, faculty, and alumni and as catalysts for academic excellence. They are instrumental in heightening student engagement and participation. Organizing these events, however, can be a multifaceted task laden with complexities. The planning, coordination, and execution stages each come with its own set of challenges. This is where solutions like Dryfta come into play. Dryfta is designed to make the labyrinthine event management process straightforward, efficient, and far more productive. The forthcoming guide will delve deeply into how Dryfta can be leveraged to bring out the best in your university events, ensuring they are both memorable and seamlessly organized.

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How to Run a Profitable and Successful Events for College Students

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If you are a student at a university, chances are you have thought about organizing an event. It’s a great way to build your professional network, develop leadership skills and meet lots of new people. But organizing an undergraduate student event isn’t always easy. You need to find funding, recruit volunteers and create something fun for everyone to enjoy. If you get this right though, then your event will be profitable and successful for both attendees and organizers alike! Read on for all the information you need to know about how to run a profitable and successful events for college students:

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Your Guide to the Types of Events and What You Can Do With Them

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Events are a great way to get your name out there, build community, and attract new customers. Whether you’re hosting an event for a company or organization and want to maximize the benefits of this opportunity, or planning your own personal event that will be attended by family and friends, it’s important to know what types of events are available so you can choose the best one for your needs. Let’s take a look at some common types of events:

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How Rising Inflation Impacts Events & Conferences

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What is Inflation?

Inflation is the rising of prices and a decrease in the value of money. It can be caused by an imbalance between supply and demand or if people hoard their money rather than spend it. The U.S. economy has experienced a lot of inflation since the 1800s, making it harder for people to save and grow wealth.

One of the many consequences of rising inflation is a drop in conference attendance. With current inflation rates at their highest level since 2011, this phenomenon appears to be happening on a larger scale than ever before. In this blog post, you’ll learn about some of the direct impacts that inflation has on conferences and how you can mitigate the impact.

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10 Ways To Prevent Burnout When Planning an Event

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We all know that many factors need to be considered when planning an event. And, we also know that trying to figure out all these, along with the most minuscule details, can easily drive almost anyone into a wall. So, before you reach that breaking point while on your pursuit of the perfect event, here are 10 different ways you can alleviate stress and prevent a burnout while planning an event.

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5 Common Problems Event Planners Face

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Event planning includes many different aspects, from picking out the right venue, organizing the catering, ensuring that that everything is coordinated, right down to the most minuscule detail and many other elaborate, important tasks. However, when managing all these at the same time, there will bound to be some slip-ups here and there and we are well aware of those things. Which is why we have decided to put together a list of five of the most common issues that are faced by event planners or managers when they plan for events, so that you don’t make the same mistake too. What are we waiting for, let’s dive right in!

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4 Advantages of Cloud-Based Event Management Software

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Many people are under the impression that event management is somewhat an easy task to accomplish, but only those who are actually in the field would know how many details need to be looked after for a single event to run as smoothly as possible. And it would be a difficult feat to keep track of all these little details separately, which is why most event managers enlist the help of an event management software that helps them to integrate all these components that are required to organize an event, into a single, easy-to-manage platform.

Out of all the several types of event management software that are available in the market, there seems to be a preference for cloud-based event management software. Why, you ask? Let’s find out what the advantages of a cloud-based event management software are and you’ll see why it’s one of the most preferred among event managers and planners.

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How To Find & Onboard The Right Speakers For Your Event

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Most event organizers or hosts make the common mistake of chasing the biggest names in the industry to speak at their events. While this may pay off largely, it shouldn’t be the sole driving point to you finding your event the right speaker.

The mantra is to bag a speaker who has the ability to connect with audiences, compliments your event’s core ideas and brings ideas to the table that your audience can carry with them as important takeaways.

We’ve put together a comprehensive checklist to arrive at one such speaker for your upcoming event.

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How To Turn Your Passion For Event Planning Into A Career

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Event planning is something that almost anyone is capable of doing. From meeting vendors, to figuring out the what the clients need, right up to the actual planning, picking out the venue and organizing everything to a T, there are lots of people out there that have a knack for it. Even if you’ve only had experience planning family gatherings or birthday parties, that itself is part of event planning.

But, many are in the dark about how to turn their passion for event management and planning into a full-fledged career. Although it’s not a bed of roses to be a great event planner, with a little bit of hard work and additional skills, you can make your passion a full-time career option. Here are some tips on how to follow your dreams and make a career out of your love for event planning.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Use An Event Management Software

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Event planning and execution can be a handful, especially if you do event management on a large scale and have to juggle working on two or three different events at the same time. And trust me, no one wants to be dealing with a ton of different spreadsheets, documents and any tasks that may fall through the cracks and cause your event to be incomplete.

Which is why event planners turned to technology for help and came up with an event management software. With an event management software, you’ll have all the things you need for your event planning and management rolled-into one i.e. no more hassle or missing details. Let’s go deeper into the reasons why you need to be using an event management software right now.

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