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10 Hot Trends For Sustainable Events

10 Hot Trends For Sustainable Events

10 Hot Trends For Sustainable Events Sustainable events are gaining popularity because not only are they fun, they are designed to help the planet. Even small efforts to be more sustainable can greatly benefit your community. Here are 10 trends you could incorporate...

Boosting Attendee Time In The Exhibit Hall

Boosting Attendee Time In The Exhibit Hall

  In order to boost attendee time in the exhibit hall, it’s important to remember what the purpose of the exhibit hall is exactly. The exhibit hall creates a space for vendors to connect with customers as well as demo products. The more time attendees spend in the...

5 Ways to Incorporate Virtual Reality at Your Next Event

5 Ways to Incorporate Virtual Reality at Your Next Event

  Virtual reality is taking the event planning industry by storm. Utilizing new technology helps keeps your brand exciting and relevant, not to mention, fun! So what is virtual reality? It is a computer-simulated experience that takes users to a alternate world....

How to Successfully Plan an Unforgettable Festival or Outdoor Event

How to Successfully Plan an Unforgettable Festival or Outdoor Event

Outdoor festivals and big events can be magical for attendees. Warm weather during the day and star-studded nights make open-air venues appealing to everyone. Planning for big events such as these requires lots of forethought. Weather can be uncooperative, security...

How Event Planners Can Support Marketers in Getting Attendees

How Event Planners Can Support Marketers in Getting Attendees

  ​We recently planned a large and very expensive event for a client. We were not involved in any marketing or awareness campaigns for the event, just the production and execution. At the end of the day, the number of attendees fell short. Here are some ways event...

Tried and True Strategies for Effective Meetings

Tried and True Strategies for Effective Meetings

The blank stare is something you want to avoid at any event, at any cost. Whether it is a weekly internal office meeting or a conference with invited attendees, meeting planners should know how to keep any type of meeting on schedule and running smoothly and...

Two Events, One Town: How to Handle Event Conflicts

Two Events, One Town: How to Handle Event Conflicts

  Strategic Event Design executes an annual, exclusive event for a VIP client every year at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. In 2019, the second weekend of the film festival (which is becoming increasingly popular) conflicts with the FIS World...

VIP Experiences: Why Exclusive Access is Key

VIP Experiences: Why Exclusive Access is Key

When entertaining VIP clients, it’s not enough to simply get them into an event. To heighten the event experience, exclusive access is key. Oftentimes, this means getting into an event first and most likely for the highest price. For example, one of SED’s clients...

How Apps Can Help Improve Event Attendance & Punctuality

How Apps Can Help Improve Event Attendance & Punctuality

  You want the best event experience for your attendees and of course, there is an app for that! There are actually quite a few apps that can help improve event attendance, communication and punctuality. Here are a couple that we like and why we see them as being...

Event Agenda Sample & Tips

Event Agenda Sample & Tips

  Hosting a large event and need to keep things progressing? An event agenda is a must, but there are some best practices that should be followed. To get your event on point, here is an event agenda sample and a few quick tips. The Agenda This event agenda sample is a...

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