With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown situation, more and more companies are turning to hosting virtual conferences online as a means of bringing communities together. Aside from the obvious benefit of saving resources and reaching out to a wider audience, hosting a virtual conference gives you an opportunity to create a library of video content that you can repurpose to generate qualified leads for your business. In this article, we’ll explain step-by-step how to host a virtual … [Read more...]

Creating engaging virtual events is a great way to bring in-person events online while being able to deliver value to attendees and growing your business. You’re able to save on event costs and get around operational restrictions (such as COVID-19) which makes virtual events all the more appealing for companies looking for ways to go digital. Organizing an event for remote participants obviously has its challenges but, with the right event management tool, you can create engaging virtual … [Read more...]

Learn Everything You Need to Know About Event Planning Here! Organizing a successful event requires proper event planning. Whether it’s a conference, concert, award ceremony, fundraiser, or fashion show, you need to take all of the necessary steps to plan your event. ______________________________ To set up your event for success we'll walk you step-by-step through the process of event planning and share some actionable tips and checklists along the way. We’ll also explain how you can use … [Read more...]

  As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many faith-based organizations and churches have had to reduce capacity. If this sounds familiar, you’re probably looking for an easy way to limit the capacity for church services to comply with government mandates, follow recommendations from health care organizations and ultimately keep members safe. Online event registration can help churches and faith-based organizations. In this article, we’ll explain how you can use Event Smart to … [Read more...]

Companies all over the world are working to minimize the negative impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on their business. Companies are asking employees to work from home and taking steps to deliver their offering through an online environment. In this article, we’ll take a look at how organizations are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ll also go over some tools and actionable tips you can implement to mitigate the negative effects it has on your event business and measures you can take to … [Read more...]

Just like any other holiday event, hosting a Halloween party is a lot of fun – especially when you have a solid plan in mind. Whether you’re hosting a party for kids, teens, adults, or a family event, you’ll need to make sure you have a suitable venue, theme and décor, party games, food and snacks, and a way to accept registrations. To help you organize your next Halloween party, we’ve put together this quick step-by-step guide to walk you through the process of planning the event. Along the … [Read more...]

Managing an event requires a lot of planning, management, and promotion. Whether you’re organizing a business conference, charity events, or training classes, as an event planner, it’s important to pay close attention to the details to achieve event success. With this in mind, in this article, we’ll share some quick, actionable tips to help you plan, manage, and launch successful events. But before we go through the tips, we need to understand why managing an event for your business is … [Read more...]

With the right event ticketing and registration solution, you can collect attendee information, sell tickets, and accept payments in a cost-effective way. But, there are some event ticketing tools out there that retain full control of your payouts, attendee information, and payment processing. Do you really want to give up control of these items? In this post, we’ll take a closer look at Eventbrite and explain why it isn’t the most cost-effective solution for small businesses in terms of … [Read more...]

Why communicating with your event attendees matters.  It’s not enough anymore to just sell tickets to your events and wait for your guests to show up.  With all of the different methods and ways that we can communicate with people these days, it’s important to use the available technology to reach and connect with your attendees before, during, and after your event. Establishing communication channels between your organization and prospective attendees allows  you to: Share valuable … [Read more...]