Posts Categorized: What’s New

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From Call for Abstracts to Schedule to Mobile Event App: How Event Management Software Can Make it Easy

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Mobile, Speakers, Surveys, What's New.

Mobile Event App

One of the most time consuming processes a conference planner can face is developing the program schedule.  If you have a call for abstracts, the process is further complicated by the need to conduct a peer review of the submissions. After the peer review process is completed, there is still the long task of coordinating the speakers and ultimately compiling the schedule.  After the program is built, you then have to push the schedule out to the attendees – real or prospective – to your website and, probably, via a mobile event app. If you are still using spreadsheets or... Read more »

kchopson

Everything you need to know to plan your reverse trade show

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Resources Reverse Trade Show, Trade Show, What's New.

Reverse Trade Show White Paper

Make Your Reverse Trade Show A Success Follow these simple tips & tricks As attendee demand for a more personalized experience continues to grow, more and more event and meeting planners are turning to the reverse trade show model. We’ve taken all of our tips and tricks for planning a successful reverse trade show and compiled them in an easy-to-read white paper just for you. Click here to download our Reverse Trade Show white paper where you’ll find: What’s the difference between a reverse trade show, flipped marketplace, and hosted buyer model? How can you best prepare your reverse trade... Read more »

kchopson

Why Your Online Conference Registration Form Should Look Like Your Web Site

Posted by & filed under Branding, Event Rebels Blog, Online Registration, What's New.

It happens all too often. An organization creates a beautiful web site for their conference or trade show, only to have their brand obscured by an online registration form that looks like a cheap invitation. Apparently someone thought that the idea of a consistent marketing message ends at the time of registration. This, of course, is a big mistake. Here is why: It breaks the fundamental rule of a consistent marketing message. The site builds up the notion that you are going to have a great conference, but the registration form has the appearance of a second-rate operation. Your brand... Read more »

kchopson

How Trade Show Management Software can drive Revenue and slash Expenses

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Resources, Resources Trade Show, Trade Show, What's New.

Did you know there is an easy way to drive trade show revenue, dramatically cut labor and paper costs, while at the same time marketing your exhibitors to your attendees? This great technology uses an interactive trade show floor map to achieve all these amazing results. Here are some of the features of such software. For the Exhibitor The software produces a floor map of your show online with all the tables and booths. For booths that are available for purchase, exhibitors can simply click on the booth and buy on the spot. Anybody can see the list of current... Read more »

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Four Easy Sponsorships for your Mobile Event App

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Mobile, Sponsorships, What's New.

Not only does the mobile event app make it easier for your attendees to navigate and engage with your meeting, it provides you a new channel for sponsorship revenue. Because almost everything in the mobile app can be tracked, you can provide great data to your sponsors. This data can a strong case for the ROI on their investment. The opportunities for mobile app sponsorships are many – here are four great possibilities. 1. Home Page Sponsorship The home page is the first page the attendee sees when the app has finished loading – it is the gateway to the... Read more »

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Trade Show Lead Retrieval App for Apple & Android Phones and Tablets!

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Mobile, QR Codes, Resources Lead Retrieval, Trade Show, What's New.

EventRebels is continuing to improve ERLead, a lead retrieval app designed to allow exhibitors and sponsors the ability to scan leads directly with their iPhone or Android smartphone, at a fraction of the cost of traditional lead retrieval hardware rental. Using QR code and smartphone technology, ERLead provides an integrated solution for exhibitors’ lead retrieval app needs. Attendee badges include a QR code that allows exhibitors to scan and access only the contact information that the meeting planner wants to share. No Hardware Onsite! Free downloadable app works on Apple and Android smartphones and tablets. The solution provides significant savings... Read more »

kchopson

Mobile Event Apps – Communication and Engagement Are Your Keys to Success

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Mobile, What's New.

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What mobile event app should you use? The American Express 2018 Global Meetings Forecast has some interesting insights into this decision. The study had one planner stating that there is still some reluctance to use event apps because of the overwhelming number of choices. So this leads to another question – what uses of a mobile event app can best benefit the organization and the attendees? According to the American Express Forecast, the two most compelling reasons are communication and engagement. In the questionnaire, improving communications seems to fall into two camps: relaying day-to-day information to the event participants; and... Read more »

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GDPR and EventRebels – What We are Doing to Help You Comply

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, GDPR and Privacy, Internet Security, Meetings Technology, What's New.

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In our background article we discussed the new European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, 2018 and what it means to meeting and event planners. One of the key takeaways from this article is that if you have just one participant who is an EU data subject involved in your event, your organization is impacted by GDPR. EventRebels believes that GDPR is a step in the right direction to protect the privacy of all Internet users. Despite the regulation being created specifically for EU citizens, we are structuring our software to allow... Read more »

kchopson

18 ways you can make a GREAT Online Registration Form for your Conference

Posted by & filed under Event Marketing, Event Rebels Blog, GDPR and Privacy, Meetings Technology, Online Registration, Surveys, What's New.

Have you ever had an online registration form that was both inflexible and unattractive? An inflexible registration form is one that does not allow you to control what fees and questions a registrant receives based on how they answered other questions on the form. An unattractive form is, well, ugly – such as a cheap looking invitation. If your online registration form has either of these qualities, you are diminishing the brand of your event and your organization. While building an event brand takes a long time of hard work, that impression can be brought down quickly by giving a... Read more »

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Are Event Planners Ready for GDPR?

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, GDPR and Privacy, Meetings Technology, What's New.

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Are you ready for May 25, 2018? That is the date that the new European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. While GDPR consolidates and builds upon prior EU regulations on privacy and data security, it is noteworthy both in its scope within the EU and its impact abroad. Does GDPR apply to my organization? The goal of GDPR is to protect the personal data of EU citizens. For organizations that process this data, the regulation seeks to ensure that personal information is handled in a secure, private and transparent fashion.  At the heart of GDPR... Read more »