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Resource Guide: Event Technology

by Smart Meetings

June 27, 2024

Learning Language concept with person using a laptop on a white table

2024

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Brandt Krueger's Smart Tech

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Savvy Marketing Activation Tips From a 20,000-Person Virtual Edutainment Experience

Guru Media Hub’s Jay Schwedelson just may’ve cracked the code to creating fun, engaging virtual experiences.

2022

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Event Holograms: Q&A with Larry O’Reilly

Hologram tech is no longer limited to big-budget events or sci-fi films. Larry O’Reilly, CEO of ARHY Media, said it has changed dramatically.

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Cvent Connect Lays Out Event Tech Roadmap to Meet Growing Hybrid Demand

When is a user conference more than an outsized demo? When more than 12,000 gather in person and virtually to see what it’s all about.

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5 Reasons for Embracing Hybrid Experiences

Just because we can meet in person, doesn’t mean that is the only solution. Given all the technology and our experience and understanding of the virtual space, why would our meetings and events ever remain the same?

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How BuzzCast Is Leveraging NFTs and Blockchain to Connect People—and You Can Too

Have you heard of Web3? It’s the nascent, third generation of the internet. It promises more democratization via blockchain tech and NFTs.

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Hubilo's MIX 2022 Asked Enduring Experiential Questions

The day-long presentation by Hubilo mixed content from three major in-person hubs, along with thousands from around the world attending remotely

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Tracking Your Group’s Carbon Footprint Now a Reality

CWT recently launched a point-of-sale carbon footprint indicator for its myCWT mobile and web app, as part of it $100 million investment in its platform. This is one step as part of a global effort in decreasing travelers’ carbon footprint.

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Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix

Mark Zuckerberg was recently interviewed about all things metaverse. For meeting profs, he revealed two things that’ll change how groups meet.

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Language Interpretation Is the Next Wave in Virtual Meetings

Planning an event in multiple languages can be challenging, but the latest in language interpretation software is making it more accessible, effective and efficient.

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Mergers and Partnerships Advance Hybrid Technology Choices

Hybrid technology has come a long way. Hundreds of companies are starting to come together in multi-feature platforms.

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8 Engagement Tips for Your Next Hybrid Event

Hybrid events are incredibly accessible, as they can transcend barriers of scale and geography. Find out 8 ways to maximize that.

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Automation in F&B Inches Closer to Domination

Robot in the hospitality industry are moving beyond chatbots and automated telephone operators and into roles formerly for humans.

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New Realms, New Ideas: Virtual Reality Tech Is Transforming Events, Experiences

The next generation of virtual reality can deliver so much more than pretty worlds through clunky goggles. VR is making its way into events.

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Acquisition to Enhance Breakout Rooms Could be First Step Toward Zoomiverse

Software company twine has acquired the relationship-building technology company Glimpse. Is this the evolution of virtual meetings?

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What Meeting Professionals Can Learn from the Metaverse

The Metaverse won’t replicate real life. But tech advances are improving on in-the-flesh experiences in some key ways. We asked Liesl Leary-Perez, vice president of corporate marketing with Hubilo, about the engagement trends that will impact events in 2022.

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MeetingPlay and Aventri Merge as First Big Event Tech Deal of 2022

Event platform MeetingPlay and meeting management SaaS provider Aventri announced today that they will merge to create a full-service event software company, in what is the first big event tech merger of 2022.

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Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Tech Updates You Need Now

After two years of testing streaming platforms, meeting professionals are asking for more comprehensive solutions and a number of event technology companies have risen to the challenge. We rounded up some of the recent announcements you need to know now to move ahead empowered to deliver regardless of what emergency hits the headlines in the coming months.

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Tech Tips From the Top: Breaking Barriers and Defining Hybrid

Smart Chat Live!: Event tech leaders talk the importance of knowing your team, your tech, your attendees, and where to start.

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Metaverse Replicas of Event Venues Make Site Inspections Faster, Easier and Greener

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What Do NFTs and the Metaverse Offer Planners?

Whether it’s a money grab or the genuine beginnings of a new type of internet, there seems to be some appeal to buying and investing in property in the Metaverse and web3, details of which aren’t straightforward. What does this mean for corporate event planning?

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When Do Event Pros Need to Start Thinking about the Metaverse?

Will physical events move to the metaverse? Should you cancel that site visit to Vegas? Gilles Bertaux, CEO and founder of online video event company Livestorm, shares his take at the link.

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The Evolution of Meetings: Lessons for Navigating a Hybrid Future

With the pandemic easing, the industry is just learning this now. After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance.

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Winning at Maximizing Virtual Audience Engagement: 10 Fun Ideas from Dahlia El Gazzar

If you truly want to win at engaging audiences, the key is to develop a solid plan and a strategy filled with surprise and delight moments. Identify who is responsible for executing the engagement tactics and very clear KPIs.

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Make Hybrid Events Worth Every Dollar for Virtual Attendees

Approximately 80% of virtual events are free, according to the Evolution of Events Report. With so many attendees used to free events, expectations are high for paid events.

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10 Important Technology Questions to Ask in Your Next RFP

While we’re excited to welcome back face-to-face events, we know that attendees and companies require flexibility. This means virtual and hybrid events aren’t going away anytime soon. Here are 10 questions to get that conversation rolling.

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How to Harness the Lasting Power of Virtual Meetings

Event marketers are ramping up in-person events with the proliferation of tech specifically focused on video conferencing.

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Smart Tech: The Great Resignation

Long before the “Great Resignation,” I’ve been on shows where a tech had to be removed because they most likely had been drinking or smoking pot on the job, so it can absolutely happen on any event in any location. Instead, it very much seems like we’re feeling the pinch of the brain drain so many of us feared was going to hit the industry as we brought in-person events back in the mix.

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DIY Car and Train Booking App Could Ease Transportation Inflation

Do you sometimes wish you could book the most reasonably priced rental car by clicking a few buttons on your phone? The travel management company CWT just added car rental and train booking to their app and website to give travelers more independence in making their reservations at a time when travel costs are reaching historic highs.

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Layoffs and Fresh Investments in Virtual Meeting Platforms Mark Next Stage in Streaming Evolution

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How to Zoom Your Events Like a Pro

Event professionals have the opportunity to create visionary events and plan meetings that replicate the vibrancy and liveliness that existed in person while enjoying the flexibility and safety that a hybrid/online event provides . Here are the best ways to maximize the potential of virtual events and meetings.

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How AI-driven Wi-Fi Can Make Your Events Better

As event profs are aware, Wi-Fi is one of many issues that can go wrong at your event. Introducing AI to solve your Wi-Fi issues could significantly increase the quality of your events, detecting possible issues days before the event begins, as well as quickly tackling any issues during the event.

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What Are the Benefits of Using Crypto as a Meeting Prof?

Hotels in the United States and abroad are adopting cryptocurrencies as payment. Beyond deregulation, what benefits do they hold for meeting professionals?

2021

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Q&A on Embracing Event Tech with Sandy Hammer

We asked Sandy Hammer, co-founder of Allseatedand exVo, about embracing event tech, from seat planning to robots to Fornite.

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10 Requirements for an Interactive Hybrid Event

MeetingPlay teamed up with Marriott to roll out their Connect with Confidence hybrid meeting program. MeetingPlay CEO and founder Joe Schwinger shares his top 10 tips for an enganging and interactive event, here.

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Are You Ready for an Improved Zoom?

Fixes and enhancements for Zoom are rolling out March 1. This is what it means for meetingprofs.

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7 Phenomenal Women in Event Tech Share Their Best Advice

Tips from seasoned female event professionals: Look outside your industry for inspiration and your people matter more than your venue.

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Virtual Events are Here to Stay, and They’re Getting Better by the Day

Event producers and businesses are making plans and building platforms that could deliver compelling virtual experiences for a long time coming.

guide-thumbnail

Safe Streaming: How to Hybrid without Getting Bombed

Cybercrime is a real threat. We surveyed readers and experts to find out how to protect our companies, attendees and reputations while streaming.

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Event Tech: Survive and Thrive Guide

In the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Event Tech Survival Guide,” three industry leaders shared stories of problem solving, predictions, and how we can thrive, not just survive.

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Hybrid: Two Strategies, One Powerful Marketing Product

How can marketers create hybrid events that resonate with physical and virtual attendees while delivering ROI for hosts, sponsors and exhibitors? In this new era, event organizers must develop strategies for each audience.

2025

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Off-Broadway Tips for Designing Accessible Events

The Theater Center in Times Square has a lot of helpful tips to share with meeting professionals, such as app-facilitated parking and AI translation technology.

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The 7 Biggest AV Mistakes Meeting Planners Make—and How to Avoid Them

That staleness of an event often shows up first and foremost in audiovisual. Yet AV is also one of the most flexible tools planners have to make experiences feel fresh, immersive and emotionally resonant.

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Event Tech: The Future is Now

Event tech is transforming experiences as companies like wonderMakr, Databricks, Exhibit Force, Altitude Exhibits, Voxo, and VTProDesign use AI, immersive storytelling, and centralized tools to boost engagement, streamline logistics, and create memorable, emotionally impactful events that connect with attendees.

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Bridging the Gap: The Key to Engaging Gen Z

Freeman's recent study, "2025 Gen Z Report," highlights the young generation's relationship to technology and how they feel events impact their professional development. Smart Meetings chatted with Mickey Wilson, Freeman's CMO, to discuss what their report means for planners looking to engage Gen Z within event spaces better.

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Smart Tech: The Race to Data Security

How can you ensure your attendees' information is safe? We asked experts, including information security veterans at Maritz, about what meeting profs need to protect attendee data.

2024

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Savvy Marketing Activation Tips From a 20,000-Person Virtual Edutainment Experience

Guru Media Hub's Jay Schwedelson just may've cracked the code to creating fun, engaging virtual experiences.

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Brandt Krueger’s Smart Tech

2022

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What Are the Benefits of Using Crypto as a Meeting Prof?

Hotels in the United States and abroad are adopting cryptocurrencies as payment. Beyond deregulation, what benefits do they hold for meeting professionals?

guide-thumbnail

How AI-driven Wi-Fi Can Make Your Events Better

As event profs are aware, Wi-Fi is one of many issues that can go wrong at your event. Introducing AI to solve your Wi-Fi issues could significantly increase the quality of your events, detecting possible issues days before the event begins, as well as quickly tackling any issues during the event.

guide-thumbnail

How to Zoom Your Events Like a Pro

Event professionals have the opportunity to create visionary events and plan meetings that replicate the vibrancy and liveliness that existed in person while enjoying the flexibility and safety that a hybrid/online event provides . Here are the best ways to maximize the potential of virtual events and meetings.

guide-thumbnail

Layoffs and Fresh Investments in Virtual Meeting Platforms Mark Next Stage in Streaming Evolution

A long-anticipated reckoning after the boom of investment in virtual meeting platforms during Covid and an aggressive return to in-person events has sent many streaming platform companies scrambling to position themselves in the best light for a possible looming merger and acquisition season. For some companies such as Bizzabo and Hopin, that has resulted in […]

guide-thumbnail

DIY Car and Train Booking App Could Ease Transportation Inflation

Do you sometimes wish you could book the most reasonably priced rental car by clicking a few buttons on your phone? The travel management company CWT just added car rental and train booking to their app and website to give travelers more independence in making their reservations at a time when travel costs are reaching historic highs.

guide-thumbnail

Smart Tech: The Great Resignation

Long before the “Great Resignation,” I’ve been on shows where a tech had to be removed because they most likely had been drinking or smoking pot on the job, so it can absolutely happen on any event in any location. Instead, it very much seems like we’re feeling the pinch of the brain drain so many of us feared was going to hit the industry as we brought in-person events back in the mix.

guide-thumbnail

How to Harness the Lasting Power of Virtual Meetings

Event marketers are ramping up in-person events with the proliferation of tech specifically focused on video conferencing.

guide-thumbnail

Metaverse Replicas of Event Venues Make Site Inspections Faster, Easier and Greener

The process of picking the perfect event venue is a time-consuming one. It can take hours of driving and flying that many planners can’t spare. RendezVerse, a new Metaverse-based company, revealed its plan to dramatically reduce time and resources spent on-site inspections. In collaboration with some of the most well-known hotels around the world—namely InterContinental […]

guide-thumbnail

10 Important Technology Questions to Ask in Your Next RFP

While we’re excited to welcome back face-to-face events, we know that attendees and companies require flexibility. This means virtual and hybrid events aren’t going away anytime soon. Here are 10 questions to get that conversation rolling.

guide-thumbnail

What Do NFTs and the Metaverse Offer Planners?

Whether it’s a money grab or the genuine beginnings of a new type of internet, there seems to be some appeal to buying and investing in property in the Metaverse and web3, details of which aren’t straightforward. What does this mean for corporate event planning?

guide-thumbnail

Make Hybrid Events Worth Every Dollar for Virtual Attendees

Approximately 80% of virtual events are free, according to the Evolution of Events Report. With so many attendees used to free events, expectations are high for paid events.

guide-thumbnail

Winning at Maximizing Virtual Audience Engagement: 10 Fun Ideas from Dahlia El Gazzar

If you truly want to win at engaging audiences, the key is to develop a solid plan and a strategy filled with surprise and delight moments. Identify who is responsible for executing the engagement tactics and very clear KPIs.

guide-thumbnail

Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Tech Updates You Need Now

After two years of testing streaming platforms, meeting professionals are asking for more comprehensive solutions and a number of event technology companies have risen to the challenge. We rounded up some of the recent announcements you need to know now to move ahead empowered to deliver regardless of what emergency hits the headlines in the coming months.

guide-thumbnail

The Evolution of Meetings: Lessons for Navigating a Hybrid Future

With the pandemic easing, the industry is just learning this now. After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance.

guide-thumbnail

Tech Tips From the Top: Breaking Barriers and Defining Hybrid

Smart Chat Live!: Event tech leaders talk the importance of knowing your team, your tech, your attendees, and where to start.

guide-thumbnail

Event Holograms: Q&A with Larry O’Reilly

Hologram tech is no longer limited to big-budget events or sci-fi films. Larry O'Reilly, CEO of ARHY Media, said it has changed dramatically.

guide-thumbnail

Cvent Connect Lays Out Event Tech Roadmap to Meet Growing Hybrid Demand

When is a user conference more than an outsized demo? When more than 12,000 gather in person and virtually to see what it's all about.

guide-thumbnail

5 Reasons for Embracing Hybrid Experiences

Just because we can meet in person, doesn’t mean that is the only solution. Given all the technology and our experience and understanding of the virtual space, why would our meetings and events ever remain the same?

guide-thumbnail

How BuzzCast Is Leveraging NFTs and Blockchain to Connect People—and You Can Too

Have you heard of Web3? It's the nascent, third generation of the internet. It promises more democratization via blockchain tech and NFTs.

guide-thumbnail

Hubilo’s MIX 2022 Asked Enduring Experiential Questions

The day-long presentation by Hubilo mixed content from three major in-person hubs, along with thousands from around the world attending remotely

guide-thumbnail

Tracking Your Group’s Carbon Footprint Now a Reality

CWT recently launched a point-of-sale carbon footprint indicator for its myCWT mobile and web app, as part of it $100 million investment in its platform. This is one step as part of a global effort in decreasing travelers' carbon footprint.

guide-thumbnail

Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix

Mark Zuckerberg was recently interviewed about all things metaverse. For meeting profs, he revealed two things that'll change how groups meet.

guide-thumbnail

Language Interpretation Is the Next Wave in Virtual Meetings

Planning an event in multiple languages can be challenging, but the latest in language interpretation software is making it more accessible, effective and efficient.

guide-thumbnail

Mergers and Partnerships Advance Hybrid Technology Choices

Hybrid technology has come a long way. Hundreds of companies are starting to come together in multi-feature platforms.

guide-thumbnail

8 Engagement Tips for Your Next Hybrid Event

Hybrid events are incredibly accessible, as they can transcend barriers of scale and geography. Find out 8 ways to maximize that.

guide-thumbnail

Automation in F&B Inches Closer to Domination

Robot in the hospitality industry are moving beyond chatbots and automated telephone operators and into roles formerly for humans.

guide-thumbnail

New Realms, New Ideas: Virtual Reality Tech Is Transforming Events, Experiences

The next generation of virtual reality can deliver so much more than pretty worlds through clunky goggles. VR is making its way into events.

guide-thumbnail

Acquisition to Enhance Breakout Rooms Could be First Step Toward Zoomiverse

Software company twine has acquired the relationship-building technology company Glimpse. Is this the evolution of virtual meetings?

guide-thumbnail

What Meeting Professionals Can Learn from the Metaverse

The Metaverse won’t replicate real life. But tech advances are improving on in-the-flesh experiences in some key ways. We asked Liesl Leary-Perez, vice president of corporate marketing with Hubilo, about the engagement trends that will impact events in 2022.

guide-thumbnail

When Do Event Pros Need to Start Thinking about the Metaverse?

Will physical events move to the metaverse? Should you cancel that site visit to Vegas? Gilles Bertaux, CEO and founder of online video event company Livestorm, shares his take at the link.

guide-thumbnail

MeetingPlay and Aventri Merge as First Big Event Tech Deal of 2022

Event platform MeetingPlay and meeting management SaaS provider Aventri announced today that they will merge to create a full-service event software company, in what is the first big event tech merger of 2022.

2021

guide-thumbnail

Hybrid: Two Strategies, One Powerful Marketing Product

How can marketers create hybrid events that resonate with physical and virtual attendees while delivering ROI for hosts, sponsors and exhibitors? In this new era, event organizers must develop strategies for each audience.

guide-thumbnail

Event Tech: Survive and Thrive Guide

In the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Event Tech Survival Guide,” three industry leaders shared stories of problem solving, predictions, and how we can thrive, not just survive.

guide-thumbnail

Safe Streaming: How to Hybrid without Getting Bombed

Cybercrime is a real threat. We surveyed readers and experts to find out how to protect our companies, attendees and reputations while streaming.

guide-thumbnail

Virtual Events are Here to Stay, and They’re Getting Better by the Day

Event producers and businesses are making plans and building platforms that could deliver compelling virtual experiences for a long time coming.

guide-thumbnail

Are You Ready for an Improved Zoom?

Fixes and enhancements for Zoom are rolling out March 1. This is what it means for meetingprofs.

guide-thumbnail

10 Requirements for an Interactive Hybrid Event

MeetingPlay teamed up with Marriott to roll out their Connect with Confidence hybrid meeting program. MeetingPlay CEO and founder Joe Schwinger shares his top 10 tips for an enganging and interactive event, here.

guide-thumbnail

Q&A on Embracing Event Tech with Sandy Hammer

We asked Sandy Hammer, co-founder of Allseatedand exVo, about embracing event tech, from seat planning to robots to Fornite.

guide-thumbnail

7 Phenomenal Women in Event Tech Share Their Best Advice

Tips from seasoned female event professionals: Look outside your industry for inspiration and your people matter more than your venue.

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