Event Technology
A Tech Solution to Food Waste
Atlanta-based startup Goodr has delivered 30 million meals and diverted nearly 5 million pounds in total of food waste from landfills.
Meetings and Your Brain: Drawing a Joy Connection
In an experiment, a meeting session using the Piccles online drawing platform generated the greatest amount of happiness, validating research that connects drawing to decreased stress.
Navigating Rising AV Costs for Events: ’It’s Not 2019 Anymore’
Skyrocketing travel and equipment costs and a sudden talent shortage — pandemic-prompted trends have made affordable audiovisual services a challenge since the return of face-to-face events. Event organizers and suppliers talk about their pain points, how to mitigate costs, and the importance of communication.
Where to Start on Your Event Data Journey
Whether it is digital, hybrid, or in-person, an event’s content is an abundant source of data, says the CEO of an events analytics company.
Using Event Data to Chart a Path Forward
Collecting data about events is critical, but planners need to communicate those stats and numbers through a compelling story that helps stakeholders take action. Here’s how to get started.
3 Steps to Impactful Data Storytelling
Telling stories about events and audiences is crucial to getting a message across — and that includes narratives about data, says author Nancy Duarte, who shares three ways to do that.
Event Data: Translating Numbers Into Concrete Ideas
Numbers are essential to our everyday lives. Even though we use them all the time, we are missing the opportunity to make data and numbers less abstract and more understandable, say the authors of a new book.
Making Emotions Count in Your Event Data
How can you measure engagement at a physiological level? It turns out there’s a tool for that.
Notified Executive Allie Magyar: ‘You’re Not Confined by Your Title’
From street racing to startups, serial entrepreneur Allie Magyar shares the highs and lows that come with forging your own path.
3 Trends and Events: Rewilding Spaces, Foraged Cocktails, and Metawork
Wunderman Thompson’s recent trend report, “The Future 100: 2022,” identifies 100 trends across industries. Three of those — rewilding spaces, foraged cocktails, and metawork — already are evident in the events landscape but could become even bigger influences in the future.
PCMA EduCon Speaker Andrew Davis on Innovating for the Future of Events
At PCMA EduCon 2022, marketing expert Andrew Davis will share his theory on why you need a box to think outside the box.
Holograms Are Giving Events the ‘Beam Me Up’ Experience
Holograms — 3D-image projections — are increasingly making their way into corporate headquarters and onto stages for conferences. Here’s what the technology can and can’t do. Yet.