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What Do Meeting Planners Expect and Want from Speakers? 31 Jan 2013 | 12:51 am
Originally published in the National Speaker Association’s Professional Speaker magazine (Updated May 2012) I have seen both sides of planning meetings: 18 years as a meeting planner running citywide ...
1 of 13 Meetings Technology Predictions for 2013 17 Jan 2013 | 12:53 am
©2012 Corbin Ball These are exciting times. The rate of technology change is accelerating with thousands of ideas, apps and innovations bubbling up to help meeting planners, exhibitors, venues and att...
8 of 13 Meetings Technology Predictions for 2013 16 Jan 2013 | 08:26 pm
8. Internet video will see unprecedented growth for event marketing, communication and audience engagement. Internet video has great opportunities for used for events. Videos can engage viewers, can i...
Going Native: iPad use is on the rise and event planners see the advantages 10 Jan 2013 | 12:52 am
It’s no surprise that attendees are using the iPad more than ever at conferences and meetings. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads during the first quarter of 2012, according to apple.com. The device is ...
6 of 13 Meetings Technology Predictions for 2013 3 Jan 2013 | 08:24 pm
6. Event Wi-Fi problems will get worse before getting better. This demand for Wi-Fi at events is growing by high double-digit numbers each year. Tablet computers, on average, use 400% more bandwidth ...
Meetings & Tradeshows– There’s A Mobile App for That! 31 Dec 2012 | 12:49 am
In 2000, I made the following prediction at the CIC Forum in Washington DC: “Mobile phones will morph into ‘widgets’ (wireless internet devices for geo-positioning, ecommerce and telecommunication).” ...
Using Video to Promote and Extend the Life of Your Events 14 Nov 2012 | 08:05 pm
©2012 Corbin Ball Associates Internet video is seeing unprecedented growth for communication and marketing. This paper will cover this impact of this growth for promoting and extending the life of eve...
New Meetings Innovation Trends Highlighted with EIBTM’s 2012 Technology Watch 9 Nov 2012 | 02:56 am
©2012 Corbin Ball, Chair of the EIBTM Technology Watch Judging Committee The EIBTM Technology Watch is the most significant and longest running technology award for the meetings industry. The goals ar...
What Do Event Planners Want from Speakers? 2 Jun 2012 | 02:33 am
Originally published in the National Speaker Association’s Professional Speaker magazine, July/August 2004 Issue (Updated May 2012) I have seen both sides of planning meetings: 18 years as a meeting ...
The Paperless Conference Binder – Using Tablet Computers and iPads at Events 4 May 2012 | 10:15 am
Meeting planners need to track a myriad of details at events (catering orders/guarantees, room/AV sets, staffing, exhibitor requirements, registration numbers, decorator details, entertainment, speake...
