Event Staging
Future Technologies for Events
Ground-breaking innovations are around the corner: robot bartenders that receive orders via apps, 3-D printing models, self-driving cars that drop off attendees and park themselves, augmented reality for meetings, and combining video projection mapping with audio. All of these technologies are either here right now, will be available to planners soon, or are on the drawing board of meetings industry visionaries.
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One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other
Have you ever received quotes from two companies and there was a huge discrepancy in price? What did you think? My reaction is usually, “Hey, this one looks like a great deal! I wonder what the catch is…” Sometimes there’s a difference because you’re legitimately getting a good price. Sometimes the discrepancy is because the quotes aren’t for the same thing. It’s important to do an “apples to apples” comparison so you receive the services you expect and avoid additional charges later. Here are some differences to look for in audio visual / event staging proposals:
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8 Ways to Improve your Set Design on a Budget
Have you ever walked into an event expecting to be “wowed” and left wanting more? Chances are the majority of us have experienced (or planned) an event that lacks flair and depends solely on the features of the venue.
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IMS Wins Excellence in Business Award
IMS recently won the National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) 2016 Excellence in Business award in the category of employee engagement.
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So You Want to Be an Event Planner
Planning events as a career sounds like the ultimate job: you travel the world, select (and eat) gourmet foods, and enjoy beautiful venues that cater to you and your client’s every need, versus commuting to a desk job every day.
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Ten Techs Trending Now!
The future of event staging technology will focus on engagement, personalization, augmentation and collaboration. Attendees already crave the ability to work smarter and more productively together. Building stronger personal connections while being able to navigate through clutter and non-relevance is ever-present. The need to WOW an audience never left, but is evolving faster than many can adapt.
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Top 15 Destinations for Meetings
In a recent research paper compiled by Cvent, these cities rank as the most popular meeting destinations.<
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Spotlight on Simeone Foundation Auto Museum
As one of the few venues in the Philadelphia region that can comfortably accommodate up to 2000 guests for a cocktail reception (1000 seated dinner) and over three acres of paved free parking, why would you look anywhere else?
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6 Tips for Planning Internet at Your Event
It’s Friday night and you’ve decided to eat at a pleasant looking restaurant. You order food, and after putting in the order your server comes back to the table and asks if you’d like to continue to use chairs as well. She lets you know the restaurant is pleased to offer chairs at $.16 per pound of occupant. Crazy right? Sure you can eat dinner without a chair, but obviously it’s not the experience you’d like. But you already picked a place and ordered, changing restaurants now is going to be a hassle…
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