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How To Host The Best Partner Marketing Conference
Today's #EventIcons guests recently launched a conference in 90 days, growing their attendance from 0 to 5,000 people. That event was a fantastic PLX conference focuse...
Event Professional Education and Skills with Bradley Cocks
The pandemic put a strain on everyone in the events industry, and it’s pushed some of our longest-serving professionals into other careers or even retirement, leaving ...
Talking Nomadic Living, Attendee Education, and Kindness with Ashley Lawson
Ashley Lawson is a big name in the travel meetings and incentives industry. Recently featured on the SITE Global and IMEX Instagram accounts, she’s also been featured ...
Talking Business, Burnout, and White Space with Jim Kelley
Throughout 2022, we discussed how event professionals could talk business and engage with the C-suite. We also talked about trends we witnessed and expected to see in ...
Designing The Perfect Event Attendee Arrival
Attendee arrival has changed in recent years. Before the pandemic, attendees would have booked hotels and made transportation arrangements in the days or weeks leading...
What Is Event-Led Growth?
The events industry is on the cusp of change. As we exit the pandemic era, companies are looking to understand how they can drive event growth and how events can, in t...
What’s New With C2 Montreal, The Most Innovative Conference
Event planners and organizers are always considering how to push the envelope of event design. But with progress comes risk, the risk of failure. C2 Montreal is an eve...
What Metrics Should You Use for Attendee Engagement? with Ryan Costello
On the last episode of #EventIcons, Erica Bishaf said, “A lot of organizations put about 60 - 80% of financial risk into one live event.” Unsurprisingly, companies are...
The ROI Of Building an Event Community with Erica Bishaf
Community is the hot new buzzword in the events industry, and for a good reason. The ROI of building a community is staggeringly high. A thriving and engaged community...
15 Years Of Endless Events - Special #EventIcons Broadcast
Endless Events has recently celebrated its 15th birthday and we’ve decided to mark the occasion by hosting a very special #EventIcons episode in which our listeners co...
Event Dos and Don’ts of 2021 With Vaibhav Jain
The #EventIcons podcast is back with a very special guest: Hubilo's CEO Vaibhav Jain. Hubilo is the leading global virtual and hybrid event technology company. Under V...
Top Event Planning Tips 2022 With Gianna Gaudini
After a month-long break, the #EventIcons podcast is back in all its glory! This week's iconic guest is the knowledgeable Gianna Gaudini, an event marketing strategist...
Strategizing Omicron: Cancel, Postpone, Or Pivot?
It’s been nearly two years since event planners first witnessed mass event cancelations and scrambled to plan virtual events. Since then, we have seen the landscape of...
The Power Of Human Connection In Events With Ellis Davis!
This week, the #EventIcons podcast comes with a three-day delay, but we’re so excited about this amazing episode that we couldn’t wait any longer to share it with the ...
Technical Production With Isaac Holt!
We’re back today with a very special episode of the #EventIcons podcast. Will’s guest is Isaac Holt, the Master of Technimagic at Endless Events. This week, he put on ...
The Glorious Evolution Of SXSW With Scott Wilcox!
New week, new guest, new host! #EventIcons is back with a very special episode! Recorded at Event Tech Live, Will had a great conversation about the evolution of SXSW ...
Why All Event Organizers Need An Entrepreneurial Spirit with Deanna Nwosu
Do you consider yourself an entrepreneur? Today’s iconic guest, Deanna Nwosu, thinks that all event and meeting planners should nurture an entrepreneurial spirit. She ...
The Importance of Movement at Events with Lizzy Williamson
When we talk about movement at events, our minds might go to walking around the venue at in-person events or walking to the fridge if we’re attending a virtual experie...
Deconstructing Covid Compliance with Alan Kleinfeld
Planning a safe event is by no means something that is new in the world of event planners, but it has definitely gained new meaning in the last 18 months. When we thin...
The Nitty Gritty of Virtual Event Production with Kara Gladish and Sheehan Hubbard
There is only one thing that seems to be certain in these trying times in the events industry: virtual events are here to stay, no matter the state of the pandemic and...
Partnering With Small Business for Wicked Awesome Events
The year 2020 has established itself as the year of the pivot in the events industry. Since then, countless #EventIcons guests were brought on the podcast to talk abou...
Building Events that Reflect Actual Human Interactions with Steve Gottlieb
Before the pandemic hit us, we took genuine human interactions at events for granted. Attendees mingled, networked, formed everlasting bonds, and had a great time whil...
Reimagining the Virtual Experience with Banu Kannu!
Last year, the virtual revolution completely transformed the events industry. We shifted our focus from venues to online platforms and brainstormed all kinds of ways t...
Down With The Third Party Platform with Saroosh Gull
Event platforms took the events industry by the storm. So much so that they can be considered as the new venues! There's more of them each year and some of them are ev...
The Future of Events and the Inevitable Split In Our Industry with Jason Koop
We don’t mean to beat a dead horse, yet we’re saying it again: the pandemic has drastically changed the events industry and sped up the evolution of virtual and hybrid...
Health and Wellness in the Events Industry with Johnnie White, Kristin Horstman, & Rachael Riggs
We’ve all been through a lot in this past year. Health and wellness in the events industry have never mattered more than now, which is why today, Sarah welcomes not on...
Evolution of Hybrid Models for the Next Generation Event Attendee with Jim Louderback
This week’s #EventIcons guest is one of the most respected figures in digital media. He has a 20-year history in thought leadership, experiential events, and technolog...
Marketing a Virtual Event with Kristin Horstman
#EventIcons podcast is all about talking to the cream of the events industry and getting to know what they do, how they do it, and what the current event trends are. T...
Lessons Learned At A Hybrid Event with Kelly Knowlen
Hybrid events are the perfect synergy between virtual and in-person events, but it can be quite challenging for event planners to put them together. That’s why in this...
Experimental Virtual Events With AJ Williams!
It's been a while since the industry made a tectonic shift to virtual events, and so far, we have covered the topic from nearly every angle imaginable. From choosing t...