event staging
Pay to Play: What Planners Need to Know About Copyright Law
Did you know that playing music under copyright at an event can get you, your company or a venue into big trouble?!
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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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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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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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Touch Screen Technology: A Trend Having a BIG Impact During Events
As the events and conference industry gears up for 2016’s busy season, planners are scrolling through their Rolodex of ideas as to how they can create a more effective general session, promote attendee engagement during breakout sessions, and generate more interaction throughout their multi-day programs.
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Global Leadership Meeting
This organization had been working with one event staging company for many years for their Global Leadership Meeting and wanted to take it to the next level. Their meeting planning company allowed IMS to bid on this conference, their largest annual event, to be held in Orlando, Florida for ten days. The client also needed a whole new stage set as their previous hard-set stage was destroyed in shipping after a previous conference. They also desired an event staging partner who could assist them to take their general sessions, breakout sessions and multiple awards presentations to the next level with upgraded audio, video, lighting, staging and content creation in Orlando.
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Hiring Translation Services
It can be challenging to find a good translation service especially if you have never worked in that country before. It can also be challenging to judge their acumen of the second language, in which you want them to translate for you.
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Going High-Tech - IMS in Mid-Atlantic Events
Jason Cataldi, CTS, VP of sales and marketing - event staging for IMS Technology Services talks about events going high-tech in the new issue of Mid-Atlantic Events.
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