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Face to face online networking

If you follow the #eventprofs hashtag on Twitter, you might have seen some talk between me, Eric Lukazewski, Heidi Thorne, Lindsey Rosenthal and a few others about a weekly video chat we’ve been experimenting with. Here’s the scoop.

Attendee driven conferences: An interview with Adrian Segar

Adrian Segar is a former elementary particle physicist who, dissatisfied with traditional conferences, created the first peer conference in 1992, and has been refining it ever since. His book, Conferences that Work, is a one-stop resource of practical information and tools to help plan and facilitate a safe and supportive attendee-driven peer conference.

I was fortunate [...]

Finding the right audio visual match for your event

photo by Karen Horton

If only there were an E-Harmony for event planners and AV companies!

In lieu of that, I offer a few tips that may save you time, energy and money in the latest issue of Planet Planit’s Event IQ

#EIR – RETWEET! The battle cry of social media marketing

OK. I’m a BIG proponent of the retweet. In fact, I think it’s a great philosophy for life. I got really romantic about it recently in a guest blog article I wrote for the awesome Liz King of Liz King Events. Please check it out and let me know what you think!!

Event Supplier of Year @PinkDeb: Be a resource for your clients

Debra Roth, owner/operator of Pink Inc. Design fabric structures (aka @PinkDeb on Twitter) paid a visit to the Coachella Valley over the weekend. She very graciously invited me to spend a little time with her and her friend Mark Musters of Studio Mamu, at a polo match not far from my home in La [...]

On Twitter what you don’t say is as important as what you do say

The following is a guest blog article by Eric Lukazewski. If you are interested in guest blogging for Sound n’ Sight, please read my guest blogging guidelines .

Your Best Messages Are The Ones You Keep Quiet

I’m a big sports fan. Strike that: HUGE sports fan. I live and grew up in Chicago and witnessed [...]

What to look for in an online event community

The following is the second part of my interview with The Social Collective’s Clinton Bonner concerning online event communities. Please go to “Online communities for events: An interview with Clinton Bonner” for part 1.

Jenise: It seems that there are more and more choices when it comes to choosing an event community service. What [...]

Online communities for events; an interview with Clinton Bonner

It seems only natural that in their quest to increase opportunities for attendees to network and extract more value from events, planners have turned to social media.Twitter and the use of hashtags, webcasting and virtual conferencing are becoming more and more common place.

All serve to help spread information and nurture a community. But companies [...]

Event professionals you should know: Paul Cook of Planet Planit

Paul Cook is a master networker. His friendliness, kindness and eagerness to promote others on Twitter causes people to take notice. (Paul was actually one of the first event professionals I came to know on Twitter despite the fact that he lives in the UK and I’m a California girl.)

When I did a [...]

How to make a name for yourself: Liz King on the value of branding

If you follow events news on Twitter, you’ve probably come across Liz King, owner of Liz King Events. An avid tweetor, posting a wealth of information on events, social media and branding, Liz has been in the events business since 2003 and prides herself on being extremely detail oriented and an expert at [...]

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