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Creating Mad Event Science

Each year 3M spends over a billion dollars on R&D. One Billion dollars! They have thousands of people working on solutions to new problems, refining existing products and just creating mad science. Event Camp Twin Cities is an innovation lab for the meetings industry. A tiny one. The event is about

Posted on 13 Jul 2011
By Samuel J Smith
In other

Shifting to Digital: the MPI World Education Conference

If your annual education conference attracts only 20% of your members what are you doing for the other 80%? How do you create and deliver education for them? How do you bring your community together? Meeting Professionals International is making some bold moves in 2011 to tackle some of these challenges.

Posted on 1 May 2011
By Samuel J Smith
In Going Digital

Social Media in Events: Beyond Facebook & Twitter

Does it seem like every post about social media in events talks about Facebook and Twitter? Do you feel like your creativity is being constrained, because so many people are talking about the same 3-4 solutions?

I do.

In a followup to my last post (Real World Likes – The Next Big Thing in Social Media in Events), I want to show you two fresh examples that will help you open your mind to new possibilities for social media at your events.

New York City Marathon 2010

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See how Asics used videos and location based tracking to help family and friends at home cheer on their marathoners. This is really cool stuff. Fans record videos and leave messages for runners. Then as the runners go past a checkpoint, the videos and messages play on large screens.

Posted on 25 Apr 2011
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Real World Likes – the Next Big Thing for Social Media in Events

What happens if I think that the ice sculpture and chocolate fountain at your event are off the hook? How do I tell my facebook friends and my twitter buddies? I have to pull out my phone, take a picture, enter a short message and upload it. I miss valuable networking

Posted on 18 Apr 2011
By Samuel J Smith
In social media

Five Wishes for the Meetings Industry in 2011

It’s January. It’s that time of year, when all of us prognosticators and pundits look into our crystal balls and make big and bold predictions about the future. Last year, I wrote an article called 10 Ways Social Media Will Transform Events. I talked about the way Social Media will transform

Posted on 3 Jan 2011
By Samuel J Smith
In other

Mission Possible: Why Volcanos, Floods and Snowstorms Can’t Stop Us From Meeting

While natural disasters throw an “unplanned” monkey wrench into the normal rhythm of our events, they don’t have to stop us from meeting. I have been impressed with the role that event technology and social media have played in events during natural disasters like snowstorms, volcanos and floods this year. Some inspiring

Posted on 6 Dec 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In event tech trends

How To Design An Effective Hybrid Event [Webcast & Slides]

Ray Hansen and I traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to record a live webcast/webinar on our Lessons Learned in Building the Hybrid Event at Event Camp Twin Cities. Here are the slides and link to the video archive from that presentation. [slideshare id=5585158&doc=ectc10casestudy-101027132325-phpapp02] Watch Archived Webcast (Watch) This presentation starts with a photo slideshow from

Posted on 1 Nov 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In hybrid / virtual

Event Analysis: Lift Conference

The Lift Conference is perceived to be a very forward thinking and innovative conference. Here is an interesting analysis from the May 2010 event that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. It will be interesting to see how they incorporate the results of this analysis into their events in 2011. [slideshare id=4653559&doc=frogdesignresearchdetailsfinal72dpi-100630144153-phpapp01] Bottom

Posted on 18 Oct 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In interaction design

GPJ’s David Rich on Bringing Digital To Events

Are you overwhelmed by colleagues wanting to add social media tools to your events? Are you wondering where to start? Start by listening this Podcast with David Rich, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing & Worldwide at George P. Johnson. David offers healthy insights and practical advice for event professionals that are

Posted on 11 Oct 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In Going Digital

Nacho Mamas Deep Fried Hybrid Event on A Stick

If Hybrid Events had fun recipe names, then the Event Camp Twin Cities hybrid event recipe would be called Nacho Mamas Deep Fried Hybrid Event On a Stick. Why? Because it sounds unhealthy, irresistible and something that you should try at least once! I imagine it just like the photo below. Why should

Posted on 25 Sep 2010
By Samuel J Smith
In hybrid / virtual

Tag : social media

New York City Marathon 2010