If you are still using a pen and paper to do all your work, in this day in age, then you have been making more work for yourself than is necessary. There are many benefits associated with going paperless for an Event, and here are a few of them   1. Getting registrants to register online removes all the hassle of manually taking registrations and reducing time...
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  Pinterest is rapidly gaining momentum among users of the social sphere. According to  Maximiser , a web optimization company, users pin pictures to express themselves, remind themselves of things to buy and places to visit, sharing and recommending things to others, and learning and discovering new topics.   So how can event planners use Pinterest for event...
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  Go Big Event is excited to announce the upcoming release of GBE 2.0!   What is GBE 2.0 and what is in it for me? After 5 years of helping event planners achieve success with their events, we are happy to reveal that we have been working on a modernized and revamped system to help run events easier than ever before. The new system, GBE 2.0, will allow you to setup, market,...
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There are several things that an event needs to be successful: Great venue, fantastic speakers, agenda for all different kinds of people and the list goes on. One of the toughest things to do is gain sponsorship for an event. Whether it is a financial donation to help the event run, a prize donation for a golf tournament or a donation of a person’s time to speak at an event, all sponsorships...
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With winter behind us and the busy season for event planners ahead of us, here are the top 7 event venues in Edmonton:   The Fairmont Hotel MacDonald   The Fairmont Hotel MacDonald’s state-of-the-art meeting facilities, along with on-the-spot office amenities, make it easy to conduct business. Every detail has...
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  Three months ago, I tossed away my paper notebooks, stopped printing emails and starting using an iPad, in their place, at work. Weighing plenty of options and deciding to make this transition was a no brainer, technology is there for us to use and take advantage of. At first, it felt very strange not having that pen or pencil in my hand to write down notes from meetings and phone...
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  We’ve all been there. We attend a networking event by ourselves and come to find out that everyone is already in their own tightly knit groups. This makes it difficult for somebody new to meet other people. As an event planner, this is something you want to avoid happening at your networking events. Rather than setting strict rules and guidelines for your attendees to follow, you want...
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  Advertising future events can seem like a daunting task to some event planners. Here are 8 suggestions to get the word out about your events. 1.) One of the most functional ways to advertise your event can be through an Online Registration Site. Pick a site that is easy to use and can capture all the information you would like for share about your event. The great thing about online...
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  Going to conferences and events can be a great place to meet and interact with other attendees with the same interests and goals in mind. For social media rookies there are several ways it can help you grow your network of contacts. From tweeting live real-time feeds about presenters, using event hashtags, sharing information on event Facebook pages and taking and sharing photos from the...
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  Go Big Event is seeing an increased number of events that are being streamed online. This is a way to increase traffic to your events and provide attendees an alternative to showing up in person to events that may be in a different city or at a time that is not convenient for them. 1. Webcasting an event provides plenty of benefits to event planners, including: 2. Creates...
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