eventprofs Archives - Autumn Live

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Why we’ve become a certified RingCentral Events Partner agency

Like many events agencies, the last few years have required us to research and grapple with the latest technology to ensure our services are the best they can be and we deliver the best events we can for our clients. On that journey, we found what was called Hopin Events and is now called RingCentral Events. This platform is an all-in-one solution for virtual, onsite, or hybrid events. We’ve used it dozens of times for our clients and we’ve found it to be the best solution for medium to large events where you want a high-quality hybrid and online experience, enable attendees to register easily and get lots of value from joining online.

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Digital Community Leaders Report Launch

Community, Events / By Jan

In September we delivered the launch event for the digital community leaders report 2023. We were delighted to partner with Steadfast Collective to produce the report for a second time, following the 2021 report.

The event, hosted at The RSA in London, featured two panels of experts talking through some of the key findings and themes in the report. If you\’re in or on the fringes of the growing group of digital community leaders, this is your chance to catch up on what happened.

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Event Strategy Planning for 2024

Community, Event Agency, Event Planning / By Jan

When you’re working on event strategy planning for the year ahead, its critical to consider how your events will align with your wider business planning. Here we look at a range of considerations.

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Our 7 favourite sustainable venues in London

Sustainability / By Jan

London is absolutely teeming with event venues from sophisticated private dining to world class exhibition space and everything in between. It is an event organiser’s dream destination. But how does it match up to it’s competitors for sustainable venues in London?

The event industry is learning so much about sustainability (read more about that here) that this is increasingly becoming a factor in the client request for venue options.

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Challenging the UK events industry on diversity, inclusion and equity

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Event Agency / By Jan

Diversity, inclusion, and equity in the UK events industry is an area we’d like to create positive change in.

It was just 2018 when we noticed a major tech conference did not programme any female speakers on the keynote stage.

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Event planning and becoming an event planner

Event Planning / By Jan

Event planning is something we have probably all had to do at some point in our lives. It is the process of organising and co-ordinating an event, usually with a number of people there (I’d say more than 5) which has a purpose of gathering people together. It can be a conference, seminar, launch, workshop, webinar, summit, awards ceremony, live podcast recording or even a board meeting. Event Planning is a core aspect to our business.

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Know your why – our approach to event purpose

Event Planning / By Simon

Lots of people put on events but budgets are tight and if your event activity doesn’t equal results then it’s hard to justify the expenditure. So, rather than organise another annual conference or webinar, how about you get to know your why – what’s the purpose behind your event? Get that right and the results will start to flow.

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What is the event industry doing about sustainability?

Sustainability / By Jan

The event industry is traditionally very heavy on single use items. Carpet that gets installed for a 5 day show then scrapped. A car track created for an 8 minute new product launch, then scrapped. Venues have seen it all. The whole industry can have significant environmental, social, and economic impacts on the communities in which their events are held. So what is the event industry doing about sustainability?

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How to hire services from event management companies – 8 tips

Business / By Simon

Whether you have a specific event you want support with, or an annual calendar of events, hiring services from event management companies, or event agencies, is an important step towards reducing your stress levels. So let’s walk through the process of how to hire event management services in an effective way…

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How to create productive hybrid events

Event Planning / By Jan

What was the best hybrid gathering you went to? Did you know you were at a hybrid gathering or were you just connecting with the main speakers and the others who were sharing the same space as you? Everyone made the pivot to online meetings and events in the pandemic because we had to. We didn’t necessarily choose this, but it might not surprise you to learn hybrid meetings are not going anywhere. So let’s explore how to create productive hybrid events…

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