Audience & Student Engagement Blog

The Top Ten US Locations for Pharma Events and Medical Seminars

With half of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies by revenue in the world, it’s no surprise that the US hosts some top-level pharmaceutical events and seminars. Whether you’re scouting locations for your company’s next event or trying to persuade your boss to send you to San Diego on a work trip, our top ten US locations will be sure to help you on your way!

Opinion Pharma Event Planning

Tom Dally, August 10, 2018

Five Traits of Highly Engaging Pharmaceutical Meetings

The latest iteration of our platform introduces a single definitive metric by which our clients can analyse engagement levels at their events - the Glisser Event Engagement Score.

Opinion Event Planning Pharma

Mike Piddock, July 31, 2018

From Big Business to the Big Apple: Two International Years With Glisser

June 22nd, 2016. My third day at Glisser, and first team meeting. The team sits down, and immediately our Founder, Mike, brings up the most pressing issue: “We have a client event next Wednesday in Berlin, and they need someone on the ground to manage our technology. I can’t go on-site as I’m busy.” He looks to our head of sales: she can’t go. Marketing is out too. The two developers were, well, developers. So they were out. Which meant...

Opinion

Ben Bradbury, July 20, 2018

Handling Clause 22 at your Pharmaceutical Events and Meetings

Pharmaceutical marketers on average allocate nearly 25% of their budget to events, but it's crucial they spend that budget in a way that adheres to Clause 22 of the ABPI's Code of Practice. This blog explains how event tech can help optimise spend and help you stay compliant.

Event Planning Opinion Pharma

Mike Piddock, July 4, 2018

GDPR for Events - FAQs

A collection of short video clips and associated transcripts from our GDPR for Events session, originally broadcast using Glisser LIVE.

GDPR Event Planning

Tom Dally, May 9, 2018

Seven Tips for Better Presentation Slide Design

Presentations are too often monotonous and rarely look professional. Use these seven tips to ensure your next PowerPoint presentation looks as good as your content sounds!

Event Planning Opinion

Tom Dally, April 17, 2018

Blog 21 The Critical Role Data Capture Plays in GDPR

How Event Software Integrations Can Help You Build the Ultimate Event Stack

Event software integrations are key to building the ultimate event technology stack. In this blog post, we’ll look at the three main types of integrations and how they can be leveraged to drive event success.

Event Marketing Event Planning

Guest Author, March 21, 2018

How hybrid events beat the Beast from the East

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple weeks, you will no doubt be aware of ‘the Beast from the East’. This was the phrase given to blisteringly cold and wintry conditions that swept the UK recently.

Training

Tom Dally, March 14, 2018

Slide Sharing in a Distracted World

In an era where many audiences are being pulled in 100 different directions be it from social media, work emails or the 24/7 news cycle, creating an engaging and captivating presentation that retains the attention of your audience is essential to the success of the event.

Audience Participation Tips

Tom Dally, February 26, 2018

The Best PowerPoint Alternatives in 2018

A recent poll indicated that Microsoft PowerPoint is as popular with younger tech-savvy individuals as it is with Baby Boomers. With hundreds of millions of users worldwide, it has been the dominant player in the market for the past two decades. Now don’t get us wrong, we’re big fans of PowerPoint, but having a couple presentation substitutes up your professional sleeve is never a bad thing.

Audience Participation Tips

Tom Dally, January 12, 2018