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How Digital Event Technology Can Help on the Journey Towards Net Zero

With reduced air travel now an Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) priority across industry sectors, virtual meetings technology and online event platforms have a key role to play in a more sustainable future for business.

Mike Fletcher, June 29, 2021

Horizon Challenges for Hybrid Planners

With hybrid events now on the horizon, many planners fear that getting hybrid wrong would be a missed opportunity to evolve audience engagement and create event content with year-round longevity. We spoke to freelance conference producer Claire Tulloch about the top five challenges of hybrid events and how to overcome them.

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Mike Fletcher, June 15, 2021

Should We Stop Calling Them Hybrid Events?

The event sector appears to be going through some sort of identity crisis. Are we currently the virtual event sector? Soon to become the hybrid events sector? Perhaps the better question is, does what we call these events really matter?

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Vanessa Lovatt, May 27, 2021

How to Integrate Glisser into a Pitch

Whether you’re an event agency, social media agency, branding agency or PR agency, there is one constant theme - pitching. To avoid the monotony of Microsoft PowerPoint, use Glisser as a powerpoint alternative to inject energy into client pitches, provide you with a unique selling point and gather valuable data insight.

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Tom Dally, March 28, 2019

Three Takeaways from the Event App Bible 2019

Event Manager Blog just released their Event App Bible for 2019. As Glisser was part of the 350 event apps researched, we thought we’d share three of our key takeaways from the bible.

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Tom Dally, March 27, 2019

Make Your Event Wi-Fi Not Suck - Highlights

As event season starts, many planners overlook Wi-Fi as an easy and last minute factor on their checklist of things to get done. And finally, when they are hard pressed to find a provider, planners are cornered into bad deals and buying huge bandwidths that are completely unnecessary for their event.

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Matthew King, March 7, 2019

5 Things Event Profs Should Look Out For At MWC 19

After starting off as a specialised conference within the telecom industry, Mobile World Congress has since risen to become arguably the biggest and most anticipated enterprise tech show. With an estimated 100,000 attendees expected to embark on their annual tech pilgrimage to the Catalonia capital, 2019 is poised to be no exception.

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Tom Dally, February 22, 2019

The Importance of Wellbeing in the Workplace

Employee wellbeing is still often thought of as a nice to have or something you spend time on further down the line. This is especially true for start-ups and scale-ups. However, if you only shift your focus to it at a later stage then chances are it’s already too late - as employee wellbeing and employee performance are intrinsically linked

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Tom Dally, January 15, 2019

How to Make Event Wi-Fi Contracts Work for You

The solutions are out there, and easy enough to find. But providing a seamless wi-fi experience requires planning, effort, and normally a bit of negotiation.

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Matthew King, January 9, 2019

Why Tech Should Be Embraced

There is a common fear from many event organisers, educators and employers that event tech can lead to a less engaged audience. However, with the growing list of events embracing event tech, many attendees expect it at events. So use it at your next event and your engagement levels will spike!

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Mark Simeon, December 24, 2018