One of the great things about working at Constant Contact is that I have the regular opportunity of ‘getting out there’ to speak with owners of small businesses and directors of nonprofit organizations. It helps me understand what they are worried about, how they feel about various aspects of business, and what they believe is really important when it comes to being successful. I relish these opportunities, as there is no better way to garner insight than straight from their mouths.
The Selfish Question ...
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Sometimes the simplest tasks are the hardest to replace. It's easy to mark the name of an event attendee off on a list, so why use the Check in Easy app instead?
Two words: "information management." The power of Check In Easy is not in what happens at the door, but in the information it returns to an event's central operations.
Check In Easy uses a synchronization function to keep a central attendee database up to date. This keeps everyone doing check-ins armed with the latest information and makes it easy ...
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Did you miss last week's Twitter chat? Catch up with this transcript! Thanks to @AssociCom and @justinlocke, who turned out to know a lot more about the topic of event audio than they claimed to...
Join us Friday, May 4 at 1 p.m. for an all new #engage365 Twitter chat! We'll be talking about Timeline, Facebook updates, and how they affect your association.
Chris Aylott (@ChrisAylott): Welcome to our “Sound Check” #engage365 chat! We’re talking about how to...
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In an interview with Lindsey Rosenthal of Events for Good, we discovered the details of her fund-raising experience for “Show Me” Support for Joplin, a red-tie event she planned in less than 3 weeks for Joplin residents and sisters Kiki L’Italien and Kylee Coffman (former Joplinites now living in D.C.). I attended the fundraiser at Union Station’s St. Columbus Club to support Lindsey and this cause. Executive Chef Craig Mason was also the featured chef who prepared Spaghetti Red for the taste-off. Hear ab...
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As an event planner, you have to stay on top of numerous meetings and countless deadlines to keep your events successful and your clients happy. It can sometimes be difficult to keep track of it all, but with the help of your Android phone, there are enough apps (and tricky shortcuts to useful sites) to keep you on top of the world.
Evernote (Free)
Will Evernote isn’t planner-specific, it’s worth mentioning because it is the ultimate archiving/reference material app. It allows you to organize...
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Conference & event attendees want to be sure internet communication with their clients or office back home will flow smoothly. But not all venues are well equipped for this. So how can meeting planners ensure they know how a venue rates for all of their technology needs BEFORE signing a contract?
Meeting technology experts James Spellos of Meeting U and Corbin Ball of Corbin Ball Associates have devised a checklist to help planners assess venue technology offerings. The TechSpec Checklist is free and can be down...
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