Comments for Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog http://www.corpevent.com/blog Strategies to enhance your meetings and events Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:17:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Steve Sulkin by Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=130&cpage=1#comment-1280 Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:17:36 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=130#comment-1280 [...] Steven Sulkin, MBM Productions [...] [...] Steven Sulkin, MBM Productions [...]

]]> Comment on Jeff Hurt by We Participate, Therefore We Are « Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=340&cpage=1#comment-966 We Participate, Therefore We Are « Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:33:10 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=340#comment-966 [...] Jeff Hurt, Velvet [...] [...] Jeff Hurt, Velvet [...]

]]> Comment on Fun Team Building Events: Add Some Fun at Work to Improve Performance by Sofia Singh http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=73&cpage=1#comment-935 Sofia Singh Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:49:02 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=73#comment-935 team building is necessary for making an effective employee relationship as well as in sports too-'- team building is necessary for making an effective employee relationship as well as in sports too-’-

]]> Comment on Ed Graziano by Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog: What’s With the Name Change? « Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-847 Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog: What’s With the Name Change? « Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:40:49 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=9#comment-847 [...] Ed Graziano, Corporate Event [...] [...] Ed Graziano, Corporate Event [...]

]]> Comment on Team Building: Planning the Perfect Retreat in a Post Wall Street Meltdown World by Carrie Woerner http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=292&cpage=1#comment-765 Carrie Woerner Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:40:55 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=292#comment-765 Anne, Great post! We provide online registration for incentive events for a number of companies. I am going to repost this to our blog because I think a number of MeetMax Conference Software clients would find the information helpful. Thanks, Carrie Anne,
Great post! We provide online registration for incentive events for a number of companies. I am going to repost this to our blog because I think a number of MeetMax Conference Software clients would find the information helpful.
Thanks, Carrie

]]> Comment on Does Face-Time Mean Revenue Time? by webdesign http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=244&cpage=1#comment-707 webdesign Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:30:02 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=244#comment-707 I have read few of articles on your blog and can say it was really interesting, thanks for sharing this. I have read few of articles on your blog and can say it was really interesting, thanks for sharing this.

]]> Comment on How important are prize raffles and giveaways at corporate events? by Todd Hanson http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=334&cpage=1#comment-638 Todd Hanson Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:48:39 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=334#comment-638 We are strange creatures, aren't we. Give people almost anything for free and you get their attention. I am totally unqualified to explain the phenomena, but raffles and giveaways do influence people. For example, we do a lot of post-event questionnaires when we measure ROI for meetings and events. Offering an incentive for completing the questionnaire inevitably improves response rates. Personally, I don't mind them and sometimes enjoy them as long as they aren't insulting and manipulative. For example, offering a drawing for one $5 Starbucks Gift Certificate when asking 500 people to invest 25 minutes each in a questionnaire is insulting. And distributing the commemorative T-shirt promised as part of a registration package only at the conclusion of the event seems manipulative. We are strange creatures, aren’t we. Give people almost anything for free and you get their attention.

I am totally unqualified to explain the phenomena, but raffles and giveaways do influence people. For example, we do a lot of post-event questionnaires when we measure ROI for meetings and events. Offering an incentive for completing the questionnaire inevitably improves response rates.

Personally, I don’t mind them and sometimes enjoy them as long as they aren’t insulting and manipulative. For example, offering a drawing for one $5 Starbucks Gift Certificate when asking 500 people to invest 25 minutes each in a questionnaire is insulting. And distributing the commemorative T-shirt promised as part of a registration package only at the conclusion of the event seems manipulative.

]]> Comment on Why? by Todd Hanson http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=332&cpage=1#comment-637 Todd Hanson Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:36:43 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=332#comment-637 Some great points made here. There certainly is a lot of noise in the industry about meeting/event strategy and value and such. So, how do you get heard over the din? I think it begins with great thought leadership - really unique and innovative points of view shared by industry subject matter experts. And then, a critical component, is to provide something that is actionable. In other words, I want a blog, or any other resource for that matter, to challenge me or educate me and then help me do something with the takeaway. For this blog, maybe we need to increase focus and home in on corporate social responsibilty, for example. And when we do, be more generous with sharing best practices, case studies, tools, etc. In that way, we provide greater value to readers. Remember it is when, and only when, we have readers that there is any associated marketing value to the authors. Some great points made here. There certainly is a lot of noise in the industry about meeting/event strategy and value and such. So, how do you get heard over the din? I think it begins with great thought leadership – really unique and innovative points of view shared by industry subject matter experts. And then, a critical component, is to provide something that is actionable. In other words, I want a blog, or any other resource for that matter, to challenge me or educate me and then help me do something with the takeaway.

For this blog, maybe we need to increase focus and home in on corporate social responsibilty, for example. And when we do, be more generous with sharing best practices, case studies, tools, etc. In that way, we provide greater value to readers. Remember it is when, and only when, we have readers that there is any associated marketing value to the authors.

]]> Comment on Jeff Hurt by Eight Tips To Encourage Participation, Intimacy, Community In Your Conferences And Events « Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=340&cpage=1#comment-631 Eight Tips To Encourage Participation, Intimacy, Community In Your Conferences And Events « Energize Your Meetings and Events Blog Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:16:19 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?page_id=340#comment-631 [...] Jeff Hurt, Velvet [...] [...] Jeff Hurt, Velvet [...]

]]> Comment on Fun Team Building Events: Add Some Fun at Work to Improve Performance by Sienna Richardson http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=73&cpage=1#comment-623 Sienna Richardson Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:48:21 +0000 http://www.corpevent.com/blog/?p=73#comment-623 Team building is really necessary for a very successful implementation of business plans.~~' Team building is really necessary for a very successful implementation of business plans.~~’

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