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  • 1.  Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    Cvent Staff
    Posted 05-09-2023 12:09

    Hello event pros,

    We all know that learning never stops, and that's why we're back with another Training Tuesday post!

    We've seen the event industry rapidly evolving and adapting to the new normal. We're thrilled to see our customers leading the way in this transformation and using our product to create innovative event experiences.

    Event planners are expected to have a vast knowledge of the platform to successfully build, execute, and support their total event program. Whether you work on every aspect of your organization's event program, or just a piece of it, make sure you are taking advantage of all the opportunities you have, to up-skill and boost your productivity. Regardless of your role in the event life cycle, Cvent Academy has a training for you.
      
    But we want to hear from you!

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now?
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences?

    Keen to discover more? - Give a quick read to our latest blog on Cvent Academy highlighting ways to optimize and elevate your attendee engagement.  

    Let's share our experiences and learn from each other!

    #TrainingTuesday 
    #training 
    #Certification 


    #Creating/ManagingEvents
    #PromotingYourEvent

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    Siddharth Sharma
    Assistant Team Lead
    Cvent Academy | Customer Marketing
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  • 2.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    User Group Member
    Posted 05-11-2023 07:36

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now?  Getting people to register well in advance of an event so we can accommodate their participation. Everyone wants to wait until the absolute last minute, which is hard on our event planners and budget.
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences? Creating pricing tiers (prices increase as the event date approaches) and discount codes in the registration system to incentivize early registrations.



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    Cate Liverman
    Constituent Relations Director
    UVA Medical Alumni Association and Medical School FoundationUnited States
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  • 3.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    User Group Member
    Posted 05-12-2023 09:47

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now? People are being inundated with return to events so getting our event to stand out as the ones to attend when time is so limited. Finding spaces has been hard too since there's so much competition out there.
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences? Creating ease of registering and collecting data.



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    Rachel
    NJ
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  • 4.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    Community MVP
    Posted 05-11-2023 08:39

    Hi Siddharth,

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now?
    Not an industry challenge but an internal challenge of "herding the cats" and working further ahead of the event date so that we can properly promote the event and nothing is "on fire". We often end up having to drop everything because of others' failure to plan or respond in a timely manner. 
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences?
    We love using the polling feature!



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    Lori Wildman
    Marketing Director
    DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.United States
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  • 5.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    User Group Member
    Posted 05-11-2023 11:56

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now? Costs... everything has risen exponentially (f&b, travel, lodging, a/v, décor, etc.) so we can't even rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul.  We have to make events worth attending in person, so toning down the "wow" doesn't work well without cutting down on the attendee experience.
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences? We're able to eliminate handouts by utilizing digital components and can add in some networking and feedback components via Cvent/CrowdCompass.



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    Julie-Michelle Davis, CMP
    Meetings Manager
    Amex GBT - USA
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  • 6.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    Posted 05-12-2023 08:55


    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now? Having such short lead times, and attendees waiting until the last minute to register. 
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences? Using polling during events and surveys post event. 



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    Elizabeth Rathje
    Assoc Events Coordinator
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  • 7.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    User Group Member
    Posted 05-22-2023 09:23

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now? smaller budgets
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences? turning registration data into valuable insights



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    Carli Thomas
    Event Technology Manager
    FIRSTUnited States
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  • 8.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    User Group Member
    Posted 05-24-2023 20:10

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now? Getting everyone back on board with in-person events again, and figuring out how to accommodate the people who still want to be virtual.


    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences? We have found polling to be a great way to keep people engaged and bring in interaction to make them feel heard



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    Elena PEREZ
    Communications Coordinator
    SEIU - UHWUnited States
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  • 9.  RE: Training Tuesday - Innovate and Connect: Let's Share Ideas and Overcome Industry Challenges!

    User Group Member
    Posted 05-26-2023 12:38

    1. What are some of the biggest challenges you're facing in the industry right now? Budget restraints.
    2. What are some of the innovative ways you're using our products to create unforgettable experiences? Being more creative by using what we already have in place.



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    Beth Vriesen.
    Events Registration Administrator
    Associated Bank Corporation
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