Oct 26 2023
Candice Beckman

When it’s time to select your venue, a site visit is one of the most critical steps. Not only do you get to physically step in your space and imagine your event coming to life, it’s a chance to ask the most important questions with your potential venue team. Unfortunately, so many of us are …

One digital tool, end-to-end solutions for a smooth, interactive event experience

Apr 25 2023
Kristi Casey
10 MIN
What value do your in-person events provide? Respondents of the Encore Winter 2022 Planner Pulse Report say the greatest value their gatherings provide is networking/relationship building (74 percent). Sixty-one percent say it’s connecting people/employees to an organization’s mission/vision/values; an equal number say it’s education/training/professional development opportunities. Maximizing return on these three areas not only benefits ...

From Planner Pulse Insights to a Senior Producer's Real-World Experiences

Jan 27 2023
Encore Marketing
5 min MIN
Watching in-person meetings and events return has been exciting. Industry trends have shifted rapidly over the past year which has kept event planners on their toes. Our Winter 2022 Planner Pulse Report indicates that 70% of planners are currently booking or sourcing new events. The industry is getting back on its feet and many events ...

Event resources that lower planner stress levels

Sep 22 2022
Kristi Casey
8 MIN
The return of in-person events is a welcome change from the cloistered era of pandemic-induced, learn on the fly virtual event planning. But the rebound also added stress to event professionals, who — even before the pandemic — occupied a job that annually topped CareerCast’s list of “Most Stressful Jobs.” Thankfully, Encore offers resources and ...

How do you find the best event platform?

Jun 8 2022
8 MIN
Hint: It depends on how much time you have to plan. You may not have the luxury of a generous planning window to put together your next hybrid event, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have options to bring people together in exciting new ways. In fact, a wealth of high-quality platform solutions exist to help you expand ...

There is no going back to how things were and that is a good thing.

Dec 1 2021
Candice Beckman
S’il n’est un secret pour personne que la pandémie a tout bouleversé dans le secteur de l’événementiel, elle a également apporté quelques avantages inattendus en cours de route. Avant que COVID-19 ne devienne un titre quotidien, réfléchissez à ce qui rendait le secteur de l’événementiel unique dans l’esprit des étrangers : Les organisateurs d’événements ont ...

A Case for Production: A Partner’s Conference

Jun 17 2021
How a Multi-National Professional Services Network Elevated their Attendee Engagement through Production Finding creative ways to engage attendees in a virtual setting has always been a challenge. Today, with virtual and hybrid meetings a new norm, and zoom fatigue on the rise, it has only become even more exacerbated. In late September, one organization was ...

How to Plan a Hybrid Annual General Meeting

Apr 6 2021
4 questions to get you started  With majority of events turning to a hybrid format, so too are company Annual General Meetings. As of January 1, 2021, the Canadian government ordered the normal rules apply for calling an AGM and presenting financial statements, as opposed to last year’s extension deadlines.  This means that “by law, all federally incorporated businesses, not-for-profits ...