HATE20Event Planning

your guests

Fails

If you planevents

you willbe familiar

with failure.

of our event

It is aroundthe corner at

every moment

you haveto embrace it

Failureis your friend

The difference between

Failureand

Repeated Mistakes

RepeatedMistakes

are not cool

20 event planningmistakes

a bit more curious

Here are

you can dowithout

the Same

Speakers/Performers

1

Always

Don’t hire always the same people

1

talking about

the same stuff

2

not WorkingWifi

Wifi is as much of a requirementfor any venue RFPas toilets are.

‘We’re having issues with the Wifi’is a mantrathat does not apply anymore

2

PDF3

schedule

having a dynamic schedulecan be very easily achieved in hundreds of ways,

event mobile apps included.

3

4No Slides

in ONEplace

Collected

use slideshare

Create a Content Hubon Your website

4

5

NOT KNOWING

Where to Goand

What To Do

5Clearlycommunicate the schedule

make sure everybodyis informed aboutwhat happens next

6

THE HASHTAGNot knowing

6

communicatethe Hashtag Clearly

Pick anEasy and Short one

everybody understands

7

Crappy

EVENTWebsite

7The event websiteis your home base.

Make itclean, easy andsimple to read

Make it responsive

8

fromPrevious EventsNo Video

8technologydoes a great job in easing the risk we feelwhen we attend an event.

that is especially truefor video.

9

Too MuchTechnology

&Social

Know what

technology and social networksyour attendees use

Choose wisely where to engage

9

10

No Tech

at all

10

Embracing

the basic techthat makes events modern

is a requirement.

11

White MaleSpeakers

11

Diversity is Crucial

here are some pointersfor you to reflect,

one and two.

12

Registration Forms

Faxing

12

inline event registrationis all around us

Use this to choose yours

13

Not Cateringwith Disabilities

for people

13

Read the 56 commentsin this discussion

and change the world!

14

SlowRegistration

on-Site

14

There is nothing appealing

about waiting in line.Nothing.

Have you done

everything in your powerto speed upthe registration process?

15

UsualBORING formats

15

All events are special,

even recurring ones.

What are you changingin your format

to make it so?

Nervous staff,

Managerand

Coordinators

16

16

If you are feeling tired

it s often times better

to ask someone in your teamto cover rather than turning up

on the show floorto vomit your stress.

17

When

Alcoholis the Objective

17The promotion of alcoholto compensate

for lack of concept or contentis upsetting.

There aremuch better waysto foster networking

than makingeveryone drunk.

18

Live

Rates

NOHotel

18

One of the biggest trends

for 2014 islive hotel options.

so what are you waiting for?

19aboutthe Environment

NOT THINKING

19

There are terrific eventswhere you can learn more about

green eventssuch as SES from GMIC.

20

ATTENDEES’ DATA

Giving Away

for Wild Marketing

20Setting rules and

restricting what sponsors and partnerscan and can’t do

with data meansprotecting your attendees

and securing repeated business.

In

conclusion

TO CHANGEIt’s easy

these recurringmistakes

and eagerto learn.

just beinga bit more curious

by

Julius Solaris

Readthe article

HERE