Event Industry News Podcast

Nick Borelli joins first EIN Facebook Live Podcast - Facebook update & what it means for #EventProfs

The first Event Industry News podcast to be broadcast via Facebook Live saw event sales and marketing expert Nick Borelli join host James Dickson.

Nick linked up with the podcast from his base in Ohio, USA, to discuss the recent changes to Facebook’s newsfeed.  

Facebook has described the changes as a move designed to show users fewer ads and sponsored content but more posts from friends, pages and groups that they follow. 

Nick discussed how these changes will impact event professionals, and what type of content they should be creating to generate organic reach through the social network. 

Clubs Away founder Michael Chamberlain talks golf events

In this week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast, host James Dickson talks to golf professional turned event professional Michael Chamberlain.

Michael runs the event agency Clubs Away, which specialises in organising bespoke golf events. With his experience as a pro-golfer, Michael’s unique offering means that in addition to organising an event, he also provides golf coaching as part of the service. Since he unexpectedly launched the business, Michael has seen the demand for his golf events grow rapidly.

During this episode, we find out about some of the services Michael has delivered for clients, and how he has had to learn very quickly about the demands and stresses faced by an event organiser.

Trends in Enterprise Event Management

Joining the Event Industry News podcast this week is CEO of G2Planet Mark Granovsky.

From his base in California, Mark linked up with podcast host James Dickson to discuss the current trends in enterprise event management software, and to highlight the requests that are being made from organisers for how they would like systems to function.

G2Planet has been established for 18 years, making them one of the early innovators in this sector and gives Mark an experienced platform from which to speak from.

Attendify founder discusses the gamble of publishing their first product roadmap

Joining the Event Industry News podcast this week is Michael Balyasny, Founder of event management app developer Attendify.

Michael joined host James Dickson to talk about the company’s giant leap into the unknown with the publication of their first product roadmap.

During the episode, Michael explains exactly what the product map is, giving readers an insight into why it is such a gamble for the company, and why he thinks that a more open approach by event tech companies could be a big plus for the sector.

Michael joined the podcast from Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley and home to some of the world’s leading technology companies.

Spigot Labs and how their event tech is being used at Craft Beer events in the US

This week’s episode of the podcast welcomes Scott Vitale from Spigot Labs.

Scott linked up with host James Dickson from his base in Denver, Colorado, to discuss the innovative tech that his company have developed for operators of beer festivals.

In recent years the UK has seen a huge rise in real ale festivals, and the USA has developed a similar love for all things hoppy. The resulting beer festivals are big business and big scale, but often leave visitors with a major problem: when they wake the next morning, how do they remember the names of all the good beers that they tasted?

Using some clever application of RFID technology, Scott and his team have developed an inventive way of improving the beer festival experience for both visitor and organiser.

 

Bryan Cooney from Malo Events talks Kidtropolis

In this week’s episode of the Event Industry News podcast, James Dickson talks to the CEO of Malo Events Bryan Cooney.

At the start of January, the company announced that its Kidtropolis event would see an NEC edition added to its portfolio. The event is run during the school holidays and is centred around creating a large, vibrant play environment that caters for children up to the age of 12.

During the episode, Bryan talks with vigour about his attitude towards launching and building events and his constant search for new opportunities. He also discusses some of the other brands within the Malo Events portfolio, and how the changing way we consume media and develop personal interests provides him with a constant source of inspiration.

New VeDi system hopes to streamline venue diagnostics

The Event Industry News podcast returns for 2018, and in the first episode of the year, it welcomes Samme Allen, MD of Sequoia Partnership.

In this episode, host James Dickson talks to Samme about the new online venue diagnostics tool that her company has launched. The tool gives venues the chance to analyse their current event operations, and begin to generate some guidance on how they could improve.

With significant experience of working in this sector, Samme explains to the podcast that many venues now don’t have the time or the budget to spend several days going through their event operations with a venue consultant. Instead, the new VeDi system will generate an accurate ‘birds eye’ view of where a venue currently sits, allowing them to explore areas of development and create focused long-term strategies that are relevant to the type of venue they run.

New episodes of the EIN podcast will be published once a week. We are also pleased to announce that – starting from February -  EIN will broadcast a live episode of the Podcast via its Facebook page. Make sure you follow the EIN social media feeds for further details about times, topics and guests.

Multi-Hub Meetings and the efficiency of video conferencing

In this week’s Event Industry News podcast, host James Dickson welcomes Maarten Vaneste, founder of Multi-Hub Meetings.  

Created just two years ago, Multi-Hub Meetings has quickly developed a client portfolio that has seen the service deployed in places like Brazil, Hong Kong, South Korea and across continental Europe. 

The company has taken the idea of video conferencing and refined it, allowing multiple ‘hubs’ to talk and interact with each other in much the same way as they would in a face-to-face environment. 

During the podcast, Maarten explains how the platform works, the logistics involved, and shows how the company has refined the required hardware into bespoke backpacks that allow technicians to travel the world with everything needed to setup a hub.

Events must improve digital experience or risk losing out

Joining the Event Industry News podcast for the first time this week is Nick Watson from connectivity specialists Ruckus.

As Vice President for EMEA, Nick’s experience puts him in an excellent position to comment and discuss the ongoing issue of connectivity at events, something that he talks about in detail in this episode.

Having overseen major projects that have delivered Wi-Fi networks within significant event venues, Ruckus has stated that the events industry will lose out if it does not improve the digital experience it delivers to its customers. Having worked extensively with major sporting events, the company has seen digital engagement by audience members become a critical part of an event’s communication strategy.

If there is no way to connect, how does an audience engage with the digital content being pushed out by organisers?

Current trends in the event tech sector

This week, the Event Industry News podcast welcomes Digital Development Manager for Freeman, Tom Vamos.

Tom manages a team of developers to deliver technology solutions for exhibitions and events. In this podcast, Tom discusses the current trends within the event tech sector and identifies the services being deployed for both event organisers and for attendees.

With data use growing rapidly, and the often-vast movement of people with an event space, one of the key areas of discussion is how events can maintain a healthy stream of digital information that keeps everyone satisfied.