Data always speaks—never underestimate its power to prove the impact of your events. 

At Cvent CONNECT 2025, guest host John Hunter sat down with Cvent’s Rachel Andrews and Robin Clark to discuss the definition and measurement of event success. They also share hard-won lessons about aligning with sales, attribution, and using data for smarter decision-making.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. Why defining success is crucial: Understand the importance of setting clear, data-driven goals for every event.
2. Balancing business outcomes with attendee experience: Find out how to integrate fun with measurable results using data.
3. Leveraging post-event follow-up for better results: Learn how to educate sales for better post-event engagement.

Things to listen for:

(00:00) Introducing Rachel Andrews and Robin Clark

(01:24) How to measure event impact with data

(06:17) Common ways teams misjudge event success

(09:46) The challenge of attribution

(12:03) Post-event follow-up with sales