eventplanner.net Podcast

Getting people to sign up for a conference or an event is an art and a science. You have to persuade them to do so. The good news is, academics have been studying the science of persuasion for decades, and we can learn a lot from their experimental findin - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/130_science-of-persuasion-for-event-managers.html

A couple of months ago I had Ovanes Ovanessian, organiser of the Eventex Awards, in our studio to introduce their new awards for the event industry. Today, he will reveal the winners of the worldwide event competition. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/114_winners-eventex-awards.html

Have you always wanted to how our brain works? Why a brainstorming session is the worst way to be creative? Paul Smit is a comedian and a frequent speaker at conferences who knows all about our brain and creativity. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/123_how-does-our-creative-brain-work.html

Not paying attention to micro expressions chases customers away. A striking statement by Patryk and Kasia in their book, body language. Kevin asks them how it works. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/117_body-language-stop-chasing-away-customers.html

When organizing events your to-do list seems endless. Your mailbox overflows and you don't know what to do first. How to handle all those tasks on time? Kevin asks it to bestselling author David Allen who wrote the book 'Getting things done'. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/110_getting-things-done.html

Why would you spend money on a moderator for a conference if your director can do the job as well? Kevin asks it to Jan-Jaap In der Maur who is a professional event moderator himself. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/106_event-moderators-why-would-you-hire-one.html

Kevin is delighted to have Paul Van Deventer calling in for this interview. Paul was recently elected president of MPI. What are in his opinion the biggest challenges for the meeting industry? - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/104_mpis-new-president-on-future-of-meeting-industry.html

Jon Petz doesn't like boring meetings. He even wrote a book on the subject. Today he is here in our studio to inspire you to have more entertaining meetings. Hopefully he doesn't bore you. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/100_boring-meetings-suck.html

To organize a strong conference or an event it is not enough to have good event manager who arranges all the logistics. According to Maarten Vanneste you also need a meeting architect. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/98_meeting-architecture.html

The Annual Fresh Conference for the meeting industry is a playground for testing new ideas and concepts. Maarten Vanneste, the organizer of the conference shares some interesting experiments in this case study. - Find the video & show notes here: https://www.eventplanner.net/tv/97_case-study-fresh-conference.html