Iva Donova, Event Manager at The Next Web, knows the importance of listening to your attendees and how their feedback impacts your event. As the Event Manager for The Next Web's flagship conference and Hard Fork Summit, she takes her deep knowledge of their audience to continue to streamline their event strategy. We talk about how important it is to talk to your attendees, their programming strategy, and what it takes to manage a 20,000 person event.

Mark Littlewood, Founder of the Business of Software Conference has learned the value of sharing their event content to a wider audience. With two events a year, Business of Software has amassed hundreds of hours of content that they share all year long. We talk about how BoS keeps their attendees engaged, their event communication strategy, and learn why it's so important to record your conference content.

Xander Castro, Event Planner at MicroConf, knows how to leverage limited resources to make a big impact. As the lead event producer, he takes his in depth knowledge of their audience, to streamline the MicroConf attendee experience. We talk about how to keep the quality of the attendee experience high, how their team knew when it was the right time to grow the conference, and dig into the details of their communication strategy.

Andrea O'Meara, Community Engagement Manager at KCTS 9 & Crosscut go over the importance of team debriefs, how getting that first keynote can be a stepping stone for both programming and marketing, and what to do when you get your event to the point where you have room to improve and not just survive.

Steffi Karp, founder of Limmud Boston explains how they operate using the opposite of a hierarchy, why they plan their programming using sticky notes, and ways to inspire attendees to continue learning after the event's over.

We chat with Teagan Eastman, Chair of the Utah Library Association's 2020 annual conference. We talked about the importance of assembling the right team, how even small changes can improve your event experience, and what tools they used to make it happen.