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Archive for October, 2010

  • Las Vegas, NV. October 29, 2010, — Virtual Edge Summit 2011, the Summit on Digital Solutions for Events, Meetings, Learning and Community and Virtual Marketing, announced it has made final speaker and program selections. Virtual Edge Summit 2011 will be held January 12-13, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada and online. “Corporations, associations, trade show producers and media companies are scrambling to figure out how they can best deploy virtual solutions to grow their business and engage customers, partners and even employees,” said Michael Doyle, executive director of Virtual Edge Institute (VEI), producers of the Summit. “Though still affected by the economy and budgets that haven’t been, and may not be restored to pre-2008 levels, people are starting to really understand...

    Demand for Virtual Environments Spreads Beyond Events & Meetings

    Posted on October 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Las Vegas, NV. October 29, 2010, — Virtual Edge Summit 2011, the Summit on Digital Solutions for Events, Meetings, Learning and Community and Virtual Marketing, announced it has made final speaker and program selections. Virtual Edge Summit 2011 will be held January 12-13, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada and online. “Corporations, associations, trade show producers and media companies are scrambling to figure out how they can best deploy virtual solutions to grow their business and engage customers, partners and even employees,” said Michael Doyle, executive director of Virtual Edge Institute (VEI), producers of the Summit. “Though still affected by the economy and budgets that haven’t been, and may not be restored to pre-2008 levels, people are starting to really understand... Read More
  •   Shanghai World Expo 2010 will end on October 31st 2010 but The Expo will go on. The Expo, a free virtual event will be available to individuals all around the world on the Internet. The premiere is set to 2011. This undertaking is an initiative from Sweden and accepted by Expo, BIE, and the official international exhibitions bureau. The mission of the Virtual World Expo is to vitalise the World Expo concept and spread it to a broader target group, not least young people. The virtual World Expo will be an ongoing virtual world exhibition on the Internet and it will provide all countries a common online platform for sharing their visions built on the general theme Human Balance....

    Shanghai World Expo 2010 Closes on October 31st 2010 but Official Virtual World Expo will GO ON

    Posted on October 28, 2010 | No Comments
      Shanghai World Expo 2010 will end on October 31st 2010 but The Expo will go on. The Expo, a free virtual event will be available to individuals all around the world on the Internet. The premiere is set to 2011. This undertaking is an initiative from Sweden and accepted by Expo, BIE, and the official international exhibitions bureau. The mission of the Virtual World Expo is to vitalise the World Expo concept and spread it to a broader target group, not least young people. The virtual World Expo will be an ongoing virtual world exhibition on the Internet and it will provide all countries a common online platform for sharing their visions built on the general theme Human Balance.... Read More
  • Driven by B2B marketer demand for integrated hybrid events, INXPO, the leading provider of privately-branded virtual events and virtual business environments, and George P. Johnson (GPJ), an event marketing agency, announced a renewal of their strategic partnership. This promising discipline combines a “live” in-person event with a “virtual” online component to augment results in product sales, staff training and learning, press and analyst coverage and other key drivers of business performance. INXPO and GPJ together reached many milestones in the last two years, including recent creation of a hybrid global sales meeting for one of the world’s leading technology companies that reached, engaged, rewarded and inspired more than 21,000 employees. “Our clients increasingly seek out more integrated experiences to combine...

    INXPO and George P. Johnson Deal Signals that Event Marketers are Rapidly Adopting Hybrid Events

    Posted on October 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Driven by B2B marketer demand for integrated hybrid events, INXPO, the leading provider of privately-branded virtual events and virtual business environments, and George P. Johnson (GPJ), an event marketing agency, announced a renewal of their strategic partnership. This promising discipline combines a “live” in-person event with a “virtual” online component to augment results in product sales, staff training and learning, press and analyst coverage and other key drivers of business performance. INXPO and GPJ together reached many milestones in the last two years, including recent creation of a hybrid global sales meeting for one of the world’s leading technology companies that reached, engaged, rewarded and inspired more than 21,000 employees. “Our clients increasingly seek out more integrated experiences to combine... Read More
  •   VIVA Creative, a DC based web and event creative agency, and JAGENCY, a marketing and communication agency, today announced final program for the Smart CMO Virtual Forum. This interactive virtual event designed specifically for CMOs and marketing executives will take place on October 28, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Smart CMO Virtual Forum will offer a great opportunity to participating Marketing executives to attend inspiring presentations, interact with their peers, and participate in panel discussions with experts. Smart CMO Virtual Forum will provide exclusive content and resources made available live and on-demand to over 850 marketing professionals. It will provide attendees a platform to access the insights and best practices of innovative marketers at Cisco, Audi, AARP, McCormick, Goodwill,...

    Smart CMO Virtual Forum Final Agenda Announced

    Posted on October 27, 2010 | No Comments
      VIVA Creative, a DC based web and event creative agency, and JAGENCY, a marketing and communication agency, today announced final program for the Smart CMO Virtual Forum. This interactive virtual event designed specifically for CMOs and marketing executives will take place on October 28, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Smart CMO Virtual Forum will offer a great opportunity to participating Marketing executives to attend inspiring presentations, interact with their peers, and participate in panel discussions with experts. Smart CMO Virtual Forum will provide exclusive content and resources made available live and on-demand to over 850 marketing professionals. It will provide attendees a platform to access the insights and best practices of innovative marketers at Cisco, Audi, AARP, McCormick, Goodwill,... Read More
  • Virtual event managers and promoters are constantly looking to leverage new tools to increase attendance, drive cooperation, and extend the value of events without taking away any potential revenue. They want a safe course, tried and true, with a bit by bit understanding of what will add to the bottom line and how to avoid things that will detract. SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZES UP POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE Linking Twitter to event registration page in a way that it sends a message like “I registered for Virtual Edge Summit on January 12-13. Are you interested? http://bit.ly/regpcos” is an excellent way to attract more attendees. Plus distributing early birds and discount codes through this technique is effective to the same degree. As of July...

    How Virtual Events Can Use Social Media

    Posted on October 25, 2010 | No Comments
    Virtual event managers and promoters are constantly looking to leverage new tools to increase attendance, drive cooperation, and extend the value of events without taking away any potential revenue. They want a safe course, tried and true, with a bit by bit understanding of what will add to the bottom line and how to avoid things that will detract. SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZES UP POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE Linking Twitter to event registration page in a way that it sends a message like “I registered for Virtual Edge Summit on January 12-13. Are you interested? http://bit.ly/regpcos” is an excellent way to attract more attendees. Plus distributing early birds and discount codes through this technique is effective to the same degree. As of July... Read More
  • Michael Doyle from Virtual Edge interviews 6Connex CEO, Kevin Carbone, on trends trends that can negatively impact the virtual event industry. They discuss the importance of maintaining collective good will and success among providers to heighten viability as the economy recovers. share: Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

    Virtual Market Visibility and Success

    Posted on October 25, 2010 | No Comments
    Michael Doyle from Virtual Edge interviews 6Connex CEO, Kevin Carbone, on trends trends that can negatively impact the virtual event industry. They discuss the importance of maintaining collective good will and success among providers to heighten viability as the economy recovers. share: Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend Read More
  • Pleasanton, CA, October 22, 2010 – The Virtual Edge Institute (VEI), the pioneering organization for the advancement of virtual events, meetings and communities, today announced keynote speakers and panels for the Virtual Edge Summit 2011. The summit, which addresses how to successfully leverage virtual technology for associations, events, learning and business, will be held from January 12-13, 2011 at the MGM Grand Convention Center, Las Vegas and virtually. Visionary Keynote Speakers Announced for Virtual Edge Summit 2011 Cisco, IBM, Hilton Hotels and NAB among industry luminaries to present at premier event on virtual events, meetings and communities Conference keynote speakers and topics include: Virtual and Hybrid Meetings Deliver More Value (Virtual Edge Summit and PCMA Joint Plenary Session) Wednesday, January...

    Visionary Keynote Speakers Announced for Virtual Edge Summit 2011

    Posted on October 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Pleasanton, CA, October 22, 2010 – The Virtual Edge Institute (VEI), the pioneering organization for the advancement of virtual events, meetings and communities, today announced keynote speakers and panels for the Virtual Edge Summit 2011. The summit, which addresses how to successfully leverage virtual technology for associations, events, learning and business, will be held from January 12-13, 2011 at the MGM Grand Convention Center, Las Vegas and virtually. Visionary Keynote Speakers Announced for Virtual Edge Summit 2011 Cisco, IBM, Hilton Hotels and NAB among industry luminaries to present at premier event on virtual events, meetings and communities Conference keynote speakers and topics include: Virtual and Hybrid Meetings Deliver More Value (Virtual Edge Summit and PCMA Joint Plenary Session) Wednesday, January... Read More
  • Spurred by his belief that companies need to adopt a new paradigm of business leadership, Chip Conley, founder of the U.S.’s second largest boutique hotel company and a 2010 speaker at the TED conference, has joined forces with The Shift Network, an online education company, to deliver the revolutionary to deliver the revolutionary Enlightened Business Summit on October 25-29. on October 25-29. Enlightened Business Summit, a free five-day Teleseminar event, will congregate well-known CEOs, academics, New York Times bestselling authors, TED speakers, and provocateurs to demonstrate how business can fuse enlightened values with increased profits. This summit will provide a great opportunity for Entrepreneurs to learn how to create successful companies with great cultures that generate passion, purpose and profits. Participants...

    Joie de Vivre Founder Chip Conley teamed up with Shift Network to Deliver the Groundbreaking Enlightened Business Summit

    Posted on October 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Spurred by his belief that companies need to adopt a new paradigm of business leadership, Chip Conley, founder of the U.S.’s second largest boutique hotel company and a 2010 speaker at the TED conference, has joined forces with The Shift Network, an online education company, to deliver the revolutionary to deliver the revolutionary Enlightened Business Summit on October 25-29. on October 25-29. Enlightened Business Summit, a free five-day Teleseminar event, will congregate well-known CEOs, academics, New York Times bestselling authors, TED speakers, and provocateurs to demonstrate how business can fuse enlightened values with increased profits. This summit will provide a great opportunity for Entrepreneurs to learn how to create successful companies with great cultures that generate passion, purpose and profits. Participants... Read More
  • George P. Johnson (GPJ) and The Active Network, Inc. (Active Network), recently announced a strategic agreement which has GPJ moving out of the event management and registration software business and partnering with Active Network to offer the various Active event solutions to GPJ’s customers. GPJ and Active’s WingateWeb enterprise event software solutions have long been competitors in a field with a small number of players vying for the business of the largest, most complex events usually in the corporate event space. Active’s WingateWeb group is considered one of the top solutions for registration, content management, room access control and housing. Recently, the group has been aggressively pursuing a host of additional digital extensions including mobile, social media and virtual events...

    George P. Johnson and Active Networks Agree to Partner Instead of Compete

    Posted on October 18, 2010 | No Comments
    George P. Johnson (GPJ) and The Active Network, Inc. (Active Network), recently announced a strategic agreement which has GPJ moving out of the event management and registration software business and partnering with Active Network to offer the various Active event solutions to GPJ’s customers. GPJ and Active’s WingateWeb enterprise event software solutions have long been competitors in a field with a small number of players vying for the business of the largest, most complex events usually in the corporate event space. Active’s WingateWeb group is considered one of the top solutions for registration, content management, room access control and housing. Recently, the group has been aggressively pursuing a host of additional digital extensions including mobile, social media and virtual events... Read More
  • Beau Ballin, director of marketing at MotivAction, spent some time with Virtual Edge discussing his firm’s launch of the Virtual Event Center. The Center, Ballin said, provides immediate benefit to MotivAction’s clients in delivering a blueprint for effective virtual event design and a platform to launch meetings, conferences, trade shows and learning events. MotivAction’s Virtual Events Manager Anthony Warren noted “we’re creating, designing, and managing incredible events for our clients. These virtual events build community, help them extend reach beyond the confines of a live event, and provide valuable measurement during the entire event lifecycle.” Ballin gave MotivAction’s entire staff a presentation on the Center this summer to give them a better understanding of what the company does with traditional...

    MotivAction Focuses on Matching Clients to the Right Virtual Environment and Bundles in Events Services with Their Virtual Event Center

    Posted on October 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Beau Ballin, director of marketing at MotivAction, spent some time with Virtual Edge discussing his firm’s launch of the Virtual Event Center. The Center, Ballin said, provides immediate benefit to MotivAction’s clients in delivering a blueprint for effective virtual event design and a platform to launch meetings, conferences, trade shows and learning events. MotivAction’s Virtual Events Manager Anthony Warren noted “we’re creating, designing, and managing incredible events for our clients. These virtual events build community, help them extend reach beyond the confines of a live event, and provide valuable measurement during the entire event lifecycle.” Ballin gave MotivAction’s entire staff a presentation on the Center this summer to give them a better understanding of what the company does with traditional... Read More
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