Event Industry News Podcast

Following on from episode 8 - Part 1 of Why are so many of us still failing at the task of capturing data? - is a continuation of the discussion. In this final part host James Dickson talks to Maarten Westdorp from Scribe and etouches’ Steven Mackenzie about best practice for event organisers when managing their data, integrating it in to other systems such as CRM, e-marketing and lead capture.  Missed Part 1? Watch / Listen Here Do you have any suggestions for topics or maybe you’d like to take part? Email editor@eventindustrynews.co.uk for further informati  

Data capture is an essential part of an event’s operations. In a typical exhibition scenario, capturing the information of visitors is as critical to the organisers as it is to the exhibitors.  So why are so many of us still failing at the task of capturing data? Whatsmore if we do capture it, what are we doing wrong when it comes to managing that data and incorporating it into our operational systems? In the first of a two part data-capture special, Hugo Spalding from MSP and Jim Curry from Exhibitor Smarts look at the ways in which we now capture the information we desire.

Are we becoming too distracted by event tech? In this episode of Talking Events, Wayne Morris from Guidebook and Jonathan Douglas from iBid discuss whether or not organisers have becoming distracted by new tech to the point where they are loosing focus on their key objectives. With so many events now embracing technology in order to improve the quality of the customer experience, are we now getting to the point where there’s too much of it? Can audiences, customers, exhibitors and organisers really cope with the amount of new tech that is bombarding them, and is their attention being taken away from what they should actually be doing? This episode was recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London.  Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Never miss another episode by subscribing to the Talking Events podcast on iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/talking-events/id1026762265?mt=2  Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 5 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. . In this episode of Talking Events, Julius Solaris  (Event Manager Blog) and Kevin Jackson (George P Johnson and the International Special Events Society) discuss the term ‘engagement’. Is it just another buzz word picked up by the industry, or is it something that can be genuinely identified and improved upon. Using their new book ‘Engaging Events’ as a key discussion point, the guests look at what organisers are doing right, what they are doing wrong, and how engagement can and should be looked upon by organisers. Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Never miss another episode by subscribing to the Talking Events podcast on iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/talking-events/id1026762265?mt=2  Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 5 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. James talks to Director of Event Tech Lab James Morgan and Katie Williams Account Director at Guidebook about gamification at events. In this episode James and Katie discuss with us the best methods to gamify an event, how to use technology to engage and the possibility that gamification is really just a trend and soon could be a thing of the past. Does your company specialise in gamification for events and disagree with what the panelists said? If you have an opinion tweet @TalkingEvents  Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Missed last week’s episode about event marketing? Click here

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 4 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. James talks to Director of BrightBull Ricardo Molina and Co-Founder of the Event Technology Awards Adam Parry about marketing events. With so many strands of communication now available to event organisers, the guests highlight how the successful marketer gets it right. They also discuss the pressure put on marketing teams in large event companies and why the sheer volume of work is preventing them from delivering effective results. Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Never miss another episode by subscribing to the Talking Events podcast on iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/talking-events/id1026762265?mt=2  Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents

Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London, Episode 3 is hosted by long time Event Industry News contributor James Dickson. James talks to Jonathan Smith; Head of Operational Development and H&S at Farnborough International Airshow and FIVE, Nic Howden; Partner at All Access Commons, and Jonathan Anderson; Head of Technical & Investor Relations at Green Biofuels Ltd.  Is this episode you’ll learn about Farnborough’s recent Sustainable Event Certification (ISO 201210), and the revolutionary Green D+ the new renewable diesel equal to red diesel in terms of cost and efficiency, which slashes emissions beyond the best biofuels.  Don’t miss next week’s podcast. Sign up to updates here Missed last week’s episode about event recruitment? Click here Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents This podcast is sponsored by: Power log http://www.powerlog.co.uk

Do potential employers really care about event management degrees or does experience count for much more? Are universities doing event management students a disservice by not including work placements in courses?  Recorded at Guidebook’s Headquarters in London - Episode 2 is hosted by long time EIN contributor James Dickson. James talks to Clare Inkson - a senior lecturer of tourism and event management at the University of Westminster and event recruitment specialist Liz Sinclair - Director at ESP Recruitment. Don’t miss next week’s podcast about Event Sustainability. Sign up to updates here Missed last week’s episode about event apps? Click here Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents

In this episode we are joined by Mike Piddock from Glisser, Oojal Jhutti from iWaz,at and Jon Douglas form iBid events to discuss weather events really need event apps.  Do you have an opinion? Tweet us using @TalkingEvents