Latest Podcast Episodes

  • Think Like An Attendee! Top Tips For Event Professionals Attending Industry Events

    When event professionals attend industry events, for example the upcoming Confex 2023, they can find it difficult to think like an attendee. That’s why in this episode, we talk about the things an event professional should keep in mind. We’re not sharing anything new, just reminding you of what you already know… Listen all the way ...
  • Are In-House AV Costs Becoming Too Expensive?

    Would you pay $96 a day for a simple HDMI cable? That is a typical charge made by in-house AV at venues and hotels for the daily rental of a $7 cable. Outrageous? Yes, very! One of the many problems is that those costs are deemed acceptable – especially when compared to the overall ...
  • The Amazing Benefits Of TikTok For Meetings & Events, With Michelle Bergstein-Fontanez

    Are you using TikTok for promoting your meetings and events? Michelle Bergstein of Beat Creative Marketing is back for another episode, and she thinks you should be! Along with our discussion on the benefits of TikTok , we explore the world of filters and templates. Michelle also talks about the benefits of designing your own effects and ...
  • Good Data Doesn’t Lie! The Importance of Measuring The ROI Of Events

    Good data doesn’t lie. And that’s important when it comes to demonstrating the ROI of events. We discuss this with Luke Bukley, head of sales at VenuIQ. Along with the importance of setting goals and what you should be measuring, we also explore what event profs, exhibitors and sponsors should do with the data. Listen now ...
  • The Importance of Health, Role Models & Women In Event Production

    In our first episode for 2023, we start big! We chat with Anca Trifan – podcaster, AV specialist and advocate for women in event production. We take on some very import topics – mental and physical health, role models and the difficulties women face in the male dominated world of the event industry. Health and female ...
  • 7 Great Tips That Will Make Your Virtual Events Better!

    How do you make your virtual events better? This is a question that I posed to 7 leading event professionals while I was at the recent Event Tech Live Show in London. Each one shared a brief but actionable tip that you can put in to practice for your virtual events. In this podcast episode, ...
  • Superlinked: How To Make Your Event App Irresistibly Relevant!

    In this episode, we talk with Ben Gutkovich of Superlinked, a privacy-first social recommendation engine. We discover how to make your event app irresistibly relevant and the best way to understand your users and give them exactly what they want. “We have started Superlinked to deliver state-of-the-art user modeling infrastructure to platforms that want to ...
  • Elon Musk Buys Twitter, How Will It Affect Event Industry Marketing?

    The big news from the last week or so is that Elon Musk has bought Twitter. There is still plenty of speculation on what he’s going to do with it. There are plans for layoffs, changes to the verification blue tick pricing and a proposal to allow the return of banned users. There is also ...
  • Podcast Episode: The Rights And Wrongs Of Event Industry Podcasts

    For our Tuesday Live episode on the 26th of October, we talked about event industry podcasts. We listed many of the things that podcasters were doing right, and the things they seem to be doing wrong. This is based on our experience of building Phizzpod, they only podcast aggregation website for the event industry. Some ...
  • Top Twitter Tips For Planners, Conferences & Meetings

    Twitter is an important and pervasive social network. It has proved to be an essential tool for event and meeting planners. However, there are things you need to do to get the best out of it. In this episode, originally recorded as part of our 31 days of August, Keith and I share some top ...