Celebrating Earth Day with Five Ways Our Industry Can Affect Change
Since 1970, Earth Day has promoted education and policy to activate the environmental movement worldwide. Here are five ways our industry can affect positive change … Technology Remember the iconic KISS logo made of “hot lights” that the band toured with for decades? By today’s standards, that would gobble up most of one complete distro. […]
Creating Compelling Content
A great message is key to any presentation and Technical Production Partners don’t often influence that aspect of events. We can impact a presentation in other ways though. In the absence of physical “smoke and mirrors”, organizations have found that compelling content is crucial to attracting and retaining their audience. Every event has unique challenges […]
Four Steps to Ensure a Great Online Presentation
Even as in-person opportunities make their way back into our lives, virtual events are still commonplace and likely will be for a long time. Here are four steps that agencies, corporate communication teams, and nonprofits can use to help deliver great online presentations … Step 1 – Be Prepared Speaking points and support material should […]
A Collection of Encompass’s Pro Tips
While we’re always moving forward it’s sometimes wise to look back. While doing so, we found most of our Pro Tips to be as relevant today as when they were first written and applicable to most event professionals. Here’s a collection of our Pro Tips to-date … May 31, 2019 – Two Easy Ways to […]
An Organized Organization
Last week’s blog referenced “proven process” and “flexibility”. Despite the seeming opposition, those terms actually go hand-in-hand. Here’s a deeper dive into our process plus the difference between flexibility and reckless compromise … Discovery Phase This is our first opportunity to discuss your event. Whether it’s still a concept or you’re ready to dig into […]
Three Communication Tips for Event Experts
Some of our greatest successes of the past year … especially with new clients … were centered around communication. Post-event meetings were filled with terms like “instant trust”, “proven process”, and “flexibility”. Here’s what works for us and our clients … hopefully it can work for you too! Instant Trust We work with organizations in […]
Why Nonprofits Need to Have at Least One Event in 2021
It’s understandable that many nonprofit organizations skipped their galas, fundraisers, and other gatherings in 2020. They’ve undoubtably lost some traction but it’s not too late to make significant plans in 2021. Here’s what we’re suggesting to get back on-track … States are Opening Just this week, several states announced the end of restrictions on gatherings. […]
Three Tips to Prepare for Your Spring Events
Ok … it’s freezing in many parts of the country (sorry Texas, our Colorado winter missed a turn last week), but spring is nearly upon us. It’s time to start thawing out and making plans for a busy season! Spring is a Great Time to Start Over Flowers blooming, birds chirping, and undefeated baseball teams […]
How to Get Events Going Again . . . Revisited
It’s been five months since we wrote about getting events going again … seems like forever! Looking back, most of these ideas are still relevant but we’ve added some detail to the original post. Build Anticipation 2020: After months without events, we now realize how much we miss the excitement of meeting new people, going […]
The Importance of Graduations and How Technology can Help
Commencement season is just around the corner so it seems like a good time to ask, “Why are these ceremonies important and how can technology providers help make them more accessible, engaging, and memorable?” Why Are Graduations Important? Most of us believe that graduations are important, but there’s more to them than tossing square hats […]