As Flash is taking another hit today with Google announcing Flash ads will not work on its platforms this Summer nor on its display network (the biggest in the world by far) on 2nd of January 2017. So in effect Google has hammered another nail in the coffin for Adobe Systems’s software Flash which is […]

GoToMeeting™, by Citrix, is a tool for online conferencing. eventSPRING  is a tool for meeting organization and presentation management. Using both tools together is great to hold structured online or hybrid meetings with agendas, speakers and presentations.   What you can do with GoToMeeting (GTM): Connect online with people to talk, share video-camera, share a […]

LinkedIn™ is by far the leading social network for conducting business networking, sharing business opinions, engaging in business conversations. LinkedIn is the one big network though small business social networks include Viadeo in France and Xing in China. It is important to note that LinkedIn users read more than they post so only a small […]

From The Economist Espresso: Quote of the day

  eventSPRING is an easy-to-use solution to organize meetings, big and small, with agendas, speakers and presentations: invite, collect replies and send reminders, build and share event agendas always up-to-date, collect presentations from speakers, share event material with participants and present at the meeting with or without an Internet connection. Try eventSPRING for free

Technology is increasingly prevalent in all aspects of conference organization. Technology helps conference organizers prepare and manage the event from A to Z. Benefits of technology for your conference include increasing revenue durably and saving money durably. The aspect of your conference that technology can impact are innumerable. Basically every step in the process of […]

An active event participant is a participant who contributes to the event beyond simply attending it and, sometimes, having paid an entrance fee. Active participants are engaged in the event and contribute to it fluidly, sometimes unknowingly through small things, like asking questions. We will focus here on engaging the participants before and during the […]

Poem: To Spring Author: William Blake (1757-1827) O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down Through the clear windows of the morning, turn Thine angel eyes upon our western isle, Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring! The hills tell one another, and the listening Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turn’d […]

Yes, Mi-Fi, Hotspots, Tethering, and personal wifi networks are allowed in conference centers, in hotels, and other venues. Well, actually what the FCC says is that hotels and venues cannot jam or tamper with or interfere with wifi transmissions, hence if an organizer sets up a personal hotspot in a hotel to make internet connections […]

Meetings are different in purpose, audience, form, size, etc. Nonetheless there are some best practices in terms of what to do to prepare for a meeting, run a meeting, and follow-up on a meeting. So we have put together a checklist for a successful meeting to help you remember what one should not forget. Before the […]