At the start of each year, we take a look back at our events database to find insights and trends from the year before. While 2020-2021 impacted the way we plan, speak at, and attend conferences forever—2022 was the first time in a while things felt almost back to normal—or at least, a new type of normal.
As the end of the year approaches, you’ve likely heard a lot of talk about people spending time at company off-sites. While off-sites could be considered a “break” in some ways, they are a deeply valuable way to bring teams, leaders, and entire companies together to build a vision for their goals and growth. No matter where an off-site takes place, they are a critical investment for a company.
Here are four key reasons why you should invest in the value your next off-site.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) have certainly become buzzwords in recent years, as companies work to prioritize these efforts across their teams. And for good reason! Here at cred, diversity is a priority across all of our projects and client work. We maintain diversity goals for our events as well as represented speakers. In this blog, we outline 5 tips, from our own experience, to ensure the speaker lineup for your event is diverse.
Eager to be out on stage more? Having a few strong speaking samples on hand to showcase your style and expertise is a must-have. But what are the key things that event organizers look for when evaluating whether they want to add a speaker to their stage? How can your speaking sample stand out from the crowd and showcase yourself as a dynamic thought leader? Let’s look at some guidelines for helping you pick strong speaking samples.
The creme de la creme of hosting a successful event is having an engaged audience—that can mean having ample audience feedback, or to have audience members engage with the content on social media. This is no small task, so we’re sharing our ultimate guide for boosting engagement—before, during, and after the event.
