How to plan and evaluate events with ROI Methodology’
All the dates are on www.eventroi.org/webinar .
They run one, every two weeks.

Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster at No More Boring Meetings, has been serving the speaking industry for over 20 years.

She and her team transform status-quo meetings into engaging, rip-roaring events that boost productivity and motivation. Audiences are fully awake and able to learn all they need to be more effective and productive.

Amiando has published an interesting report about the actual usage of social media in the events industry. One of the main findings of the research, based on a survey conducted among almost 1,000 event organizers, is that Facebook is the most used social media channel by event marketers.

The paper also provides useful social media marketing tips for event organizers.

ScienceDaily (Feb. 14, 2010) — Students can learn some science concepts just as well from computers simulations as they do from direct observation, new research suggests.

A study found that people who used computer simulations to learn about moon phases understood the concepts just as well -- and in some cases better -- than did those who learned from collecting data from viewing the moon.

Twitter behavior at events. Our most important findings:

9 steps to use Twitter for Marketing and engaging

1. Create a Twitter Engagement Marketing Plan

How do you want to use Twitter for your event? Twitter is more than just a broadcast marketing tool. If you are using it to broadcast your own stuff more than 25% of the time, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Your conference stakeholders expect you to use it in a variety of ways. Consider the five Cs of engagement when using Twitter: