Today we announce the release of our brand new collaborative project management suite. Over the last year, we received a ton of great feedback and suggestions on how we can make our planning suite better. We listened and are proud to open the gates on our new and improved product to the public.
Last week a few members of the OneLobby team travelled to Boston to attend PCMA Convening Leaders 2014. The trip down was a doozy due to the icy conditions in Canada through Maine and New Hampshire but we made it safe and sound.
An article that was published yesterday on GlobeAndMail.com has sparked a debate over entrepreneurs paying to pitch investors.
The Harvard Business Review recently hosted an interactive webinar around Analytics 3.0. The webinar featured Tom Davenport, author of "Competing on Analytics", "Analytics at work", and the recently released "Keeping up with the Quants".
We headed to Boston last week to attend the E2 Conference (www.e2conf.com) hosted by the talented Event and Marketing professionals at UBM (UBM.com). The conference hosted IT professionals facing complexity in their organizations caused by trending issues in cloud, social and mobile.
Every event has its own unique audience, that's why finding the right emcee is crucial for success. To ensure a seamless event, it's important to choose an emcee who is a natural fit for your particular crowd.
Guarding your room block could be worth thousands of dollars when you consider the cost of potential hotel contract attrition penalties. Because housing block "pirates" now routinely "poach" event attendees and exhibitors they can often be the leading cause of room block leakage.
Technology doesn't come easy for everyone. In fact, many people have a hard time picking up new technology and figuring out how it relates to their work. When it comes to integrating these products into their events, many planners are completely overwhelmed. And, this is incredibly understandable. Technology is evolving so rapidly that it really requires a strong mindset focused towards technology. Today, I wanted to walk you through a couple of characteristics of the people who have the right mindset for adopting technology in their events.
We've all been there – started working on an event with a client who wants the moon and the stars, but has a budget for something more down-to-earth. It can be a roller coaster of emotion to have so much riding on the event they've put in your hands: their reputation, investment, business opportunities, staff development – the list is endless.
The best part of my job is talking to event planners. We have been fortunate to work with some of the best and brightest in the industry that have shared their expertise and to help us develop OneLobby. I continue to connect with event professionals on a daily basis, and they have been gracious enough to share their insights.
FREDERICTON, NB (February, 26, 2013) – This week Fredericton, NB Company OneLobby will launch the beta version of their Collaborative Event Management software. This cloud-based software is tailored specifically for independent event planners, association planners, corporate event managers and large event agencies.
Unparalleled in the marketplace, OneLobby allows event managers and their stakeholders to intuitively execute professional events in a centralized program. Embracing all factors of the event planning process: logistics, task management, team communication and budgeting, OneLobby is a full service hub for event planners at every level.
Independent event managers have a distinct advantage over many industries in that they become fundamentally intertwined into their client's company and culture. No transactional sales here, you are the product and service. What they pay for is your expertise and abilities. Your clients don't just become invested in the event you are planning for them - they become invested in you.
We often hear from event planners that word of mouth is vitally important to their business. We know how hard they work to make sure their events are executed to perfection, so that clients will spread the good word about what a fantastic job they did. Is that enough? How much do you rely on your clients to recommend you to their inner and outer circle on their own? Is that working?
OneLobby has been a company in the making for the last two years. In late September we morphed from an online community for conference attendees to a collaborative event management solution. For the past 3 months, our team of 8 have been working relentlessly to make sure we release the easiest to use, beautifully designed product that will improve the lives of event planners and their stakeholders across the globe.
A lot of people within the events industry have helped us to get to where we are today. After all, it takes a village to raise a company. In late 2011, I joined my local Atlantic Canadian chapter of MPI and I met Alana Hirtle. Alana has been in the events industry for 25 years and has spent the last 14 of those as the Event Manager for White Point Beach Lodge on the beautiful South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada and assists in over 200 events year round.