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Microsoft at eResearch Australasia

The Best Case Scenario team are in Melbourne this week at Pullman Albert Park, project managing Microsoft‘s silver sponsor investment at eResearch Australasia, 2018.

Their mission during the conference is to ensure they meet Microsoft’s clear business objectives:

  • Generate awareness of the Microsoft Azure platform to researchers at the event
  • Drive engagement at the exhibitor stand
  • Capture event highlights

Of course their engagement and planning of this event began well in advance of the conference, the team used their unique process and methodology to ensure that both Microsoft employees and conference delegates have an enjoyable experience when they visit the Microsoft exhibitor stand.

Team Best Case Scenario Responsibilities

  • Project manage the entire process end to end, from booth design to customer experience on the stand.
  • Create a ‘show book’ for all Microsoft staff attending the event to ensure they were fully briefed on the journey of the delegate while on the stand.
  • Ensure staff readiness, the show book is instrumental to this and included a checklist so all staff are prepared on the day.
  • Liaise with exhibitor stand designers to ensure the exhibition stand was configured to constantly drive engagement.
  • Set up and manage the lead generation process to ensure all leads are effortlessly captured during the conference.
  • Select merchandise that will excite, delight and engage conference delegates.
  • Manage all legal and logistical requirements to run a competition for delegates.
  • Test all Microsoft devices and demos pre-event.
  • Prepare and present a comprehensive post-event debrief for Microsoft.
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Do one thing today to up your delegate numbers

Event planners do this exercise and the pay back can be huge in terms of increased social engagement and promotion of your event, resulting in a boost of delegate numbers.

If you are an event planners, event coordinator or an event organiser you should always start by defining your ideal social media influencer, i.e. the person you think will add incredible credibility and reach to your target audience. Here are some simple profiling questions to get you started.

  • Do they have over 1,000 followers? Visit LinkedIn first to get a feel for numbers
  • Scan their social media content, does it relate to the topic within your event
  • Do they have a blog and if so, does it rank high on SERPs? (search engine results page)
  • Klout uses social media analytics to rank its users and if you use Hootsuite you can view the individual’s Klout score.

So, you’ve now compiled your list of top social influencers what next? How about creating an ‘I’m attending’ social media card, with the purpose of allowing delegates to advertise the fact they are attending and a shout out to colleagues to meet and network if they intend to go also.

Add a little humour to the mix, send a ‘wish list of things to do’ (graphic format) in the city they are visiting (for out of town visitors) for example, where to find the best pancakes, the best beach, the best gift shop! Encourage delegates to share the ‘I can dream… my wish list for down time at XX event’.

There are so many ways to boost delegate attendance and the pressure is always on just weeks out from an event, add this tactic to your contingency plan today.