Event Planning & Technology Insights
Practical guides, event tech insights, and product updates to help organizers streamline registration, on-site check-in, badge printing, lead capture, and attendee engagement. Expert advice for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events — plus, real-world examples from teams using Expo Pass.
Featured Guide
Badge Printing 101:
What Is On-Site Badge Printing?
Learn how on-site badge printing works, and how modern event teams are using it to speed up check-in, reduce lines, handle on-site registration, improve accuracy, and boost attendee experiences. From hardware to workflow best-practices, this guide covers everything you need to know before your next event.
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Expo Pass City Spotlight (Longmont, CO)
City Spotlight Episode: Longmont, Colorado Featured Guest: Sarah Leonard CEO | Chief Destination Stewardship Officer Visit Longmont Colorado Sarah Leonard has spent over twenty years championing quality visitor experiences, sustainable tourism, and...
How to choose the ideal city for your destination event.
The world is your oyster! Destination events add a sprinkle of adventure, bleisure (business + leisure) and sight-seeing wonder to your gathering. They also present unique event marketing opportunities, as a notable city adds extra incentive to attend....
Rethinking Events: The Human-Centric Approach (Webinar Recap).
Hello, event planners! Get ready to elevate the event experience for your attendees with human-centric design principles. Our recent webinar, Rethinking Events: The Human-Centric Approach, was led by Expo Pass and featured two masters of engaging...
Is your registration process killing conversions? Here’s the fix.
Picture this: Someone sees a captivating ad for your event and feels they need to go! But then, they hit the registration process. This crucial step can make or break your attendance numbers. If it’s overly complicated, tedious, or confusing, that...
Event communication hacks: Keeping everyone in the loop.
Good communication is the heart and soul of a successful event. Whether you’re communicating with vendors, assigning tasks to your team, or informing attendees, the way you communicate can make or break your event! All you event planners out there know...
2024 Event tech trends: Demystifying hype vs. reality.
Things are getting wild, planners. Technology advancements have transformed the event planning industry in the past year alone. According to some, we’re on the edge of an AI-run world that would make even popular science fiction look bland. Let’s take a...
Creating connections: Strategies for planning human-centric events.
Budgets, corporate goals, sponsorships—event planning can get pretty technical. However, the key to crafting memorable, meaningful experiences for attendees is to take a human-centric approach to planning. This approach is inspired by a popular design...
Rethinking Events: The Human-Centric Approach
Did you miss the live webinar?June 12, 2024 - 2:00 PM CT Watch the video replay now! Feeling burnt out on generic events that fail to connect? In this webinar, we challenge traditional event design and explore how to create experiences that prioritize...
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Product Updates
The Post-Event Strategy Most Teams Ignore, and Why It Costs Them Future Growth
Your event isn't over when attendees leave. The 48-hour follow-up window is where loyalty, renewals, referrals, and future pipeline are won or lost. Learn how to build a repeatable post-event strategy that turns one great event into the foundation for the next.
Event Planner: The Complete Career & Craft Guide
Whether you're exploring event planning as a career or looking to sharpen your craft, this guide covers everything: what event planners actually do day to day, the core skills and certifications that matter, career paths and salary expectations, the essential technology stack, and best practices from experienced professionals. It's the complete roadmap for building a successful event planner career.
Creating a Run of Show Template for Events, Meetings, and Conferences
A well-built run of show is the difference between a calm event day and a chaotic one. We built a free 9-tab Excel template covering your minute-by-minute timeline, team contacts, cue sheet, load-in manifest, vendor schedule, contingency playbook, and post-event debrief. Here's what actually belongs in it, and why most templates fall short.
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Whether you’re planning a large conference, trade show, corporate meeting, or hybrid event, the right event technology makes execution smoother and data more actionable. From registration and on-site badge printing to lead capture and attendance tracking, modern tools reduce friction for both attendees and organizers.
Explore our latest guides, case studies, and product updates, or learn more about Expo Pass event registration, check-in, and engagement solutions built for teams who value speed, flexibility, and simplicity.
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