As a software company, we have been to a lot of conferences and trade shows, but can we just say how much FUN we had at BizBash Live Florida? All of the vendors and attendees were full of unique and creative ideas to engage guests at all types of events - nonprofit, corporate, weddings, you name it.
Founder, Brooke Battle, spoke on How to Use Technology to Engage Guests and Crush Fundraising Goals. We also debuted Swell Slides: our newest projection app that combines real-time social media with custom slides and sponsor logos in one seamless presentation. We used the official BizBash hashtag (#BizBashFL) in our projection app so that guests who came by the booth could see the chatter on social media!
Because we were watching social media all day at the conference, we thought the best way to recap the event would be through those posts. So, here are some things we loved about BizBash, as told on Twitter:
First we met Betty the Event Bot, created by our new friends at Sciensio. She could answer all of our questions via a quick text and our team quickly grew to appreciate her knowledge.
Then we were shocked (but shouldn't have been!) by the amazing creativity of each booth. Event planners are awesome at their jobs of turning any space into a masterpiece.
And it's not a gathering of event professionals if there's not a show! Dancers, painters, musicians and more perfomed on the AHA stage all day in the exhibit hall. A particular crowd favorite was the Latin Dance Show by Miami Conga!
Naturally all of that fun made us hungry and we were LOVING the Food for Thought luncheon. Talk about putting your mission where your mouth is!
After lunch, we learned more from seasoned professionals on tips to make your event - and your team - work more effectively.
...and then of course got hungry again. Having so many amazing caterers in one place was ideal.
Shortly after, we got set up for the post-party! Swell powered the post party website, check-in and projection application. The winner of the party, the Most Social, was being tracked on our leaderboards.
If you plan any type of event and haven't been to a BizBash Live event yet - there are still two more this year in LA and New York. Check them out for inspiring ideas to make your event even better!
