There were more than 120 sessions at ASAE Annual in Indianapolis. Like everyone else, I could only physically sit in a fraction of them. But because Snapsight captured almost the entire conference, I had a slightly unusual opportunity afterwards: I could go back through the sessions I missed and look for ideas that kept appearing […]
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Ask three translation vendors for a quote and you will get three prices that cannot be compared. One quotes per session, one sells a package of hours, one charges per interpreter per day. None of them is lying. They are just selling different shapes of the same thing. This guide explains the three pricing models […]
Event technology has its own fast-moving vocabulary, from speech-to-speech translation to event content intelligence, and the terms change almost as quickly as the tools. This glossary defines the 40 AI, translation, and event-intelligence terms organizers and marketers actually need in 2026, in plain language, grouped so you can find what you need fast. Bookmark it, […]
A keynote speaker walks off stage in Singapore. Within minutes, attendees in Berlin, São Paulo, and Tokyo are watching the same talk in their own languages. Not subtitled. Not dubbed by a stranger. The speaker’s actual voice, with their actual tone, accent, and pacing, is delivering the words in fluent German, Portuguese, and Japanese. This […]
Ask any seasoned conference attendee what they remember from last year’s event. They rarely mention a keynote. They almost never mention a panel. What they remember is a 20-minute conversation in a hallway, a chance encounter at the coffee table, a debate that started after a session ended and kept going for an hour. This […]
The room is full. The seats are packed. The keynote speaker is rolling. By every traditional measure, your event is a success. But look closer. Half the audience is scrolling. A quarter are answering work email. A handful left their bag on a chair and disappeared 20 minutes ago. The bodies are there. The attention […]
You spent $40,000 building a custom conference app for your 2,000-person event. You promoted it in five emails. You added a QR code to every printed sign. You begged speakers to mention it from stage. And when the event ended, your dashboard showed that only 31 percent of attendees ever opened it. This is the […]
The role of a great conference moderator is invisible until you watch a bad one. The good ones keep panelists in their lane, pull out the most interesting threads, surface audience questions at exactly the right moment, and end on time without anyone feeling rushed. It is harder than it looks. And until now, it […]
When AI transcription, translation, or captions fail at a live event, organizers usually blame the AI. The vendor gets a frustrated email. The contract gets reviewed. Sometimes the platform gets replaced. But here is the truth nobody likes to say out loud. In the majority of AI event failures, the AI did not break. The […]
Your event keynotes are already great audio content. Experts speaking on timely topics in front of a live audience. All you need is a small amount of production work to turn them into a podcast series that grows your reach long after the event ends. Here are the seven steps to turn events into a […]