Going Mobile at Events

With snow hitting the Southeast this week I’ve been receiving lots of emails, Tweets and text messages from friends and colleagues who didn’t believe our trusty weathermen and left their laptops at the office over the weekend only to find out on Monday morning they weren’t going to make it to the office….or anywhere else.

Mobile devices and apps have saved most of us at one time or another.

But what about at our events?

Are we taking advantage of the technology to incorporate social media into our events? what about the green aspect? and convenience for our attendees?

Think about how great it would be for your attendees to begin networking as soon as they register for your event. They can email, Tweet and text other attendees, set up appointments and trade information before they get to the conference or meeting.

How’s about viewing the conference agenda along with session abstracts and being able to create a personal agenda listing the sessions they will attend, the exhibitors they want to visit and the appointments they have made with other attendees.

Speaking of the exhibit hall…would your attendees like to see who is exhibiting and an abstract about the exhibitor and what they will be showing along with where that exhibitor is located in the exhibit hall? Does the ability to set up an appointment with that exhibitor sound like an option that your attendees might like?

Venue maps with breakout sessions, meal locations, general sessions, networking locations, registration, kiosks, bathrooms, information desks, whatever you need to show your attendees are also possible.

And, the ability to complete session surveys and conference evaluations are available through a mobile device.

Mobile apps allow meeting planners to deliver solutions to our attendees that are convenient: no more carrying around an outdated conference guide; and Green, green, green! No printing of those conference guides and venue maps and session handouts and surveys and evaluations.

Meeting Consultants’ partner Alliance Tech, http://www.alliancetech.com , has developed this amazing mobile app which integrates seemlessly with our event planning tools to bring the latest and greatest mobile app to conference/event attendees. The app is available on a laptop or multiple mobile devices. How’s about putting it on kiosks at your event? Cause we know that not everyone has a mobile device.

Want do you think? Do you want to know more? Give us your feedback and comments by clicking below on ‘leave a comment’.