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4 Signs Your “Pretty Good” Production Company Isn't Good Enough

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Is your current production company score a B, churning out predictably fine events? That’s not enough. What about a solid B+, with a good price point and deadlines met? Still not enough!

Why fix something that isn’t broken, you ask? The truth is, you have to put in work now to make sure you stay ahead, rather than waiting to play a game of catch up. Here are four reasons your “pretty good” production company probably is not actually good enough:

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Creating A Big Impression On A Small Budget

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Stretching your budget but not reducing the quality of your event is a tough but not unattainable objective to achieve. Recently, LAI Live successfully produced an executive summit for The American Society of Travel Agents where we did just that.

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Meet the LAI LIVE Team

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Our producers are always looking for new ways to improve your  events, drawing on innovative visuals and engaging content to revive tired programs or build new and exciting ones from the ground up. If you're ready to step up your live events game this year, meet three pros who can help:

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4 Signs You Need To Update The Graphics For Your Event

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We hear it all the time—“Oh we do our graphics in-house.” And we can tell. A very small number of people who say this to us are actually killing it when it comes to the graphical look and feel for their events. And, it’s often a symptom of larger underlying problems.

Common concerns with today’s events include:

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4 Tips For Increasing Engagement At Your Event

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Survey after survey suggests that the #1 thing event attendees want is engagement—the ability to learn new things and meet new people.

If the music’s louder than the attendee chatter at your cocktail hour or its crickets during Q&A, try incorporating these four easy tactics into your next event. You’ll help increase connections and maximize valuable takeaways for your attendees:

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Feeling Overwhelmed By Your Event?

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Our team of event producers are here to help. We take some of the load off of meeting professionals who are managing too many moving parts and pieces, and are able to manage:

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The Best Apps for Your Next Event or Conference

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It’s no secret that in the 21st century your event should be taking advantage of connectivity and technology to create a great experience for your attendees. But are you using technology—and specifically apps—effectively?

Events and conferences should be jumping into their attendees pockets and palms to help them: Get complete information about the event program, gain access to panels or keynotes they may miss, easily communicate with other event attendees, follow up with speakers, get reminders about conference extras, and engage in polls or offer feedback in real time.

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Calling All Entries! Cringe-Worthy Event Experience?

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Do you have a crazy story of an event gone wrong? A time your AV cut out, or the wrong speaker was introduced, or you called a major stakeholder by the wrong name?

We are running a new contest to find the craziest, most-cringeworthy event experience and reward the brave soul behind it with a free, half-day custom event design experience and lunch for up to six members of your organization. 

The forward-thinking workshop will help your team:

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Evolving at the American Land Title Association

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LAI Live recently produced the American Land Title Association's 2017 ALTA One Show that looked at rapidly changing industries due to millennials entering the workforce and advancing technology. Companies are feeling like they are being forced to evolved, but ALTA chose to embrace this positive change.

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Dreamforce Conference Takeaways: Brand Cohesion is King

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Wow. It’s been just over a week since we got back from my first Dreamforce conference, and we're still sifting through business cards, notes, and some serious #swag. Though it’d be impossible to recap everything we learned in San Francisco, we wanted to share a key insight that can hopefully be applied to your business.

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