With János F. Fazakas, Visual Europe Group
Attendees have always been the bread and butter of events, meaning their needs and experience should be always front and center. Then, there is the question of those who foot the bill, who need justification for their event budgets. Both of these challenges can be effectively handled with data-backed insight. It’s no wonder then that data collection is one of the trends highlighted in The Eventex Events Industry Trends Report. That’s why we’re taking a look at this trend in greater detail to give you some tips on how to implement data collection in your event.
While data collection in event management features multiple elements, it involves three main stages, so we’ll go over each one to give you an idea of how to lay the groundwork for effective data collection at all times.
Data collection starts before the actual event and includes the following main steps:
Collecting attendee data prior to the event will help you plan and ultimately create more personalized, immersive, and engaging events and experiences, increasing the likelihood of them being a smashing success.
Naturally, the second step covers the duration of the event. Here’s how to collect data at this stage and take an active, rather than passive approach to the findings:
Getting real-time feedback will help you both boost engagement in real-time and stock up on valuable information going forward so that you can plan subsequent events better.
Last comes the post-event phase where you need to perform an extensive analysis, including:
All of the above will help you identify strong as well as weak areas, plan for improvements, and take on challenges such as data privacy and security. Data collection and analysis will further help you fine-tune your efforts to create engaging and personalized events and present data-backed budget proposals to customers.
The importance of data collection in events is bound to boost demand for solutions that make it possible. And if you’re on the lookout for solutions (data capture or otherwise) or suppliers, you’re very likely to find something to fit your needs at Eventex B2B Match — the free online event connecting industry buyers with leading suppliers.