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Strategies for keeping your attendees energized and on-track:

  1. Offer sweet and savory snacks during breaks
  2. Have trivia games that reinforce teambuilding and offer a prize to the winning team
  3. Hire a photographer to take photos of the guests, give each attendee a CD of photos or put photos in the a digital frame
  4. Choose a couple of gifts within the same price range and let the attendees choose which one they want to take home
  5. Let attendees set the agenda- allow them the chance to lead sessions or decide on an event schedule together
  6. Help your attendees connect before the event using Social Media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc.
  7. Hold the after-party in the same space as the conference so guests will naturally gravitate towards that area. Make the atmosphere relaxing so attendees can unwind.
  8. Boost networking time, Four Seasons in Chicago offers a charging station for PDA’s so attendees have the opportunity to network over good food and leave their phones behind
  9. Use social media to share ideas during a presentation. Offer a preset hashtag on Twitter so attendees can comment and communicate about a presentation. Often times this will let a speaker know how he/she is presenting and if a change is needed.

Source: Biz Bash,  Spring 2010