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Industry Reports
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The Best Awards Management Software: A Comparison Guide for 2026

2026 awards software comparison — when awards share a committee with sessions.

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Research & Trends
8
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How To Run A Call For Papers That Actually Works

Practical CFP operations — intake, review, decisions, and handoff to program.

Choosing the right abstract and agenda management platform for your association, Sessionboard blog
Research & Trends
5
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Choosing the Right Abstract and Agenda Management Platform for Your Association

Association buyer guide — abstract review plus agenda truth on one graph.

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Research & Trends
8
min read

The Best Speaker Management Software for Conferences: 2026 Comparison Guide

2026 comparison of speaker management platforms — lifecycle, integrations, and fit.

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Research & Trends
10
min read

Generative Engine Optimization (Geo): Why Your Event Content Is The Missing Advantage

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Customer Stories
3
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ICFF Selects Sessionboard to Power New Emerging Designer Award Program

CLOC Selects Sessionboard to Power Call for Speakers at the 2026 Global Institute
Customer Stories
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CLOC Selects Sessionboard to Power Call for Speakers at the 2026 Global Institute

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Customer Stories
2
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APIC Selects Sessionboard to Power Conference Programming and Abstract Management

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Announcements
2
min read

Sessionboard Agents: the Editor

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Announcements
2
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Sessionboard Agents: the Speaker Coordinator

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Announcements
2
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Sessionboard Agents: the Reviewer

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Research & Trends
6
min read

How to measure speaker ROI at a conference

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Announcements
3
min read

Sessionboard Launches the Industry's First Enterprise Content Marketing Platform, Connecting the Entire Event Content Lifecycle

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Announcements
1
min read

AI-Powered Content Management in Action

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Webinars
1
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The Future of Abstract Management (Is Here)

Webinars
45
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How Event Content Drives Millions In Pipeline with Bryan Funk

Learn the mindsets and tactics event marketing teams can utilize to drive qualified pipeline.

Webinars
60
min read

Master The Call For Papers with Rachel Cohen and Stephanie Wells

Learn how an effective call for papers can drive your event content strategy.

Webinars
50
min read

The Essential Guide To Speaker Training with Bryan Funk

Learn 12 proven tactics that enhance session content.

Webinars
60
min read

A Masterclass In Post-Event Content Syndication with We Are For Good

Learn the world class strategies the We Are For Good team use to syndicate event content into 365 marketing content.

Webinars
55
min read

The Art & Science of Event Design: How Event Content Informs Production with Cara Stahl and Audrey Buchanan

Learn how creative, content, and production teams collaborate to create event magic.

Webinars
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The Agenda Is The Manifesto with Jody Tropeano

Learn how HLTH builds an innovative, bold, and groundbreaking event program.

Webinars
45
min read

The Art of Speaking Less: Deliver More Value in Less Time with Rachel Morrissey

Learn how Money20/20 limits stage time to maximize content quality.

AI Evaluations: The First AI Powered Tool To Automate The Session Submission Review Process
Webinars
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Introducing: AI Powered Evaluators. The Future of Speaker Evaluation and Session Selection.

Webinars
45
min read

A MarketingOps Perspective: How Speakers Drive Event Impact

Learn how marketing operations can help your event team create more value from your speakers and increase event ROI.

Webinars
50
min read

The Hidden Art of Learning Design: Building for Trust and Open-Minded Exchange

Learn the six-step framework for crafting content that fosters engagement and learning.

Webinars
50
min read

When Speakers Collide at Dublin Tech Summit

Learn how the program team at Dublin Tech Summit curates speaker experiences that drive event ROI.

Webinars
60
min read

Open Discussion: Call For Papers Strategy

26 event content professionals came together to discuss challenges and share solutions for their call for papers strategies.

Webinars
45
min read

A Masterclass In Outbound For Events with Amelia Ibarra

Learn how curating the best session content starts with treating your speaker outreach like a sales strategy.

60
min read

Event Tech Trends That Will Define 2025 with Brandon Wernli

Learn about the key innovations and challenges that shaped 2024 and the trends that will define 2025.

40
min read

Why Are Event Speakers A Marketing Content Goldmine with Neil Patel

Learn why event speakers are the missing link in your marketing strategy with SEO and digital content expert, Neil Patel.

55
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Starting From Square One with Hugh Forrest at SXSW

Learn about SXSW's evolving content strategy from President and Chief Programming Officer Hugh Forrest

60
min read

Event Content Strategies For Engaging Audiences Year-Round with Emilie Lewis

Learn how to leverage event and session content beyond the event in your overall 365 marketing strategy.

Latest Articles

Non-dues revenue is sitting in your session recordings

Marketing

Retention is decided in the eleven months between meetings

Marketing

What ASAE's first State of Associations report says about your meeting

Marketing

What is a poster session? A guide for the team that has to run one

Marketing

The poster hall that stays open all year

Marketing

How to run a virtual poster session your members actually open

Marketing

Consent, embargo, and disclosures: the ePoster work nobody puts in the demo

Marketing

Your speakers stop sharing the day the event ends. The transcript says they don't have to.

Marketing

Member-driven event promotion: the channel your association already owns

Marketing

The business case an events director can take to a CFO

Marketing

What keeps event advocates sharing (it isn't gift cards)

Marketing

Sponsor amplification that survives the renewal call

Marketing

Your speakers aren't ignoring promotion — they're ignoring assets built for the event, not for them

Marketing

When you need a program layer, not another event management suite

Marketing

One conference, four systems — what small teams lose in the handoffs

Research & Trends

When marketing owned the event website but program owned the truth

Research & Trends

The future of abstract management — AI pre-screening vs committee judgment

Marketing

Event websites that bind to live program data

Announcements

How event software pricing actually works for content-heavy conferences

Marketing

Event monetization for content-heavy conferences (2026)

Marketing

The content layer registration vendors don't want to talk about

Marketing

Conference abstract vs. full paper — what program teams actually need

Marketing

FAQ: Managing CME and credit deadlines across a multi-track program

Marketing

Awards management, built into the program — not bolted on

Announcements
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