When you start looking for your conference venue, you must first and foremost keep in mind why you’re hosting this event and who is going to be there. What will they need from the venue, and how can you deliver that? I always start with these fundamental...

If there’s one key area of running a conference that’s crucial to success, it’s marketing. Yet all too often, I see this downgraded and left to the last minute. All experience conference organisers will make marketing a priority, and at the Conference Collective we...

Whenever I’m asked ‘how much will my conference cost?’, I have to reply: ‘It depends.’ Putting a price on a conference is a complex business and because one size never fits all, no conference organiser should ever give you a definitive figure...