Business conferences and conventions are often a good way to reach out and widen your network. Building connections is one good way to increase your business. Conferences are also a good way to stay abreast with what's new and what's changing within your industry.
But what if you're the one planning on hosting a business conference or convention? A convention's success depends on just how engaged your attendees are with both your keynote speakers and their peers.
Believe it or not, name badges can play an important role in encouraging dialogue and engagement between your conference attendees. Used well, they not only help influence one's first impression, but can also be the perfect icebreaker or conversation starter.
As much as possible, you want to make sure that your name badges aren't just for show, but are being used in the best possible way. That's why, in this post, we're going to go through how we recommend you make the best use of your corporate name badges.
Both name tags and name badges have one similar function, to help identify a person. However, where tags and badges differ is in their design and make.
Name tags are often very basic and simplistic. They can be as simple as a sticker with one's name written in a permanent marker. Name tags are better used for informal events or parties, where the primary goal is to help attendees easily get to know one another.
Name badges often contain more information than just one's name. They often contain elements that tie a person to a company, organization, or position as well, which gives them much more weight in terms of their value.
When deciding what information to include in the name badges you're preparing for your event, what's most important is that you have your attendees' permission to use their personal information. More often than not, most name badges include the following details
Once you've done all the prep and marketing for your event, the next thing you want to think about is making engagement as easy as possible for your attendees. One way to accomplish this is by having name badges, a requirement for the event. There are several ways that you can go about this.
If you're looking for a partner to help with printing your name badges, we at Imprint Plus have designs and templates that are easy to choose between, and even customize to your liking.
The good thing about pre-printing and distributing the name badges to your attendees is that you can have the name badges in a uniformed look that will help promote not just the attendees and their companies, but your event itself as well.
You can choose to either release the badges at a registration booth at the event or mail them to guests beforehand.
Though less formal, this is also an option for events with a lower budget. Still, the best way to do this is to have a template ready for guests to fill out. For example, if you want them to provide their company and job title, you can leave designated spaces on the blank name badge for each field.
While also less formal than having your own badges printed and distributed at the event itself, sending digital versions of the badges for attendees to print out can be a way to reduce costs.Consider, though, the possibility that some guests might forget to bring or to print their badges, making it more or of a hassle for attendees. Ideally, you want to remove as many obstacles for them to enjoy the conference as best they can.
Considering your event becomes successful, you want to leave your attendees with something to remember the event by, especially if their experience was impactful. A business name badge would be the perfect memorabilia for attendees, especially if you design it in such a way that it incorporates design elements related to your conference or convention.
If you're looking for the perfect organization to partner up with for your event, check out our selection of name badges on our website. Don't worry if you can't find a design you're looking, we provide a service that allows you to design your own name badge so that you can insert all the details and elements you want included.
