You dusted off the remains of 2014 and now look at 2015 as the year that you will bring your event to the next level. More importantly, many of your attendees or prospective sponsors will first hear about you by visiting your site. Making sure you have a stand out site is critical to your success as an event professional and to the success of the event.
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12 Awesome Event Web Design Inspirations
for 2015
● Design Reminders
○ Responsive Design
○ Lead Generation
○ Contact Information
● 12 Awesome Sites!
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Responsive design allows your site to
render appropriately depending on the
screen size of the users device in
order to give them the most optimal
experience
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Responsive Design
● Responsive design
allows your site to
render appropriately
depending on the
screen size
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Responsive Design
● You must have a event site that is
responsive in 2015.
● Your attendees and sponsors expect it
when they come to the site.
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Lead Generation
● Lead generation form is open 24/7/365.
● Your attendees will like it and your sales
team will love it!
● Platforms for lead gen forms are services
like Jotform or Woofoo
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Lead gen forms on the site were the
single biggest difference in the
marketing effort
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Contact Information
● Make it super simple for attendees or
sponsors to contact you
○ Phone, Email, Social
● They should never have to search
around your site. This seems obvious
but is often overlooked.
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1. OpenVis Conf
● Overall aesthetics kept the experience
simple and to the point.
● Responsive design.
● In depth speaker profiles gives a great SEO
boost.
● Super easy event ticket purchases.
● Unobtrusive lead generation form at the
bottom of the page.
● The one page design contains the user so
they don’t get lost in your site and become
disinterested.
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2. DeveloperWeek 2015
● A lot of great information that was well
thought out and placed throughout the site.
● Visualization of pictures sprinkled through
the event give you a sense of what it would
be like to attend.
● In addition the site renders quite well through
different responsive design break points.
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3. ICON
● Great imagery of the site.
● Concise menu bar that isn’t too cluttered.
Clear and clean view of the conference
agenda.
● Bold introduction to the event.
● Great color palette.
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4. MozCon
● Awesome color palette.
● One page design that gives you a lot of great
information.
● Video embeds are great promotional pieces
that be used in several forms.
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5. INBOUND
● Large high resolution speaker images that
aren’t set up to look like a strict grid.
● Dark color theme that works well and doesn’t
feel negative or sad.
● Love the linear agenda.
● Hubspot built their business around inbound
marketing, and the reminder on the bottom
right is a great example of it. The form at the
bottom of the homepage as well is a great
way for prospective attendees or sponsors to
share their information after they read
everything (and its on every page!).
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6. Adobe Summit
● Super clean design that focuses on the
message.
● Breaks up information into digestible chunks
(instead of lengthy paragraphs users are
presented to a couple of sentences).
● Why attend is a powerful section to really
explain why the event sets itself apart from
the rest.
● In-depth speaker profiles allow for a great
way for prospective attendees and sponsors
to learn more.
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7. UX Salon
● Simple yet clean and modern color palette.
● The ‘Share This’ icon in the top right is a
great way to generate buzz about your event.
● Every speaker page looks phenomenal
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8. High Load Strategy
● Great ambient intro video that compliments
the design.
● Ticket prices are presented right away for
users to not guess and wonder.
● Nice one page design.
● Straightforward lead generation form at the
bottom.
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9. MCE 2015
● Great contrast in color and works well with
the design.
● Registration page doesn’t feel disconnected
from the experience.
● Slick one page layout.
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10. rethink
● Bold design that stands out and gets your
attention immediately
● An event site with a blog to help increase
their SEO (this gets overlooked to often)
● Registration is always just a click away with
the use of the ‘Ticket’ button in the top right.
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11. Bulgaria Web Summit
● Excellent use between pictures and flat
design providing a clean and modern
experience.
● Parallax scrolling (where background moves
slower than the foreground) isn’t obnoxious
and distracting from the design.
● ‘Memories of 2014′ is a great way to give
prospective visitors a chance to see what
they are missing out on.
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12. Future of Web Design
● Countdown at the top of the page creates a
subtle urgency and excitement for the
attendees and sponsors.
● Speaker images that don’t look boxed in or
boring.
● Illustrations are unique to the site and makes
the design feel fresh and new.
● Persistent menu button makes it easy for the
visitor to quickly hop to any section of the site
immediately.