SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Excel Meetings and Events, a premier San Francisco-based meeting management and event marketing company today announced that it has entered into a strategic marketing partnership with nTAG Interactive. Working closely with nTAG sales and marketing teams, Excel Meetings and Events will promote and sell nTAG''s real-time event data management (EDM) solutions to its client and prospect base.
nTAG''s data-driven solution is built around the first interactive name badge specifically designed for face-to-face interactions. The system tracks event performance against corporate objectives such as improved education, training and team building via enhanced networking, stronger brand loyalty and others.
"We are committed to providing our clients with strategic services and technologies that help assess the impact meetings and events are having on learning and business measures. nTAG''s interactive meeting technology will enable our clients to optimize professional networking and assess the value and impact of training and learning that takes place during important conferences and events. We are excited to offer nTAG as key part of our product mix. It is a perfect compliment to our event-related ROI consulting service," said Jon Wollenhaupt, vice president, Excel Meetings and Events.
The nTAG event data management solution enables organizations to: -- Facilitate and increase attendee networking opportunities via networking activities and contests, and electronic business card exchanges -- Provide attendees with personalized electronic conference agendas -- Tap into audience knowledge and experience with live voting -- Send electronic messages to all or a target group of conference attendees -- Conduct onsite electronic surveys and receive automatically tabulated results in real time -- Assess knowledge gained by attendees via electronic quizzes -- Track attendance at conference sessions -- Drive traffic to premium sponsors'' booths during trade shows, and provide reporting that proves the value of dollars invested in sponsorships
"The team at Excel Meetings and Events takes a strategic, value-driven approach to designing and deploying events for their customers," said Paula Crerar, vice president of marketing, nTAG Interactive. "They share our conviction that meetings and events must enhance corporate value and demonstrate quantifiable results. We are very pleased to be working with them."
About Excel Meetings and Events
Excel Meetings and Events is a San Francisco-based company that works with clients worldwide. Excel Meetings provides meeting management, conference planning, strategic event marketing and event-related ROI consulting services to customers in industries that include healthcare, financial services, energy, pharmaceutical, technology, government and not-for-profit organizations. Website:
Contact: Jon Wollenhaupt Vice President, Excel Meetings and Events Tel: 415.777.1231
About nTAG Interactive
nTAG Interactive is the leader in Event Data Management (EDM). The nTAG real-time event data management system helps event organizers and participants to achieve their event objectives -- business development, education, motivation, market research, customer loyalty, team building, and brand promotion. Built around the first interactive name badge, the nTAG system provides advanced tools for targeted networking, session interactivity, and lead generation. It also delivers never-before-available data for marketing and ROI analysis, and it automates on-site logistics (attendance tracking, surveys, messaging, agenda publication and more). nTAG has been used at events for IBM, Procter and Gamble, Lucent, WellPoint, MasterCard, General Electric, Johnson and Johnson, and many others. To learn more about how nTAG can help make your next event a success, please call 877-NTAG-YES or visit nTAG on the web at
Media Contacts: Gina Caruso nTAG Interactive 617-886-9010 x270 gcaruso@ntag.com
Source: Excel Meetings and Events
