Nowadays everywhere you look you will see name badges every shop worker wears them, council workers and anyone else who deals with the public all wear them. However, by far the most popular place for name badges are conferences. Those badges come in all shapes and sizes and not only tell you who you are speaking to, but many also make a statement.
Traditionally conference badges were pretty boring affairs with a plain printed insert that slotted into a vinyl sleeve. With the onset of new printing techniques all of that has changed now you can have really colourful conference badges. If you print your own you can include as much or as little detail as you want.
Conference delegates wear name badges to help them with the networking process and so that people know who they have been speaking to. They act as great ice breakers and if they are fun this is even more the case.
Adding fun details to conference badges can help people to strike up conversations and network more easily. Information that goes beyond the dry facts of who the attendee is and what they do for a living can add a fun element to name badges. For example you may include attendees’ favourite tweet, joke, a nickname or details of their hobbies.
Ask delegates in advance to send you fun details about themselves, if you want a friendly relaxed feel, a picture of a favourite pet, or a picture of themselves as a child. Other ideas include 3 things that they like to do on weekends, or even the one question that they would most like to be asked at the conference. However you choose to make your conference name tags, make sure delegates know well in advance and remind them in the opening conference to check other name badges for hidden details. Be sure to set a deadline or use a set of default details just in case your delegates don’t send you any information, or you may end up with a lot of empty name badges.
The more creative you are with your name badges the better. You want to attract attention and tell other people a bit about yourself as well as leave a good impression.
We are a Canadian-based company, and in addition to customized products, we also maintain a large inventory of standard conference badge holders and conference lanyards for your convenience.