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Your Attendee Experience Is Being Graded By Someone Who Never Filled Out Your Survey
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- May 15, 2026
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Summary
Your events are being graded in real time by attendees who will never fill out your feedback form, never tag you in a post, and never tell you what they actually thought. They'll just decide whether they're coming back. Today I brought one of them into the studio. Christine Martin has attended, spoken at, and worked trade shows and conferences for 30+ years — as a tax professional, a solutions consultant, a road warrior, and now as the woman on the other side of every event decision you've ever made. She's sat through your keynotes, walked your expo floors, stood in your speaker green rooms, and gone home deciding whether it was all worth signing off on again next year. She's also my mom. And for this Mother's Day special, she's finally on the record. This episode is for every event professional who says they design for the attendee — but has never actually asked one. Christine audits real event planning decisions in our game segment "Audit the Agenda," tells you exactly what she needs from event teams to succeed as a speaker, vents about the industry habits that have been driving her crazy for decades, and shares a memorable Vegas event story that I can only describe as... educational. No marketing spin. No industry politeness. Just 30 years of attendee experience, delivered directly. In this episode: Why the most valuable attendee feedback you'll ever get is the kind that never shows up in a post-event survey What experienced attendees and speakers actually want from your event team (and what's making them quietly opt out) The real reason "same as last year" is costing you attendee retention and event ROI What a tax pro thinks about your booth activation strategy — and whether it's actually generating pipeline or just foot traffic The event in Las…