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Where the actual event work happens — conferences, meetings, AV, production, logistics, and all the details that somehow become urgent at exactly the same time.
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Plannerwire is Keith Johnston’s home for event technology, production, software, and the operational nonsense planners are usually left to sort out after everyone else leaves the meeting.
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Why this is
Plannerwire exists because the event industry has no shortage of opinions, platforms, awards, sponsored content, and people telling planners what they need.
What it could use more of is practical thinking from people who actually have to make the thing work.
This is where we talk about the messy parts: bloated software, bad processes, AV, production, useful tools, questionable industry wisdom, and the occasional idea that probably should have died in committee.
Projects
Things I’m building because complaining eventually leads to making your own.
SOFTWARE
42Ten Media
Small software and media projects built around real operational problems. No giant ‘all-in-one’ platform. No enterprise bingo card.
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Event Tech Atlas
Independent event-tech research for planners who would rather know what a product actually does than who bought the biggest sponsorship package.
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Event Tech Pull Up
Tess and I talking with smart people about event technology, production, people, platforms, and whatever else the conversation turns into.
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August 31, 2026
How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password in Windows 10, Windows 11, or on a Mac
Your computer probably remembers the Wi-Fi password even when you don't. Here's how to find a saved Wi-Fi password in Windows 10, Windows 11, and on a Mac.
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August 30, 2026
Why Event Tech Still Makes Simple Things Too Hard
The event industry has more software than ever. So why are planners still running important parts of conferences from spreadsheets, PDFs, email chains and text messages? The problem is not that event technology lacks features. In many cases, the problem is that software handles the system beautifully while making the last mile of actual event work harder than it needs to be.
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August 30, 2026
What Encore’s IPO Filing Reveals About the Business of In-House AV
Encore is preparing to go public, and its SEC filing gives meeting professionals something they rarely get: a detailed look at how the in-house AV business actually works. The filing explains exclusive on-site venue agreements, revenue-sharing commissions, an 80% capture rate, and Encore’s plans to capture more business inside the properties where it operates. For planners who have ever wondered why bringing an outside AV company can become surprisingly complicated, it explains quite a bit.
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Still in the room after 25+ years.
Keith Johnston has spent more than 25 years producing events, working with event technology, building software, and occasionally asking why everyone agreed to make something harder than it needed to be.
He is Managing Partner at i3 Events, co-founder of Event Tech Atlas, co-host of Event Tech Pull Up, and part of the team behind 42Ten Media.
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New posts, useful tools, occasional industry arguments, and no “10 trends you need to know before breakfast” nonsense.