Social Tables

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The most successful webinars are specific, interesting, and engaging. But how do webinar organizers take an idea and transform it into an appealing virtual event? Which webinar best practices do the most successful virtual event planners and organizers follow? Plan better virtual events with these webinar best practices.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 25, 2022

You’ve built an all-star lineup of virtual speakers for your next event. It’s time to tackle speaker management for your event. . of event organizers find it easier to enlist outstanding speakers for virtual events than in-person gatherings. 5 Benefits of Creating and Maintaining Incredible Speaker Relationships.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 15, 2022

Webinars are one of the most affordable and impactful event marketing vehicles. With some preparation, you can host memorable webinars that people want to attend and share with their teams and colleagues. Why People (Love To) Hate Webinars. Awkward pacing: The run of show has to be perfect, even for a webinar.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 9, 2024

Creating a speaker coaching webinar or tip sheets for your speakers can help them better connect with your audience. Make the most of their time and influence them by inviting them to take part in planning calls and help speakers understand your audience, Michel said. Create a speaker coaching webinar.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 8, 2024

Mesmer has added new voices to the list of speakers, including young professionals who are on the rise in the industry. It’s a sweeping transformation, and one that relied heavily on the association’s investment in something that often doesn’t get a lot of attention: speaker coaching.

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

“So over the last, I would say three to four years, we have increased the number of webinars that we have”, she explains. “Live webinars in addition to the summits where we do three hours of education, we now teach the majority of all of our certificate sessions online.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Gaudini is also an advocate for shorter sessions and longer audience engagement periods. I have a 20/80 recommendation; I recommend speakers prepare 20 percent of the content, and leave the other 80 percent for peer-audience engagement— chat, Q&A, [etc.]—because Nor does she announce when the speaker is going to show.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2018

Increasing audience engagement can be a challenge even for the best #eventprofs. In order to increase audience engagement, you need to first capture their attention. Speaking of top-notch AV, we’ve whipped up a free webinar to help you fulfill the five senses via AV so you can wow attendees right from the start.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 30, 2021

After a promising but brief return to in-person-only events in the spring, the Delta and Omicron variants forced many event organizers to renavigate a hybrid event landscape to engage both digital and physical audiences. Even as their hybrid events remain a work in progress, many organizers now see their long-tail potential.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 1, 2022

More and more event professionals and marketing teams are turning to webinars to engage prospects, customers, and even employees in a more cost-effective way. In fact, a report from ResearchAndMarkets.com found that the global webinar market — which stood at $1.57 What is a webinar? 18% of events are webinars.

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Endless Events

MARCH 30, 2018

But while you use those services a lot, do you really know how to engage your audience on social media? If you’re the type who wants to watch instead of reading below, jump into our free audience engagement webinar ! Further, incentivize the games with prizes and you’ll have your audience buzzing with excitement!

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

So let’s give your audience what they want. Make sure you consider these high-ticket items at a minimum: Venue Speakers Food and beverage Furniture and equipment Staffing (event coordinators, clean up, security, etc.) What made your audience fall in love with your brand? Why does your audience want to attend this event?

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Endless Events

MAY 1, 2020

Because everyone involved in the experience – you, the attendees, the speakers, the entertainment – will be attending the event remotely. But while it’s easier for planners to have control over their own connection and train the speakers in the same sense, it’s not quite as easy on the attendee side.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

What makes a hybrid event synchronous is that both hybrid audiences experience the same event, at the same time. But this is no easy feat; research shows that 46% of event organizers say that speakers struggle to simultaneously engage a virtual and in-person audience. Why asynchronous events? Each gets full, undivided attention.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The challenge is designing events that speak to the needs of an audience that changed over the last three years. Watch the entire webinar here. When considering audiences who historically couldn’t physically or financially attend, the idea of a hybrid event comes into play again. In an exclusive Smart Chat Live! Joanna Pineda.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. That’s why securing an exciting, engaging speaker and creating a compelling, concise agenda is even more critical than for in-person events.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve outlined 77 event KPIs and divided them into eight major groups: general and attendee event KPIs , financial event KPIs , marketing KPIs , audience engagement KPIs , presenter KPIs , sponsorship and tradeshow KPIs , event networking KPIs , community KPIs. Event platforms have transformed how we measure audience engagement KPIs.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 8, 2022

Audiences will pay for quality content. With so many attendees used to free events, expectations are high for paid events. “They [online audiences] are far less captive and will have increasingly high expectations around the quality and value of these experiences. published by the Virtua Events Institute. Include a Virtual Emcee.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

Now, Cisco’s Webex Events , which purchased Socio, has announced that starting in April 2025, the service will no longer be available outside of Webex Suite Enterprise Agreements, indicating it may be folded into webinar production. A more accurate assessment might be that the future is whatever format engages audiences most effectively.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To help you learn more about the power of event communities and how you can go about building one of your own, we recently hosted a webinar, The Key to Accelerating Growth: Building Community through Events , featuring Alon Alroy , cofounder and CMO of Bizzabo, and Sam Jacobs , founder and CEO of Pavilion. Turn down the music.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The venue was perfect and the speakers top-notch. Speakers want to present remotely, and attendees and sponsors are starting to drop off. What if travel policies change, and speakers, attendees and sponsors start to cancel? Know your audience. Make sure it stays true to audience needs. Then along came Delta.

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Endless Events

MAY 16, 2022

After all, the world-famous exercise equipment company has managed to grow a strong community through its content delivery, social media presence, and audience engagement. The two audiences do not have the same experience, but they have an equal footing. ” “ The audience can do their audio mix ,” Will adds.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2022

Zoom Meetings vs. Webinars vs. Events . Now, with the options to host a regular meeting, a webinar, or a special event, it is easy to get confused about which platform is right for you. The best way to combat virtual fatigue is to engage your audience and create something exciting and interactive.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s hard for the speaker to monitor the chat and answer Q&As while presenting. But money saved also means ROI lost: the champion of March 2020 does not deliver on audience engagement and valuable data insights – and these are essential for an event’s success. Enhanced virtual audience engagement.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Dasher, in addition to Nathan Chin, senior product manager for Cvent ; and Phil Saims, vice president of sales for Federal Conference , led the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Designing Your Event Program for Diversity & Inclusion,” where they tackled the not-always-straightforward topic of DEI. Watch the entire webinar to learn more.

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

Make sure your virtual event covers everything they were coming to experience such as continuing education classes, the speakers they were looking forward to, networking opportunities, and product demos. Instead of banners or signage give sponsors virtual graphics that can go up before a speaker or session goes live.

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Bizzaboo

JUNE 18, 2023

To help you answer that question and stay ahead of the curve, we recently hosted a two-part webinar series that explored the ins and outs of using AI in events. In this post, we’ll provide a high-level overview of those conversations so you can better understand what to expect when you tune in and watch the webinars on-demand.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2022

When does a webinar cross the line into an experience? The day-long presentation mixed content from three in-person hubs—San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and London—along with thousands making up the remote audience from around the world. How do you make virtual meetings immersive? Personalized Responses.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2022

When does a webinar cross the line into an experience? The day-long presentation mixed content from three in-person hubs—San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and London—along with thousands making up the remote audience from around the world. How do you make virtual meetings immersive? Personalized Responses.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 20, 2022

“Re-imagine yourself as the directorial, experience-creating superhero of tomorrow,” Jade Simmons, classical concert pianist and lauded transformational speaker, urged planners in this week’s Smart Chat Live! webinar session: “Planning with Purpose: How to position yourself for a powerful year.”. That is how you deliver value.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Fortunately, there are a number of ways to make online events more engaging, some based on tried-and-true methods for engaging in-person audiences. Poll responses can also help event speakers tailor their content to better fit and engage the audience. Tools for boosting online event engagement.

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Bizzaboo

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Audience engagement took on an entirely new meaning when virtual and hybrid events arrived during the pandemic. of organizers say in-person events are their organization’s most impactful marketing channel — and webinars continue to entice attendees, the question is: How do you keep participants engaged across all event formats?

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Bizzaboo

MAY 10, 2023

Building Trust with Your Audience “Thank you” emails enable you to maintain a dialogue with attendees and add value at no charge by sending helpful links to on-demand content and other resources. This allows you to build and nurture a trusting relationship between your audience and your organization.

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National Association For Catering ane Events

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In addition to choosing a subject matter that is equally interesting and valuable to your members, you also need to select a speaker who will do the topic justice by engaging the audience with dialogue and providing them with real, actionable takeaways. Implement an onboarding process for speakers. Weddings vs. corporate?

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Endless Events

JULY 6, 2020

Now that a few months have passed, and virtual events have increased in popularity, dangers related to webinar fatigue are more real than ever. You can also get in touch with your audience before, and further develop that sense of community that is so paramount. But today, we’ll be jumping into the realm of marketing.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 4, 2020

Janet Sperstad, CMP, faculty director, Event Management Business Solutions at Madison College, suggests planners ask themselves, “What can we do to support the speaker?” Sarah Michel of Velvet Chainsaw suggests that after paying for their time and transportation, it pays to invest a little more in training for the speaker.

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When executed effectively, a corporate event leaves a lasting impression, turning attendees into advocates and deepening their loyalty to your brand.Corporate events come in various forms, each tailored to fulfill different objectives and engage specific audiences. Source Quality Speakers : Choose speakers who can resonate with your audience.

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