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With the threat of COVID-19 planners are facing mandates and calls to cancel events globally. Event profs around the world are facing the challenge of turning their in-person event into a virtualevent and fast. After all, how do you switch your in-person event to a virtualevent? .
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Virtualevent planning is taking the stage as the next big thing in the industry. Ponder this – in a world where technology develops and improves at an impressive speed, it’s our job as events profs to keep up with the motions. So to help you, we put together the ultimate virtualevent planning checklist!
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Today we want to tackle the issues pertaining to a virtualevent timeline. Not with enthusiasm, but with a sense of duty and obligation to ourselves, our industry, and our audiences. Unless you want your entire audience to be clamoring for refunds, stop slacking off and start planning. VirtualEvent Timeline.
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What do your attendees think about your event? How about sponsors? Are they likely to support your event next year? What was the experience like for in-person versus virtual attendees at your hybrid event? It’s an essential step in understanding what resonated with your audience and what needs to be improved.
What better way to learn more about the exciting world of event technology than listening to an awesome product spotlight episode of the Event Tech Podcast? Today, Will and Brandt bring two guests in to hear an unbiased review of Accelevents , an all-in-one hybrid, and virtualevent management platform.
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