Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

But the truth is, audiences were tuning out long before we ever started upgrading our work from home setups. I’ve interviewed enough people to know that corporate presentations are too often bloated, meandering content dumps on our audiences. Ask what moves your audience to action and build your presentation around that.

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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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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

MARCH 16, 2018

Are you focusing on your events audience engagement this year? Of course, engaging a tired and jaded audience isn’t easy and that’s why we’re here to help. You also have to feed the needs of the audience to capture their attention and interact. If you need more, drop by our audience engagement webinar.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

One presenter at a recent conference made the mistake of scolding her audience to turn phones off and put them under their seats. She was met with groans; about a third of the audience left, and the rest ignored her command. Rather than being a distraction, mobile devices can be the surprising key to increasing audience engagement.

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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. So our webinars actually are just an hour long.

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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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Endless Events

MAY 8, 2023

Imagine an event where the audience takes the reins, curating the perfect musical experience by making real-time requests and communicating with the band. We’ll also discuss the importance of knowing your audience, adapting to changing expectations around event duration, and the future innovations that uRequest Live has in store.

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Endless Events

MAY 1, 2020

How can you be sure the audience will have the necessary speed and quality of WiFi? While this will depend on the tech-savviness of your audience, the answer is probably not. Webinar Fatigue. We can’t talk about virtual event concerns without discussing webinar fatigue. So, how can you solve this? Communicate!

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Endless Events

AUGUST 11, 2020

Webinar World. Webinar World, the event designed from webinerds to webinerds, has been in the hybrid game for years. The good folks at ON24 , the company behind the event, have long realized the importance webinars have in today’s marketing landscape. So get your pen and paper and start taking notes! That’s right!

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Regarding new audiences, A/B testing informs the destination on finding the right ones. In case you missed it, here’s a quick review of 10 takeaways for 2025 travel trends. Mackinac Island: America’s Coolcation Destination.” Loyal, repeat visitors are a strong base for the destination.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

So let’s give your audience what they want. These platforms offer a single digital access point for people to attend webinars, read exclusive content, and network with others. What made your audience fall in love with your brand? Why does your audience want to attend this event? People are aching for events.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In June 2020, Kespradit and his team introduced a Covid-19 webinar series to cover topics like safety and sanitation protocols, and unemployment assistance, via livestream with Q&A. Meetings that usually saw 50 people in person on a good day began to see upwards of 300 people during these live webinars—a 500 percent increase.

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Endless Events

JUNE 26, 2020

?? The Best of the Best: Engaging Your Audience: Virtual Event Speakers – The Ultimate Hacks For Success. But what really makes me adore them and hang onto every word is when they take the time to connect with the audience on a deeper level. Worried you might be missing something while planning your virtual event?

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

Like an in-person event keep your target audience in mind, what are your attendees’ personas? Webinar/Live Stream Type Format . Many people have attended online webinars or live streams. To truly engage your audience you can do more! Virtual Even t Planning Pitfalls. They are very common and easy to create.

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Endless Events

MAY 1, 2020

We are proud to unveil the So Many Options, So Little Time: Choosing A Digital Event Platform Webinar! This webinar is here to help! Webinar fatigue is real and it’s here! So they told me about webinar fatigue. Some webinars are just plain awful. And your company is hosting webinars left and right.

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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

APRIL 27, 2021

In Smart Meetings ’ webinar, “ Hybrid How-To: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting a Successful Hybrid Event ,” Alyssa Peltier, senior event marketing manager for Cvent , shared strategies to get us there with fewer hiccups. That’s really what you’re aiming for with the virtual audience.” Going hybrid is an experiential process.

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Endless Events

MAY 5, 2022

As such, they’re the dominant audience at corporate events and conferences. The Benefits Of Event Technology For Audience Engagement. Audience engagement is one of the most talked-about pain points for event planners, especially when planning hybrid and virtual events. Communities offer year-round audience engagement.

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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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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

Without audience interaction and engagement, solo presenters have to be experts in their fields who can share personal experiences and stories to keep the audience interested. Speakers should also be diverse and reflect the audience’s makeup, keeping in mind that online events tend to attract an international audience.

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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

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. Don’t let a paying virtual audience feel like they are on an island.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

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. Virtual audience engagement remains one of the biggest pain points of event planners.

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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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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2022

Depending on the venue and the size of in-person and virtual audiences , these experiences can take many forms. The rest of the audience tunes in virtually. For the last two years, virtual audience expectations have been consistently rising. Virtual Audience Engagement Galore. And production matters!

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2022

It’s no wonder we talk about 365 community engagement (rather than community marketing) in the events industry; ever since the pandemic started nearly two years ago, event planners started worrying about virtual audiences and the levels of their engagement with a burning passion. And where does this happily married duo live?

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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 Watch the entire webinar here. Unless…” she continued.

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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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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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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. Building Rapport.

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Endless Events

MARCH 19, 2020

Let’s do a webinar. It’s crazy how many people show up and do webinars, and they just use the onboard microphone, or they use the headset. I can’t listen to it” Addressing Your Audience. When you’re a speaker in a virtual event, you have to make sure you acknowledge your audience.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Organizations use event marketing to: Promote the brand to a larger audience. Get data insights into their target audience. Additionally, you can host webinars, virtual events, and giveaways or create ambassador programs tailored to their wants, needs, and interests. Let your audience and your brand story be your trusted guides.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 20, 2022

webinar, “Top Event Tech Tips From a Year of Change.”. To catch every snippet of wisdom, watch our webinar on demand. We need to seek that first, and an understanding of our audiences, who we are, our capabilities—and to give each other grace.” I had to rely on that simple thing called humanity,” Vismale said. “We

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Endless Events

JUNE 19, 2020

Your voice will play a huge role in keeping the audience engaged and coming back to you. An audience that signed up to this particular virtual event because they want to learn more about a certain topic, acquire skills, and be on the receiving end of a valuable experience. What audience are you addressing? Why are they there?

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