Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Last week I immensely enjoyed participating in a two-hour Zoom brain trust on moderating online panels. What are 1-2 of your online moderating pro tips? Use an online poll to start the session. If an online gathering has less than 20 people, consider starting with introductions. 20 mins: Breakouts (in groups of 4).

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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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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2022

Yet, event professionals have the opportunity to create visionary events and plan meetings that replicate the vibrancy and liveliness that existed in person while enjoying the flexibility and safety that a hybrid/online event provides. Zoom Meetings vs. Webinars vs. Events . New App Store .

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Endless Events

MARCH 17, 2020

Moving to a Virtual Event – How do I get it online? . Moving your event online will require several moving parts. The first steps are to look at your event and visualize what your ideal online event would look like. Webinar/Live Stream Type Format . Many people have attended online webinars or live streams.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A lot of online stuff is going to the wayside. Will thinks the future of pure virtual events is regressing to simple webinars. Everyone knows what a webinar is. Use these tools, so you’re doing several online events throughout the year as your top-of-the-funnel. Then, a couple of months later, do another online event.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

A “one and done” approach to webinars means missing out on marketing opportunities and a broader audience. Webinars are great way to deliver educational content, but organizations need to stay sharp to satisfy audiences’ changing expectations and to meet their own goals. One important practice is to repurpose webinar content.

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Endless Events

MAY 13, 2022

Today, there are many ways to prepare for a career in event planning: Work on your soft skills, Get a degree, Get a certificate, Look for free content (webinars, podcasts, e-books, blogs), Work at events (as a volunteer), Build a strong network of event profs (join communities). Online Courses, Blogs, & Other Free Content.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2020

And it seems as if almost every event that’s happening online at the moment has some form of a new feature, some form of new interactivity that’s getting ever closer to all the big advantages we know about physical events. Where maybe we do have VR headsets and we could interact face to face or online. We can do that.

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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. But then everyone became an online viewer. Going hybrid is an experiential process. And third, the data challenge.

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Endless Events

MARCH 2, 2022

In their estimation, the community model consists of 80% year-round online interactions and 20% at an annual in-person event. An effective community model is much like an online event, EventMobi’ s guide The Secret to Successful Attendee Retention: Year-Round Engagement explains. Best Community Model Practices.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

A lot of things can go wrong during a synchronous hybrid event as it is hard to stay in sync online and in the physical venue. Give attendees extended access to a platform where they can meet other community members, attend webinars, ask questions, and interact with sponsors. The ultimate asynchronous event is an event that never ends.

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2021

“We were forced online, but we do have a choice with what we do with that and how we deal with our various stakeholders. The biggest fail when it comes to online trade shows with exhibitors is not involving them in the design process.” “If you have vendors that are looking for targeting, online is great.

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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. It’s just taking the stuff that we knew from our in-person events about good production and applying them to online events,” he explained. You know, the lights, the green screen, the whole nine yards.

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Endless Events

JULY 7, 2022

But online, you’re stuck at the mercy of whoever’s running the event,” Dustin adds. Dustin adds that there are many types of online events. “There’s the training meeting, an all-day conference, a webinar … It’s easier for us to identify what technology is best suited for each of them.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 8, 2022

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. Paying virtual attendees expect more than the dreaded “screen share” webinar presentation.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

One of the things I’m seeing is that the most successful [virtual events] are making sure you have a team in place to start the online conversation,” Farmanfarmaian said. “If Read More : 6 Tips for Keeping Attendees Tuned In During Your Online Events. I don’t think that that works as well when we’re online.”.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

During the early COVID years, online meetings became the norm, while in-person gatherings dropped dramatically. Smaller online meetings revealed that broadcast-style webinars were often disengaging, while interactive online meetings helped attendees make peer connections and stay engaged.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

Convert Webinar Content to Multiple Formats : Extract key insights from webinars to create blog posts, social media content, and email campaigns. An upscale hotel in downtown San Diego reported: “During a site visit, one of our meeting spaces was unavailable for viewing.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

A dedicated online agenda, offering virtual participants features that wouldn’t be available to in-person attendees, can be elevated through a screen. Polls and surveys can be conducted easily online with the results displayed to both audiences. “It makes them feel like they’re part of the process,” Si says.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 18, 2022

After the event, they put all their content online on demand. But in 2020, the pandemic forced us to take our events online. . Event platforms and other online platforms are a great way to connect with your community at any place, any time. Hubspot achieves all of the bullet points above. 3 EVENT MARKETING STRATEGY TYPES.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hybrid events—whether they are conferences, expos or training courses—are meetings that can be accessed in person at a physical location, or remotely via an online platform. Read More : How to Keep the C-level Engaged In-person and Online. Harness the power of social media at every stage. Good luck and enjoy!

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2021

And most importantly for this podcast, he is the founder and CEO of Shindig , a virtual conference, event, and meeting platform that has mastered the art of online engagement. They thought it was just a large video conference or a webinar,” Steve adds. We can achieve miracles online!

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Endless Events

JULY 24, 2020

Speaking of hybrid events, if you want more tips and tricks on how to better integrate virtual event aspects into people’s daily lives, check out our Virtual Event/Life Balance Webinar! Maybe my sister was missing the needs of an entire group of learners who excel in online learning. Hybrid, Hybrid, Hybrid. Two months ago?

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Endless Events

MAY 16, 2022

The instructor is calling out in-person and online participants, giving shoutouts. Building A Powerful Online Community. It is precisely the diversity of content and inclusion that makes Peloton such a great example of an online community. The two audiences do not have the same experience, but they have an equal footing.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2024

Like many events, we went online and delivered webinars during the pandemic. We have what we call Indoor Ag Conversations, monthly online sessions that were sometimes even more [frequent]. For free we would have these sessions online that people could attend. We had hundreds of people on them from around the world.”

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2022

When does a webinar cross the line into an experience? Reid deploys a webinar on a topic first to monitor behavior (when people drop off and what questions they ask). Whitney marveled at the incredible convergence happening between online learning, in-person gathering and identification of interests to funnel down to micro-community.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2022

When does a webinar cross the line into an experience? Reid deploys a webinar on a topic first to monitor behavior (when people drop off and what questions they ask). Whitney marveled at the incredible convergence happening between online learning, in-person gathering and identification of interests to funnel down to micro-community.

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Endless Events

MAY 29, 2020

Will is hosting a webinar LIVE this Friday all about the virtual event trends of 2020. May 28th – Will is going to be presenting a module for PCMA’s Digital Event Strategist live online course. ? May 29th – 2 PM PST – Will is hosting an incredibly relevant webinar all about the Virtual Event Trends Of 2020! ??Silly

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

With an increase in virtual events, webinars, and live streaming, many are afraid that this will be the only way going forward. As a result, event organizers are making use of available technologies such as virtual reality (VR), online collaboration, and streaming at venues in conjunction with contactless solutions for safe operations. .

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2021

This is the name of the game in the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “ Backstage Pass: Producing Compelling Content That Drives Engagement ,” which was also part of Cvent’s Bigger Future Ready webinar series. Peltier began the webinar by asking what the word “content” even means. “It’s Defining the Ambiguous.

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InEvent

JUNE 19, 2022

While webinars, web conferencing, and live online events are becoming increasingly popular with businesses of all kinds, there’s still plenty of confusion about how to host one. When you make your decision about how to host your event, you must do your research on what the best practices are for hosting the best webinar possible.

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Endless Events

MARCH 19, 2020

Let’s do a webinar. Pick your best presentations and put them online.” It’s crazy how many people show up and do webinars, and they just use the onboard microphone, or they use the headset. And the solution they went with? “People are like, “Yeah, we’ll just do our event on Zoom.

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Endless Events

MARCH 23, 2018

We tackle this hot issue in an upcoming webinar with our very own Will Curran and Brandt Krueger, as they talk about simple ways to ensure data security for your event before, during and after the date itself. Webinar] The Best Way To Ensure Cybersecurity in Your Events. Online event security needs to be on your radar.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

If further proof was needed, the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “ Event Tech Survival Guide ,” should be next on your to-do list. You gave your online audience the worst seat in the house and expected them to be happy with it. it does, this resilient pack gets to work. How we’re thriving is with DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion).

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

The community model holds many perks, including continuous audience engagement , infinite virtual space for events and webinars, and year-round value for exhibitors. People online per time (hour) of day. Group networking event KPIs: number of people who participated in video rooms, video lounge; average time per user spent networking.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 31, 2018

Whether it’s a purely online event like a webinar or a hybrid event where online participants can be part of a real life event, virtual events can be a welcome addition for your audiences. Doing Online Registration Right. Not all events need to done in person.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 22, 2020

If you can’t hang out with people in person, how can you best meet up with your tribe online? That’s the selling proposition for a host of new platforms that have sprung up over the last few months: creating a compelling online incarnation of the traditional conference socials we all know and love (or hate).

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