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Who would have known that 2020 would go down as one of the most influential years- if not the most influential year- for virtualevents in history? Even as the highest-ranked event trends predictor in the industry, even we couldn’t guess this. Here we go as we make predictions on the hottest trends to hit virtualevents!
Plenty of things about planning a virtualevent cause stress and confusion. And as virtualevents kept evolving, planners were bombarded with dozens of features and opportunities from platforms swearing they were the next big thing. Key VirtualEvent Platform Features. What should you prioritize?
But today, let’s take a few steps back and think about where do our events truly begin. Is it when your attendee walks through the doors of your venue or logs on to your virtualevent platform? Or is it much earlier, at eventregistration? EventRegistration Basics. Browsing is limited.
After more than a year of helping planners navigate the complex world of virtualevents, we learned a thing or two about pain points. Over the course of these challenging months, many event profs came to us with a series of different problems and doubts. We get it – budgeting isn’t fun for anyone! The Basics.
Now we’re onto the next challenge: making the virtualevent a great online experience. Here are five tech tips to make your virtualevent engaging. If working with an event agency, make sure to ask specific questions before you hire a firm for your next virtualevent around their production background.
If you’re planning a virtualevent, you’ll want to have a meeting with a virtualevent production company ASAP. Most planners are now scrambling to figure out how to replicate the in-person experience in a virtual environment. Virtualevents offer a lot of brand new possibilities.
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Virtualevents were all the rage last year, whether we liked it or not. While some adapted fast and organized extraordinary virtualevents in 2020 , many are still grappling with the new reality. Liz King Caruso is the CEO of Liz King Events and techsytalk. It has to be more interesting.
And even though planners have been avidly consuming educational content on the topic, there are still misconceptions going around. For instance, you probably read every article under the sun teaching you about virtual audience engagement, sponsorships, speakers, and more. Moving Towards VirtualEvent Production.
After all, event platforms are key to planning the best hybrid or virtualevent and are definitely here to stay. Virtual & Hybrid Event Platforms: All About Automation. First off, Will asks Kyle to talk about his thoughts on virtualevent platforms. What happened in 2020 and where are they going?
With the acquisition of digital event platform Run The World, EventMobi wants the industry to know that virtualevents are a more powerful tool than we realize. There were a few things that were revolutionary in terms of virtualevents during the pandemic, first of all because we couldn’t go anywhere.
The platform allows companies to completely optimize the digital registration experience for event attendees, especially for global companies that want every event to be new and exciting. We had clients literally saying, ‘I know I had this virtualevent, but I want to do it in person, and it’s in two weeks,” said Lochner.
And one of the biggest question marks we’ve noticed pertains to a virtualevent RFP. The Endless team is happy to introduce a comprehensive guide of what you should include in your virtualevent RFP. VirtualEvent RFP: What To Include? How will this event support your company’s goals?
Another week, another inspiring story about pivoting to virtualevents! All across the nation, eventplanners have been learning the ropes of virtualevents. She studied Convention, Event, and Exhibition Management and has been a titan of the industry for years. Press play to find out! They liked it.
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It’s safe to assume you’ve been thinking a lot about virtualevent possibilities. Because let’s be fair, virtualevents will be the norm for a while. And surprisingly enough, not many event profs have experience with this format. These are only a few of the doubts we know eventplanners have.
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How the gig economy is impacting the events industry In honor of Labor Day, Smart Meetings chatted with Tracy Judge, founder and CEO of Soundings , to get the latest scoop on the trends currently emerging within the freelance meeting planner gig economy. SM What types of freelance meeting planner roles are most in demand?
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Thanks to an absolute boom of event technology solutions , eventplanners can now craft data-based event strategies and measure their event success better than ever before. Event KPIs (key performance indicators) therefore directly drive event ROI and inform how successful was the event.
2022 is going to be our best year yet; we’ve embraced exciting new event technology and hybrid events as the way of the future! If 2020 was a year of pivoting and learning about virtualevents, 2021 was a year of putting that knowledge to the test. Which virtualevent platform features to look for?
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And back at the beginning of the pandemic madness, webinars, live streams, and virtualevents, in general, were welcomed by pretty much everyone. Never has this emotional and physical exhaustion in regards to virtualevents been as marked as it is now. Well, we are currently at the driver’s seat to make a change.
This chunk of the 2021 event trends guide paints an accurate picture of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect. How many people planned a virtualevent last year? And what are their thoughts on the future of events? The 2021 event trends we’ll explore here include: Hybrid Events.
We can now rely on various attendance tracking software solutions to help us measure the various aspects of the attendee experience at in-person, hybrid, and virtualevents. They also automate and speed up the event management process before, during, and after the event. . SEAMLESS REGISTRATION PROCESS.
Let’s talk about one of the most dreaded subjects in the events industry: the hybrid event budget. As an amalgamation of in-person and virtualevents, hybrid events are complex, versatile, and hard to budget for. When it comes to hybrid event budgets, let the audience and event goals be your guide.
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They go over the recent changes in the events industry, ROI metrics, diversity and inclusivity, sustainability, and her favorite resources for eventplanners. Event Planning: An Exciting & Challenging Career. First, Karmen asks Gianna about her background and how she got into the events industry.
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We have a strong opportunity to deepen the process of hosting in-person, hybrid and virtualevents and are excited to be able to better support meeting planners and event organizers while offering a wider range of products and experiences,” he said in a statement. He will remain with the company in an executive role.
She notes that, indeed, some events look a lot like 2019 in 2022. What would the Brew Crew have eventplanners do to plan better events? This is a well-rounded and pragmatic episode that touches upon the reality of event planning, budgeting, event marketing, event strategy, proving event ROI, and more.
In the past two years, we’ve covered nearly every aspect of planning virtualevents and keeping virtual audiences entertained from the safety of their homes. Now that we’re making a return to in-person events , we can start talking about many event-planning topics we had no use for since March 2020.
Why You Need An Event Timeline. Before we go into the nitty-gritty of event timelines, let’s revisit the most fundamental question: why do you need an event timeline in the first place? To eventplanners, the answer should be a no-brainer: event timelines keep your event and the event planning process on track.
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If your leadership has asked you to plan both a live and a full virtualevent, then you should plan on almost doubling your budget. Break out your RFP into two sections or create two separate RFPs—one for live and another for virtual—with two teams to plan and execute. You can double the registration income.
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After an almost two-year hiatus, planners and event organizers who have moved ahead with physical-only events have been disappointed with attendance. Either they found comfort and convenience in the virtual format or they’re still nervous for health reasons. Pick the low-hanging fruit. Leverage meeting analytics.
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