Feeling the Love at a Hybrid Event
In the digital event space – as in the networking industry – Cisco reigns supreme. From alternate reality games (ARGs) to opening their environments three weeks early to allow attendees time to “play,” Cisco has pioneered and implemented truly game-changing strategies others now copy in the digital event arena. But when its goal this year was to increase engagement and add “emotion” to its annual GSX event, some scoffed. An online event is the antithe...
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What’s Your Goal?
The goal of the PCMA Convening Leaders experience is to showcase the PCMA brand, deliver a high-level education program and give attendees many opportunities for networking. The online event is the primary tool for reaching an extended audience of those who can’t physically be at the meeting. The goal is to attract and engage the remote audience, and convert them to members if they aren’t already, and help them realize the benefits of being at the next PCMA event in person....
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Online survey solutions provider MeetingMetrics has introduced Session Needs Survey, an innovative pre-meeting survey, which is specifically designed to help attendees express their education session preferences directly to individual session presenters.
The session needs survey works by first collecting important data regarding attendees’ session preferences such as learning objectives, learning style, activities and interests. With the help of collected data, it creates specially formatted report and sends it ...
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Poll your audience in real time by downloading a slide from the Poll Everywhere site and inserting it into your PowerPoint file. Audience members can respond to questions by texting or going to your customized PollEvereywhere web page all from their phones, tablets or computers. Results are almost instantanous and display live on the PowerPoint slide being shown during your event or learning program. You can use both poll questions as well as open ended questions.
Now you can engage your in person audience and inc...
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We’ve come a long way, baby! ~ Loretta Lynn
The times they are a-changing. ~ Bob Dylan
The catch-phrases that prove our world and work continue to evolve are abundant.
Nowhere is this evolution more evident than some conference speaker contracts. I’ve personally seen a change in conference speaker agreements that I sign. I’m often now required to do more than just show up and present. I’m being asked to blog on the event, create promotional videos, Tweet about the e...
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BizBash CEO and Founder David Adler seems to have a gift for connecting seemingly disparate pieces of information in a way that identifies important trends for the future of events and meetings. His presentations on the subject are fascinating and often spark engrossing discussions.
Recently, he agreed to answer five questions on important event industry trends. You can read his answers to my first two questions here. These are the final three questions I asked, along with David's answers.
Are there ...
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