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How to Design an Effective Hybrid Event: Lessons from Event Camp Twin Cities (recorded webinar) 12/31/10

In September 2010, an event took place in Minneapolis that could very well change the face of meetings to come. The Event Camp Twin Cities program centered on four words – social, innovation, collaboration, experimentation. And with more than 550 people participating online and over 100 people participating in three face-to-face sites, that innovative meeting experiment was a success. The event’s volunteer organizers, Samuel J. Smith and Ray Hansen, sought an environment where event professionals could push the ...

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3 Ways to Give Your Virtual Audience a Voice (recorded webinar) 11/08/10

Are you bending over backwards to keep your audience engaged at live events? Birds of a feather luncheons, breakout sessions, dynamic Q&A, informal networking - all are tried and true tactics to get on-site attendees talking. But what happens when your audience isn't all on-site? Fail to give online attendees the same attention as those on-site and you put your event's reputation at risk. It's like inviting them to the party but not letting them past the velvet rope. Hybrid event consultant and virtual eve...

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