Why Some Companies Are Doubling Down on VR for Events
VR technology has been around for a while now, and although it's become more accessible to consumers in recent years...
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Event Tech Lingo: 100 Event Tech Terms You Need to Know
The recent explosion of virtual and hybrid event tech has helped the industry through one of the most challenging years...
LinkedIn Invests in Virtual Platform Hopin for Bet on Future of Remote Meetings
Hopin announced today that LinkedIn had become an investor in the company, an investment that has come through its oversubscribed Series...
Wikimania Virtual Event Uses Multilingual Content to Break Down Global Barriers
In a scenario all too familiar to event organizers during the pandemic, the Wikimedia Foundation’s annual conference set to meet...
Tech Giant Cvent Teams Up With Encore to Get an Edge on Hybrid Events
Event professionals across the industry spent much of the last 15 months upskilling as events moved online and production value...
Hybrid Events: How to Overcome the 5 Biggest Challenges
The unknown can be a scary thing. I don’t know about you, but there are few things that freak me...
7 Virtual Events You Can Run Today
It’s been almost a year of six-feet separation, nasal swabs, and take-out date nights. That also means we’ve spent nearly...
GRAB YOUR 5-STAGE HYBRID EVENT CHECKLIST FOR ABSOLUTE SUCCESS
If, like many businesses, you’ve considered hybrid events as part of your marketing strategy, then you need a hybrid event...
Concerts Revisited: Planning Music Events in 2021 and Beyond
For creators in the music industry, 2020 was all about agility and adaptability. In the face of canceled or postponed...
8 Audience Engagement Strategies for More Meaningful Events
A business event revolves around its speakers — and speakers thrive when there’s event audience engagement. Audience participation in presentations...
Hybrid Event Technology to Put You a Step Ahead
As restrictions on in-person events are being lifted in certain communities, live events are becoming a possibility again — but...
5 Minutes to Better Attendance: How to Promote Events on Facebook
Scrolling through Facebook can be such an easy and fun way to keep in touch with family and friends that...
How to Choose the Right Video Hosting Platform for Your Virtual Events
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many creators turned to virtual events to reach their audience. Now, we’re seeing...
4 Reasons to Keep Hosting Hybrid and Live Virtual Events this Summer
With many event venues beginning to reopen across the country and some restrictions on public gatherings being loosened, you may...
The Virtual Event Production Checklist for Livestreams, Webinars, and More
The abrupt shift to virtual events in 2020 left many event organizers scrambling to tie up loose ends as they...
Return To Live Events: Setting & Managing Expectations For The Future
The road ahead seems promising for the return to live events. After a bleak start to 2020 and an unexpected...
Marketing Virtual Events With Kristin Horstman
#EventIcons podcast is all about talking to the cream of the events industry and getting to know what they do,...
How Covid-19 will change the future of virtual events forever
Covid has left an undeniable mark on all of us. While much has changed – some good, some bad, and...
Tech innovations that are transforming virtual events
Nearing the end of 2020, the trendy term for the moment was “the new normal.” And although that term was...
How Nonprofits Can Respond to COVID-19 with the Help of a Virtual Event Provider
It is safe to say the global pandemic that struck the world in 2020 ruined almost everyone’s plans. Organizers had...
Cybersecurity: How to Protect Your Virtual Events from Cyberattacks
Event planners bear the responsibility to protect the private information entrusted to them by their attendees and stakeholders by ensuring...
Virtual Event Monetization: 9 Ways to Make Money Hosting Online Events
Live events were a substantial source of revenue till the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020. Today, almost a year...
Virtual Booth: How to Recreate Face-to-Face Interactions at Virtual & Hybrid Events
In light of unprecedented disruption in recent times, many business leaders continue to view virtual events as a temporary fix,...
How to Safely Return to Live Meetings and Events in a Post-Pandemic World
The global pandemic started over a year ago. Due to safety concerns, the world stopped. Work, travel, entertainment, and events...
Virtual Event Tips: How to Overcome the 8 Biggest Challenges of Virtual Events
Fortunately, most virtual event challenges can be solved by choosing a virtual event platform that helps organizers and sponsors realize the long-term...
21 Amazing Event Software Integrations for Event Professionals
When organizing an event, there are a lot of moving pieces to consider. As the organizer, you could manually handle...
Attendees in the Driver’s Seat: Are Hybrid Events Ushering In the Next Wave in Personalization?
Conversations about personalization within the attendee journey generally relate to features such as segmented communications, personalized schedules, and more qualified...
Has Virtual Event Data Raised the Bar for Proving In-Person Event Return on Investment
When it comes to the buzz around virtual events, most of the focus has been on giving audiences easier, more...
Will All Virtual Events Run on This New Zoom Platform in the Future?
Zoom quickly became the go-to video conferencing platform during Covid-imposed quarantines and work from home orders last year, but event...
How an Omnichannel Approach can Supercharge your Event Marketing Strategy
Today, as the pandemic subsidies in many countries, the focus is shifting again back towards in-person events. That said, for the...