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5 Ways to Encourage Pre-Event Networking for Virtual Events

One unique challenge of holding virtual events is the lack of in-person pre-event networking. For event attendees, a major draw of trade shows,...

Thanks to COVID-19, almost every major 2020 event has switched to virtual. With this massive shift, event planners are coming up with savvy,...

A hybrid event is one that combines a face-to-face (F2F) event at a physical location with a “virtual” online component for remote attendees....

You may be scratching your head and wondering why I am talking about microlearning. Isn’t this something that people in the education field have...

No matter where you are in the world, over the past few months you have felt the effects of COVID-19. As areas start to lift their restrictions,...

Search the terms “Virtual Events” or “Virtual Event Planning” in your web browser and you might hit on some sage advice. Or, alternatively, you...

Post-event survey questions can provide valuable insights, helping you get a sense of attendee satisfaction and improve things for your next...

What’s better than hearing about how your virtual event went, straight from the horse’s mouth? Post-event surveys have always been a reliable...

What’s the most effective way to anticipate the wants and needs of your audience? Ask them directly with pre-event survey questions — and then...

As a meeting planner, you want to boost audience engagement and collect as much feedback and data as possible. Audience response systems (ARS)...

True to our indelible human spirit, we look for ways to adapt and thrive when faced with adversity. While in-person-only events fall away for now,...