The High Cost of Hybrid March 15, 2021 by Lisa Block Our clients and leading industry associations (for example, PCMA’s latest glimpse or our industry’s future, the business recovery dashboard) are turning their attention to future hybrid and face-to-face (f2f) events. While everyone keeps saying that hybrid is here to stay, most association event pros have limited bandwidth and budget to plan and execute robust in-person … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , budgets, digital events, hybrid events, production values, resources, staffing, virtual conferences, virtual networking
Five Traits Of Outstanding Online Presentations June 22, 2011 by Jeff Hurt The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we are ready for it. ~ Arnold Glasgow The number of poor online presentations is rapidly growing. The number of poor virtual presenters is expanding even faster. Poorly designed webinars, boring online conferences, ineffective hybrid events and emotionless virtual meetings litter our digital landscape … [Read more…] Filed Under: Hybrid & Virtual, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , digital presentations, hybrid events, virtual, virtual experiences, webinars
Live Streaming: Hollywood Production Value Or Good Enough For Learning April 12, 2011 by Jeff Hurt It’s the end of the (meetings) world as we know it. ~ Paraphrase, R.E.M. “This might be the beginning of the end…and the dawn of a new era in which people think recorded video as passé and demand live streaming of events,” says Priya Ramesh on The Buzz Bin Blog. YouTube Going Live “With over … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , conference, digital events, event technology, hybrid events, hybrid meetings, livestreaming, virtual attendee, virtual event
What Is The Right Mix? Face-to-Face, Digital, Hybrid Events March 29, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Your meeting’s reach no longer stops at the conference room walls. Now technology makes it possible to reach people you never had access to before. The question is: How much should be live-only and how much shared with a remote audience? How do you create an environment that makes your remote attendees feel they are … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , conferences, digital events, engagement, event technology, hybrid events, live streaming, virtual events
Does Your Hybrid Event Have The It Factor? February 17, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Your heart races as your fingers type at lightning speed. You’re running behind schedule and want to make sure that you catch the opening general session online. Due to budget and schedule conflicts, you couldn’t attend that annual meeting. You didn’t want to miss some of the content so you registered as a virtual attendee. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , hybrid events, hybrid meetings, live streaming, virtual attendee, virtual event
Toto, I Don’t Think We Are In The Meeting Venue Anymore September 13, 2010 by Jeff Hurt 7 Tips For Successful Live Streaming Events This article was written (well, ghostwritten by me in collaboration with Dave Lutz) for Dave’s People & Processes column in PCMA’s September edition of Convene. Recently we looked at the logistics needed for a successful hybrid event. That live streaming cheat sheet addressed the five types of hybrid events, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , hybrid events, hybrid meetings, live streaming, virtual attendee, virtual event, virtual experiences
Go Hybrid: A Live Streaming Cheat Sheet July 19, 2010 by Dave Lutz This article was written (well, ghostwritten by me in collaboration with Dave Lutz) for Dave’s People & Processes column in PCMA’s June edition of Convene. You’ve convinced your team that providing a hybrid event is good for your organization, your customers and your stakeholders. You’ve alleviated any fears about the virtual experience cannibalizing your face-to-face … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , backchannel, event technology, hybrid events, hybrid meetings, live streaming, live streaming an event, social media for events, Twitter for events
Engaging Attendees Today: How to Combine Virtual & Face-to-Face Meetings March 5, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Some of you asked for the slides from today’s PCMA’s Info On The Go Webinar on Engaging Attendees Today: How to Combine Virtual and Face-to-Face Meetings. Engaging Attendees Today: How to Combine Virtual and Face-to-Face Meetings View more presentations from Jeff Hurt. Read Michael McCurry’s recap of the Webinar. The full recorded webinar will be … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , EventCamp 2010, hybrid events, livestreaming, PCMA Webinar, virtual events
