Seeking a Hybrid Conference Steady State? Here’s a Framework August 3, 2022 by Dave Lutz With live conferences’ comeback, event organizers need to make complex decisions about how to incorporate digital product extensions into their business model. Based on our research, we estimate that there’s an even split between conference owners who are including synchronous or asynchronous hybrid options and those who aren’t. The half who is pursuing hybrid knows … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , asynchonous, hybrid conferences, hybrid experiences, hybrid meetings, simulcast, synchronous, virtual conferences, virtual meetings
Game On! Returning to Face-to-Face October 1, 2021 by Lisa Block With many organizations actively planning for an upcoming in-person conference or tradeshow, now is the time to make firm decisions for your attendee-experience, staffing and safety plans. We recently held a webinar featuring leaders from two large associations that have held face-to-face events in recent weeks. Here are five of the top take-aways that can … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Hybrid & Virtual
Conference Organizers: What Is Your Duty of Care? August 31, 2021 by Dave Lutz Just when we thought we were turning the corner on a rise in Covid cases, we are hearing about short-term cancellations of conventions once again as the Delta variant causes cases to rise. Several conventions that occurred in June and July resulted in a number of positive COVID tests, including breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , conference organizer duty of care, duty of care, event organizer duty of care, risk management
How Much Has Covid Affected the World of Virtual Conferences? August 18, 2021 by Betsy Bair Leading learning firm Tagoras has launched another round of its virtual conferences survey, the results of which will be compared to its last round, conducted near the beginning of the pandemic. The use of online events, by all types of organizations, has grown by leaps and bounds. This current survey’s results “will give us a … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , adult education, growth of online events, online conferences, surveys, virtual conferences
I Think We Cracked the Code on Digital Networking! June 1, 2021 by Sarah Michel If you missed our recent webinar on Cracking the Code on Digital Networking, you can watch it on-demand. It is well worth your time to learn from two masters: Amanda Kaiser (pictured, top right) and Arianna Rehak (pictured, bottom), co-founders of the 2021 Virtual Networking Incubator. We had a lot of ground to cover and … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Networking, Hybrid & Virtual, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conference networking, connections, digital networking, hybrid conferences, hybrid networking, innovations in networking, virtual networking
5 Post-Pandemic Conference Program Design Changes May 20, 2021 by Dave Lutz “Never let a good crisis go to waste” has become a popular adage in the business world over the past year, for good reason. As it becomes more apparent that face-to-face events will return in some form this year, conference organizers have an opportunity to make changes that would have been more difficult to sell … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , community spaces, hallway conversations, hybrid conferences, hybrid meetings, main room events, more white space, post pandemic conferences, virtual conferences, virtual meetings
My Turbulent Love Affair With Digital-Event Networking May 3, 2021 by Sarah Michel I have been a loyal and passionate disciple of networking for all of my adult life. I have spent decades learning, speaking and writing about it. Yet when our world was turned upside down last March, and all meaningful connection with everyone was forced into a digital world, I suddenly felt like I lost my … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Networking, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , digital conferences, hybrid conferences, networking, networking online, virtual conferences, virtual networking
Risk, Revenue Recognition and Recovery April 14, 2021 by Dave Lutz For well over a year, we’ve consulted with dozens of associations on their go/no-go event strategies. One of our early — and still applicable — recommendations was for conference organizers to communicate and publish the date when they expect to make the decision for their in-person conference. Over the summer and the fall of 2020, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Business Model, Hybrid & Virtual
Does Your Conference Need an Emcee? March 30, 2021 by Sarah Michel Having an emcee at your event was a nice-to-have prior to 2020. Now it’s a must-have. Talk to any meeting owner who has managed a large virtual event this past year using a skilled emcee and he or she will tell you it made all the difference. An emcee ensures that an event flows seamlessly … [Read more…] Filed Under: Experience Design, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , content weaver, emcee, hybrid meetings, online meetings, professional emcee, speaker, virtual meetings
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
