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
Make Your Hybrid Event A Romper Room Experience February 14, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Are you old enough to remember the children’s television show Romper Room? It ran in the United States from 1954 to 1994. It also was televised in Australia, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Hybrid Event Lessons From Romper Room Romper Room was aimed at children ages five and under. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , event technology, hybrid, hybrid event, live streaming, meeting best practices, virtual attendee, virtual event
Virtual Event Strategies for 2011 January 12, 2011 by Dave Lutz This post is written by Dave Lutz. I’m a believer in Hybrid Events and the benefits of extending reach through that strategy. Associations that go down the hybrid road, and make it financially attractive, are putting their profession ahead of profit. AND they will reap long-term benefits. Why I Am Not There On Pure Virtual Events … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , digital events, digital meeting, digital tradeshow, virtual events, virtual tradeshow
Virtual Tradeshows: Horizontal Or Vertical Markets? July 26, 2010 by Dave Lutz This post is by Dave Lutz, Managing Director of Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. If you’re a show organizer, you’re probably wondering how to best leverage virtual event technology to help drive revenue, engagement and attract new blood. You might consider a virtual event to incubate a new show idea, attract an international audience, bridge the gap … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , conferences, virtual event, virtual meeting, virtual tradeshow
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
Four Rules to Create Value 2.0 for Events April 9, 2010 by Jeff Hurt This article was written (well, ghostwritten by me in collaboration with Dave Lutz) for Dave’s People & Processes column in PCMA’s April edition of Convene. Every association is faced with a choice: Find ways to capitalize on disruptive technologies — which enable hybrid and virtual meetings — or ignore them at their own risk. Many … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , association, conferences, engagement, event technology, face-to-face event, hybrid event, hybrid meeting, massively multiplayer online games, MMOG, Pareto Principle, Social Media, technology, the long tail, virtual meeting, Web 2.0
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
Baseball, Children’s Counting Rhymes And Virtual Events February 25, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Face-To-Face or Virtual Go My mother told me To pick the very best one And you are [not] it. Often when meeting professionals consider whether to offer a face-to-face or virtual event, they feel as if the choice is best made by using a children’s counting rhyme. You know… Pizza, pizza, … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , 2D, 3D, conferences, delivery, event technology, face-to-face event, hybrid event, live streaming, meeting planner, virtual attendee, virtual event
Bottom-line: Hybrid Meetings And Events Deliver More Value February 11, 2010 by Jeff Hurt Are you on the fence about hybrid meetings and events? Not sure they are right for your next conference? Or perhaps you’ve decided to take the plunge and are not sure what equipment is needed or where to begin. Here are two PowerPoint presentations delivered to GaMPI’s Meetings Exploration Conference 2010 “Emerging Strategies For Success” … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Technology, Hybrid & Virtual Tagged With: , audiocast, backchannel, bannercast, benefits of a hybrid meeting, hybrid meetings, livestreaming, slidecast, Virtual 2D, Virtual 3D, Webcast, webinar
