I’ll admit that in 2011, when the Virtual Edge Institute (now called the Digital Experience Institute) first co-located its conference with the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders, the experience fell flat for me. At the time, a mere six years ago, the fledgling for-profit entity that wagered its future on the potential of virtual meetings staged sessions that were too heavily weighted toward the online audience in the verbal communication and moderation by the … [Read more...]
Do Millennials Prefer Virtual Meetings? No! Face To Face Matters! [Infographic]
Conventional wisdom says that millennials prefer virtual and digital meetings over face to face ones. According to this infographic, compiled by CT Business Travel and NeoMam Studios, a digital design studio 78% of Gen Xers & 80% of millennials say they actually prefer in-person communication with their colleagues. 87% of all professionals believe that face-to-face meetings are essential for clinching business deals. What's your strategy for digital and face to face events … [Read more...]
Helping Your Remote Virtual Attendees Succeed As Participants
Our time is valuable. Many of us see our time as money, a resource that we don't want to waste. Asking people to commit 30-, 45- or even 60-minutes of their time to attend your Webinar is asking a lot. It's critical that your digital event provide tremendous value and ROI or you'll lose your attendees' trust. Establish Expectations And Responsibilities As digital event presenter, it's your responsibility to make sure that everyone that participates succeeds. You need to provide enough … [Read more...]
Drag Is A Four Letter Word To Avoid In Digital Presentations
Your digital presentation must keep moving or it will be abandoned! As a digital presenter, you can't afford to get bogged down for any reason. If you do, you will lose attendees. Faster, Upbeat Pace The pace of your Webinar, teleseminar or virtual presentation must be faster than your traditional face-to-face presentation. No, that doesn't mean you talk faster. It just means that the tempo of your presentation should be more upbeat. You can't afford to bore your remote audience or they will … [Read more...]
You Need To Be Relentless To Make Your Digital Presentation Interesting
If you don't keep you virtual presentation engaging, it will be forgotten! The greatest challenge for those presenting content virtually, is keeping their presentation more interesting than the distractions. Virtual Presentations And Distractions Abound The amount of free or low cost Webinars and electronic presentations is multiplying daily. Our in-boxes are flooded with invitations to online learning communities and forums, virtual meetings and Webinars. Digital presentations and eLearning … [Read more...]
The Essential Stats You Need To Know About Face To Face And Virtual Events [Infographic]
Any of these stats surprise you? Do you plan to use digital events in the near future and if so, why? … [Read more...]
Eight Ways To Spook Your Remote Audience
Presenting to a face-to-face audience is difficult, even scary. Presenting to a remote audience in a webinar, teleseminar or virtual event is difficult squared. It can be frightening and unsettling. Eight Ways To Haunt Your Remote Audience Here are eight non-tips and tricks that horror movies avoid. These are guaranteed to create dread and fear in your viewers for the wrong reasons. 1. Ensure that viewers' distractions are more interesting than your presentation. Many horror flicks distract … [Read more...]
The Top Reason Your Virtual Presentation Failed
I remember the first time I gave a virtual presentation. I was in a small conference room with six other panelists. A camera on a stand faced me. To my left was a computer that looked like a mashup of the old overhead projector and a touch screen. A large screen displaying six feeds at once was on the wall in front of me. My presentation was sent via satellite to 21 other remote locations each with an audience of 30-100 people. Every location had a large screen displaying the satellite feed, a … [Read more...]
