I was excited to attend PCMA’s Omnichannel Convening Leaders event last week. Having attended more than 20 of PCMA’s Annual Meetings over the years (both in person and virtually), I expected high energy, experimental delivery and great content. I wasn’t expecting to connect with my friends or to feel the same high I get from the in-person meetings. Those expectations were largely met. The Great: Global Reach and Main-Stage Experiences Applause to PCMA for engaging the global business events … [Read more...]
[Webinar] Rethink, Restart, Refresh Your Panels: Advice for 2021
Ring in the New Year with advice from two renowned experts on speaker coaching and panel improvement, Kristin Arnold and Sarah Michel. The shift to virtual events has magnified the need to add spice and spunk to your conference’s panel discussions so that you leave the audience begging for more. You’ll get more than a few nuggets from Kristin’s just-published book, “123 Ways to Add Pizazz to a Panel Discussion.” Please join us on Wednesday, January 27, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. EST for … [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...]
Five Traits Of Outstanding Online Presentations
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 like plastic bags on roadsides. They are multiplying faster than zombies feasting on high density populations. Cyber … [Read more...]
Virtual Trade Show Business Plans
Tradeshow organizers and exhibitors are leveraging virtual technologies for their benefit. Virtual events are helping them reduce costs, increase lead generation, improve ROI for the exhibitor and attract future buyers. At IAEE's 2010 Expo! Expo! Nicole Buraglio and I presented a sesson on Virtual Trade Show Business Plans. We explored several business and go-to-market strategies for leveraging the buzz from the show floor to a wider audience. Here is the PPT slide deck from that … [Read more...]
