Hybrid events--a type of event that uses both an in person component and digital component-- are quickly becoming the new norm for hosting an event, conference, or tradeshow. Some hybrid event examples include having a portion of participants travel locally to attend...
Hybrid events are a great way to expand your audience reach and offer the option of either attending in person or virtually. But what is a hybrid event exactly and what are the benefits to offering a digital component to an event? A hybrid event typically combines a...
In recent years, digital events have proven that they are here to stay. But with this increase of both popularity and usage of digital events, many event organizers are still struggling to create a successful event. The first step in planning a digital event is...
A resource for tools, techniques and good practices for virtual events, hybrid events, online event-based learning, and perpetual communities. If you’ve come to take a deeper dive on all topics related to digital events, hybrid events and live streaming, perpetual...
I’ve been heavily involved in virtual events since the early 2000s, actually anything related to digital events as the category is quite broad stretching from webinars to perpetual, event-based environments and communities. When I started the Virtual Edge Institute...
In today’s business climate, rapid change is common and occurring at an ever increasing and unparalleled pace. Most businesses are global, and maintaining an educated eco system of leads, customers, partners, and staff is no longer a competitive advantage but an...
Online Events, when executed well, have proven effective in nurturing and accelerating prospects' journey through the different stages of the sales funnel. Most online events today, however, are conducted as webinars: prospects are invited into a single educational...
Introduction Online events have proven successful with many corporate B2B marketers and have become a key component of successful lead generating programs. The present generation of online events (virtual events) allow producers to take attendees through some of the...
A simulated live webinar, “simulive”, is a scheduled webinar which streams a pre-recorded presentation while allowing organizers to engage with the audience in real time using interactive tools. In case you have not looked into simulive before, there are key...
We have come a long way from the days when hosting a video was simply putting a file on a shared drive and letting people download it. First with desktop players, we were able to play the video directly from a shared drive. This was a step forward but still painful...
