Over the past few months, we’ve shared several strategies for speakers to put their best foot forward during on-screen presentations. Now, we share our best tips for event organizers.
Here are 5 ways our event management team has prepared speakers for the 25+ virtual conferences and webinars executed this year.
Like everything in 2020, the swag bag is adapting to the online world and event organizers are getting more creative than ever. Whether you have an event coming up or are looking for ways to boost internal team engagement, here are some of cred’s favorite ways to curate the new virtual event swag bag.
Welcome to the sixth month of the virtual “new normal!” It almost seems as though years have passed since rumblings of a pandemic were circulating in early March, threatening to bring the events industry to a screeching halt. Optimism was shared through outlooks of “it will go back to normal next month,” or “don’t worry, they won’t cancel the event”—and now, these words cause us to shake our heads at the blissful ignorance our industry was once guilty of presenting.
Luckily, we’ve seen a quick pivot to virtual, and as we plan more and more virtual events, we’re seeing benefits that we never would have anticipated.
Though social distancing has us temporarily apart, virtual events are filling an important niche for thought leadership and community building, and are now undeniably an integral component of the current and future events scene.
We’ve shared ways to build the basic infrastructure of your virtual event—from making game-time decisions about the future of your event to choosing the best platform and equipment—and are now here to share some of the nitty gritty mechanics. Here are our top tips for creating virtual environments that inspire your attendees, speakers, and partners while also meeting your own organization’s KPIs.
It’s no secret that we are living in an unprecedented time, and the impact has been felt in one way or another across industries. As we adapt, we find ourselves looking for a way to maintain a sense of normalcy. Since the spring season is a prime time to host an event, one way we’ve been able to establish a new normal is bringing events to life—with a virtual twist.
While COVID-19 is certainly affecting daily lives, entire industries, and the economy as a whole, we at cred are very optimistic this will pass, and are looking forward to strong and busy summer and fall event seasons. We’ve pulled together a quick list of how event organizers can handle multiple event postponements across industries and how to best navigate these uncertain times.
