2020 certainly didn’t end up as we had initially planned thinking back to January 2020, but we’re ending the year centering on positivity, pride, and a lot to look forward to in 2021.
I was stretched and challenged in more ways than I’d like to admit this year. Here are five things I learned and will take with me in 2021 and beyond (and hope you can too!)
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.
After SXSW 2020 was canceled due to Covid-19, we could not be more thrilled for the return of their annual event this Spring.
For the 2021 event, cred submitted 15 sessions covering topics including leveraging AI to eliminate bias, personalized medicine, and sustainable finance. Learn more about each of these sessions and be sure to vote for your favorites before the PanelPicker closes on Friday, November 20th!
Back in March, at the start of this virtual event renaissance, we gave you the pro Tips to Be an Effective Virtual Speaker and followed up in June with the inside scoop on How to Lead an Engaging Session on the Virtual Stage.
Well, with seven months and hundreds of virtual events under our belt, we’ve compiled our lessons learned and best practices and are back with our most thorough guide yet: the Virtual Speaking Checklist.
Last week, The Ascent Conference hosted two days of learning and growth during their second annual event, focused on bringing together leaders in the tech community to learn, collaborate, and help accelerate innovation. Though typically Ascent focuses on the East Coast tech community, given this year’s constraints from COVID-19 and an industry shift to virtual, the event was hosted online—connecting ~6,000 founders, investors, SaaS professionals, and marketers within the startup community across the United States.
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.
When the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the events industry in March, event pros quickly pivoted to virtual. The shift was so drastic that business and professional online events increased 1,100% in April compared to April 2019.
Now that we’re half a year into experiencing events from home, we’re starting to notice some trends as virtual conferences become the new norm. Here are 10 virtual conference trends we’re seeing this year.
