How do you decide what parts make up a good online event? It depends on several factors. First and foremost, your stakeholders need to determine the goals and objectives for the online version of the event. Then, what you want the attendee experience to be, what you can afford to do with both the timeContinue reading “Parts Is Parts”
Author Archives: Tracy Baer
Chaperon The Chat
Providing a safe place for your attendees to chat with each other is incredibly important for an online event. If you are going to take the time to encourage networking using the event chat feed, or think through how best to subdivide your audience to narrow down their focus (through watch parties), why would youContinue reading “Chaperon The Chat”
Shake It Up
We’ve all seen them. We’ve all participated in them. They are monotonous, boring, dry, talking-head online events. It was probably required viewing for work; some sort of quarterly meeting or mandatory product training. To have a truly successful online event, however, you have to shake things up! There aren’t any rules to online events. NobodyContinue reading “Shake It Up”
…And What About the Budget?
You’ve decided to move your in-person event to an online experience. You’ve revamped the schedule, requested recordings from speakers, and contracted an online platform provider. That ought to do it, right? Not even close. I can’t even begin to tell you what’s missing from the list. (Actually I can, you should start back at theContinue reading “…And What About the Budget?”
How Long is Too Long?
It’s a challenge to balance online event content with how long each segment should be to keep the attendee engaged. Say, for example, you are asking a keynote speaker to participate in the event. How long do you ask for them to speak? Is 15 minutes good? Is the standard 45 minutes too long? HowContinue reading “How Long is Too Long?”