When creating watch pages for the website of an online event, you will soon discover the vast number of buttons, videos, downloads, and links that need to be checked. To provide the attendee with the best experience possible, every one of those must work. Therefore, you must check, double-check, and triple-check each one. It’s notContinue reading “Check, Double-Check & Triple-Check”
Author Archives: Tracy Baer
Grab Your Partner and Do-si-do
It is impossible to do online event planning alone (unless you’re Jeannie or Samantha Stephens). You’ll need really great partners to work with. Selecting an online event partner should not be done flippantly. You will be spending countless hours together. You need to be able to trust each other. You may need these people toContinue reading “Grab Your Partner and Do-si-do”
Pick-a-little, Talk-a-little
Let’s talk chat. Having a chat feed running up the side of your online event screen can be a great tool to engage your audience. Interacting with each other, with the speakers, or with the host can add so much to the attendee experience when done well. It can also be a distraction when doneContinue reading “Pick-a-little, Talk-a-little”
4 Tibits For Online Tradeshows
The in-person, 3-day conference our organization normally hosts each year contains a full tradeshow. When we transitioned to an online experience, we wondered, “How in the world do you take (150) 10×10 booths and move them online?” We had a vision. We found an online platform provider who could take that vision and make itContinue reading “4 Tibits For Online Tradeshows”
Can’t Let Your Guard Down
Just because your event is online doesn’t mean you can forget the fundamentals of event planning. Even more so, I think, you need to be prepared with a formal contingency plan. Online events are not without technical difficulties; dropped internet, power outages, or a pesky cable-unplugging gremlin. Being ready in advance with a contingency planContinue reading “Can’t Let Your Guard Down”