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Here's an interesting fact about NASA: while the Space Shuttle has been its highest profile mission, it is only one of 93 active missions NASA is working on. At least 1,000 workers plus 2,000 contractors across the entire country provide important services every day to get to the point of liftoff....
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Creating a successful hybrid event doesn't happen overnight and it doesn't happen in a vacuum. Victoria Fanning, a face-to-face meeting planner for over a decade, and now the Director of Hybrid and Online Meetings at EDUCAUSE, should know. She plans five major blended conferences, two multi-day...
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Stop for a moment and think about the last presentation you watched (or presented). Did the speaker read the slides to you? Did you hear the phrase, “Now this next one might be a little hard to read”? Were there flashy animations? Or over-enthusiastic use of clip art?
You aren’t alone.
Now...
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Fresh off a test drive at Event Camp National in Chicago, Erica St. Angel is ready to take this brand new presentation style out on the open road. She's got six chapters and eighteen potential paths for you to explore: from popular monetization models to stats on the growth of the blended event...
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Ever wish you could ask an expert how to make your live streaming video look better? Here's your chance. This is a rare opportunity for one-on-one Q&A with one of the most well-respected streaming video consultants, writers and instructors around. Even if you aren't a techy or on either side of...
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The final in our four-part webinar series brings you the culmination of this educational series. In order to prepare you to integrate virtual event technologies to your event marketing plans, there is one final element to understand. The technology can feel daunting and understanding technical...
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You know that feeling of camaraderie you build with fellow attendees during a conference? Have you ever wondered if it would be possible to keep that level of networking and interaction going long after the event is over?
Stephanie Martinez did. And she came up with a very clever way to...
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What advice would you give an association with 45,000 members, two annual conferences and declining meeting attendance? What if they had no new money for webcasting services or virtual event technology? And what if they’re convinced hybrid events are going to cannibalize their onsite...
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Is 2011 the year you’ve decided to put some portion of your conference online? You aren’t alone. Every week more multi-track, multi-day events take the plunge.
Some quietly record every presentation, making them available to attendees after the event on-demand. Some live stream into a private...
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Lockheed Martin created a unique business and technology model for consistently producing live, high-production-value corporate webcasts for a national audience. Their approach not only eliminated any fear of going live with executive webcasts, but also led to a logarithmic growth in webcast...
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There’s lots of speaker training out there. And tons of resources for planning a great meeting. But when you host a hybrid meeting, how are you as the event professional going to prepare your speakers to be successful in a new, blended environment?
To date, there hasn’t been a ton of guidance...
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Are you bending over backwards to keep your audience engaged at live events? Birds of a feather luncheons, breakout sessions, dynamic Q&A, informal networking – all are tried and true tactics to get on-site attendees talking.
But what happens when your audience isn’t all on-site?
Fail to give...
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Ah, the day after. With the conference behind you and kudos pouring in, it is tempting to simply archive the old website and turn your attention to next year. But wait.
Whether you webcasted live to a virtual audience or captured just a few keynotes for attendees to watch on-demand, there’s...
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As a meeting planner, how much do you really need to know about technology to take your current conference online?
Erin Handel, CMP/CMM, thinks you’ll be surprised by the answer. A meeting planner herself, she knows how intimidating the constantly changing event technology landscape can be for...
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International companies have long embraced technology to help them connect with employees and clients in multiple locations, time zones and countries. But often the results don't live up to the hype - some technology can be resource intensive or difficult to use, the final product may not reflect...