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Lessons learned from online meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic

Conferences that Work

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Online events make it easier for them to attend. Check it out for full details!

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How to Write an AV RFP that Covers COVID-19 Variables

Smart Meetings

In 2020, that theory went out the window and you learned how to write a virtual meeting AV RFP. You need two teams, one for in-person, on-site and one for online planning. It’s how one team planned in 2019 for live and how one team planned in 2020 for virtual. You can double the registration income. Online moderator fees.

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The Future Is Now: The Case Of Event App Design

Endless Events

Before the pandemic hit in 2020, the events industry was a well-oiled machine. Then came March 2020, and with it, huge changes. From 2020 To 2030 In 10 Months. The online experience could never replace that. They haven’t spent a lot of energy on online events until they had to.

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Why Not Zoom: 10 Benefits Of Event Platforms, Explained

Endless Events

When the first lockdowns started in March 2020, Zoom emerged as the go-to solution to stay connected. But money saved also means ROI lost: the champion of March 2020 does not deliver on audience engagement and valuable data insights – and these are essential for an event’s success. Registration & ticketing.

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More Women Participated in Virtual Than In-Person Events

Convene by PCMA

As conferences — in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and economics fields —moved online during the pandemic, one silver lining was that far more women participated virtually than in person. and compared them with registration numbers from those same three conferences after they moved online in 2020.

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Event Tech Mergers & Acquisitions: A Double-Edged Sword

Endless Events

It all started in 2020 and continued with full steam head in 2021: we saw huge investments in event platforms and multi-billion dollar valuations of some of the largest players in the field. “There were about five incumbent online event platforms two years ago. Mergers & Acquisitions Are Here To Stay.

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35 Event Marketing Ideas that Work

Social Tables

Use SEO to boost search results SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of optimizing online content to improve how high it ranks in search engine results. Link online event resources Connect all of your event pages and content together to widen your audience reach and keep track of online engagement.