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Moderating Online Panels — Ideas and Resources

Conferences that Work

Last week I immensely enjoyed participating in a two-hour Zoom brain trust on moderating online panels. So good, it should be shared with a wider audience. 30 mins: Is panel prep different in the virtual world? Speaker recruiting? Tools and techniques for engaging the audience. 10 mins: How did that go?

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Inside WorldatWork’s Speaker Coaching Program

Convene by PCMA

Mesmer has added new voices to the list of speakers, including young professionals who are on the rise in the industry. It’s a sweeping transformation, and one that relied heavily on the association’s investment in something that often doesn’t get a lot of attention: speaker coaching.

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How To Find Outstanding Event Speakers

Bizzaboo

Are you struggling to find an outstanding speaker for your event? After all, the right conference speaker has the power to captivate, inspire, and educate your audience, making your event a memorable experience. Understand Your Audience Different events cater to different audiences. It’s a tall order.

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Why Not Zoom: 10 Benefits Of Event Platforms, Explained

Endless Events

Attendees can watch the panel and interact in the live chat, but there’s very little two-way communication available. It’s hard for the speaker to monitor the chat and answer Q&As while presenting. Rather than being active participants, they just sit and listen to your virtual speaker. Event gamification.

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START Summit injects innovation into Europe’s startup conference scene

The MICE Blog

Fast forward to 2023, and START Summit attracted over 6,000 participants and featured 150+ speakers. The event was held on campus, at the Square building, where they held a panel discussion and a keynote with founders and a venture capital firm. Gallen There are about 1,500 rooms in the city of St.

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Sales kick-offs – how to create an immersive experience in three stages: before (gamification), during (motivation, networking, inspiration), after (reinforcement) | SUBMERGE

The MICE Blog

Differentiation between skills training and creating experience: People often leverage SKOs for skills training, but for the most part, people attend SKOs to build relationships, interact in person, network, get energised and determine how they will make money and find success that year. That’s a different mindset than skills training.

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Elevating Engagement

Smart Meetings

To get the low-down on event engagement Smart Meetings chatted with Amanda Lea Kaiser, speaker, engagement strategist and author of “ Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community. In a recent online discussion, Kaiser asked the audience: “Would you be a dragon, or own a dragon?”