Tips for a visually appealing event

May 1, 2023 | Traveler’s Q

The importance of visuals in your event

  • Expand on the introduction
  • Include at least one stat about visual memory processing in humans
  • Choose the right venue

  • What will you be showcasing at your event?
  • Some kind of software?
  • Some kind of physical technology?
  • If you are not showcasing any particular item or product, such as to have a team-building event…
  • What activities will you be doing, and how does that fit into the brand identity?
  • Perhaps a dress code that matches the logo?
  • Merchandise that reflects what people will be doing at the event?
  • Virtual reality and augmented reality to visually enhance your message or whatever it is that you are trying to showcase
  • Reference/link to the article we have published previously about the use of AI and AR at events
  • Reference/link to the article we’ve previously published about how to choose the right venue
  • Establish a setting that is in alignment with the theme of your company

  • What is your company’s theme?
  • The colors of your logo?
  • What do you communicate or subcommunicate in the visuals of your website?
  • How Apple’s event visuals fit the theme of their company

  • Dark lights matching dark sweaters
  • Strong spotlight for technology showcasing
  • How Microsoft’s event visuals fit the theme of their company

  • Eerie blue light that matches the blue of the Windows logo theme
  • Large screens for showcasing software or PowerPoint presentations to a large audience
  • How Tesla’s event visuals match the theme of the company

  • Elon Musk is thought of as the Iron Man of our time. He cameoed in Iron Man 2 during an early scene.
  • Tesla’s event uses stream and strobe lights among the ceiling and floor in a way that resonates with the “Stark Expo” of the Iron Man movies to showcase his cars.
  • Your event’s theme should match the Jungian archetype of your brand

  • There are many types of archetypes that resonate with specific psychographic segmentations of the population. Every brand communicates at least one of the archetypes in their marketing, even if they are not entirely consciously and deliberately aware of what.
  • There are 12 main archetypes:
  • The creator
  • The sage
  • The caregiver
  • The Innocent
  • The jester
  • The magician
  • The ruler
  • The hero
  • The regular guy/everyman
  • The rebel
  • The explorer
  • The lover
  • Consider social media and e-mail remarketing efforts

  • If you were to have another event of the same or similar kind next time, how would you communicate to your attendees in order to get them to attend?
  • Visualize what photos you can have taken at the event
  • What do you want those photos to communicate, to say about your brand to people who did not attend on social media? What is the impression you’d like those photos to give off?
  • Create a list of keywords or a mindmap that has the words you are looking for.
  • Example:
  • Apple: “Magician (its Jungian archetype),” “futuristic”, “cutting-edge,” “state of the art
  • Conclusion

  • Summarize key points (tell them what you told them)
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