Category: Video Conferencing

7 Reasons Why Hybrid Events Are Here to Stay

A year of social restrictions has left us in a very different place to the pre-pandemic global community we enjoyed in 2019. Over the past 12 months our social instincts have been channelled via Zoom, virtual meetings and – as we start to open up – hybrid events. Many people now long to ditch Zoom

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Why Zoom Beats Meeting In-Person. Nearly Every Time.

Back in the brick-and-mortar office again. Well, on occasion. Business traveling again, in little baby steps. The race back to normal has begun. Or more correctly perhaps, hybrid life. I hear it all the time. I miss my social connections in the office. The spontaneous chats. I miss seeing your body language. All of you.

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How Brands Creatively Hosted Virtual Offsite Meetings

As the world continues to move in a remote-first direction, it’s important to consider how to make your company’s in-person events remote-friendly. Even if you don’t always do remote events, the remote option is great for anytime your team is spread around the world. But, a virtual offsite meeting? Sounds oxymoronic. How can you have

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The 10 Best Video Conferencing Tools for Small Businesses

As a marketer, you know how important it is to have a marketing strategy. You also know how important it is for your strategy to align with your audiences’ needs and interests, and the required approach for each channel you use, whether it’s social media or email. Having a marketing strategy also helps you create

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Your Virtual Presentation Greatness Guide – 32 High Impact Tips

Many of us have been called on to give a virtual presentation over the last 12 months; it’s become the ‘norm’. With so many people working from home all over the world we have all become used to virtual presentation. Coaching and training professionals to craft and deliver a high-impact virtual presentation is now an

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Study Finds 4 Negative Effects of Too Much Video Conferencing

In the first ever peer-reviewed study on Zoom fatigue, Stanford researchers expose the psychological consequences of being on video calls for hours a day. Professor Jeremy Bailenson, director of the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab, identifies four reasons why video conferencing is fatiguing to human beings. Based on his findings, Bailenson suggests simple interface changes

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7 Types of Corporate Events [+ Virtual Event Ideas]

One of my favorite episodes of “The Office” is called Launch Party. During this episode, Dunder Mifflin hosts a corporate party, plus several satellite parties when its website launches. Hilarity ensues. But during your corporate event, you probably don’t want to kidnap the pizza delivery person, and you might want to spell launch correctly on

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How to Recreate Live-Networking Via Virtual Table Talks

When was the last time you attended an in-person conference? If you’re like most of us, it’s been quite some time. And while online events and virtual summits have done their best to provide the same educational opportunities, it’s the networking that we’re all lacking today, i.e. random chances to meet and talk with other

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Hook Your Virtual Audience in 30 Seconds

This might come as a shock, but when you’re delivering a presentation in a virtual meeting, your viewers are doing something other than giving you their full attention. According to a Wall Street Journal survey, they’re doing all sorts of things–washing their clothes, walking the dog, tending to the garden, exercising, emailing, or watching TV.

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