Stellar Virtual Events Made Easy!
PLAN
- Be clear on what you want out of the event
- Choose the right platform
- Get technical support
- Plan an agenda that
- provides value for all stakeholders
- engages audience immediately
- Publish your plan on the cloud so all event partners can access
PREPARE
EVENT SPACE
- Visually branding
- Links to their website
- Hashtags
- Encourage screenshares / selfie contests
YOUR GUESTS
- Know your guests so you can serve them well.
- Suggest and make it easy for them to add the event to their calendar.
- Send them reminders
- Send them something — a postcard they can raise, lunch
YOUR PRESENTERS
- LIGHTING — Effective lighting
- ATTIRE — What’s suitable
- REHEARSALS — Dress rehearsals are recommended
- CHECK — System / Audio / Video / Bandwidth
- BRANDING — Space & Speaker backgrounds
- UPDATE YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM AND ALL SOFTWARE & REBOOT— at least four (4) hours before your event
- HARD-WIRE — If you can hardwire your internet, rather than wifi
- HEADPHONES are recommended but optional
ADVERTISING / BOOTHS
- Time on agenda and strategy to get people to look at them
- Compelling offer
- CTA (Call to Action)
- Trackable Links
PRESENT
- Focus on your guests
- Technical partner
- Look at camera
- Short & Sweet
- Engaging, Interactivity & Fun
- Chat introductions
- Raise Hands
- Screenshots / Selfie Contests
- Scavenger hunts
- Icebreakers
- Door prizes
- Capture media (Screenshots, chat, etc.)
FOLLOW UP
- SURVEY – satisfaction
- AD REPORTS – click throughs
- MEDIA – how can you repurpose content (video, screenshots, etc.)
- VIPS — Schedule time in your calendar for this when you book your event