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Virtual Events

Building The Best Event Technology Stack For Your Virtual Event

This piece is full of useful advice on how to build the best event technology stack for your virtual event, from tools to our top tips.

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Virtual Events

Key Strategies To Extend The Life Of Your Virtual Event

In this piece, we explore some of the key strategies to help you extend the shelf life of your virtual event.

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How To Measure The Success Of Your Virtual Event

There are many important metrics you can consider for measuring the success of your virtual event, for both yourself and your sponsors. Here we list a few to get you started.

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Ideas for Fun Virtual Entertainment Features

We all understand the importance of entertainment at an in-person event. From drinks and nibbles after a panel discussion to tons of breakout space at a conference, there’s always a need to give your attendees a chance to relax and let their hair down. But how does that translate to virtual events?

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Beat the Uncertainty with Covid Cover

Covid Cover helps you plan confidently and efficiently by allowing you to effortlessly switch between virtual, hybrid and in-person events as required.

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Supplier Spotlight: Our Top Virtual Suppliers Of The Month

Check out our top virtual entertainment suppliers of the month.

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4 min read

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How To Guide

Your Guide To Planning Your 2021 Event Strategy

We've been given a roadmap out of lockdown and a start date for live events. So what now? We share our top tips for planning your 2021 event strategy.

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5 min read

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Virtual Events

The Value of Team Building in 2021

With most of us still working from home, how can we keep our teams clued up, motivated and productive? Here’s why you should make virtual team building a central part of your event strategy this year.

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Top Tips For Successful Virtual Event Networking

Virtual events bring new opportunities for networking with peers and customers. Here are some top tips for facilitating this and get your attendees interacting.

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8 Top Tips For Successful Virtual Audience Engagement

To make your virtual event stand out from the crowd, bring your audience into the event conversation. Here's 8 top tips for getting your attendees involved and engaged.

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8 Of The Best Virtual Audience Engagement Tools On The Market

It's important to get your audience interacting and engaging with your virtual event. Here are the best tools to help you do it!

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Safer Events

The #Eventprofs Guide to COVID Testing

As an events industry, investing in testing can demonstrate that our events (once they’re allowed to resume) are really and truly safe. But what kind of tests should you invest in? Is there anything you should watch out for? We’ve laid it all out here.

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Virtual Events

What Technology Do I Need To Host My Virtual Event?

It's important to make sure you're using the best possible tech for your virtual event, so we've compiled a handy list of what you'll need to get started.

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The Best ‘All-in-One’ Virtual Event Platforms and What to Use Them For

Your virtual event is only as good as the platform you're using. But with tons of virtual event platforms out there, it can be hard to know where to start searching. To make things easier, we've listed 9 of the best.

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11 Types of Virtual Event Formats To Consider for Your Event Strategy

In this saturated market, it's important to create a great virtual event that people will remember. To help you get started, here's 11 virtual event formats for you to consider for your event strategy.

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Tips For Making A Virtual Conference Memorable On A Budget

In these unprecedented times, virtual events are a great option for communicating with your customers. Here are our top tips on organising a virtual event on a budget.

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10 of the Best Virtual Experience Suppliers on the Market

We’ll all remember 2020 as the year the world went virtual and brought us a ton of virtual experience suppliers to rival even the most excellent in-person event suppliers on the market.

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Introduction to Virtual Event Design

Event design has always been a key consideration for event planners organising a face-to-face event. But it’s no less important for virtual events. So, how does it fit in?

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Hybrid Events

Is Now The Time To Invest In Covid-Proof Tech?

Nicola Macdonald, Content Director at Collaborative Creations, features on our blog this week and shares her wisdom on making venues more Covid-secure with technology.

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11 Virtual Team Building Ideas For A Quarantined World

Maintaining a strong company culture and team morale during these uncertain times doesn’t have to be a drag. Get creative, and inject some fun into the workday with these team building activities.

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9 Festive & Fun Virtual Christmas Party Ideas for Every Team

Chances are this Christmas could look a little different, with chances of second waves and continued social distancing. So, we've pulled together some great virtual Christmas party ideas for your team, so you can stay safe while celebrating like you deserve.

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Your Virtual Event Planning Checklist

We've prepared this handy checklist so you can get on top of planning your virtual event and ensure it runs without a hitch.

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5 of The Best Virtual Event Examples of 2020

There have been some great virtual events this year. In this piece, we shine a spotlight on our top 5.

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EventLAB 2020 Online

How To Facilitate Networking At Your Virtual or Hybrid Event

The first discussion of EventLAB Online Part 2 explored hybrid event networking with some expert eventprofs on the panel.

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