Hire Space Blog
Ideas, guidance and inspiration for your virtual & in-person events. Brought to you from the creators of Hire Space, the UK's leading event booking platform.
Christmas Parties
Characterful Christmases at The Postal Museum
It's never too early to start planning this year's Christmas party. And for your first post-pandemic festivities, you need somewhere unique, original and unforgettable... you need The Postal Museum!
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Hybrid Events
How Much Does a Hybrid Event Cost?
We've created a step-by-step guide to budgeting for hybrid events so you're fully prepared and ready to start planning.
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Hybrid Events
Top Tips For Facilitating Networking At Your Hybrid Event
Facilitating networking at a hybrid event can present a logistical challenge for event organisers. But it can be done, trust us! Here are our top tips.
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Hybrid Events
How To Attract Sponsors For Your Hybrid Event
Considering offering sponsorship for your hybrid event? Here are our top tips for attracting your sponsors.
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Virtual Events
5 Of The Best Virtual Games On The Market Right Now
Check out 5 of the best virtual game experiences on the market, perfect for injecting a little fun into your events or team away days!
3 min read
Safer Events
5 Essential Ways Venues Can Be Prepared For A Post-Pandemic World
We've prepared a checklist of 5 essential things venues should do in order to set themselves up for success in the new events landscape.
5 min read
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.
5 min read
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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Virtual Events
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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Virtual Events
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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Virtual Events
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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Virtual Events
Supplier Spotlight: Our Top Virtual Suppliers Of The Month
Check out our top virtual entertainment suppliers of the month.
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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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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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Virtual Events
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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Virtual Events
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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Virtual Events
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!
6 min read
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.
7 min read
Virtual Events
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.
6 min read
Virtual Events
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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Virtual Events
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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Virtual Events
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.
6 min read
Virtual Events
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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