Event Strategy & Design
Experimenting With Virtual Reality
‘Co-presence’ is starting to find its way into virtual exhibition halls. Organizers of the Morningstar Investment Conference (MIC) offered a virtual reality experience for exhibitors and meeting participants at their fall digital event.
Beyond Hybrid: Repackaging Your Conference Content
Over the past year, industry experts have proclaimed that meetings and conferences are forever changed and hybrid is here to stay. Agreed, but in order to be successful, meetings of the future also will need to embrace the tenets of strategic product management.
Behind the Digital Curtain at Convening Leaders 2021
Tune in to a candid conversation about challenges and major takeaways from designing and producing PCMA’s first-ever global hybrid conference.
Overwhelmed by Digital Event Tech Options? There’s a Resource for That.
Tycoon Events launched the Virtual Event Resource in June, which spells out important information about emerging digital event platforms.
The Hybrid Inauguration
The organizers of the 59th Presidential Inauguration have had to reckon with a mind-boggling array of logistical challenges and uncertainties.
Sensory Space: Montreal’s OASIS immersion
Newly opened space at the Palais de congrès de Montréal immerses participants in color, sound, and light.
DES Spotlight: Carola Van Der Hoeff, Senior COO & Congress Director, International Pharmaceutical Federation
It is no secret that COVID-19 has upended the business events industry. As digital events are taking a prominent place in recovery, event planners are left at the proverbial crossroads. Adapt or fall to obscurity. Carola Ven Der Hoeff found herself at this crossroads and took the path towards being certified as a Digital Events Strategist. This is her story.
Big Screen, Small Screen: The Toronto International Film Festival Goes Hybrid
Convening Leaders 2021 speaker Cameron Bailey explains how organizers turned an international film festival into a record-breaking hybrid event.
Meeting the Challenge of Hybrid Events
Hybrid meetings ask for more from planners, like finding ways to replicate the energy of in-person meetings for virtual audiences — and in multiple time zones.
Hospitality Helping Hands Has Far Reach
A small group of Convening Leaders participants made a positive impact on a tiny village in Uganda while flexing their creative muscles on screen.
Making the Most Out of Their ‘Pandemic Pivot’
Convening Leaders speaker Daphne Hoppenot launched her online event marketplace, The Vendry, less than a year before the pandemic. In her session, she recaps how she built the startup and how the 7 Change Actions to Transformation guided her team when forced to change course.
An Exercise in Expanding the Life of Event Content
In an interactive, on-demand Convening Leaders session, participants will gain insights about getting more value from event content.