Wondering how to help your attendees celebrate while they’re sitting at their computers? The closing festivities of Cisco Live offered some inspiration.

The National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals recently hosted the Be Inspired Speaker Series: A Night at the Museum, a five-night virtual event that showcased African-American achievements through the lens of five different cultural institutions dedicated to the Black experience in America.

Entrepreneur Xiaoyin Qu, the co-founder of the event-tech startup Run the World, shares how organizers are getting savvier about ways to provide engagement, revenue, and connection online.

Organizers of Pride virtual events this month say the social unrest and protests over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black people by the police will be an important part of their message and programs.

Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas used Zoom breakout rooms to replicate the experience of sharing a table with others at a gala — and the virtual event ended up exceeding an ambitious fundraising goal.

Derrick Johnson and Gregg Talley of Talley Management Group discuss the importance of changing live-event engagement tactics to capture the attention of a digital audience.

In the PCMA Catalyst community, two event planners asked what ADA requirements they need to meet in order to hold an inclusive digital event.

The most obvious way to make your digital event more diverse and inclusive is in your speaker lineup. But there are other simple things to keep in mind as well.

ASTRO’s early decision to move its in-person meeting to a virtual setting has given the organization time to plan a highly immersive attendee experience.

A report from the iconic design firm IDEO provides a framework for recovery. We’ve applied their business-continuity principles to the business events industry.

While the attraction of in-person events remains strong, don’t underestimate the opportunity to connect your members, expand audiences and extend the conversation with quality content in a virtual event.

Derrick Johnson, CMP, DES, who recently joined Talley Management to help clients transition their in-person meetings to digital platforms, says there are “endless” ways to attract sponsor dollars — you just need to shift your mindset.