Top Takeaways From Global Virtual Events Day
During a full day of eight online sessions aimed at helping organizers make the shift to virtual events, PSAV offered tips, tools, and tactics. Convene editors listened in and share their takeaways.
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Startups Are Making Virtual Events a Reality
Startups, including U.K.-based Hopin, are rushing to get their online event platforms available to organizers during the COVID-19 crisis.
How Is COVID-19 Transforming the Events Landscape?
Don Neal and Beth Surmont of marketing, strategy, and experience agency 360 Live Media talk about how to approach taking your face-to-face event digital during the COVID-19 crisis — and how that should make your next live event a big improvement over your last one.
A Life-Saving Pivot During the COVID-19 Crisis
As hospitals in some major U.S. cities near the brink of capacity, businesses across the event industry spectrum — including tent-rental companies like Alexander Party Rentals — are quickly realizing that they can step up to help.
Congress Passes Historic $2 Trillion Coronavirus Economic Relief Bill
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act provides relief for workers and businesses that have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
These Are the Things That Made Us Smile This Week
In the midst of anxiety-producing headlines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the editors at Convene share the recent stories that have offered them a sense of hope
COVID-19 Causes 5K Fundraiser to Go Virtual
An event designer has been fast-tracking efforts to create a virtual 5K fundraiser where participants run, walk, or jog independently and report their results online.
COVID-19 Survey: Destination Organizations Expect ‘Extreme Impact’ Over Next 6 Months
Latest survey of destination marketing organizations reveals coronavirus pandemic has ‘dramatically shifted sector’s sentiment’ in the past two weeks.
Plan B: The Institute of Internal Auditors’ Last-Minute Virtual Adjustments
In less than a week, The Institute of Internal Auditors navigated major disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic — a scrapped in-person event, speaker cancellations, and a closing host hotel — to nimbly pull off a one-day virtual program for its members.
Food Recovery Efforts Are Always on the Menu
Venues and food-service businesses don’t just think about food recovery efforts in a time of crisis. But here are standout examples of how some are helping others during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Convention Centers Repurposed to Hold Hospital Beds
Convention centers in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere will be temporarily repurposed to help relieve pressure on hospitals during the expected surge in COVID-19 cases.
Using a Webinar Platform to Create a Virtual Conference
Explorance, a Montréal-based global software company, converted a three-day meeting to a virtual meeting in one week, using its webinar platform. Here's how it was done.