Meeting in a Pandemic, Part Two: Back to Face-to-Face
The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin’s business conference returns to an in-person format — and keeps the benefits of digital.
Taking a Fundraising Auction and Gala Online
A case-study snapshot of how a local Humane Society exceeded expectations by changing up the format of its traditional in-person gala and auction to a live telethon-style broadcast.
3D Technology Helps Transport Event Attendees Elsewhere
A real-life location in Chicago anchored the Uber Freight Deliver Conference in fall 2020. Here’s how event designers took online participants there.
Global Virtual Event Customizes Content for Regional Attendees
Ingram Micro’s first-ever digital conference for participants from around the world created a shared experience that felt local at the same time.
Helping Attendees Experience a Destination Digitally
Austin had been a big draw for 2020 American College of Toxicology’s annual meeting registrants. Organizers needed to figure out a way to bring as much of the destination as possible to an entirely online audience.
Walk/Bike/Places Brings Online Attendees ‘Outdoors’
Here’s how an annual conference for placemaking professionals tweaked its mobile workshops to give virtual tours of its host city.
COVID Testing Part of the Fabric of an In-Person Fashion Industry Show
The Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, produced a case study detailing how three independent show organizers joined forces to bring a safe in-person marketplace to the fashion industry in Orlando in early February. Here are highlights.
Taking the Pomp out of Pomp and Ceremony
How a digital makeover turned a formal ceremony into a community celebration that brought hundreds of people together.
Booking Meeting Venues Site Unseen
The digital tools that make it possible to conduct all or part of site visits remotely have come to the forefront over the last year, in ways that may change how planners book meetings in the future. Planners and destinations share their strategies.
3 Ways to Turn COVID Safety Measures Into Attendee Engagement Opportunities
With more events implementing COVID-19 rapid testing, here are three simple ways to make the lag time between administering the test to attendees and getting the results to them a better experience.
How the First Major B2B Trade Show So Far in 2021 Pulled It Off
Emerald shared lessons learned from hosting Surf Expo in Orlando in January in a new case study published by SISO and UFI.
How 300 In-Person Participants Gathered Safely at Convening Leaders in Singapore
The in-person component of PCMA Convening Leaders 2021 held in Singapore demonstrated what it takes — including a rapid testing program — to safely gather a group of 300 during the pandemic.