Recently a Manager of Sales Administration emailed us and asked us the following question:
Subject: How do you keep attendees engaged during virtual meetings?
Do you have any suggestions on articles, books, etc. that address Virtual Meetings regarding how to engage the audience, stop multitasking and keep them engaged?
Here’s how we answered
When I look around me, I feel like the world is screaming for more interaction and dialog at meetings and events. (In fact, I've been noticing this for years as I mentioned in my first IMT blog post.) There are too many events where attendees are stuffed in chairs, lined
Are you overwhelmed by colleagues wanting to add social media tools to your events? Are you wondering where to start?
Start by listening this Podcast with David Rich, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing & Worldwide at George P. Johnson. David offers healthy insights and practical advice for event professionals that are
The Future of Meetings was a hot topic at the MPI World Education Conference this week. While there was a lot of discussion around the topic - the answer was not so easy to pin down. At times, I felt like the baby bird searching for his mother in
A few months ago, I was asked to contribute to a research report on Social Media in events. The researcher was looking for insight on social media in events across several different dimensions - technology tools, event strategy, event design, co-creation, collaboration, etc.
Yesterday, that report was finally published by Echelon
We can learn a lot about using technology in events from watching what is happening in college classrooms.
This video called The Twitter Experiment from the University of Texas provides a good case study of the role that Twitter can play in Face-to-Face learning. Take a few minutes and watch it.
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How
We need to a better job of talking about the benefits, opportunities and challenges of using technology in meetings and events.
Mike McAllen and I are taking this challenge to heart. Today, we are launching a new show focused on technology strategy, social media and the latest trends and tools in event
We know much more about setting up and managing an event community than we did a year ago.
The report “Best Practices in Online Community Management” produced by Pathable reads like a secret decoder ring for first time event community managers.
While the report is loaded with with helpful advice, I thought
Sitting down to watch a movie at my home is an adventure. What about at yours?
Sometimes I feel like I am in one of the Indiana Jones films. There are treasure hunts, puzzles, etc. Let me explain what happens.
Step 1: Equipment Check
There are three remotes that control the TV, DVD player
Let's see if we can build a short presentation around the importance of interactivity to hybrid events using ONLY your ideas. I think that we can do it. What do you think - will you help us try?
All that I need you to do is answer this one tiny question:
