An interview by Hall of Fame speaker Mark Sanborn, with Riaz Meghji, a speaker and author. Riaz shares his thoughts on why everyone is a broadcaster in 2021. He also gives some tips on how to be a great virtual presenter and connect with your audience.
Riaz talks about how times have changed, and in 2021 everyone is a presenter. He shares some tips on how to become a great virtual presenter in 2021!
Events have quickly taken themselves online as 2020 has brought on serious limitations when it comes to in-person gatherings. We all had to make these adjustments with little warning, which means that a lot of us went for the first virtual event software we could find.
Now that we’re a bit more settled in and better adjusted to this virtual world, we can take the time to evaluate software choices. Choosing the best virtual event software is a common problem many event planners have today.
We’ve all had to adapt to new ways of doing things this year. And for many of us, that includes how we run events! Today, more events are taking place virtually than ever before. That’s why we knew it was time to share our virtual event best practices with you today!
It’s going to take a long time (if ever!) for events to go back to how they used to be.
So it’s a good idea to get on board with these virtual event best practices now and make the most of them! Let’s get started.
It’s no secret sending out emails is a great way to stay in touch, deliver announcements, and keep your business top of mind for customers. At the same time, it can be hard to grow your email list and get the subscribers you need.
Email subscribers consist of a fantastic audience as they are a group of individuals who have interacted with your brand in some way shape or form. They are familiar with your brand and are more likely to engage with your email messaging over a cold audience.
The virtual space is currently booming and virtual events are now more popular than ever. With that, event speakers who have mastered the art of delivering in-person presentations now have to adjust. How do you become a great virtual event speaker and what adjustments can you make to keep your audiences’ interest?
We’re here to give you our best tips for how to be a great virtual event speaker so you can deliver compelling content and a presentation to be remembered.
If you’re planning an event you might benefit from our social media marketing event strategy tips.
If it feels like everywhere you turn, you see an invite to a virtual event or an ad for an upcoming virtual gathering, you’re not wrong! These remote events are more popular than ever as we adapt to a whole new way of living and working in 2020. But how can you make YOUR virtual event stand out from the crowd and get the higher virtual attendance you’ve been hoping for?
Today, we’re going to tell you how!
In-person events used to rule industries of all kinds as there’s nothing quite like face to face interaction in creating relationships and connections. Now that things have forever changed, virtual events are taking the lead. So how exactly do you make your virtual event stand out?
There are hundreds of virtual events taking place, and they’re all doing everything they can to grab the attention of their target audiences.
While virtual events are becoming more and more saturated, the great thing is that they are mostly uncharted waters. There’s plenty of opportunities to get creative and create a memorable and exciting experience for those who attend your virtual events.
If you need to move an event online at the last minute, you can check out our tips for doing so here.
There’s no denying things have changed due to COVID-19. And with that change comes new ways of doing things – including getting virtual event sponsorships!
Virtual event sponsorship is something that becomes a little more difficult to execute as the usual methods aren’t available. Sponsored banners, branded signage, face-to-face meetings, and individually named spaces are a lot harder to implement without the valuable in-person element.
Luckily, there are ways to now bring your events into the virtual space without losing current sponsorship opportunities. The online environment provides tons of ways to shift your current sponsorships and even develop new virtual event sponsorship opportunities.
Virtual Event Speakers and Hosts: 7 Questions to Include in Your Virtual Post-Event Survey
You’ve done it–you were successful in pulling off your first booking of a virtual speaker.! But your job isn’t entirely done. Now it’s time to create a virtual post-event survey to hear from your audience.
Whether for in-person or virtual events, post-event surveys are an incredibly valuable tool to have as a virtual speaker, host or other event stakeholder .
Since post-event surveys are taken by people who’ve actually attended your event, they’re an extremely reliable source of information for all your future virtual event speakers planning activities, in all respects. They provide you with critical feedback about what worked in your event and what didn’t. That way, you can use this information to improve your next event, and so on and so on.
Whether it’s in terms of the parts that worked best, areas that could be improved, or even some additions that could be a part of your future events, you can gain a ton of helpful tips from post-event surveys, especially after your first event as a host hiring online speakers.
But if you want your virtual post-event surveys to really be effective, you need to ask the right virtual event speaker survey questions. That’s why today we’re going to share seven survey questions for virtual meetings that can be invaluable in terms of gauging your audience’s opinion.
Joe and Dave had fun as guests on Eliz Greene and Thom Singer’s talk show earlier this week. Take a look to find out what Thom and Eliz wanted to talk to them about.
