Posts Categorized: What’s New

lbradford

How to Staff a Virtual Event

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Like their face-to-face counterparts, the foundation of a successful virtual event is its staff. While virtual environments may require far less staff than an in-person event, there is still a need for careful planning to make sure that everything runs smoothly. Identifying Staff Roles The first step in staffing your virtual event is determining which roles need to be filled. We’ll break the staff roles down into two categories—general support staff and session support staff.  General Support Staff Technical Support Have technical support staff available through multiple channels, if possible. We recommend monitoring phone, email, and social media while also... Read more »

kchopson

How to Price Your Virtual Conference

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Transitioning from traditional face-to-face events to a virtual format can be a real challenge for planners.  One of the toughest problems is deciding how to price your virtual event. With the tough economy, it is especially tempting to simply not charge for your event. This article urges planners to take a close look at the economics of virtual events and really understand the value you are delivering to your attendees. Derrick Johnson, CMP, DES, of the Tally Management Group (TMG) will help us explore the many issues in pricing registrations for virtual conferences. It’s not “Free” “The biggest mistake planners... Read more »

kchopson

Why Your Next Conference should be a Virtual Conference

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ERVirtual Conference Schedule

The Coronavirus pandemic has caused havoc to the meetings and conference industry around the world with countless events postponed or cancelled. It will take a long time for face-to-face meetings to return with the vigor that they had prior to 2020. Furthermore, many trends that were happening before the crisis have been profoundly moved into fast forward. The path forward for the meetings industry is to face the new realities. In particular, the “way things have always been done” is on the way out and new paradigms are moving in. Let’s look at the old and new ways of doing... Read more »

kchopson

How to Save Your Event and Time with Automated CEUs using Zoom and Virtual Conferences

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, Meetings Technology, Online Registration - Keys to Success, Surveys, Virtual Events, What's New.

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After working very hard to put on a great virtual conference, the nail in the coffin for the planners’ exhaustion is often the issuing and collation of meeting related surveys and CEUs. If the work is performed using paper and/or spreadsheets, the resulting toil is usually a mountain of tedious and error-prone management of forms. The work is labor and time-intensive and, consequently, unnecessarily expensive. The good news is that EventRebels Online Registration and ERCEU CEU management software has a direct integration with Zoom Meetings and Webinars that makes it easy to track who attended your Zoom meeting and issue... Read more »

kchopson

EventRebels goes Zoom for virtual events!

Posted by & filed under Event Apps, Event Rebels Blog, Green Meetings, Mobile Event Apps, Press Release Center, Virtual Events, What's New.

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EventRebels is rolling out new integrations with the exploding Zoom video conferencing platform. This great software has a full breadth of tools to incorporate streaming into all aspects of our product. EventRebels is now an approved vendor in the Zoom App Marketplace.  Here is a road map of the features we will be rolling out over the next few weeks and months as part of our virtual layer: Now available! Direct integration between EventRebels and Zoom, connecting a single EventRebels meeting with a corresponding Zoom stream. Allows attendees to register and pay for access to your Zoom Meeting/Webinar via a portal within EventRebels. Portal page can be... Read more »

kchopson

Zoom Best Practices Help Keep your Virtual Meetings Safe

Posted by & filed under Event Rebels Blog, GDPR and Privacy, Internet Security, Meetings Technology, Virtual Events, What's New.

Zoom

As the Coronavirus pandemic spread and face-to-face meetings became impossible, people flocked to video conferencing products. A massive surge in use was particularly notable in the already popular Zoom video conferencing platform. In just a few weeks Zoom went from 10 million to 200 million users.  People flocked to Zoom because of its free trial, low pricing, great functionality and ease of use. The widespread usage of Zoom has opened up many possibilities for the package, including its use in virtual conferences. However, Zoom’s rapid rise in popularity has made it a target for hackers.  A series of security and... Read more »

kchopson

What to Look for in the Best Event Management Software

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What to Look for in the Best Event Management Software

  Planning a large-scale event? You need event management software. Designed to handle various aspects of event planning with easy-to-use digital tools, event management software allows event planners to plan better events with less headaches and hassles. However, not all event management software platforms are created equal. Some are geared toward specific aspects of event planning, while others focus on entirely different areas. Some are easy to use; some are not. Some are expensive; some are not. In this guide, we break down what to look for when choosing the best event management software for your needs. Choosing the Best... Read more »

kchopson

How to Deal with Abandoned Online Registration Forms

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Most people associate “abandoned carts” with e-commerce sites like Amazon or Walmart.com. But did you know that online conference registration sites often have their own “abandoned” cart issues? Since online registrations are usually not “carts” per se, it is best to think of the problem as an abandoned online registration form. But the results are the same – someone started the process of purchasing but stopped before the process was completed. For a conference, the abandonment problem can be described as when a person started a registration form but left before the process was complete. While it is well known... Read more »

kchopson

Event Management Software 2020 Trends

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Event Management Software 2020 Trends

It’s a new decade, and the event management software industry is booming. An increase in the number of large events and attendees — coupled with the rise of online, app-based technologies — has contributed to higher standards in the event planning market. This has resulted in an increase in the number of event software platforms, particularly those that can be used on mobile devices. Among the event industry trends 2020 is showing on the horizon, event management software market growth is perhaps the most marked. In this guide, we dive into event management software growth while touching on several other... Read more »

kchopson

Four Ways to Integrate Your Membership CRM with Your Online Registration Form

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Many professional trade organizations offer preferential conference registration pricing to their active members. This is an important technique to encourage membership growth by providing a clear, tangible value to being a member. In fact, your online registration form is a great way to grow your membership. The trick is finding the correct combination of software products that make it easy to validate active membership during the online registration process. Unfortunately, many online registration software products do not provide an easy way to validate membership. However, there does exist online registration software designed for membership organizations. Such products use a number... Read more »