Tag: Virtual event platform

Introducing Free Private Messaging on Dryfta

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In our continuous effort to provide exceptional event experiences, we are thrilled to announce a significant breakthrough in our private messaging tool on the Dryfta event platform. Through substantial improvements in our underlying technology, we have successfully reduced the resources required for this feature to a large extent. Therefore, starting this week, we are excited to make the private messaging tool free to all our users. This tool, integrated within the Dryfta event app for Android/iOS and the Dryfta event website, enables participants to send private messages, share files, and exchange links seamlessly during virtual and in-person sessions.

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Strategies for Organizing a Virtual Conference

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Virtual conferences are a resource that grew in popularity when the COVID19 pandemic forced people and businesses into lockdowns and social distancing. However, as COVID-19 restrictions wind down and society and commerce start to open again, virtual events remain popular.

Many businesses report they will continue to use virtual events post-pandemic. One survey shows that virtual event marketing will be worth more than $500 billion by 2028.

It’s not hard to understand the appeal of virtual conferencing. They are safe, less prone to disruption, and have a broader reach than local events. With ever-increasing competition in the market, it only makes sense to take advantage of whatever tools are available, which should now include a quality virtual event platform to host your conference.
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A Guide To Making Money with Virtual Events

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Live events provided a substantial revenue stream for businesses during pre-pandemic days. That income stream quickly dried up once COVID-19 arrived and social distancing regulations shut down any service deemed non-essential. Compounding the issue is the randomness of outbreaks threatening to destroy your careful planning with unpredictable lockdowns.

Fortunately, it is possible to transfer live event forums by planning virtual events as a substitute. However, taking your monetization strategies to a virtual platform will require adjustment. When monetizing your virtual event, you will want to replace as much of your income stream as possible with online equivalents. A few obvious obstacles will include:
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Best Virtual Events Tips You Will Read This Year

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To explain the virtual events, they are events held online. Based on purpose, they can be hosted in multiple forms such as invitation webinars, live streams for the public, conferences that require paid passes, or informal social media events.

There are several online platforms for virtual events, such as GoToMeeting, Webex, Dryfta, Zoom, or Clubhouse, where the audience can be connected via video call or voice call depending on the nature of the virtual event. There has been a lot of growth and potential in specialized virtual event platforms and webinars in recent years. Apart from all the benefits attached to virtual events, one of the biggest benefits of hosting a virtual event is that it is comparatively inexpensive, no rental space or setup required, and you can interact with a global audience from the comfort of your home.
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How To Select a Virtual Event Company for Your Event?

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There are numerous virtual event companies out there hosting virtual events for years. It is their territory, and they know their way around it. On the other hand, some companies have just set foot in virtual event planning, brought about especially by the coronavirus pandemic. But your concern does not only lie with an experienced company, rather a several factors.

Running a successful virtual event requires an extensive and all-encompassing skill set, including moderating, filming, broadcasting, writing scripts, and much more. It also translates to virtual event companies knowing their way around technology and then some. But how can you choose a specific company to execute your event successfully?
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Do You Need a Virtual Event Platform?

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Technology has always been an integral part of life; it is impossible to think of an industry or a profession that has not benefited from the proliferation of technology. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns and social distancing mandates further highlighted the essential role technology plays nowadays. Despite the difficulties, networks and digital devices have kept people connected and go about their lives in a modified manner.
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How To Handle Virtual Event Management Challenges?

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Also known as online events, virtual events involve people interacting with each other on the web rather than meeting in person. Ever since the pandemic has happened in 2020, virtual events have become a norm worldwide. It is predicted that around 40 percent of virtual events will be conducted in 2022, a five percent increase compared to 2020.
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Benefits of Live-Streaming Webinars on your Website

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Better user experience – For multiple webinars in a day, users do not have to keep switching between your website and the webinars.

Keeps your data centralized – Webinar platforms have tools for chat, live polls, and Q&A. However, their data is segregated and it is not easy to keep these data centralized for your participants. If you’re using a platform like Dryfta, you can live-stream your webinars on your website and also let them chat, ask questions, and participate in live-polls. This lets organizers keep their data within a single platform with access to each participant’s chats, questions, and polls they participated in across the webinars.
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Set up Livestream with Live Q&A for up to 10,000 Attendees

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Using Dryfta Virtual Event Toolkit, events organizers can setup live events with live Q&A session for up to 10,000 attendees. To enable livestream and Q&A for such a large audience, we use a combination of Vimeo Livestream and Zoom.

Zoom is used by speakers to present the session live and Vimeo is used to livestream that session to the participants. When participants need to ask questions, they request to join the same Zoom meeting where a moderator would let them in so they can ask their questions.

Here’s a step-by-step process on how to set up the livestream with live Q&A:
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