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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International Association of Applied Linguistics – Case Study

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If anybody needs an experience review for Dryfta: we can only recommend them with the highest scores. Excellent service and friendly & outstanding support for their top-notch platform! – AILA 2021 Chair

By the time the virtual congress started, World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2021) had more than 2400 registered participants. The scientific program had more than 260 thematic symposia, in which participants could interact during the talks via audio, video, and text messaging. All sessions can be accessed and viewed later again until the following year.
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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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Role of a Virtual Event Manager

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The virtual event is the present and the future of the event industry. Coronavirus has expedited what was supposed to happen a little later. People have adapted themselves to attend conferences and events from the confines of their homes. In the future, they’ll look for a choice between in-person and virtual events.
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10 Ways To Market Your Virtual Event Effectively

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With the COVID-19 virus on the rise, it’s no wonder the boom in demand for virtual space and video conferencing. And with the presence of numerous virtual events on the internet, most event planners and even marketers are stumped at a single point, how to get the most pairs of eyes on their respective virtual events. Many would say that the key is to be as creative and attention-grabbing as possible. But isn’t that a bit too vague? So, here’s are a list of more substantial ideas to help you market your virtual event like a professional.

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Introducing Rooms: One place for group chat and video calls

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As part of its virtual event platform offering, Dryfta provides live interaction tools including live chats, polls and Q&A for attendees to communicate with each other at a virtual or an in-person event. For building a more engaging and thriving community, Dryfta also provides an online community platform so as to keep the participants engaged year-round and not just for the duration of the event.

To further improve the communication among event participants, we are introducing Rooms.

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