Virtual VS online VS digital events and experiences

This week Tom and Nicole Peck (@nicolepeck212) we discuss the Netflixification of events - what it is, and what it means for events, audiences, marketers and planners. 📖 MORE Read Nicole's blog post that started it all at: https://www.np-collective.com/post/please-stop-fighting-the-netflixification-of-content-consumption 🎫 FREE TICKETS We have 500 free tickets to C2 Montreal 2020, drop a comment below to get one. C2 Online this year is featuring Gary Vaynerchuk, Jane Fonda, Malcom Gladwell and many more: https://www.c2montreal.com/news/introducing-c2-online 🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX 👩‍💻 LOOKING FOR A JOB? Join SpotMe Talent Network, become a live stream producer and get paid! Learn more about https://spotme.com/talent-network  ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com

So far most virtual events just have not rivalled their in-person counterparts. One of the things you often hear is: virtual is just not the same as being in the same room as your peers.  But maybe that is the point. In-person and virtual events are different. They just are.  Whatever your experience was so far, there are ways to make things like networking more fun…. And dare we say it, actually work.  🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://weekly.spotme.com  👩‍💻 LOOKING FOR A JOB? Join SpotMe Talent Network, become a live stream producer and get paid! Learn more about https://spotme.com/talent-network ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com

Talking to Shawna McKinley, a sustainable event strategist, we ask if virtual events are truly sustainable? Should we be worried about the impact of servers, and how do we keep sustainability top of mind as we move forward? 🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX 👩‍💻 LOOKING FOR A JOB? Join SpotMe Talent Network, become a live stream producer and get paid! Learn more about https://spotme.com/talent-network ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com

This week we chat with SpotMe's Head of Product to find out what's the team has been working on and what's next for SpotMe, virtual events and the future of digital marketing.  🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX 👩‍💻 LOOKING FOR A JOB? Join SpotMe Talent Network, become a live stream producer and get paid! Learn more about https://spotme.com/talent-network ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com

Are your guest speakers ruining your audience experience? Apparently, there has never been a better time to try and book a speaker - most top  professional speakers are available and not traveling. But what if you cannot get or afford the best…. What do you do then? Roy Sheppard (professional speaker and emcee, former TV presenter, and author) gives his best advice for preparing speakers.  💁‍♂️ GET READY TO SPEAK AT A VIRTUAL EVENT Full list of prep to do before speaking at a next virtual event:  https://spotme.com/speaking-at-a-virtual-event/ 🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech  #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects  with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com

This week we discuss with William Thomson from Gallus events about the battle of the virtual event and webinar formats: Live VS Simulive VS pre-recorded. Is pre-recorded cheating? What if you do get caught  cheating? Which one is best for you? Find all the answers to those  questions and more in the video above.  🤖 THERE'S A TEMPLATE FOR THAT Not sure how to start with a digital experience or a virtual event? Check out our event app templates or create your own:  https://spotme.com/new-event-app-templates/ 🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every  Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech  #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects  with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com

This week we tackle the #1 challenge for virtual events: engagement. Joined by SpotMe's Michael who will share some real-life good and bad examples of virtual audience engagement (minus the brand names).  🤓 MORE TIPS Check out our blog for more tips on how to improve your virtual events:  https://spotme.com/resources  🤖 NEW ZAPIER INTEGRATION SpotMe is now on Zapier! Connect SpotMe with 2000+ products and  services. Our favourite integrations for marketers  https://spotme.com/b2b-marketing-tools-zapier-for-spotme 🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every  Thursday to ask qustions and get freshest news in #eventtech  #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events.  Learn more at https://spotme.com

Learn what it takes for the planning team to deliver an experience, some tips and advice from an organization who have been delivering  experiences for years, and a few war stories. Featuring Chris Donaldson from Atlassian.  👉 SpotMe LIVE STREAMING Read all about it at https://spotme.com/introducing-spotme-streaming/ 🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every  Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech  #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects  with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com

We discuss with Ray Bugg how exhibitor boots translate to virtual  events... or not. Including some best practices for virtual booths at virtual events and some dont's. 👨‍💼 TO BOOTH OR NOT Here’s what we think: https://spotme.com/does-the-virtual-booth-work/  👏 APPLAUSE and Q&A Share your support and ask questions in a live stream with our Applause  and integrated Q&A https://spotme.com/live-qna-applause/  🔔 THE WEEKLY SHOW Sign up for The Weekly Show on SpotMe's platform and tune in every Thursday to ask questions and get freshest news in #eventtech #virtualevents and #digitalmarketing https://bit.ly/2YGvgsX  ✨ ABOUT US SpotMe connects companies with their customers, employees and prospects  with our engagement platform for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. Learn more at https://spotme.com