Hybrid Events: Tips for Engaging a Virtual Audience

Hybrid Events: Tips for Engaging a Virtual Audience Lindy Dreyer, SocialFish Maddie Grant, CAE, SocialFish Image credit: Eboy FooBar Poster

Today’s Session
Why hybrid?
Some examples
Tips
Q & A

POLL: How does your event community use the web?
Choose all that apply:
Tweet using a hashtag
Blog about the event
Join a group related to the event (Facebook, LinkedIn, Private)
Share photos (Facebook or Flickr)
Share video (YouTube, Ustream, or Vimeo)
Share Powerpoint slides (Slideshare)

Why Hybrid? Image credit: Brandon Godrey on Flickr Image credit: AMagill on Flickr

Examples
Buzz2009
One-day live event
One-hour live webcast
NTC Remote
Three-day annual conference
One-day live webcast parties
Untech10
Two-day virtual event
One-day live event/webcast

POLL: Do you run any hybrid events?
Pick one.
Yes, and they’re awesome!
Yes, and we’d like to make them better.
No, but we’re thinking about trying it soon.
No, our community isn’t ready (yet).

Start small and good (and free).
Don’t worry, be crappy.
Worry more about people, less about tools.
Tips

Bring the backchannel to the front.
Break the 4 th wall.
Keep the virtual participants occupied.
Tips

Bring something to the table that no one else can.
Mix up formats and tools—keep experimenting!
Think freemium.
Tips

Q & A Lindy Dreyer [email_address] @lindydreyer on Twitter Maddie Grant, CAE maddie@ socialfish.org @maddiegrant on Twitter www. .org

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