Once again we have gone back into a pretty serious lockdown as we are being hit by a third wave of the CORONA virus. Many businesses and organisations were beginning to emerge from their cocoons to face the world again and at least some smaller live events were being planned. Once again though, like a relentless Tsunami that just won’t quit, the new strain emerged and sent us all scurrying back to the comparative shelter of isolation. It is a difficult situation for everyone, but an untenable one for Events Planners who were already facing a tough time. The silver lining  They say every d ..read more

Hackathons are all the rage in the software development industry, as they enable developers to get together and collaborate on problem-solving projects around the globe. This is one of the advantages of virtual event platforms and local company Virtual Event, has a program based on the incredibly successful Indian Hubilo model, which is all you need to hold a heck of a hackathon! So how exactly do they accomplish this? Well, in a handful of innovative ways… Facilitate collaboration amongst team members Firstly the VE platform allows participants from all around the globe to get ..read more

Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic Events Organisers for the most part have had a hard time of things. Some have simply given up and gone out of business, but some, knowing about the technological breakthroughs that have been made in the holding of virtual events, have harnessed this power and continued to succeed. Some, have said, ‘’oh well I’ll just do something else until events can be held in person’’ but the reality is that so successful have virtual events been as a replacement for live events that Events Organisers will be using Virtual Events long past Covid-19! Here a ..read more

Since the advent of COVID-19, a lot of companies and their Event Organisers just gave up on having sales conventions because they didn’t feel they could get their sales teams together in the usual fashion.  Obviously many in-person events of this nature were cancelled or at least postponed with the belief that it wouldn’t be too long before they could be held again. Well, it’s been almost 2 years now and those still hanging onto the idea of only holding their sales conferences in person may not have heard about a virtual platform that facilitates sales conventions online and guarantees si ..read more

As an Events Planner or as the Events Co-ordinator in a corporate business, you may have been in the throes of organising a conference for your clients or bosses when the third wave of the covid hit. You may have decided to cancel the conference for a number of reasons. It wouldn’t be practical because the numbers of people allowed to be together are too limited. The Speakers you were hiring would no longer attend because they were locked down in another province or simply not happy to be at a covid ‘’spreader’’ event. So you thought these were good enough reasons to just put the whole thing o ..read more

As we go into a third wave of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, many office workers are homebound once again and it’s not easy for employers to keep up staff morale. There are no more friendly lunches or going out for a few drinks together to create a bit of camaraderie – no more office parties – and business is a pretty dull affair, all just conducted online.  Well, it actually is possible to throw a party of some sorts, and although it may not quite have the same ambience as the real thing, a virtual party thrown on a Virtual Event platform can be pretty effective to lift people ..read more

As much as you as an Events Co-ordinator may want to return to a fully in-person events scenario, the reality is that since we experienced the many advantages of virtual events and can now tie this technology in with live events to create hybrid events, it is unlikely that the virtual aspect is going to disappear.  If we accept that as a reality then we should also embrace the concept and this means ensuring that the virtual aspect of the event is as professional and effective as it can be. We can never forget, therefore, that virtual events were a result of technology that had to be impr ..read more

In recent articles, we have been talking about great ideas to make our virtual, in-person and hybrid events fresh and different. They say it’s all been done, but actually, with the marrying of virtual and in-person events to create hybrid events there is a whole new avenue of opportunities that have opened up and different ways to approach events. One of the most critical factors in making an event a success is to get the right sponsors on board and you need fresh ideas to engage them and to make sure they are going to get the most bang for their buck when they spend their hard-earned cash wit ..read more

Now that it has firmly been established that Hybrid and Virtual events are here to stay if you have been holding these types of events and now have switched to hybrid events you may be facing what has long been a problem for those hosting only in-person events – how to get fresh ideas! Well, we at Virtual Event, using knowledge imparted to us by our famous international partners Hubilo, have come across some pretty cool ideas from top international events and we would love to pass them on to you.  Many Events co-ordinators are simply not aware of how much can be achieved when using a ..read more

This is the second part of a 2 part article on some of the ways we can plan to prevent common hybrid event mishaps. As we know, one of the great advantages of Virtual Events is that there is generally less that can go wrong with them in comparison to in-person events. There are of course also many benefits to combining live and virtual events and we have written extensively on the advantages of hybrid events.   Now that we are back to staging live events, however, we are beginning to re-discover the many things that can go wrong and we thought it would be useful to give our Even ..read more