Virtual Event Etiquette Tips for Event Planners and Attendees Even before the pandemic began, virtual events and meetings were on the rise. But the last year has brought them to an entirely new level: Zoom had over 300 million meeting participants per day in 2020 Google Meet had over 100 million daily meeting participants in 2020 Microsoft Teams had 75 million active daily users in 2020 Cisco WebEx currently has over 300 million users Source: The State of Video Conferencing in 2020 And while the jokes about wearing slippers and pajamas during the early days of WFH continue to get ..read more

10 REASONS TO LOVE ALLSEATED’S VIRTUAL EVENT PLATFORM, EXVO While virtual events and conferences will never replace the live event experience, there are many benefits to hosting virtual and hybrid events. In fact, even as the industries continue to open up and return to live events, virtual event options are here to stay.   The goal of virtual events and virtual conferences should be to replicate the feelings of in-person connections, and with exVo, that’s now possible.   exVo, Allseated’s innovative virtual event platform,  is the next generation of Ex ..read more

ALLSEATED’S VIRTUAL EVENT PLATFORM, EXVO Are you in the real world or the virtual? Allseated’s latest innovation, exVo, is a virtual event platform that creates parallel worlds that are hard to tell apart!   Allseated’s latest innovation, exVo, is a virtual event platform which brings the live event experience to virtual conferences by offering an innovative and unparalleled experience for networking and engagement in the virtual world.   exVo, the virtual event platform, allows you to create immersive, fully branded experiences with features to keep audiences completely engage ..read more

ALLSEATED EXVO: VIRTUAL CONFERENCE PLATFORM During the COVID-19 Pandemic, event professionals experimented with different tools as virtual conference platforms and simple virtual meeting platforms to try planning and implementing remote conferences (with varying degrees of success).  Online conferences and virtual events are effective if you’re using a virtual conference platform specifically designed to meet the unique needs of virtual conferences.   Virtual conferences are becoming more popular, but remote alternatives won’t completely replace the in-person exp ..read more

PIVOTING TO VIRTUAL EVENTS: INSIGHTS FROM NATASHA MILLER A celebrated jazz artist who released seven records on her label who also trained as a classical violinist for the role of concertmaster in various orchestras, Natasha Miller, Founder and Chief Experience Officer of the San Francisco-based Entire Productions, admits she always envisioned her career would be as a performance artist. “It never occurred to me that I would own what is now today a profitable multi-million dollar company. It wasn’t in my destiny.” Since founding the company in 2000, Entire Productions has becom ..read more

Will Curran | Be Proactive About Change as the Events Industry Evolves Welcome to Allseated Exchange. Learn what’s next for event design with event industry change agents. This season focuses on helping event professionals prepare for hybrid events. In this podcast summary, we’re visiting with change agent, Will Curran, Chief Event Einstein, Endless Events. Are most planners correctly prepared for the level of hybrid experience attendees will demand? Maybe, but probably not. I think there’s a lot of work to be done ..read more

ALLSEATED 2022 VIRTUAL EVENT GUIDE Creating meaningful virtual events boils down to two things: 1. Clear, detailed understanding of client needs 2. Virtual event technology solutions that meet those needs Welcome to the Allseated’s 2022 Virtual Event Guide. When COVID hit in 2020, it forced the events industry to rethink why it produces events and how to deliver events. Virtual events, hybrid events, traditional events. There’s been a lot of discussion about how these events are different from one another, but at the end of the day, events are events. The difference is simply in ho ..read more

TAKE A METAVERSE BREAK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON While the term “metaverse” became a talking point in the past few months, it already feels like it is everywhere. Fueled by the Facebook Company’s rebranding and investment, you don’t have to look far to see a metaverse reference – news headlines, gaming platforms, social media, and of course, memes. But the metaverse doesn’t stop there. A few months ago, we explained why the future of virtual events will be the metaverse. Case in point: Traci and Dave Gagnon’s Labor Day weekend in a virtual environment. Our founder, San ..read more

Megan Finnell | Blending traditional and virtual experiences in hybrid events Welcome to Allseated Exchange. Learn what’s next for event design with event industry change agents. This season focuses on helping event professionals prepare for hybrid events. In this podcast summary, we’re visiting with change agent, Megan Finnell, Director, Meetings & Conferences, Medical Group Management Association.     Are most planners correctly prepared for the level of hybrid experience attendees will demand? Absolutely not, says Finnell. The first thing that planners need is critical ..read more

Adam Parry | Perspective is Key Welcome to Allseated Exchange. Learn what’s next for event design with event industry change agents. This season focuses on helping event professionals prepare for hybrid events. In this podcast summary, we’re visiting with change agent, Adam Parry, Co-Founder, Editor Event Industry News. Are most planners correctly prepared for the level of hybrid experience attendees will demand? Most, no. Some, yes. Tools, education is important, but perspective is critical, says Parry. Sometimes there are individuals on their own, sometimes they’re a part of a bigger ..read more