Are you planning to run a fully remote event and you don’t know where to start? To help you achieve this, we asked an expert virtual conference organizer for advice. Magda Sowierszenko, Head of Marketing at Remote-how, shares with us how her team organized the fully virtual Remote Future Summit for the second year running. Last year, this two-day event hosted 3,000 attendees and 64 speakers from 120 countries. Delivering such a huge event online requires great planning: from working with speakers, the technical setup, structuring the online agenda, to creating interaction on the day and facili ..read more

In the virtual space, many important questions or sensitive issues may go astray. Especially at larger online meetings, where most participants are on mute, it’s hard to jump in the conversation and speak up. That’s why people tend to remain in a passive listening mode. You can eradicate this friction by giving your online audience a chance to send their questions into Slido at any time before or during your meeting or event. Let us show you how to get the most out of Slido’s Q&A feature and how to pull off a successful questions-and-answers session in a virtual setting. In this article, y ..read more

The COVID-19 pandemic surging around the world has taken a heavy toll on the events industry. The growing risk has forced SXSW, IMEX and other conferences to cancel. Many others were postponed. There’s also a third option when rethinking about how you deliver your event: switching your live event to virtual. Despite the time pressure, that’s what a Dutch national association for medical professionals decided to do, along with their external partners. In just five days, they completely transformed their live event into a virtual one. If not impressive enough, they were able to re-create an all ..read more

Running a company all-hands meeting in an online environment may sound challenging at first. Before we ran our first virtual all-hands meeting last week, it certainly did for us. In the end, it was actually one of the best ones that we’ve ever had. Our teammates have given it 5.6/6 on the feedback survey. There was a positive, personal vibe going on, despite the online setting. People were constantly engaged. Here are the key learnings from our virtual all-hands meeting, along with tech tips and facilitation techniques that worked for us. Get inspired. Taking the all-hands meeting online Befor ..read more

Yesterday, we ran our first Slido masterclass in the virtual setting. Over the years, masterclasses have become the key platforms for us to engage with our clients in London and beyond. At our January masterclass, we overcrowded the room in one of the WeWork spaces in London, hosting around 50 people. We were headed to replicate a similar setup during the masterclass planned on March 31. The event has already been announced. Several invites have already been sent. But plans change sometimes. Like many others, we were forced to cancel the live event. Then, we thought: Let’s do it anyway. Taking ..read more

Working remotely can feel lonely sometimes. Of course, we have technology that makes it possible for our whole teams to meet in virtual space. Still, it’s really hard to replace the human touch. We lack instant feedback, facial cues, gestures… For this reason, creating enough space for interaction during our virtual meetings is absolutely critical. A well-placed interactive icebreaker can lighten the mood during your virtual meetings, help you engage your colleagues and keep their attention throughout the meeting. Here’s the list of our favorite virtual icebreakers that will help you start and ..read more

Are you considering moving your live event online? You’re not alone. The global pandemic has forced many conference organizers to switch to virtual events. If you are a virtual newbie, there are a few important points to keep in mind. Here are tips from an expert on hybrid events, Gerrit Heijkoop from LiveOnlineEvents, on how to pull it off successfully. Four key steps to migrate your event online When migrating your event into the virtual space, there are four main steps you need to take: technology, online program design, hosting and moderation, and communication support. Let’s dive into the ..read more

Like many companies today, our customer-facing team at Slido is distributed. In fact, we are now spread across 27 locations all the way from Tasmania to Los Angeles.  In order to bring all our teams together and discuss important customer-related questions, we started running our monthly Customer Townhall meetings.  Originally, we ran them as hybrid meetings, with a portion of the team joining online while others were gathered in our HQ’s meeting room.  In February this year, however, we decided it was time to try something new and ran our very first fully remote Townhall meeting.  In this pos ..read more

A successful webinar is a combination of insightful, valuable content and the ability of the presenter to deliver it in an engaging and fun way. Naturally, we can’t help you with the content part. But we can show you how you can make your webinars more interactive and engaging for your virtual audience with Slido’s live polls, quizzes, surveys and Q&A.  Here’s your practical guide on how to use Slido during your webinar and set everything up for success. Aside from the tech setup, we’ll share some hands-on facilitation tips that will help you run better and more impactful webinars. Part o ..read more