Event Tech & Virtual Meetings

A moderator to-do list for before, during, and after an online event

BCD M&E releases its annual trends report, assessing the meetings scene in North America and abroad.

Julius Solaris joins the fast-growing virtual-event platform.

Hotels are getting more rigid when it comes to pricing the broadband service needed for hybrid events. What’s a planner to do?

After assisting a medical association with a last-minute pivot from in-person to virtual, tech firm Convey Services created SafetyNet, a program that ramps up a virtual event quickly if the in-person format must be abandoned.

Virtual platforms are improving their networking tools and their ability to connect with key business apps. Here’s the latest in the online-meeting scene from Digitell, Airmeet, Hopin, Meetplay, Projection, and others.

Grappling with synchronous and asynchronous digital-event design takes me back to the old radio hit from The Police.

HRS turned its biggest event into a three-part affair happening across two months. The lead planner tells MeetingsNet how her team addressed strategic and logistical elements, and how the event has gone thus far.

There are great off-the-shelf software products, but questions about creating an in-house solution or customizing existing tools are important to explore.

The platform expands Intrado’s reach into the competitive digital-meeting market.