I was so happy to be given a non-plastic-coated badge when I arrived at SES 2010. Usually I find one of the annoying little plastic variety in my bag after a conference and wonder how best to dispose of the goddam thing, whilst bemoaning the waste of food, carpets, plastic bottles and all manner of [...]
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The changing face of events
At C&IT’s conference in London yesterday Rob Davidson of Westminster University gave an engaging talk on the changing face of events. He talked about research being published into trends towards virtual meeting environments, rss feeds, mashups and moblogs. Although he confessed he didn’t actually know what some of those things mean :) Here’s a quick [...]
Virtual Venues: a move away from 360-degree tours?
Haymarket’s Event and C&IT magazines have launched a new site, Virtual Venue Visit, showing the first in a series of specially commissioned event venue showreels. Following research which asked corporate conference organisers what they really wanted to see online from venues, they produced a number of short films and interviews which are tailored to meet [...]
9 Things You Need to Know About Webinars and Webcasting
If you’re thinking about running a webcast or webinar then you should find this guide helpful in thinking through the process from start to finish. It covers pre-event planning, promotion, archiving for on-demand viewing, and a little bit of technical info (but not too much). Basically this document sums up the kinds of issues I [...]