Krisam Group and Global Events Partners (GEP) announced a partnership with Sonic Foundry, IEP and Maritz Travel, in producing a free webinar series, The Nuts and Bolts of Virtual Events.
The four-part series aims to give meeting planners a complete overview for planning hybrid and virtual events, including choosing the right technologies, the reasons to explore virtual and an in-depth review of meetings that have done it right.
Lynn Randall, Strategic Event Consultant for Maritz Travel, started the four-part webinar series, beginning with last week’s “Virtual Meeting: Does It Meet Your Business Objective”.
Randall recently has spoken at Virtual Edge Summit 2011 and MPI’s World Education Conference 2010, and leads Maritz’ consulting practice, with more than 20 years of marketing services, corporate event and communications experience.
“We wanted an opportunity to educate our partners, clients and the meeting community on what it takes to add a hybrid or virtual element to their meeting. Whether they’re seasoned meeting planners or new in the industry, there are a lot of misconceptions and uncertainty related to virtual meetings."
"This series will give participants a starting point to successfully execute a hybrid meeting, and give them a deeper understanding of the technologies available,” said Jim Schultenover, President of Krisam Group.
“We couldn’t be more excited to launch this series with the best-of-breed meeting consultants, producers and technology providers.”
To register for the series, visit http://bit.ly/hDL593. All times are 12:00pm EST.
Part 1: Virtual Meeting: Does It Meet Your Business Objectives – Thursday, January 20 - In this hybrid meetings 101 session, find out what business cases are best for hybrid and virtual events and how it will impact your role as an event professional.
Part 2: Building Your Strategic Game Plan – Wednesday, February 23 - Learn the first steps to enhance the attendee’s experience, the costs and benefits involved, and opportunities for creating a revenue stream.
Part 3: Learn from the best – Wednesday, March 23 - Examine case studies from three different sized events where the hybrid approach was applied.
Part 4: Don’t Let the Technology Scare You – Thursday, April 21 - Join Lynn and panelists from IEP & Sonic Foundry, as they walk through the many different technology options available to conduct virtual meetings.
