Digital Event Management

Get certified with our 2-day course on the fundamentals of virtual and hybrid events

About the course

Targeted at current and aspiring event professionals, meeting planners and marketing executives, the Digital Event Management course will equip attendees with fundamental skills needed to get started in the emerging field of virtual and hybrid events.

What you will learn

The curriculum will cover key learning areas including but not limited to:

Managing virtual event stakeholders

Designing a virtual venue

Providing value to sponsors and exhibitors

Fundamental digital skills like livestreaming and data privacy

Event monitoring and post-event reporting, and more

Learn with a comprehensive curriculum

DAY 1

Overview of event industry transformation

Understanding the Digital Event Manager role

The different types of virtual events

Planning an event with SMART objectives

Designing the event experience

Assembling the right team for virtual events

Managing virtual event stakeholders

Facilitating value to sponsors and exhibitors

Risk assessment & crisis management

Event monitoring and reporting to stakeholders

DAY 2

Designing a unique experience

Creating an intuitive user experience

Levelling up attendee engagement

Producing content of broadcast TV quality

Engineering serendipity and networking

Measuring event ROI

Exploring new monetisation models

Providing value to sponsors and exhibitors

Making events inclusive and accessible

Building a community around your events

Hands-on session with Gevme

Quiz Assessment

Meet the trainers

Jorlyn Chew, Senior Account Manager at Gevme

Jorlyn is the Senior Account Manager of Gevme. Having 15 years of experience in training, learning, development and handling events, be it onsite or online, she has valuable insights in providing not only a user point of view but also the client’s point of view when executing, producing events as well as selling event solutions. Jorlyn holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Banking and Finance from the London School of Economics and is now pursuing an MBA from the Swiss School of Management. She provides not only a practical but value-added perspective for event solutions and event implementation.

Kathy Lam, Customer Success Manager at Gevme

Kathy Lam is the Customer Success Manager at Gevme. She has over 10 years of experience in event technology, product management and conference planning. Having produced several major confex projects where she oversaw the registration set-up and the overall attendee experience, Kathy has valuable insights to share on the skills needed to be an effective event planner. Kathy has also been a user of Gevme throughout her career and is now a core member of the Gevme team where she helps clients make the most out of the platform. Kathy is a proud owner of CMP credential that is recognised globally as the badge of excellence in the meeting, convention, exhibition and event industry.

Goh Yong Sheng, Adjunct Lecturer at Nanyang Polytechnic & Corporate Sales at Suntec

Yong Sheng is with Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre as Head of Department for Corporate Sales for the last 7 years. His primary task is to guide his team to achieve business growth and market share in the corporate bookings of meetings, incentives, convention and exhibition (MICE) event space. In the course of his work, he had helped clients plan and secure spaces at Suntec Singapore to have their successful events. He had also witnessed the changes brought on by the pandemic in the last 18 months; with the industry having to quickly adopt technologies to pivot to Hybrid and Virtual events.

Testimonials

Super insightful course for those who will be starting out in this industry and a good catchup for those who already are in the industry especially with the ever-changing world that we are in!
Rozelle Joseph
Communique Live Asia
Perfect course for the events executive in the events industry going virtual! Really helpful & interesting.
Ian Tye Xiang Jian
M.I.C.E. Matters

Location

180 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, Singapore 569830

Dates

Class Period

29-30 July 2021 | 9am-5pm

Applications Closed
Class Period

21- 22 October 2021 | 9am-5pm

This cohort will be conducted virtually due to the current restrictions in Singapore

Applications Closed
Class Period

26 - 27 May 2022 | 9am-5pm

Address: Nanyang Polytechnic, 180 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, Singapore 569830

Applications Closed

More dates will be announced soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, the course will be taking place physically on the campus at NYP.

The details on the cost for the course can be found on NYP’s website

Yes, you will be receiving a certification from Nanyang Polytechnic and Gevme.

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