Has the number of registrations to your virtual events started to go down? If so, it might be due to what The Economist calls the attention recession.
With countries starting to lift stay-at-home orders, people are spending less time at home consuming content.
Why would they sit in front of their screens to attend virtual events instead of venturing out? Or if they're still stuck at home, why would they attend virtual events instead of watching the latest TV show on Netflix?
Event professionals must learn to become creative with their virtual events in order to keep people's attention. What better way than to actually speak to masters from creative fields? That's what we've been doing at GEVME with our show Virtual Experience Makers. Read on to know more.
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What Creatives Can Teach Us About Virtual Events
Our aim with Virtual Experience Makers has been to bring together local and regional creative personalities to help push the boundaries of virtual events through creativity and organic experimentation.
We've had five episodes so far with inspiring guests from the music, culinary, circus and theatre industries. The second part is set to be launched starring Malcom Lee, Chef-Owner of Michelin-starred restaurant Candlenut.
The global leader in CRM is launching Salesforce+, an all-new streaming service with compelling live and on-demand content for every role, industry and line of business, all in one place. It's essentially a Netflix for business content. What do you think of this move? Read more on Axios⟶
Great Eastern Women's Run to return as virtual event
The event, which drew close to 13,000 participants in 2019, will be held in a virtual format. Participants can complete the required distance anytime and anywhere. They will have to download an app to track their run. Have you participated in a virtual run before? Read
more on Strait Times⟶
GEVME Updates
We were in the news
GEVME announces its partnership with Eco-Business This
partnership is part of GEVME's commitment to driving more sustainable practices within the event industry through technology and innovation. Read more ⟶
We are hiring! Join us if you want to become a part of a vibrant and fast-moving technology company that's on a mission to disrupt the events industry with its innovative and cutting-edge ways of organizing digital and hybrid events. Click here to see all openings ⟶
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