Organising a hybrid event is no easy feat. You have to think about the physical experience, the virtual experience and also how to unify both experiences.
With no definitive playbook on how to run a hybrid event, the best way to learn is from the event professionals who are doing it. That’s exactly what we’ll be doing on the 29th of September when we’ll be speaking to the festival director of the popular Singapore Writers Festival. Read on to learn more.
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Episode 07 - Virtual Experience Makers | When A Writers Festival Went Virtual, What’s Next?
In 2020, the Singapore Writers Festival went virtual for the first time in its 34-year history. Over the years, it attracted names like two-time Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood, Whitbread First Novel Award winner Zadie Smith and Nebula winner Neil Gaiman who in turn attracted visitors from across the region over 10 days each year.
What was the thinking and design that went behind the first virtual event, and as it prepares for its 2021 hybrid edition, happening from November 5-14, how are the organisers planning to execute it?
To combat death by webinar, B2B hybrid events hit yet another gear “What were once personal, dynamic interactions were reduced to soulless, two-dimensional exchanges,”. Death by webinar has become what every business-to-business (B2B) event marketer is fighting against. Are hybrid events the future of B2B event marketing? Read more on The Drum⟶
A 2-Day Certification Course on Digital Event Management
We just announced the inaugural launch of a new Digital Event Management course, conducted in collaboration with Nanyang Polytechnic. 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.. Read more on GEVME's website⟶
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Until next week,
For more insights into the digital and hybrid events industry please stay tuned for our next edition, same time next week.
