When planning a fully virtual event or a virtual element to a hybrid event, your event budget is always going to be the determining factor for whether or not you include that extra add-on or feature. However, before you decide that a platform is all that you need for your virtual event, take a look at some of the other things you may want to consider adding for a seamless experience for your audience.
ASAE’s annual Summit Awards is their signature event of the year showcasing and celebrating the unique and indispensable role associations play in the country. When faced with the taking the program virtual, the LAI Live and LAI Video teams worked with ASAE to translate the industry-beloved show into a one-of-a-kind experience that was effective and enjoyable, and honored the industry and award recipients through the online medium.
Can you taste something through a screen? No, seriously. That question governed our strategy for Certified Angus Beef LLC – pivoting their traditionally in-person, food-focused Annual Conference into a powerful, engaging, and satisfying virtual experience centered around community, relevancy, and togetherness.
As meetings organizers and event marketers continue to test, learn, and grow in the virtual world, the online events industry is getting smarter on what's working and what’s not in this unprecedented arena as people have turned their events virtual.
When the Club Management Association of America (CMAA) needed to create a new, virtual event experience for their Leadership/Legislative Conference, they sought out our team at LAI Live to build out and produce the multi-day event – equipped with general sessions, breakout experiences, an exhibit hall, and an awards ceremony!
Now in its seventh year, the Association Leadership Awards recognizes excellence in trade associations and professional societies. For the 2020 program, LAI Live and LAI Video had the pleasure of partnering with CEO Update to take the awards show to the virtual stage – with the same goal of effectively honoring and celebrating the award recipients, while also adapting the experience to captivate remote attendees with an engaging, one-of-a-kind program.
With fully and partially virtual events now part of every meeting professional's toolbox, it can be hard to determine what kind of costs – especially those that are “hidden” or less obvious – go into producing a virtual experience. This is where the experts at LAI come in! We can help you unveil the different types of costs that go into producing an event and how the costs that once were associated with in-person events get translated over to virtual.
CEO Update’s annual Roundtable Summit brings together association CEOs to discuss macrotrends and hear from thought leaders on the pressing issues facing the business environment. This year was no different. Quickly pivoting the program to the virtual arena, LAI worked alongside the CEO Update team to deliver a broadcast quality, engaging online event experience – equipped with a highly produced general session, interactive breakouts, and virtual networking opportunities.
We often receive inquiries from meeting organizers requesting quotes or a ballpark estimate for their upcoming online meeting or event budget. But as we all know, virtual events are not one size fits all. With formats ranging from 30-minute webinars to multi-day, broadcast-quality event experiences, and even hybrid events, costs can vary dramatically.
As more organizations are accepting the reality of shuttered in-person events, planners are pivoting their event strategies toward virtual. Every day brings a new webinar and you become more comfortable with new technologies, shorter timeframes, and new ways of doing well, almost everything.