Social-Mobile-Local and the Birth of the “Synthesis” Event
hy·brid: [hahy-brid] 3. Anything derived from heterogeneous sources (Source: Dictionary.com) Over the last year, hybrid events have emerged as one of the most important (and successful) trends in the...
View ArticleIs it Time for a (Virtual) Royal Wedding?
Entertaining billions on a budget On April 29th this year, Prince William and Kate Middleton will get married at Westminster Abbey in London. Not only does the event represent love and hope in dark...
View ArticleBeam me up! Five reasons Star Trek conventions (and other fan groups) should...
Star Trek, super-fans, and the final frontier for virtual events On August 11th this year, thousands of Star Trek fans will descend on Las Vegas for the Official Star Trek Convention. In addition to...
View ArticleMoving Mobile to the Center of the Virtual Event Experience
300,000 text messages were sent in the time that it took you to read this headline Over the last decade, mobile devices have become so integrated into our daily routines that it is difficult for most...
View ArticleVirtual Summits in a Box: Achieve Scale and Activate Your Community
TEDx and the art of organizing independently managed events Since being founded in 1984, TED has grown from a one-off technology conference to a multinational and highly distributed organization with...
View ArticleVirtual and Face to Face Events – Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Virtual event planners + face to face event organizers = best friends forever? Since virtual events first hit the market several years ago, there has been a certain amount of tension between face to...
View ArticleCarnaval “The World’s Biggest Party” Goes Hybrid
The world’s biggest street party just got bigger (and better!) Every year, like moths drawn to a flame, two million people descend on Salvador, Brazil for 7 days of drum-banging, foot-stomping,...
View Article5 Tips for Virtual Event Attendees – How to Make Friends, Win Deals, & Have Fun
Virtual events are just like in-person events, except when they aren’t… Over the course of their careers, most business people have the opportunity to attend dozens of conferences and hundreds of...
View ArticleGoogle Goggles, Augmented Reality and the Future of Hybrid Events
Will mobile make every event a hybrid event? It’s 9:00am on a cold October morning as your taxi pulls up to the convention center main entrance. After a long flight, a single word floats through your...
View ArticleTEDx: The Phenomenon of Virtual Knowledge
“I’m an unreasonable person. And if TED is anything, it is the Olympics of unreasonable people.” – Bob Geldof, Musician and anti-poverty activist The annual TED Conference, dedicated to “ideas worth...
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