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Like many of you, we have been researching options to take some of our larger in-person meetings virtual. We keep coming back to the same question/thought...

Are people actually attending / participating in virtual conferences?

To go a bit deeper:
1. Are people attending that DO NOT need to earn continuing education credits.
2. What percentage of people are registering but not actually logging in to the webinars?
3. What percentage of registered participants stay logged in for the entire presentation?
4. If you have sponsors, are people interacting with those sponsors? In what ways?

Any input would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks
#Miscellaneous

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April Sailsbury
Gas Processors Association
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Hi April!

Your questions are all very valid. Based on experience your virtual event needs to be just as engaging a live event. There are many factors to this. 

To go a bit deeper:
1. Are people attending that DO NOT need to earn continuing education credits.
Yes, I recently worked on a virtual conference that was solely information based and people were totally engaged.

2. What percentage of people are registering but not actually logging in to the webinars?
The same conference had over 2k sign ups and 1500 signed in through out the day. 

3. What percentage of registered participants stay logged in for the entire presentation?
I would say that 70% of the attendees were logged in the entire time. Something to keep in mind is having lots of live sessions and engagement elements. 

4. If you have sponsors, are people interacting with those sponsors? In what ways?
Absolutely and expo hall is encouraged, this is a great way to increase engagement.

Let me know, if you would like to talk about  this further offline. Ive helped clients transition from live events to virtual events. 


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Shafcat Kassim
Founder
Events By Pop Up Chic
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Hi Shafcat, 

It is great to hear that you had an expo hall at your event. Would you be able to provide me more information on how you set that up? 

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Eva Roig
Implementation Specialist EMS Cvent Program Coordinator
The Commons Learning Center at The University of Texas at Austin
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-07-2020 09:40
From: Shafcat Kassim
Subject: Virtual Conference / Trade Show Attendance

Hi April!

Your questions are all very valid. Based on experience your virtual event needs to be just as engaging a live event. There are many factors to this.

To go a bit deeper:
1. Are people attending that DO NOT need to earn continuing education credits.
Yes, I recently worked on a virtual conference that was solely information based and people were totally engaged.

2. What percentage of people are registering but not actually logging in to the webinars?
The same conference had over 2k sign ups and 1500 signed in through out the day.

3. What percentage of registered participants stay logged in for the entire presentation?
I would say that 70% of the attendees were logged in the entire time. Something to keep in mind is having lots of live sessions and engagement elements.

4. If you have sponsors, are people interacting with those sponsors? In what ways?
Absolutely and expo hall is encouraged, this is a great way to increase engagement.

Let me know, if you would like to talk about  this further offline. Ive helped clients transition from live events to virtual events.


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Shafcat Kassim
Founder
Events By Pop Up Chic
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Hi Eva! Thanks for the message. 
The expo hall all depends on which virtual platform you plan on using.
What kind of conferences/events do you plan?
Have you planned a virtual event yet? If so, which platform are you using?
I look forward to hearing from you, feel Free to shot me and email and I further assist you offline. 

shafcat@popchic.events

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Shafcat Kassim - DaCosta
PopChicEvents
shafcat@popchic.events
www.popchic.events
917.526.3854
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-07-2020 11:47
From: Eva Roig
Subject: Virtual Conference / Trade Show Attendance

Hi Shafcat,

It is great to hear that you had an expo hall at your event. Would you be able to provide me more information on how you set that up? 

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Eva Roig
Implementation Specialist EMS Cvent Program Coordinator
The Commons Learning Center at The University of Texas at Austin
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-07-2020 09:40
From: Shafcat Kassim
Subject: Virtual Conference / Trade Show Attendance

Hi April!

Your questions are all very valid. Based on experience your virtual event needs to be just as engaging a live event. There are many factors to this.

To go a bit deeper:
1. Are people attending that DO NOT need to earn continuing education credits.
Yes, I recently worked on a virtual conference that was solely information based and people were totally engaged.

2. What percentage of people are registering but not actually logging in to the webinars?
The same conference had over 2k sign ups and 1500 signed in through out the day.

3. What percentage of registered participants stay logged in for the entire presentation?
I would say that 70% of the attendees were logged in the entire time. Something to keep in mind is having lots of live sessions and engagement elements.

4. If you have sponsors, are people interacting with those sponsors? In what ways?
Absolutely and expo hall is encouraged, this is a great way to increase engagement.

Let me know, if you would like to talk about  this further offline. Ive helped clients transition from live events to virtual events.


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Shafcat Kassim
Founder
Events By Pop Up Chic