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Event Pros Share Some Tips I’ve had the opportunity to travel a bit lately and have been struck by the difficulties and inconveniences stemming from the pandemic. This includes re-opening growing pains like waiting in line for an hour to get a morning coffee, or renting a car from a harried front desk worker jugglingRead more

Elevate Your Next Virtual Conference Like TechfestNW 2021 No risk, no reward: when you decide to live stream the majority of your virtual event, your production better be on-point. With viewers seeing your content in real-time, there’s no editing out human mistakes or technology mishaps. Our featured client, TechfestNW, knew that preparation, compelling content, rehearsalsRead more

When planning a virtual conference, bringing attendees into your world matters. Our featured client worked hard to set the tone of their annual summit right from the start with a sleek welcome video that took event goers inside the company’s physical space for a meet-and-greet with top-level executives.  Their pandemic pivot from in-person to virtualRead more

Virtual events have quickly evolved from a pandemic stopgap to a must-have component for many organizations grappling with event planning strategy. In fact, a recent survey of global B2B executives found that 68% expect virtual events to be a more significant part of in-person events in the future. (Source: Report One – Anatomy of VirtualRead more

Seamless CEO Laurel Miller weighs in on creating quality hybrid events Before February 2020, most in-person events with a live stream component treated the remote viewer like a second-class citizen. Now that our industry and our attendees have experienced fully virtual events built for a remote participant, though, we have an interesting challenge: how doRead more

CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: National Trust for Historic Preservation If you’re looking for tips to make your virtual event a winner, don’t miss this snapshot of success! When the pandemic struck, our featured client chose to pivot their annual in-person conference to virtual despite some initial concerns. Their 2020 event was so well-received they’re going virtual againRead more

Let’s get to it: yes, virtual events are still a thing in 2021!  At Seamless Events, we appreciate that our clients rely on our extensive audio visual expertise; many decided to collaborate with us on virtual events when the pandemic first hit. Now, we’re helping event planners “know what they don’t know” so they canRead more

As pandemic restrictions ease up, those of us in the event industry are ready to get back to holding in-person events. But are attendees ready to join us? Understanding your audience’s preferences Before you rework or plan your upcoming meeting or event, we recommend understanding your audience’s preferences. Travel, comfort with in-person gathering, remote viewingRead more

We all want to meet live and in-person again. After the last year, there’s an appreciation for the excitement, engagement, networking, and sales/sponsorship opportunities that happen when we share physical space.  As of Spring 2021, we’re at an in-between moment. We might be able to get back together face-to-face — or mask-to-mask — in someRead more

Operations and Event Manager Rose Lombino from Friends of the Children was one of the first event planners facing the challenge of COVID-19 and made the decision to move to a virtual event. Listen to the story of how she made the transition, and how virtual event production was a key factor in the successRead more