This week, I was teaching a bunch of educators from South Africa to drive the technology for a high-profile online event. There’s loads for them to think about: registration, breakout rooms, translation into local languages… not to mention power cuts and internet bandwidth. And when it comes to on-the-day confidence as a ‘tech host’ or
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This week I’ve been talking to a few people from different professional associations about their 2022 conferences. It looks as if many still can’t be fully face-to-face this year, and that’s giving organisers a headache. The thing is, when an annual conference is at its best: It connects people, including those who may feel isolated,
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The best events – the most memorable, the most effective, the most fun – involve real people, engaging with each other and doing stuff together. It is possible to do those online. At Rees McCann, we’ve demonstrated that over and over again, for events of all shapes and sizes. Global gatherings; local consultations; company town
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People, not presentations, make great online events. I think that’s pretty obvious. But it’s not obvious to everyone, apparently! Often, when I start working with a client to design their event, the draft plan involves loads of presentations. Maybe it’s because the organisers are so used to endless talk-over-slides webinars that they can’t imagine things
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