06/09/2017

Better Engage Virtual Meeting Attendees

How to to make sure your virtual audience feels just as connected as those onsite

Groups that host hybrid conferences don’t want their virtual attendees to feel left out. That’s why many are turning to staff, volunteers, and other experts to make sure the virtual audience feels just as connected as those onsite.

Hybrid conferences—where an in-person meeting is blended with an online component—come with a lot of benefits. Among them: allowing members to attend who would have otherwise been unable to due to travel costs or other factors, boosting nondues revenue, and broadening an association’s global reach.

But one thing that can make associations wary to jump into a hybrid event is fear that online participants will feel less engaged and immersed in the conference than their in-person colleagues. Virtual attendees are likely to have this same concern, too.

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