03/27/2020

Tips for Hosting a Successful Virtual Event

Two tips: Take your sponsors into account and rely on experts

Five weeks out from its Global Summit, which was scheduled to take place in Singapore in early March, CoreNet Global found itself  having to make a decision many associations have faced in recent weeks: Should it cancel the event due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)?

Ultimately, the corporate real estate association postponed the event, which was expecting 800 attendees from more than 20 countries, until March 2021. But CoreNet Global didn’t want attendees to wait a full year to get some of the learning the onsite event had promised.

“We knew we wanted to offer something else to our members,” said CEO Angela Cain. “We also knew that the coronavirus had them dealing with issues they could have never imagined months ago, so we wanted to help address those needs as well.”

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.