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Great tips! How do you keep yourself engaged? What drives you to do online events?
I love to speak, be on a stage, interact with the audience. These are major things that are missing in online events.
IMO we still haven't found the best way to give both the presenter and the audience the best experience. In one event, everyone had to turn on their camera. That way, I had on one screen my presentation and on the other the attendees. That gave me a more engaged feeling that I was talking to someone, and not just to my monitor.
Being unique is one of the things I mentioned as well in my tips (eliostruyf.com/tips-presenter-virt...). There are so many events happening, and I've noticed that attendees are a bit bored with all these events. They just pick the ones they like. If it was an event IRL, you'd probably attend as many sessions as you can. Even take the opportunity to step out of your comfort zone. Online I noticed a different thing (also organize events btw). During these events, a lot more people are just dropping in for the thing that they are interested in.
Another aspect is that a lot of events are recording sessions, doing your session multiple times, is less likely to happen. Normally I pick a smaller event to "test run" a session so that I know it is perfect for a major event. With online, it sometimes feels that you have one shot.
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Great tips! How do you keep yourself engaged? What drives you to do online events?
I love to speak, be on a stage, interact with the audience. These are major things that are missing in online events.
IMO we still haven't found the best way to give both the presenter and the audience the best experience. In one event, everyone had to turn on their camera. That way, I had on one screen my presentation and on the other the attendees. That gave me a more engaged feeling that I was talking to someone, and not just to my monitor.
Being unique is one of the things I mentioned as well in my tips (eliostruyf.com/tips-presenter-virt...). There are so many events happening, and I've noticed that attendees are a bit bored with all these events. They just pick the ones they like. If it was an event IRL, you'd probably attend as many sessions as you can. Even take the opportunity to step out of your comfort zone. Online I noticed a different thing (also organize events btw). During these events, a lot more people are just dropping in for the thing that they are interested in.
Another aspect is that a lot of events are recording sessions, doing your session multiple times, is less likely to happen. Normally I pick a smaller event to "test run" a session so that I know it is perfect for a major event. With online, it sometimes feels that you have one shot.