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Best Practices for Running a Virtual Trade Show

AccelEvents

Facilitate Networking. When planning your trade show, be careful to include events and sessions that will actively facilitate networking. Some things you should consider when elevating your virtual trade show experience: Custom Avatars: Allow attendees to build their own avatar that can be used to navigate the virtual environment.

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Encouraging Networking at Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

A virtual event means that those face-to-face interactions will not be possible but that does not mean that you can’t facilitate and encourage networking all the same. . Show them how to develop their avatar, fill out their profile, or use the text and video chat features. Does your platform allow for virtual business cards?

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7 Original Networking Ideas for Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

Event gamification elements, like a virtual scavenger hunt, can go a long way to facilitating networking at your virtual event. . Over time, group members will naturally start to connect with one another, reducing the need for major facilitation or oversight. . 7 Original Networking Ideas for Your Virtual Event. Virtual Scavenger Hunt.

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Best Practices for Running a Virtual Trade Show

AccelEvents

Facilitate Networking. When planning your trade show, be careful to include events and sessions that will actively facilitate networking. Some things you should consider when elevating your virtual trade show experience: Custom Avatars: Allow attendees to build their own avatar that can be used to navigate the virtual environment.

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16 Reasons Why You Should Choose an All-in-one Event Platform

AccelEvents

Attendee Tracking To Build Customer Avatars. Because all-in-one event platforms come with analytics, they allow your brand to tap into targeted customer avatars or buyer personas. From these tracking metrics, build customer avatars and then implement these avatars as unique marketing streams in your email marketing software.

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Nonprofits in Second Life: Avatar Marketing, Fundraising, and TechSoup's Plans

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I attended a meeting at the SLTechSoup Office, a discussion forum on Avatar Marketing hosted by Harvard Berkman Center , and visited a donation site for the Make A Wish Foundation. Then I teleported off to the Berkman Center discussion on Avatar Marketing. It is like sending a personal email to the entire listserv by mistake.

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Encouraging Networking at Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

A virtual event means that those face-to-face interactions will not be possible but that does not mean that you can’t facilitate and encourage networking all the same. . Show them how to develop their avatar, fill out their profile, or use the text and video chat features. Does your platform allow for virtual business cards?

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