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Guest Post: Maintaining a connection with pandemic-inactive volunteers

Twenty Hats

Smithsonian Associates (SA) , which annually presents 700+ classes and other educational and entertaining programs, made a hard fast pivot in June 2020, when it began to present all of its lectures and art courses as livestreamed programs on Zoom. Interestingly, a follow up poll gave the event relatively low marks.

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Top 21 Virtual Event Ideas for Your Next Online Event

AccelEvents

Polls and Q&As. Polls and Q&As are not new virtual event ideas but they are highly effective for getting the audience to think about the content presented. of virtual event organizers use polls to increase interactions. Polls and Q&A force attendees to pay attention to each session. . In fact, 81.8%

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Why Hybrid Events Are Valuable and Here to Stay—Plus Tips and Strategies for Planning

AccelEvents

Through the platform, virtual attendees can also access live chats, view trade show booths, and engage with presenters, allowing online attendees to feel a part of the experience. Make video presentations interactive: Long gone is the era of just streaming content to viewers at home. Which sessions did they attend?

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How to Leverage Content to Scale Your Next Event

AccelEvents

The content must make sense for the online event theme and the speakers who are present. . If you have presenters, then you need to prepare them for this content production phase. Find out early what they will be presenting so that you can properly support them. Curating your content is very important. Content Deployment.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Upload work projects, such as presentations, videos, or special fundraising campaigns. Keep that in mind! Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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31 Ideas for Online Fundraising for Nonprofits

Neon CRM

Engaging video presentations showcase the items, generating excitement and encouraging healthy competition among bidders. The challenge presented by email fundraising is how it is often done in a mass, impersonal way that doesn’t engage the supporter. But it’s not always an effective path.

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What is a Hybrid Event?

AccelEvents

Hybrid events typically have presenters. These individuals can submit a request to present at a session or be asked by the organizing team to present as a general presenter or keynote speaker. With an in-person audience watching the presentation, the entire thing is broadcast online to a global audience.

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