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Open Audience Blog - Why Virtual Takes Organisations Beyond Their Comfort Zone

Why Virtual Takes Organisations Beyond Their Comfort Zone

Adapting to an online environment hasn't been easy for everyone. Stepping outside of your comfort zone into a virtual world might be daunting but can allow you to take on exciting new challenges while achieving your goals.
Open Audience blog - Dotting the “I’s” and Crossing the “T’s” in Virtual Meeting Scoping

Dotting the “I’s” and Crossing the “T’s” in Virtual Meeting Scoping

It is important to know the right questions to ask to fully understand the client's expectations when scoping a virtual meeting. Failing to do so, can result in an outcome that differs greatly from the initial proposal.
Open Audience blog - A New World Order: Adapting Skills to Support Virtual Meetings

A New World Order: Adapting Skills to Support Virtual Meetings

How do we move into the virtual world as we prepare ourselves for this "new normal"? By adapting our skills and knowledge, we can bring people together virtually and continue to drive audience engagement.
Open Audience Blog - How to Extend the Value of Your Meetings: Before

How to Extend the Value of Your Meetings: Before, During and After

With virtual events, we can create a more holistic and engaging experience for participants, giving them the chance to get involved ahead of time and allowing organisers to adapt the meeting to better suit the needs of attendees.
Open Audience blog - Virtual Diversity: Engaging a New

Virtual Diversity: Engaging a New, Global Audience

One of the great things about virtual conferencing is how accessible it is. People from across the globe, from a wide range of backgrounds, now have access to events they may not have been able to attend otherwise, meaning larger and more diverse audiences.
Open Audience blog - Getting Connected: Using Technology to Drive Networking

Getting Connected: Using Technology to Drive Networking

There are many ways we can use technology to create opportunities for colleagues to connect in a virtual setting. As a result, audiences are able to benefit from organised networking sessions online.
Open Audience blog - Almost Anything is Possible: How Virtual Opens the Door to New Ways to Engage

Almost Anything is Possible: How Virtual Opens the Door to New Ways to Engage

Does virtual mean boring? We're finding that technology is actually driving interactivity with audiences which in turn encourages more meaningful, livelier, and relevant discussions when clients know what it is they want to achieve.
Open Audience blog - Preparation

Preparation, Rehearsal and Variety: Drawing on Stand-up in Presentations

Neil Mullarkey explains how presenters can rehearse a presentation without sounding like a robot by observing stand-up comedians and turning a focused set of ideas into an engaging presentation.
Open Audience blog Building Engaging Meeting Experiences in the Hybrid World

Building Engaging Meeting Experiences in the Hybrid World

Our Technical Event Director James Templeman discusses the importance of making meeting experiences engaging, whether they are in a physical, virtual, or hybrid setting. As event organisers define hybrid events, we need to prevent them from becoming a boring 'add-on'.
Open Audience blog How Safe is Your Space? Navigating Compliance for Physical Meetings

How Safe is Your Space? Navigating Compliance for Physical Meetings

Returning to physical or hybrid events means organisations have to think more carefully about event compliance. Venues are putting protocols in place, but there are also considerations for organisers – and even in the virtual world, compliance is becoming an increasingly pressing issue.
Open Audience blog Going With the Flow: How the Spontaneity of Improv Translates to Business

Going With the Flow: How the Spontaneity of Improv Translates to Business

Neil Mullarkey is back with another excellent guest blog about how the skills needed for improvisation on stage translate powerfully into the business world, including for physical and virtual events.
Open Audience blog Mind Mapping and Engagement in the Virtual Meeting World

Mind Mapping and Engagement in the Virtual Meeting World

Illustrator and live scribe Amber Anderson has observed a wide range of events. Here she discusses what has changed and what has stayed the same in virtual settings - and the impact of innovative, interactive experiences.

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