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As 2020 winds down and I reflect on the monumental changes COVID-19 brought with it – not only to the world, but specifically to our industry, I wanted to share a few things I’ve learned.  Events have always played a big part in company culture, and with the COVID-19 pandemic transitioning most of 2020’s eventsRead more

Playing music during virtual events can lend the right vibe and energy. With the explosion of virtual events and live streaming in 2020, you might be wondering about copyright rules and licensing for music and how to determine what needs to be done for your event to be copyright compliant. And, you should definitely takeRead more

We were so excited to be able to be part of the solution to take the Kong Summit virtual this year. Kong, a technology company based in San Francisco, broadcast their summit to users all over the world this year from their headquarters in the bay area. They welcomed us to their team to helpRead more

You’ve done the research and picked your virtual event platform, Congrats!  Now, can you make it work? There are a lot of virtual event platforms out there with a variety of features and capabilities. In fact, if you Google variations of “virtual event platforms”, you are met with over 6 million results!  As an eventRead more

How Seamless Events Helped Me Pull Off a Hybrid Meeting A Guest Blog Post by Jim Plymale, Vistage Chair As a chair of two Vistage peer advisory groups, I have one measure of my success: setting up and facilitating meetings that deliver value to my group members. Meetings are notoriously hard to do well duringRead more

In the current climate of social distancing and transitioning in-person events to online, event planners are not the only ones reeling to make their virtual events successful. Public speakers have had to adapt their content to meet the needs of virtual audiences as well. Understanding how much harder it is to convince virtual attendees toRead more

Laurel Miller CEO Seamless Event Solutions It’s been four and a half months since I let most of my team go.  It’s been three and a half months since I sat on the floor of my office and cried at the stress of applying for direly needed government assistance – wondering if I submitted everythingRead more

The desirability, value, and emotion of face-to-face interaction at in-person events will never go away.  But in today’s COVID-19 world, transitioning your in-person event to a virtual one is a likely scenario.  Despite the demand for virtual events over the last several months, which format to use— live or semi-live, is still unfamiliar to theRead more

We were thrilled to host “Friends of the Children’s” live auction event in our Portland studios in May. Needing to make a fast transition to a virtual event in light of the pandemic, they partnered with Seamless Event Solutions to produce and live stream the auction from our Portland studio. With the help of MarquamRead more

If you are an event planner, you’ve probably found yourself overwhelmed at one point or another when it comes to determining what your audio visual needs are going to be for your big event. If so, you are not alone. Laurel Miller, President of Seamless Event Solutions, speaks on this topic often. She’s helped manyRead more