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As hybrid events gain momentum it’s clear the opportunities to craft exciting attendee experiences are infinite. But before you get deep into planning, we recommend that you:  understand the possibilities for structuring a hybrid  confirm your audience will attend a hybrid  get key decision makers to commit to a hybrid  Orienting your hybrid event planningRead more

Good news: if you don’t really understand what a “hybrid event” is, you’re not alone!    Close your knowledge gap — fast — by joining Seamless CEO Laurel Miller, Jen Kingen Kush (certified DES and Founder, Kingen Kush Solutions), and Hilary Laney (CEO, Evia) as they define and discuss hybrid events. In this 5-minute snippetRead more

A successful virtual or hybrid event starts long before the action happens — it begins with mapping out your attendees’ experience.  At Seamless Events, we work with clients to create a welcoming environment for all their event goers, including those who live with physical, psychological, or cognitive disabilities. Providing access accommodations and using specific strategiesRead more

Event Pros Share Some Tips I’ve had the opportunity to travel a bit lately and have been struck by the difficulties and inconveniences stemming from the pandemic. This includes re-opening growing pains like waiting in line for an hour to get a morning coffee, or renting a car from a harried front desk worker jugglingRead more

Elevate Your Next Virtual Conference Like TechfestNW 2021 No risk, no reward: when you decide to live stream the majority of your virtual event, your production better be on-point. With viewers seeing your content in real-time, there’s no editing out human mistakes or technology mishaps. Our featured client, TechfestNW, knew that preparation, compelling content, rehearsalsRead more

At Seamless, we love sharing industry best practices about audio visual solutions for events. While we focus on full-service AV, we have a broad goal: to help deliver the highest quality attendee experience budgets will allow! Our Featured FAQ: When planning virtual or hybrid events, when does it make sense to broadcast live versus pre-record?Read more

When planning a virtual conference, bringing attendees into your world matters. Our featured client worked hard to set the tone of their annual summit right from the start with a sleek welcome video that took event goers inside the company’s physical space for a meet-and-greet with top-level executives.  Their pandemic pivot from in-person to virtualRead more

Virtual events have quickly evolved from a pandemic stopgap to a must-have component for many organizations grappling with event planning strategy. In fact, a recent survey of global B2B executives found that 68% expect virtual events to be a more significant part of in-person events in the future. (Source: Report One – Anatomy of VirtualRead more

Seamless CEO Laurel Miller weighs in on creating quality hybrid events Before February 2020, most in-person events with a live stream component treated the remote viewer like a second-class citizen. Now that our industry and our attendees have experienced fully virtual events built for a remote participant, though, we have an interesting challenge: how doRead more

CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: National Trust for Historic Preservation If you’re looking for tips to make your virtual event a winner, don’t miss this snapshot of success! When the pandemic struck, our featured client chose to pivot their annual in-person conference to virtual despite some initial concerns. Their 2020 event was so well-received they’re going virtual againRead more