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As we close out the year and take a look back, hybrid events were a big focus in the event industry. Looking ahead into 2022, including a virtual audience seems to be a priority for our clients. AV production is critical  for hybrid event success, and for many planners might still be a new experience. ToRead more

Once you’re a Seamless client, you’re always a Seamless client. Despite being one of the most meticulous planners I know, with over 13 years of experience, my colleague Jennifer Saliba (President, Rhino Consulting) recently ran into trouble with an in-house AV team she’d contracted to carry out a hybrid event.  With a week to go,Read more

If you’re looking for compelling reasons to host a hybrid event, start with a recent Glisser Market Research Report — How Do Planners Really Feel About Hybrid Events?  As part of a May 2021 industry survey, planners were asked, “What are the principal reasons that you are considering running hybrid events?”  Their top four answersRead more

Hybrid Event Costs: 6 Fast Facts That Impact Budgets Closing the gap between in-person only and virtual-only events can take many forms. Since hybrid events involve various combinations of both in-person and virtual audiences for the same event, AV planning has become a lot more complicated. While live streaming events to a remote audience hasRead more

When you have the opportunity to interview two event industry professionals about pandemic-era innovations, take it! That’s what the Seamless team did when we hosted September’s UNTETHERED: Portland Studio Tour. During a break in the event, we filmed Allie Magyar (Chief Product Officer, Intrado) and Caitlin Davis (Event Strategist, Dynamic Events) as they shared theirRead more

As the head of a creative audio visual solutions company, Seamless CEO Laurel Miller loves to translate tech-talk into human-speak — and when she finds other event industry pros who feel the same way, it’s game on for creating resources that help planners boost their expertise. Recently, she got together with Jen Kingen Kush (certifiedRead more

The UNTETHERED: Portland Studio Tour was a one-day digital event that brought together senior event strategists and industry leaders to inspire and empower each other.  As Seamless Events live streamed the content, we had to wear our AV production expert hats — but don’t worry: we caught up on all the great insights shared withRead more

In some ways, planning a hybrid event comes down to five little words: Prioritize the moments that matter. But when you’re splitting time, energy, and money across audiences, how do you know when to go all out and when to take a more streamlined approach? To help you create an experience that resonates with allRead more

We’ve been sharing some of the “wow” moments that happened during the UNTETHERED: Portland Studio Tour here at Seamless Events as we don’t want our event planning partners to miss out! For those who don’t know, organizers of UNTETHERED Fall 2021 chose to change their 3-day hybrid event to multiple 1-day virtual Studio Tours whenRead more

“Behind the Scenes” Chat from the UNTETHERED Studio Tour Two experienced event professionals thought their upcoming hybrid gathering was safe from a COVID-19 shutdown — but then the Delta variant hit.  With just two weeks to go until UNTETHERED Fall 2021, Allie Magyar (Chief Product Officer, Intrado) and Caitlin Davis (Event Strategist, Dynamic Events) choseRead more