Why hybrid & virtual events?
Networking through in-person interaction & broad reach through virtual engagement
Sustainability & cost reduction by travelling less
Networking & broad reach
The pandemic has changed the world of business events forever. Virtual events have dominated the events industry for two years enabling an incredible increase of participation and reach of new audiences from around the world. Going forward, organisations want to maintain this reach, but in-person events remain necessary for human interaction and networking.
Therefore, the future of events is hybrid:
- In-person for networking and for “the magic of being there”
- Virtual for a broad and global reach with engagement
Sustainability & cost
Our planet is at risk from so many fronts. One of them is extensive travel. Companies and business travelers want to reduce their carbon footprint by travelling less than before. Through technology, hybrid and virtual events make this possible.
In a world going from one crisis to another, and with the return of inflation, company costs are under pressure. By travelling less thanks to events organized in hybrid or in virtual, substantial overall cost savings can be achieved (plane, hotel, food & beverages). Through hybrid or virtual events, the cost per participant is reduced dramatically.
Engagement of the virtual audience
Virtual audiences are not easy to truly engage and interact with. Virtual events too often offer poor sound and image quality (low quality microphones and cameras, lack of lighting on keynote speakers, inadequate streaming bandwidth). Content is often long and lacks interactivity. Consequently, virtual audiences spend long hours behind the screen resulting in multi-tasking, low concentration, distractions when working from home, or even sometimes falling asleep.
HyVent experience will help you solve these issues and truly engage the virtual audience by:
- providing an excellent technology solution based on superior professional equipment with manned support
- advising you on how to build interactive content, which will make use of virtual technologies to generate exciting engagement