Connecting People: In-Room and On-Line!
Event Technologists I have discovered a new job title “Event Technologist.” This person assumes the admin responsibility for hybrid meetings. I think there is a lot wrapped up in that short sentence. “Hybrid events require skills in both virtual and onsite formats. (emphasis mine) Therefore, [organizations] need a point-person with the technological acumen to translate…
Internet Connections for Hybrid Meetings An Internet connection must be both stable and fast. However, we realize that your Internet speed and your Internet connection is whatever it is. You have to use whatever is available. You cannot change either one of them very easily. And, for 99.9% of the meetings, what you have is…
Hybrid Meeting Checklists: A collection of what works Our new book is now published on Amazon – and you can order your copy for $8.59. That’s just above the cost of printing and binding the collection. You are invited to use this collection for your own Hybrid Events! You can reverse-engineer the steps that have…
2023 VFW Handbook The following paragraph was added to the VFW national handbook sometime after COVID-19 shut down the country: It describes what a hybrid meeting is all about! “Any of the above stated meetings [regular, special, committee] may be conducted or attended electronically that allows [the] participating members to communicate with each other simultaneously.”…
Coming on Jan 6 We are publishing a book of our hybrid meeting checklists! Every venue is unique, and each organization has its own requirements. This book is a collection of the checklists that we have created for two of the organizations we support. We invite you to use the book to create your own…
Should I turn off chat? Meetings are designed for people to interact with each other – to share ideas and opinions. What should you do if two people in the room have a private conversation between themselves, without sharing it with everyone else. For starters, they are extremely rude to the leadership and the audience….
How is a Meeting different from a Presentation? This is an important discussion: what is the difference between a “presentation” and a “meeting.” A presentation asks for nothing from the audience. Whether they are in the room or online, the audience is expected to pay attention and learn, but they are not expected to contribute…
What is a “Hybrid Meeting”? A hybrid meeting has two audiences. One audience is online and the other audience is at the venue (“in the room”). The goal is to have both audiences fully engage with each other to share ideas and make decisions. I’ve discovered a second definition for a hybrid meeting! This could…
What Equipment Will We Bring to Your Hybrid Meetings? We literally “pack a bag” to support hybrid meetings. Sometimes, when we wheel in our bag of equipment, it remains unopened. At other times, we unpack everything, set up the meeting, then put the unused equipment back in the bag for the duration of the hybrid…
Hello World! This is usually the first post or page for any website. Actually, goes back to early the early days of computers when programmers were learning the trade. The very first computer program was only a line or two long, and its sole function was to print something on the screen. In a Eureca!…