Posts tagged with ‘virtual event’
How Nutanix Activated a Virtual Environment in the Absence of Industry Shows
In the absence of industry shows and events, companies like cloud computing software brand Nutanix have turned to virtual environments to engage existing and prospective customers. For Nutanix, the impacts of COVID-19 created a “hole” in its fiscal calendar that needed to be filled as its industry shows and its own events were pushed out...
What Event Marketers Can Learn from Airbnb Online Experiences
We attended an Airbnb Online Experience. It gave us hope for virtual engagement Among the building blocks of experiential are trial, connection and creation—aspects of the live event essential to memory-making that aren’t as easily replicated in a digital setting. As event marketers shift their focus to digital and to virtual events, the challenge lies...
How AdventHealth Leveraged a Virtual Hospitality Event to Engage its Partners
Hospitality is an important piece of the sponsorship puzzle for NASCAR’s brand partners, affording them the opportunity to both thank and interact with key stakeholders and VIPs. Typically, the sponsor provides clients with unprecedented access to the track, the garage and the talent. But for the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race on May 24,...
Failure to Launch: Everything We Learned From Hosting Two Unsuccessful Virtual Events
If you’ve been in the event business long enough, you’ve probably got a couple of painful “fails” on your resume that you’d rather forget. There are the “epic” fails, like when a demo crashes and burns at a pivotal moment in the multi-million dollar launch event. There are the A/V fails, when the sound or...