Virtual Unconferences + Why They Are More Engaging for Attendees
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Virtual Unconferences + Why They Are More Engaging for Attendees

Picture this—you’re in a conference room filled with attendees. You attend a boring introductory speech and panel discussions where speakers are more focused on listening to each other than interacting with the audience. Presentations that either confuse or don’t add anything new. Sound familiar? (Do you even remember when we attended conferences in-person?!?) If you…

Taxonomy of Virtual Event Formats
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Taxonomy of Virtual Event Formats

Which types of events have been moving to virtual environments? As soon as COVID forced the world to socially distance, every live event format that was previously being done in person pivoted (or at least attempted) to being fully virtual. Facilitators, event planners, field marketers, trainers, grassroots mobilizers and activists, educators- every role, industry, profession, community-…

Virtual Onboarding: 5 Tips for Onboarding New Employees in the #NewNormal
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Virtual Onboarding: 5 Tips for Onboarding New Employees in the #NewNormal

Gone are the days of office tours and meet-and-greets – in is the age of remote working, and all the things that used to go into onboarding have moved to the virtual space as well. And as anyone who’s ever onboarded a new employee knows, this doesn’t make things any easier. First-day jitters, social anxiety,…

How to Improve Remote Collaboration in Distributed Teams
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How to Improve Remote Collaboration in Distributed Teams

Promoting remote collaboration among off-site team members can be a difficult task. Outside factors and company issues can quickly hurt your employees’ productivity. Over a prolonged period, this loss could even cause a notable change in absenteeism, turnover rates, and profitability for your company. This is especially problematic in the current environment, with so many…

5 Ways Online Training Tools can help your Remote Sales Team
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5 Ways Online Training Tools can help your Remote Sales Team

Once again, technology has transformed the conventional mode of operation in the workplace. Employees and employers alike are no longer bound by the concept of a brick and wall office space. In fact, the concept of having an entirely remote team to carry out all of your office functions is now possible and becoming in…

9 Tips for Highly Interactive Teleseminars and Webinars
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9 Tips for Highly Interactive Teleseminars and Webinars

Eight or nine years ago, I gave up teaching teleseminars. People talking over each other, me as a talking head. Yuck. In 2012 I won the Silver Stevie Award for Best New Product or Service – Media for my teleseminar-based Bring Your Book to Life® Program. You may ask, what changed? Why did I return…