My biggest objective is to be able to find out the most interesting points in my story and share with people. If you realize the attendees are happy to listen to this story and find it insightful, it is the biggest happiness for a speaker, he says.
My aim is to inspire others to better themselves and their business, and to educate others with knowledge and belief shifts that can significantly impact their career/business success and life conditions, he says.
I hope to educate and inspire my audience. Educate in a way that the circular economy is not a new phenomenon, and to raise awareness for the systemic challenges and “underexplored” solutions that often start from the bottom up rather than being stipulated by policy or industry (i.e., top-down), he says.
In-person events are very valuable, in that you can have a good conversation with someone, really understand their challenges, and assess whether our solutions can help them, he says.
My biggest objective as a speaker is to give back to the community by sharing my knowledge as well as inspiring more women to join tech, she says.
The pandemic was very successful for me from a professional point of view. After the first few months of uncertainty, many companies started creating high-quality online events, coming from, ZOOM get-togethers”. I have already been in front of the camera a lot before, says Claudia Bechstein, Moderatorin, claudiabechstein
I’ve seen hybrid events being run, which merge in-person (for those that want to go) with virtual attendance. This is perfect since those that can and want to attend, can. For those that can’t make it for whatever reason, they don’t need to miss out, says Depesh Mandalia, Founder & CEO, SM Commerce.
COVID has boosted our business as everything has moved to the Internet. We have a lot of clients who were focusing most of their efforts and budgets into their physical stores, and we told them years ago that they needed to improve their websites and online efforts, says Stefan Chiriacescu, Founder & CEO, eCommerce Today.
The top challenge for in-person events remains to be health and safety concerns in regards to COVID-19. The pandemic is still not entirely over, so there’s a decent amount of risk associated with physical events. To mitigate this, it’s helpful to show attendees how event organizers are taking precautions to prevent outbreaks of the virus, such as requiring vaccinations or masks for large in-door gatherings, says Kyle Ranally, Vertical Insights Marketing Strategist, Meta.
I see that live versions have more engagement during the session but the insights are not taken to the next steps since trying to organize the ideas afterward the event is more challenging. The Digital Events are more practical and the material is in a format that actions and next steps are easier to adopt. Hybrid is a very good combination, says Juan Camilo Suarez, Co-CEO, Isobar Colombia.
