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With nearly two years of the pandemic under your belt, a virtual event is nothing new for your organization. Attending and hosting these digital webcasts is normal now for the corporate world.<\/p>\nWith nearly two years of the pandemic under your belt, a virtual event is nothing new for your organization. Attending and hosting these digital webcasts is normal now for the corporate world.<\/p>\n
Despite how common virtual\/hybrid investor events are nowadays, it\u2019s easy to fall into traps when organizing your own. Avoid the mistakes below, and you\u2019ll deliver virtual events that stand out<\/a> to all your attendees.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a broad range of \u201cwrong\u201d when it comes to webcasting. Perhaps the most obvious problems involve glitchy tech, security vulnerabilities, or bad design.<\/p>\n But there are less flashy issues that can drive away investors. Subtle things like not having tech support or a branded environment reveal you aren\u2019t at the same level as your competitors.<\/p>\n Outsourcing your webcasting to an established IR firm will help you avoid making such blunders \u2014 large or small.<\/p>\n You should expect a fully branded webcast that you can customize to suit any event \u2014 from digital roadshows and townhalls to earnings meetings and more. It should also come with intuitive design backed by reliable event support and security.<\/p>\n Accessibility is just as important as when you gather under one roof for an in-person event. Your IR software should make it easy to stream for all your investors \u2014 whether they\u2019re tech luddites or Hard of Hearing.<\/p>\n Accessibility is all about removing barriers that may prevent guests from participating. Your first step to achieving this is by choosing inclusive webcasting design.<\/p>\n Next, consider having IT and web design professionals test whether assistive technology is compatible with your IR software before you go live. You may also want them available on the big day as tech support if attendees have questions.<\/p>\n You can have the best content in the world. It won’t resonate with your audience if it isn\u2019t delivered in an engaging, charismatic, and confident way.<\/p>\n Delivery comes down to your presenters, who face unique challenges with virtual events. They\u2019re performing in front of a screen, potentially all by themselves. They won\u2019t pick up on any of the energy of an audience like they would at a live event.<\/p>\n They\u2019re also juggling a lot of technology while trying to deliver their presentation. Tech can trip up inexperienced presenters, resulting in frustrating delays as they attempt to navigate a system they don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why it\u2019s best you stick with someone familiar with webcasting tech. A digital native will make it look easy.<\/p>\n Lastly, you\u2019ll want to avoid creating an event that disrespects your audience\u2019s time.<\/p>\n Your guests are likely fitting your virtual event in between other important obligations, and there\u2019s a very good chance this isn\u2019t the only digital meeting they\u2019ll attend in the day.<\/p>\n You also have to consider your guests are tied to their computer screens. You don\u2019t want to make a long presentation that keeps them staring at the screen all<\/em> day.<\/p>\n Instead, keep things concise. Aim for 45 minutes<\/a>, so you don\u2019t take up too much of anyone\u2019s time. And if you need more time, mix things up by scheduling breakaway rooms, fireside chats<\/a>, and bathroom breaks.<\/p>\n Learn from other people\u2019s mistakes when organizing your next virtual\/hybrid investor event. They provide you a rubric of what not to do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With nearly two years of the pandemic under your belt, a virtual event is nothing new for your organization. Attending and hosting these digital webcasts is normal now for the corporate world. Despite how common virtual\/hybrid investor events are nowadays, it\u2019s easy to fall into traps when organizing your own. Avoid the mistakes below, and… The Worst Mistakes with Virtual Events and How to Avoid Them<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10310,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10308\/revisions\/10310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Mistake #1: Using the Wrong Webcasting Platform<\/h2>\n
Mistake #2: Overlooking Accessibility<\/h2>\n
Mistake #3: Choosing Presenters without Remote Experience<\/h2>\n
Mistake #4: Running Long<\/h2>\n
Bottom Line<\/h2>\n