Virtual Event Survival Guide: Plan, Build, and Host Successful Online Events (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781893939653)

Filled with real-world event examples, insider tips, and essential planning, development, and troubleshooting checklists, this book is the ultimate resource for virtual event planners and hosts. Whether your virtual event is a conference, online course series, job interview day, or something else, this book offers step-by-step instructions and checklists to help.

• Plan, develop, and host a virtual event from start to finish
• Compare and host live, simulated live, or a hybrid event elements
• Add interactivity and promote socialization within virtual events
• Effectively market your online events to attendees and exhibitors/sponsors
• Ensure the most effective global delivery

This book includes links to numerous online virtual event checklists:

• Platform Checklist (all the features and functions to look for)
• Agenda Checklist (single and multi-track, single and multi-day)
• Session Checklist (live, simulive, on-demand planning)
• Speaker Checklist (details for marketing, promotion and sessions)
• Exhibitor Checklist (modern/traditional booth elements, interactivity, resources, and more)
• Sponsor Checklist (visibility and marketing)
• Testing Checklist (general, session, exhibit, chat and miscellaneous tests to run)

In addition, the book provides links to an online payment processing spreadsheet and sample multi-track agenda.