Category: Live Streaming

Before the pandemic hit us, many of us had heard of livestreaming events, engaged a little with a livestreamed event or possibly heard of other events intended to be livestreamed.

We are now more familiar than ever with live streaming and in many instances, there is an expectation that an event will be available to watch online.

What is a hybrid event?

Imagine this; you have a great idea for a conference. It’s a hot topic sure to generate a lot of interest. You have reserved a venue that can seat a huge audience and acquired a good lineup of speakers, all specialists in their fields and known to have brilliant ideas.

The good news is that many people are interested. The bad news is that a good many of them are in another part of the country, or in another country altogether, and have no means to pay for a trip there, let alone the accommodations needed for them to be able to attend the conference.

The solution is to live stream your conference. It will be as if your audience from far away is present at the conference, hearing every word from the speaker, although they are actually in another location.

The challenges of hosting an online conference

Going on a tour? Why not take a live streaming crew with you so that can live stream at a moment’s notice.

Advantages of having an events crew on tour

Video editing can be quite time consuming, especially if you are on a tight time deadline and you have a long edit with multiple camera angles to complete.

There are different ways to edit footage. However, the fastest method is a live edit which doesn’t go through a post-production process. A live edit can be made available immediately after the event, bringing many benefits with this turnaround time.

Here’s a quick look at the different editing processes, just to give you an idea how things work and how live editing differs from the other processes.

Budget is often a crucial part to event planning. Budget can affect the overall experience of delegates attending along with the overall success of the event. Securing an event sponsor can help event planners with their budgeting.

Event sponsors who are well represented at events are more likely to return and sponsor future events.

Live streaming is already a wonder by itself. You get to see something that is happening in another place, possibly even in another country or time zone, as it happens.

As technology has developed and improved, it’s now possible to simultaneously stream to multiple locations and platforms, increasing your reach and possibilities.

Twitter took the whole world by storm when it first came out in 2006. Here was an application (the word “app” had not been in wide circulation then) that allowed people to express themselves, in 140 characters or less, then send that note, later known as a “tweet”, out to the people they know or the people that “followed” them.

Event organisers now have an expectation that their event will be made available online either live, or on playback later. This is known as a hybrid event – making your event available to attend both online (virtual) and in person.

One of the positives about the Coronavirus pandemic, which none of us would have anticipated, is how accessible events have become. Events are increasingly available to attend both online and in person as a hybrid event.

Live stream your even and make it a hybrid event. and offer a variety of opportunities, including: