Comments on: Learning Lessons from a Hybrid Event Experience – MPI’s #MD10 Conference

By: Lessons Learned from MPI 2010 Hybrid Event | The Virtual Buzz

Lessons Learned from MPI 2010 Hybrid Event | The Virtual Buzz — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:28:17 +0000

[...] While this is primarily a blog post by Michael McCurry about a specific hybrid event and what went wrong/what went right, there are some great, quick learning lessons at the end on the essentials of hybrid event planning. http://www.michaelmccurry.net/2010/02/26/learning-lessons-from-a-hybrid-event-experience-mpis-md10-c... [...]

By: Michael M McCurry CMP

Michael M McCurry CMP — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:16:45 +0000

@Midori Connolly,

Excellent point regarding tracking of who participates in Hybrid event as the back channel does provide an opportunity to understand who participated.

Your session was a testament to the power of engaging both a face2face and virtual audience. Well done my friend!

Thanks for contributing to the conversation!

@michaelmccurry

By: Midori Connolly

Midori Connolly — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:01:56 +0000

Well, gentlemen, after sufficiently recovering from Cancun (no, seriously, I actually worked 12 hours/day and paid for it with TWO hypoglycemic attacks!)…I finally have a chance to reply.

Michael, you are too funny for posting that picture. My feet were so unhappy that I couldn’t think of anything better than a cool pool to relax them

Ray and Michael, thank you both so much for your feedback. I can’t tell you how much it means to me…especially because I was experimenting with a new session and dealing with an unknown technology team.

Here we are demonstrating yet another benefit of a hybrid meeting. As a speaker, I can track EXACTLY who was attending virtually through the backchannel (or even registration if provided this information by event organizers). I know who I can turn to for targeted commentary or insight on how to improve.
If you are an event organizer and you want to attract the best talent in the business…well, here you are. An *advantage* to a backchannel – nothing to fear at all!!!

I just wish I could do this presentation every week, it was so fun If there are any meeting planners out there who’d like this presentation, please let me know!!

Thanks again guys and Michael, awesome post as usual.

Midori Connolly, Chief AVGirl
http://www.twitter.com/GreenA_V

By: Michael M McCurry CMP

Michael M McCurry CMP — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:30:28 +0000

@Ray Hansen,

I agree with you that Midori’s session was terrific. She really is good at getting both f2f and virtual audiences engaged together.

I am glad you found the learning lessons helpful… The Hybrid event business is so new and there is so much to learn for all of us.

Thanks for contributing to the conversation Ray!

Mike

@michaelmccurry

By: Ray Hansen

Ray Hansen — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:01:29 +0000

Great information Michael the “Learning Lessons” are extremely helpful. Midori’s talk was one of the first events I have attended virtually and participated with via twitter. I thought it was fantastic. I felt as engaged as if I was a part of the live event. One of the main things that made the session so successful was the engagement from speaker(s) to audience (virtual and live). This was not a single source push of information but in fact a collaborative think tank of shared expertise and ideas.

By: Michael M McCurry CMP

Michael M McCurry CMP — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:34:59 +0000

@Teri Carden,

I am so glad to hear you found this article helpful in your upcoming event plans.

I would love to hear about your experiences with that event, once completed so please, if you feel so inclined, share them with us.

Thanks for the comments and the contribution to the discussion.

@michaelmccurry

By: Teri Carden

Teri Carden — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:36:30 +0000

Absolutely what I needed for my upcoming hybrid event! Thank you, thank you! I am sharing with all involved!