Mind Control and the Future of Virtual Events
You think, therefore, you can – Emotiv Systems It’s 7am on a cold November morning. Outside your apartment window, you can hear the soft pitter-patter of rain falling against your newly built deck....
View ArticleVirtual Events – Where’s the Wow?
Is Cirque Du Soleil the most fascinating show on Earth? Though it has been several years since I first witnessed Cirque Du Soleil, I still remember it like it was yesterday. From the second the...
View ArticleVirtual Events Psychology – Challenges and Opportunities
Where do psychology and virtual events meet? On some level, everyone understands that attendees behave differently depending on the theme and physical context surrounding an event. After all, what...
View ArticleWhy We Meet: A Surprising Look at Our Motivations for Attending Online and...
The cave man principle and virtual events…are we ready for a virtual cave? As humans, we like to think of ourselves a wholly rational creatures; we want to believe that our decisions come from a...
View ArticleFour Ways to Break the Ice and Facilitate Conversations at Your Next Virtual...
“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue…” – Truman Capote As I mentioned in a previous post, the great majority of virtual event attendees are very comfortable with networking online and see...
View ArticleWhy Emotions Matter in Virtual Events
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney When you hear the word, “virtual events,” what is the first image or...
View ArticleWhat Virtual Worlds Tell Us About Human Social Behavior
“A whole new world/A new fantastic point of view/No one to tell us no or where to go/Or say we’re only dreaming…” – “A Whole New World” – music from Disney’s Aladdin The recent rise of virtual words...
View ArticleAre Virtual Events more “Democratic” than F2F events?
Virtual events are one of the fastest growing trends in online marketing, with organizations seeking new ways to connect with key audiences in a cost-effective manner. While there are many benefits to...
View ArticleUsing “Social Proof” at your Virtual Events
There must be something to the idea of “the wisdom of crowds,” because people tend to want to go where other people are. “Social proof” is a recent marketing buzzword that is based on the idea that...
View Article3 Ways that Virtual Events Improve Your Collective IQ
“Crowdsourcing is the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of a specialized few.” – Jeff Howe, Wired magazine, June 2006 Virtual...
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