Today’s conferences and events leverage video to support engagement for in-person and remote audiences before, during and after the event. And more than ever, meeting planners are required to create content strategies that encapsulate ROI, metrics, engagement and more. Shane Tracy and Tammy Jackson from Sonic Foundry have pro-tips on how to meet those challenges. In this webinar, they’ll guide you through the process of selecting the right technology partner to help you successfully stream your event. And they’ll share some easy tips to put video content to work for you long after the event is over. You’ll learn how to: Set realistic streaming goals for your event and use content to drive engagement Engage your online audience with an integrated video platform and conferencing system, discussion groups, social posts and more Generate revenue from the content and analyze viewing data to take the guesswork out of planning your next event

1. How to Build a Video
Content Strategy for Your
Event

2. Tammy Jackson
VP MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Shane Tracy
DIRECTOR OF EVENTS

3. It’s easier than you
might think to use
VIDEO
to create significant,
lasting impact
through every stage of
your event.

4. The right partner will ensure you have the tools to
engage members, expand your audience and fuel
your content marketing strategy
BEFORE DURING AFTER
EVENT LIFECYCLE

5. The right partner will
ensure you have the
tools to engage
members, expand your
audience & fuel your
content marketing
strategy

6. The right partner will ensure you have the tools to
engage members, expand your audience and fuel
your content marketing strategy
BEFORE
EVENT LIFECYCLE

7.  What is the purpose of my event?
 Am I trying to expand my audience or re-engage a dormant one?
 How much time, effort and cash am I willing to devote to livestreaming?
 What kind of content is created at my event, and why would people be interested in it?
 How much audience participation do I want to allow?
 Do I want to control access to my livestream or allow anyone to access it?
 Do I want to charge money for my streaming event?
 What’s more important: increasing revenue in the short term or the long term?
 What do I want to do with my streamed content after the event?
SOURCE: Finding Streamable Content, Timothy Mercer, www.WorldofWebcast.com
VIDEO GOALS CHECKLIST

8.  How do you get the most bang for your
buck? Does that mean more on-demand
content?
 Do you have the bandwidth and personnel
to go live with every session?
PRO-TIP
Stream the keynote live, and record
breakout sessions on-demand
BUDGET + RESOURCES
+ STREAMING GOALS

9. 63% say video of a live event increases brand favorability by 63%
Use a video welcome
message on your
conference website,
your social channels
and the email
invitation
25%of ticket buyers use
video to research an
event before
registering

10. REGISTRATION +
ONLINE EVENT
 Streamlines vendors
 Gives valuable insight into
who is watching the content
 You can target the
audience later with related
content they might be
interested in
71%of all ticket
buying happens
online

11. EASE OF ACCESS

12. The right partner will ensure you have the tools to
engage members, expand your audience and fuel
your content marketing strategy
DURING
EVENT LIFECYCLE

13. 63% say video of a live event increases brand favorability by 63%
IT’S GO TIME!
Why risk technical difficulties
and missed opportunities to
capture high-quality content?
The right partner takes care of
everything so you can be
available to your attendees.
Video of a live event
increases brand
favorability by
63%

14.  Does your provider care about the
longevity and quality of your
video?
 Will they press record and check
Twitter?
 Select a content-focused
streaming partner
CAPTURE CONTENT OR PRESS RECORD?
(did you know there’s an important difference?)

15. 63% say video of a live event increases brand favorability by 63%
SOCIAL MEDIA &
ENGAGEMENT
Use your established social
channels, like Facebook and
YouTube, to deliver the content
where your audience wants it
Attendees engage in
social media during
event
66%

16. Moderated chat
Commenting
SOCIAL MEDIA & ENGAGEMENT

17. Testing/Quizzing
Ecommerce
Certifications
ADVANCED ENGAGEMENT

18.  Powerful analytics give you
actionable data to measure
impact
 Discover most popular sessions,
and use to design your next
conference program
 Demonstrate the value of your
event video to the C-Suite
DATA YOU CAN USE

19. 63% say video of
as brand favorability by 63%
QUICK VIDEO TURNAROUND
4Xs as many
consumers would rather
watch a video about a
product than read about it
Consumers wanted
to see more video in
2016
43%

20. The right partner will ensure you have the tools to
engage members, expand your audience and fuel
your content marketing strategy
AFTER
EVENT LIFECYCLE

21. 63% say video of
as brand favorability by 63%
ROI
The value of content is different for
every conference
For associations the value is
membership
Sometimes it’s recouping your costs,
unique visitors to your website or filling
your pipeline

22. EVENT RECAPS
 Create trailers or promotional videos to
add to conference showcase
 Show last year’s conference highlights on
social channels
DRIVE LEADS
 Monthly webinar series
 ebooks, checklists & whitepapers
 Case studies
 Highlight customer stories
VIDEO CONTENT STRATEGY CHECKLIST
EXPOSURE
 Pitch interesting use cases to reporters
and analysts
 Highlight sessions in your digital
newsletter
REVENUE
 Monetize the Content
 Online conference pass
 Continuing education credits

23. @Mediasite
Events@SonicFoundry.com
www.sonicfoundry.com/events
Sources for stats:
FIVE STATISTICS THAT POINT TO THE FUTURE OF THE EVENTS INDUSTRY, BIZZABOO
50 Video Marketing Stats to Help You Create a Winning Social Media Strategy in 2017, BUFFER