According to FutureWatch 2010, 12% of meeting professionals are expecting virtual meetings to be a continuing trend in 2010. The question meeting professionals have now is how do they create a virtual strategy that serves their audience’s educational and networking needs while expanding their own revenue opportunities.
This session with explore four business models for virtual options:
* Freemium Registration: Free registration for basic content.
* Paid Registration: Charging for premium content.
* Exhibitors/Sponsorship: Exhibiting, advertising and brand awareness associated with the virtual component.
* Hybrid Opportunities: Prizes, games and sponsorships that span the physical and virtual event
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5. 1. State of the Meetings & Events Industry 2. Four Models for Virtual 3. Which Makes Sense For You
6. Events Making a Return 6.6% growth professional attendance 5.2% growth in sq footage of exhibit space sold 5.2% growth in # of exhibitors 5.6% positive growth in projected revenue CEIR Index, November 2010
7. Events Are Vital $650 Billion global industry $230 Billionin the US alone CWT Travel Institute, “Meetings & Events: Where Savings Meet Success”: August 2010
49. GENERAL MODEL: EXHIBITORS Free for attendees Tiered program for exhibitors: bronze, silver, gold Leads-based, including: Visitors to booth Guaranteed leads Entire registrant list
50. GENERAL MODEL: SPONSORS Free for attendees Tiered program for sponsors: bronze, silver, gold Brand awareness opportunities: banner ads, session sponsorship, game sponsorship, etc. Leads may or may not be included Example: all attendees to keynote session
52. FUTURES MAGAZINE Geographically dispersed audience Time constrained Drive quality leads Booths priced from $4,500 – $12,500 – gold level received speaking opp Provide entire registration list
53. FUTURES MAGAZINE RESULTS 39% increase in attendance from one virtual event to the next Consider increasing exhibitor booth fees
54. WHY CONSIDER Audience doesn’t attend physical events Audience is geographically dispersed Test new markets or conference products Expand your revenue base Expand your database Attract exhibitors/sponsors to participate Corporate: partners/customers Association: members, suppliers
57. HYBRID MODEL Combination of paid/free registration Include exhibitors and/or sponsors Physical conference with virtual component All or part of content accessible to virtual
59. CISCO LIVE! Physical + virtual Virtual provided a taste of the physical conference Multiple opportunities Exhibit hall Sponsorship via games, ad banners, etc. Variety of technologies leveraged Virtual event, webcasting, Second Life
60. CISCO LIVE! RESULTS Virtual drove first timers to Cisco Live High-level audience: 33% exec/sr. management 34% of the virtual attendees indicated that they would go to in-person 30,000 registered from 185 countries
61. WHY CONSIDER Strong content to attract both physical and virtual audiences Leverage virtual to drive in-person Emerging audience that is web-savvy/existing web-savvy audience Physical attendance/accessibility limited by location Reach broader audience
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75. IBM Cognos 10 Product Launch, Virtual Edge Summit 2011, “Successful New Product Launches Through Virtual Environments Case Studies”: http://www.virtualedge.org/page/ves-2011-video-sessions
76. Cisco Live Virtual Case Study, Virtual Edge Institute, http://www.virtualedge.org/forum/topics/once-you-go-hybrid-youll-never
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining me today for this presentation. Virtual has definitely become a very big topic over the past 12-18 months. And when we take a step back (next slide)
projected revenue growth over 2009. While it may be too soon to cheer, it’s a positive indicator for 2011
With the US responsible for nearly 30% of the total global industry
While virtual represents a drop in the bucket within the overall meetings & events industry, it represents an opportunity for both corporations and associations
The question I want to help you answer is – if I go virtual, which business model makes sense for me. Before I begin, I want to get a sense of everyone’s level with virtual events to date and what mix is association, corporation or both
And a hybrid model in terms of how to incorporate opportunities that span a physical to virtual event and back again
Exceeded reg/attendee goals: 5920 registrants, 2500 attended from 52 countries
Another model is to look at exhibitor-drive virtual events.
In terms of attract more people and global reach of such a model
Value is audience – have a quality audience that suppliers and vendors want to sell to - exhibitor
Value is audience – have a quality audience that suppliers and vendors want to sell to - exhibitor
Audience – global, time constraint, expectationsObjectives – how does this complement your organization’s overall goals - corporation: marketing objectives - association: membership / revenueSupport system – what support staff do you have available to manage the events? How well-trained are they?AV/Production – what quality are you seeking to provide? Free live stream provides a different quality and experience than full two-camera, live streaming video/audio set-upStart small and build – if this the first time you’re doing this, consider starting small with a couple of sessions/speakers, and find a provider that has some of the elements you’re seekingTest-test-test: the one thing that each of the case studies demonstrate is you have to test, test, and test some more. This will help determine what does and doesn’t work.
Audience – global, time constraint, expectationsObjectives – how does this complement your organization’s overall goals - corporation: marketing objectives - association: membership / revenueSupport system – what support staff do you have available to manage the events? How well-trained are they?AV/Production – what quality are you seeking to provide? Free live stream provides a different quality and experience than full two-camera, live streaming video/audio set-upStart small and build – if this the first time you’re doing this, consider starting small with a couple of sessions/speakers, and find a provider that has some of the elements you’re seekingTest-test-test: the one thing that each of the case studies demonstrate is you have to test, test, and test some more. This will help determine what does and doesn’t work.
Elsevier case study: http://www.foliomag.com/2010/hybrid-events-live-virtual-combo