Platform Updates

Platform Updates

Virtual events platforms continue to develop new capabilities. Here are three updates: Shindig launched Watercoolr, a virtual lounge where remote teams (of 2 -12 people) can casually congregate to take a break, catch up, or gather for team announcements. Every team...
Zoom Gets a Green Room and More

Zoom Gets a Green Room and More

April showers bring Zoom flowers with a flurry of new features. If you’re a Zoom Webinar user you’re about to get the keys to the “room where it happens.” It’s a backstage/green room area where your panelists, speakers, and production staff get to hang until...
Wikipedia is Withering

Wikipedia is Withering

Is anyone finding that Wikipedia entries don’t turn up much in searches anymore? Even Wikipedia is citing its own demise due to lack of volunteer editors and a lapse in the quality of the work. Cleaning closets this weekend I came across what could be the quaintest...
LinkedIn Looks at The Funnel of Events

LinkedIn Looks at The Funnel of Events

As LinkedIn becomes more of a serious event platform, it published a series of predictions and research about the continuation of virtual events in 2022. The LinkedIn platform now has a robust set of event features, with the secret sauce being the ability to widen...
2D or 3D: That is the Question

2D or 3D: That is the Question

The industry is on an incredible trajectory towards creating immersive 3D worlds in metaverse-like settings, but before sinking the company budget into realistic landscapes and shiny 3D objects, you need to think long and hard about what you’re trying to accomplish. ...