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Robin Purslow

With the UK’s entrance into step 4 of the government’s roadmap delayed until at least 19 July 2021, managing director of event production specialists Eclipse, Robin Purslow discusses the execution of events amidst a time of turbulence and transition across the events industry.

“Uncertainty”, “exceptional” and “unprecedented” times. All words that have come to the forefront throughout the course of the pandemic, and now almost 18 months later, words that many will very much welcome being purged from their everyday conversations.

While such words remain pertinent and very much still apply, to every situation there is solution, and despite last week’s setback on the UK’s full reopening the event industry’s unbounded agility, versatility and creativity will be central to its recovery over the course of the next six months and more.

With event cancellations and postponements and their consequential impact upon the industry well-documented throughout the pandemic, news of a delay to the UK’s full reopening has expectedly been unwelcome. However, as a global industry complemented by inbound and outbound travel, the uncertainty not just within the UK but across every continent and country will serve as a direct correlation to booker confidence, event capabilities and ultimately event bookings, and therefore this isn’t simply a short-term challenge.

As international delegates remain restricted to travel, subject to restrictions enforced by their respective governments, delegate numbers cannot be expected to return soon and is already a trend we are seeing with our enquiries from event managers and planners both in the short and longer-term. While this may be the case, and as many venues experience the same situation, to facilitate bookings and support with essential revenue generation the following options can be proposed to ensure your venue is equipped to do business, better.

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Interim Events

Whether it’s an award ceremony, annual conference or otherwise, cancellations and postponements can be hard to avoid under the current circumstances, however there’s still opportunity to put forward alternative solutions that can generate crucial revenue.

Understanding and empathising with event bookers is now more important than ever, and putting forward interim proposals and opportunities will be key to maintain valuable connections as well as returning business opportunities in the future.

Where we’ve witnessed week-long events delayed until further notice, at the same time we’ve also found great value and gratitude from clients where we’ve been able to propose contingencies and complementary alternatives such as stand-in, shorter events.

While celebrating and connecting face-to-face holds its own value, many have welcomed packaged events whereby virtual offerings can be integrated into existing event plans, with many opting to hold these interim virtual events as their larger, more physical event plans remain on hold.

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Video and Hub Conferencing

Virtual events are nothing new, particularly as we’ve all adapted to Zoom, Microsoft Teams and more over the last 14 months. Virtual capabilities have however evolved ten-fold during the pandemic and now present an array of opportunities to overcome international barriers all whilst ensuring optimal engagement.

Utilising our own virtual event studio or those we have located across venues around the world, advancements in technology now allow users in a wide range of locations to deliver events without actually having to be in the same location, whether that’s speakers, sponsors, facilitators, or delegates. The format enables presenters and speakers to deliver from any site and is often utilised when delegates are unable or willing to travel, as it eliminates the need to employ just one dedicated event venue.

Combine these capabilities with our immersive augmented reality environments and events truly need no limits. In fact, delegate engagement and consequential commercial opportunities have been seen to increase in this format, with many venues now equipping themselves with our on-site virtual and hybrid studios to capitalise on rising demand for this offering.

We are all acutely aware of the impact COVID-19 has had upon venues, event planners, managers, and all those that make such significant contributions across the entire supply chain to make our £70bn industry one of the UK’s most valuable.

While we continue to overcome these barriers and develop innovative solutions to keep business moving, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our team of event production experts for support on moving forward and to discover how Eclipse can assist your event through this turbulent period.

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Planning an event is a challenging yet rewarding process, to ensure a successful event we have created this helpful event planner checklist with 10 simple steps for you to follow. We have identified the key components for planning an event: event preparation, event promotion, event day management and post-event evaluation.

Our comprehensive events planning checklist will help you to keep focused during your event planning and will give you the support you need pre-event and post-event.

 

Step 1: Identify event goals and objectives.

Having clear goals and objectives will give you an idea of what you want your event to achieve, you will need to consider the following:

Step 2: Choose the event date and time

When it comes to event planning choosing the best date and time for your event is extremely important and you will need to make sure that you have taken into account the following:

Step 3: Establish an event budget

Your budget is unlikely to be an exact number at the event planning stage but it is always helpful to have an idea of what your budget is, we suggest you are realistic and flexible when considering your event costs and to plan a way to keep track of your spending. An event budget will help you to make the majority of decisions from your event theme to how many guests you invite, to whether you have guest speakers and your audio/visual needs. With the uncertainty the events industry is currently in, it might be worth considering a virtual event as costs are considerably lower, you could consider having a free event and any upcoming events could still go ahead.

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Step 4: Select a location, venue and vendors

The success of any event can all depend on location however the location for your event will also depend on the size and scope of your event. Whether your event will take place in a grand hotel, conference centre or as a virtual event, the venue you choose is crucial to the event success. You will need to choose the location that is right for your events needs so remember to consider this when applying your event budget.

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Step 5: Event speakers

A confident, passionate and engaging speaker can significantly enhance the quality of your event which is why you need to find the speaker who is the ideal fit for your chosen event. Make sure you research speakers pre-event as there is a wide range of speakers available that will be able to engross your audience whilst also competently getting the message of your event across.

Points to consider:

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Step 6: Event marketing and branding

When it comes to event marketing and branding, the possibilities available to you really are endless, with a little creativity and imagination your event has the potential to be highly successful with optimal audience attendance. We consider this to be a vital step in our event plan checklist as effective event marketing is the key to event day success.

In modern-day marketing, there are many options out there that can help promote any size event regardless of location or theme. We have a few suggestions for event promotion which you can continue to use post-event.

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Step 7: Create an event schedule

This step in our event checklist might seem like an obvious step however creating a purposeful and useful event schedule will definitely benefit you not only during the planning phase but also on the event day itself. Your event schedule will be what you need to keep focused and on track during the day of the event as this will be the running order of your event.

This is the step in our checklist where you should include a contingency plan in case of complications on the day of the event. You will need to update your schedule regularly and make sure it is finalised and distributed to all involved in your event.

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Step 8: Coordinate with venue and suppliers

Communication is the key to event success! You will need to have regular and consistent contact with your venue and suppliers so that everyone is aware of the expectations for the event. You will already have planned your timings for the event so it is important that your venue and suppliers are aware of these so that they can adapt and plan accordingly. We suggest sending a copy of the event schedule to your suppliers, vendors and the venue as this will ensure everyone knows what to expect on the day of the event.

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Step 9: Managing the day of the event

Now providing you have followed our event checklist step by step then on the day of your event you will hopefully be feeling calm, relaxed and most importantly prepared to host a fantastic event. You have your event schedule to keep you focused during the day and remember if any last-minute complications or issues should arise the show must go on, so you need keep calm and make sure you use the team around you to resolve any problems.

Helpful Tip: You might want to consider having a member of your team keeping a live social media presence during the event, this can boost engagement and further advertise your event.

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Step 10: Post-event evaluation

This may be the final step in our event planning checklist but it that does not make it any less important because this is the step where you can evaluate the success of your event and make relevant and beneficial changes to how you might approach your future events. Gaining feedback from everyone involved in your event including your team, the venue, suppliers and most importantly your attendees is how you measure the success of your event and how you can make improvement for your future events.

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Final thoughts

Our checklist for planning an event is the vital tool you need to follow to ensure that your next event is the best it can be, we believe these 10 simple yet effective steps are just what you need to confidently plan your next event. Even though a successful event requires purposeful planning and creative marketing, here at Eclipse we hope you have found this checklist helpful and useful and we are always available to answer questions and to give extra advice.

 

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In a time where the future of the events industry remains uncertain due to the growing restrictions of the global pandemic, the events industry has had to adapt and change in order to continue providing events across the world, which has seen an increase in the popularity of virtual events. Here at Eclipse, we have always strived to be innovative and creative when working with our clients and in 2021 will continue providing the best in audio/visual support and event management.

Hybrid events are the next stage of virtual eventing, the idea of a hybrid event has always existed as a way to extend the reach of a live event beyond the limitations of space and distance. Since the use of live events has faced such challenging restrictions in the last year we will see a sharp increase in the number of virtual and hybrid events in the future.

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What is a Hybrid Event?

To put it simply, a hybrid event is a combination of a live and virtual event because they can incorporate virtual, in-person and live streaming elements with ease. A hybrid event will allow your virtual attendees across different locations to participate and engage during the event in order to provide an immersive online experience. For an event that is able to cater to any online audience in a viewer-friendly way, with a hybrid event you will experience a seamless combination of technology between a live and virtual audiences. Hybrid events will allow presenters and audiences to confidently come together in a virtual event regardless of where they are in the world, these events are going to be the foundation that supports the industry’s transition back to live events when restrictions are lifted.

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What are the benefits of hosting a Hybrid Event?

Hybrid events do have a significant advantage over the traditional live event because regardless of where your online attendees are in the world, they will be able to experience the event and take part virtually. Think of hybrid events as a way to actually do ‘something’ in a time where people feel like they are not able to do ‘anything’. At least for the near future hybrid events are likely to be integral in enabling as many events as possible to still go ahead as planned. There are many benefits to hosting a hybrid event:

  1. An increase in event reach and attendance. Without geographical restrictions, a hybrid event will allow you to reach more virtual attendees as people will not be required to travel to your event which will see a rise in your audience attendance.
  2. Optimal audience engagement. Hybrid events enable your online audience to interact, engage and contribute to the event in real time, we believe the key to audience engagement is engagement quality and frequency. There are many ways for your attendees to have a interactive experience including live polling, surveys and Q&A’s, here at Eclipse we are always on hand to help you build your hybrid event agenda.
  3. Reduced costs. A hybrid event is an effective and innovative way to bridge the gap between costs and results. The reduction in costs will be benefited not just by you the event organiser but also your prospective virtual attendees.
  4. Lower emissions with a reduced impact on the environment. With an increasing demand for businesses across the world to lower their carbon footprint and reduce emissions dramatically, converting events to virtual and hybrid will facilitate the quest to be greener.
  5. Increased flexibility. Hosting an online event that is hybrid is the prime solution if due to unforeseen circumstances your live in-person event is unable to go ahead.
  6. Enhanced data collection. A key benefit of hosting a hybrid event comes from the insight and data you can easily and efficiently collect. You would have all information including exact audience attendance, session interaction and attendee participation.
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How do you run a Hybrid Event?

When hosting a hybrid event, it is important to remember that these events can have various appearances because the event will depend on your choice of format and unique audience. However, at Eclipse, we have a few hybrid event ‘must haves’.

  1. Choose an enticing theme with engaging content. An online audience will mostly rely on the content of your hybrid event so you need to present your content in an enticing and engaging way. Dynamic images, interactive components and entertaining hosts are an example of how you can guarantee a positive audience experience.
  2. Select a suitable virtual event platform. You will need to consider the live and virtual content you want to use and find a platform with the capabilities to optimise your online content. Finding the right online platform can be difficult, which is why Eclipse are always here to help you in any way with your event.
  3. Be creative with audience engagement. The keywords to remember here are vibrant imaging, interesting speakers and interactive programming. Hybrid events can offer a whole host of simple yet effective engagement tools like live streaming to allow your online attendees to be completely immersed in your event experience.
  4. Fast-paced sessions. We suggest you keep your hybrid events on a shorter time scale than you would a live in-person event because you want to keep your audience engrossed and tuned into the online session. Short and sharp sessions should be considered as what might usually work in a live event space may need to be adapted to suit a virtual space.
  5. Effective marketing. A hybrid event can attract audiences from all over the world which can increase the number of attendees who experience your event. This makes your hybrid event marketing even more important because you will want to advertise your event to as many people as possible, using your online tools like email and social media pages are a crucial way to market your event effectively. We suggest you keep a cohesive style and event brand that can thread through both live and virtual spaces.

What is next for the events industry?

After the UK and the rest of the world recovers from this recent pandemic it is likely that due to the easy accessibility of online technologies, that event organisers will continue using hybrid events for years to come. You will have already have invested and diversified your own infrastructure for providing virtual events which means you will always be prepared to make any event hybrid as and when needed. Hybrid events are an innovative, effective and simple way to spread your event’s message on a global scale. here at Eclipse, we are here always available to answer your questions and to give advice on what your hybrid event will need.

Remember that with Eclipse, anything is possible!

We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted in the 2021 Virtual & Hybrid Event Awards, recognising our expert and agile performance in both virtual & hybrid event production as well as brand activation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic 

 

Having been commended for the delivery of the S&P Platts Global Energy Awards and Young Living’s Virtual European Convention, both of which were produced and broadcast virtually in 2020 for the first time since their inception, we take great pride in being recognised for our role in the evolution of extraordinary event production 

 

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While 2020 was a challenging year for everyone, we have been working tirelessly to reinforce and develop the latest and most innovative event capabilities that would meet the evolving needs of organisations on a global scale, and having delighted our clients with effective and efficient solutions we are thrilled to have our efforts recognised within the industry once more.  

 

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The awards, organised by the Virtual Events Institute, will take place on Thursday 22 April, where we will be shortlisted in two categories, ‘Virtual & Hybrid’ and ‘Virtual & Hybrid Brand Activation’. 

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Mixed Reality

Throughout the course of the pandemic we have been working to push the boundaries of event production, so having acquired the world’s most advanced 3D creation platform we are delighted to announce the launch of our next generation digital event studios to deliver the most immersive event experiences.

Gearing events with the next generation of Mixed Reality, our digital event studios will provide event organisers with bespoke virtual environments specifically focused on the unique requirements of any event. Be it a conference, awards ceremony, product launch or more, the studios will give organisers freedom to control and deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual stages in real-time.

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Evolution of Events

Taking inspiration from television event broadcasts and video game environments, 3D models, products, charts, graphs and more can be effectively rendered into any frame in real-time, presenting all-new ways to engage audiences and enrich the delivery of events.

Whether integrating augmented set builds and props, delivering an event programme across wide-ranging virtual environments, a hybrid event from hubs or broadcasting presenters side-by-side from different locations, the latest advancement in our event solutions will provide  organisers with unbounded virtual and hybrid event capabilities. With hybrid on the horizon, the solution isn’t limited to our existing studios either, as we are able to deliver the solution from any venue or location.

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The most recent of our well-documented investments into event technology and advanced solutions, our digital studios reflect the rising expectations of event organisers and has been highly commended as a cost-effective solution that meet the evolving needs of event organisers in this new age of events.

Pioneering Event Technology

Following the success of our virtual event productions amidst the pandemic, supported by the launch of our first  virtual event studio in March 2020, we are delighted to once more be investing in pioneering event technology that will push the boundaries of our event capabilities. As more of our clients continue to adapt and welcome digital integrations into their events, as seen by an increasing amount of hybrid event enquiries, our digital studios will provide a cost-effective yet creative solution that will undoubtedly drive events to the next level of immersion and engagement.

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The digital studio environment can be based on an existing venue, stage or site, while our in-house GFX designers can also develop all-new environments to fully immerse event audiences within any desired environment.

With Eclipse, anything is possible and we’re here to prove that virtual events can be and should be as immersive and inspiring as the real thing. To find out more about how we can make your events truly unforgettable.

 

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Introduction

As many of our loyal and satisfied clients know, Eclipse have been their trusted partner for successful and effective virtual event productions. 2020 saw the increasing demand for an alternative to live events, which is why virtual events are now the favourable option for businesses and event organisers not just in the UK but across the world.

Here at Eclipse, we are passionate about our craft and proud of the work we are doing in providing efficient alternatives for event organisers, which is why in 2020 we produced over 250 innovative virtual events.

Following on from their popularity in 2020, virtual event platforms are the leading choice for event venues in 2021. Deciding on the right platform for your next virtual event may cause confusion and uncertainty however you can rest assured Eclipse are always here to help you make the best decision for you and your event.

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Being Platform Savvy

As discussed in our 10 Top Tips for planning a virtual event, choosing the right platform is an important step to ensuring event success. In a market over-flowing with ideas and solutions, being Platform Savvy is how you find the ideal solution for your virtual event. At Eclipse, we have the experience and specialist knowledge to truly understand your event objectives whilst appreciating your priorities so that your next virtual event platform is custom tailored to suit your event. Remember that your virtual platform is where your attendees will come together to interact, engage and enjoy your virtual event.

If you already have a platform solution in mind, our experienced production teams at Eclipse will be able to integrate seamlessly with your plans and ensure that your onscreen production is an engaging, exciting and engrossing experience.

Audience Engagement

Audience engagement is critical to the success of any event and has become especially critical in the virtual world, with the key to optimal engagement being quality content and engaging presentations. Harnessing and maintaining attendee’s attention with creative content and exciting productions is a motto we have always lived by, yet it can be increasingly difficult to transition this concept to a virtual platform.

The key is to engage your attendee’s often with simple and seamless tools, there are plenty of options out there to enhance your virtual event including networking areas, feedback surveys, polling and Q&A’s to keep your audience engrossed throughout your event.

Analytics

At Eclipse, we see data and analytics as a crucial benefit of virtual events because as you know collecting and measuring feedback from your attendee’s can be a challenge during in-person events due to lack of interest in participating or using tools which track their attendance and engagement.

Viewer numbers, viewing time, engagement scores, sponsor interactions – this barely scratches the surface of the analytics at your fingertips when holding a virtual event. When utilised effectively, the further marketing and engagement opportunities can far surpass that of a previously live, in-person event.

Eclipse will help you find the right platform for the figures you need. We are always willing to help our clients in any way we can and with our dynamic team of professionals we will find the unique, creative solution for your next production or event.

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Team Eclipse are here to collaborate with you on your upcoming virtual event to ​guarantee the event is a resounding success. We will help you understand your platform options by explaining various specifications, benefits and answer your questions this will enable you to make an informed decision that is right for you.

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As we are all very much aware, 2020 has been a challenging, confusing and often contradicting time for us all. All industries have been hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic and the events industry has faced particularly difficult and demanding challenges in order to provide a high-quality service to clients whilst still adhering to government guidelines. These guidelines have led to a large increase in virtual events and companies resorting to technology to support them to carry out their business.

During this period, it is not currently possible for companies to bring delegates and attendees together face to face for a large-scale event. However, this does not mean that you as an organisation cannot still host meetings, seminars and conferences.

Many companies may not be aware of how to host a virtual conference. You might be thinking to yourself that virtual conferences are difficult to organise and implement but Eclipse is here to help guide you through the best way to host a virtual conference and make sure your digital event is both seamless and successful.

What is a virtual conference?

Try not to be put off by the term virtual. In this day and age, most business happens in this format without companies even realising. Whether it is responding to an email from a company director or sending out a newsletter to your customers; online tools and virtual experiences are a fundamental part of contemporary life.

Virtual conference literally means a conference that is held in a virtual space (the internet), it is as simple as that. A virtual conference allows users to remotely access live and pre-recorded content through their computers no matter where they are in the world.

In 2020, large crowd-inducing events like the Premier League and The Olympics were cancelled due to global guidelines, although virtual conferencing is not specifically the right format for events such as these. Virtual conferences would’ve been the ideal option for many businesses who through no fault of their own have had to cancel events this year.

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Why should you host a virtual conference?

There are many benefits and advantages to hosting a virtual conference:

Virtual conferences mean minimal disruption to an attendees’ working day and schedule as they can attend the conference from the comfort of their own home without having to spend time travelling, therefore once the conference has finished participants can return to work with ease and minimal impact on their time.

Typically, when you host a virtual conference you will also record the conference at the same time. For the audience, and event organiser this means that even though the conference has ended they will still have access to the recording for reference and further information. A conference that can be accessed after it has finished can only be considered as a huge benefit to the organiser!

Regardless of where an attendee may live in the world, they will have the opportunity to access your virtual event without having to leave their home. This allows you to deliver your message to a wider scope of people whether they access your virtual conference live on the day or access virtual downloads after the event.

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What do you need to host an effective virtual conference?

When hosting a virtual conference event organisers have several points they need to consider –

  1. Content
  2. Platform choice
  3. Format options
  4. Promoting your virtual conference
  5. Confident and professional customer support
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Content

Here at Eclipse we suggest that you use various pre-recorded and professionally edited content that will stimulate your audience during your event, as not only does this help to promote audience participation but it also reduces the chance of technical faults.

As you record your live event, you have the opportunity to offer all content as a post-conference download. This will give your attendees further access to the event and its contents even after the event. Choosing personable presenters and speakers is a crucial part of planning your content as you want people who will engage with the audience and clearly present your event message whether it’s through a Q&A session or a live chat.

Remember, you know your target audience best and how to effectively communicate your content to them in a way that engages and involves the audience, so putting in a little extra effort to ensure the virtual conference is relevant to your content is an easy way to guarantee its success.

Online platform choice

When it comes to choosing the best virtual event platform for your conference there are many platforms available to you that all have pros and cons. The right platform all depends on the format of your event and the desired audience experience. All platforms have different design choices and functionality, so its always worthwhile trialling various options to make an informed decision on which platform will ensure your conference is most successful.

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Format options

Deciding on the appropriate format for your virtual conference is extremely important when planning a virtual event as there are many advanced, creative and modern formats for a virtual conference. You will need to decide if your event will be live, live over several days, pre-recorded or with live interactions; remember you know the idea or message you are trying to convey through a virtual conference so you know which format would be best for you. Sometimes it is best to just keep your format simple, easy to navigate, in real-time and user-friendly.

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Promoting your virtual conference

Successful virtual events all depend on how you promote your event to ensure attendees join, engage, experience and participate in your event. A well marketed and advertised virtual conference ensures the event will be a triumph.

An eye-catching event page can be just the place for your audience to find out vital information including the date and time of the event, sign-up links and the event schedule. You might think that in this age of social media marketing, an email is outdated however email marketing is still one of the most efficient way to inform your audience about an upcoming event as everyone you are planning to invite is likely to already be in your mailing list. Email marketing is also an effective strategy to give attendees a preview of your event to entice, excite and ensure optimum participation. Remember the power of ‘word of mouth’ as this can play a crucial role in promoting your online conference and there are several ways you can encourage people to share information including providing links so people can invite others and asking everyone to use your virtual event hashtags when talking about the event. One helpful tip – you likely already use keywords to help boost your business website with search engines so remember to include these relevant words in your promotion content. At Eclipse, we encourage your presenters and speakers to promote and remind people of their involvement with your virtual conference, providing exposure to broader audiences and potential attendees.

Finally, it is important to maintain consistency with your virtual event promotions by continuing to promote the event right up to the day. One point to consider, just because you have large registration numbers this does not ensure attendees on the day, so you need to keep attendees involved and engaged. A few simple ways to optimise audience engagement are to have an virtual event countdown on your website, share relevant content on your social media platforms and offer incentives like a ‘giveaway’ for attendees after the event.

Confident and professional customer support

It is vital to have a professional customer support team who will give your event a much more professional appearance, promote a client-friendly experience and relieve any anxieties and concerns you have about hosting a virtual conference. You are probably already familiar with technology and how it enhances our day to day modern life but as we all know technology likes to throw a curveball at us at the worst moment possible… Whether it’s a drop in internet connection or a poorly edited content video, sometimes technology will fail us. We at Eclipse know how important a competent and confident customer support team are for a virtual conference, and that having a professional support team is a huge benefit to you and your attendees as it will enable everyone to have the best experience possible.

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In summary

Virtual conferencing is an innovative, creative and efficient way to convey your message and ideas to a wider audience on a global scale. Given the current circumstances we as a country and industries around the world are facing, virtual conferences are the way forward when interacting with your audience and operating your business during these challenging times.

So why not give it a go and organise your own virtual conference using our tips and guidance? Because here at Eclipse we believe that anything is possible!

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Robin Purslow

A Challenging 2020

I think it is fair to say that 2020 was a difficult and challenging year for the whole of the UK and as a country we had hoped that 2021 would see an end to the frustration and uncertainty however the latest government announcement of a prolonged lockdown has certainly thrown yet another spanner in the works. Rest assured here at Eclipse we are heading into 2021 with our continued resilience and determination to provide first-class service to our clients whilst continually developing new ways of working during these unfortunate and uncertain times.

Let me take a moment to give you an outline of what we are currently doing at Eclipse to continue operating during these ‘new’ normal times. Firstly, Eclipse are very much open for business as usual and all our studios are still available for filming. I am pleased to confirm we are still offering our full services which includes a Digital division, which specialise in content and platform management. As ever, we are committed to investment in our team by providing quality training and development opportunities enabling the team to provide clients with innovative, safe, reliable and creative ways of working during these unprecedented times.

Cloud based virtual events

It is time to look to the future of the events industry and how we are continuing to be creative with the way we support our clients, which is why I am pleased to also announce our Cloud Infrastructure, which is the ideal solution to enable any of your upcoming events to continue as planned. Our Cloud Infrastructure allowing people to continue in their roles even if they are self-isolating and if for any reason a person is unable to work, an understudy will be able to simply log in to their remote station and continue with little interruption. ​Also, all content and remote presenters are mixed in the cloud which means if a remote engineer’s broadband connection is interrupted it won’t interfere with your stream. ​Our Cloud Infrastructure means that any size of event can take place without the need for production staff to be in the same area. Finally, our App based cloud Show Coms enable the team to communicate with each other wherever they are working in the world. ​

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If you would like to discuss our Cloud Infrastructure do not hesitate to contact a member of our team today. Having delivered many events in 2020 over multiple time zones, across several continents day after day, you can be assured your event is in safe hands! ​

Now a moment for reflection on 2020 and to share a few of our achievements, we are delighted to have won two new prestigious London hotel contracts and are proud to have gained three new global corporate contracts. These successes are an example of our continued dedication and determination, and we are optimistic and hopeful that 2021 will see the permanent return of live events across the UK and until then we are here for our clients to support events in any way that we can.

Click here to get in touch on how we can produce the perfect event for you.

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The Home of Rugby has gone virtual

Here at Eclipse, it is with great pride that we announce our new, state of the art virtual events studio at the prestigious Twickenham Stadium.

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Twickenham has a unique selling point…

This new, contemporary studio is a welcome addition to our 5 existing studios, and we are committed to developing our studio technology whilst providing a high-quality service with professional equipment. In collaboration with PR Live, Eclipse are excited to see how we can create bespoke virtual events for our existing and new clients within this iconic setting. Our latest studio will support the ever-changing needs of event organisers as well as enhance the venues unique selling points.

Our professionally equipped virtual events studio features:

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Twickenham Stadium Facilities

Twickenham stadium is known by many as the home of rugby and now together we will be able to host a variety of virtual events within their corporate events suite. Above the studio, a separate green room is offered which is the ideal solution for rehearsal areas, catering options, dressing rooms and a place for your team to meet.

As one of the world’s leading stadiums, Twickenham provides unparalleled facilities including:

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High speed broadcasting

Twickenham requires impeccable streaming services in order to display its renowned sporting performances, therefore the stadium can provide reliable, efficient and high-speed broadcasting with their outstanding back-end web resources which enable multiple streams of hi-definition content.

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For more details on how you can book the studio please contact us.

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Eclipse AV Alliance

Eclipse, one of the leading privately owned creative and technical production companies in London, has been accepted into the AV Alliance, a prominent collection of premium audio visual and event technology companies dedicated to providing the highest levels of quality, service and support in the live event and entertainment industry.

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Founded in 2012 by Simon Ackermann, CEO of Habegger AG in Switzerland, the AV Alliance has grown into a sought-after collection of privately owned audio visual companies offering quality and reliability for nearly one million successful projects and events around the globe. Acceptance into the Alliance is competitive – all members are carefully selected and audited to ensure they meet international standards, as well as the extensive set of alliance requirements.

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With over 30 years’ experience, Eclipse provides a fully-integrated set of event solutions that supports hospitality, meetings and the event industry both in the UK and worldwide. Artur Kovacs, General Manager of the AV Alliance adds: “Eclipse is a great fit for the AV Alliance thanks to their collective passion and dedication to go above and beyond in delivering the highest quality service, as well as providing state-of-the-art in-house equipment. We are excited to welcome Eclipse to the AV Alliance family, and their joining of our global network at such a difficult time is a reassurance that the event industry will return to its glory and continue to be around for a very long time.”

Robin Purslow, CEO and founder of Eclipse, said: “We have been aspiring to work with the Alliance for many years now, and are delighted to have been accepted into the fold. This provides us with so many opportunities and the chance to work alongside a directory of unparalleled audio visual and event companies from around the world.”

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2020 so far…

Eclipse has had a busy year in 2020, expertly pivoting their business to cater for the increased demand in virtual and hybrid meetings taking place worldwide. The introduction of an in-house Virtual Events Studio has provided the capability to fully replicate the nature of physical events in a virtual capacity, allowing clients to deliver their planned conferences to worldwide audiences affected by the limitations placed on travel.

Get in touch to find out more on how Eclipse can deliver a successful and professional event for you.