Selecting a well-rounded online platform
Whether you are conferencing with colleagues across the country or hosting a virtual component to an event, the number of options you have at your fingertips is astounding. 
Technology primer: Part 2 – Virtual events
A virtual event, quite simply, is one that is broadcast over the Internet. It typically has audio of a presenter, and visuals in the format of slides.
Troubleshooting AV, Part II (VIDEO)
Did you know it’s a scientific fact that if you leave your earbuds lying around, they’ll get tangled? And there’s more! Chief AV Girl Midori Connolly is back with more tech-infused travel tips. Watch this short video and learn how to stay charged up and in-control on-site or in transit.
And don’t forget: If you’d like [...]
Troubleshooting AV, Part I (VIDEO)
Traveling from conference to conference, you need more than just stamina. You need to stay connected, keep your electronics juiced up and have a dongle for every occasion. No idea what a dongle is or what you should keep in your emergency AV kit? In this brief video, chief AV girl Midori Connolly shares the items [...]
Four things to consider before planning a hybrid or virtual event
At our last PYM LIVE Event, Plan Your Meetings experimented with hybrid technology for the first time. Because our educator, Joan Eisenstodt, is an industry thought-leader, we figured her session would be a perfect test case.
We partnered with Telenect and Active Production and Design to create a live webcast of her session and broadcast it [...]
How to fight those sky-high Internet costs
My biggest challenge as a high-tech association planner was providing Internet access to my attendees at a reasonable cost to the association. We were known for always having a great network and free access. It set us apart from our competition. Our attendees were heavy Internet users that expected to have free access in the [...]
The 2011 PYM Annual digital guide is here!
Bringing you “Motivation for Innovation,” the 2011 PYM Annual is designed to help you navigate new technologies, find solutions for current challenges and, hopefully, inspire you to create something big, bright, beautiful and business-friendly at your next meeting or event. But, like everything we do here at Plan Your Meetings, this was a group effort. [...]
