The Covid-19 pandemic, mixed with the digital age, has caused a plethora of virtual event hosting platforms to emerge. With all of the choices each having different offerings and features, how are you to choose a platform that best suits your event needs? To make these decisions, we ask ourselves and our clients a list of specific questions. If you are struggling with how to pick a platform for your virtual event, use our questions listed here as a guide.
Read MoreThe unprecedented switch from in-person events to virtual ones comes with an extremely important benefit: environmental sustainability. The environmental benefits of virtual events are vast and significant. Need some convincing? Check out BLME’s list of ways virtual events help the environment.
Read MoreBy now, we’ve all accepted that the holidays will be different this year. But just because we can’t gather in person, it doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate the season together. To help you do so, Beth Lawrence Meetings & Events decided to ask some industry experts for their virtual holiday party ideas. We spoke with Roshni Shukla, the Head of Storytelling at Lemonade and Mark Surkin, Co-Founder/CEO of Dineable for their takes on the virtual holiday party landscape.
Eight months into this global pandemic, we have done some reflecting and realized all of the valuable lessons we were forced to learn. BLME wanted to share these lessons with the world, in hopes of helping our fellow entrepreneurs.
Read MoreSomething we as a company pride ourselves on is knowing the worth of the work and services that we provide. Upon reflection, we realized that our job scope is greater than it’s ever been, and that is why we have decided to raise our prices for the upcoming year.
Read MoreIn the midst of the greatest global public health crisis of our lifetimes, navigating the new and ever-changing event landscape has been a challenge for event planners across the world. To help alleviate some of the confusion and noise and to highlight the perks and possibilities of virtual events, BLME is hosting The State of the Event Industry on 11/16.
Read MoreWhile event industry professionals have gone to unprecedented lengths to adjust their practices during the current global pandemic, there are just some aspects of events that seem impossible to achieve virtually. Most of these aspects involve human connection and togetherness, such as toasting the commencement of an event, small talk during a cocktail hour, and sitting together for a meal. However, through innovation and a collaboration with Dineable, PWR Philly found a way to make the last option happen virtually. As a member of PWR Philly,, BLME was honored to be able to attend the cutting-edge event.
Read MoreFor many, these unprecedented times caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic have elicited feelings of loneliness and isolation. These feelings have occupied not only people’s personal lives, but their professional lives as well. However, during this ongoing crisis, we need to work together, sharing ideas, solutions, and alternatives, more than ever. Read on to explore BLME’s tips and ideas for professional collaboration in the COVID-19 era.
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