In this landscape of virtual events, we have found tech platforms to be life-savers. We wanted to provide reviews for other event professionals who may be looking for a platform to use for their virtual events. For this installment of the series, we review a multi-faceted virtual event platform: Boomset.

BLME is back with our second installment of our tech platform review series, designed to help other hospitality professionals choose resources for their virtual and hybrid events. This time, we are diving into the event-hosting platform Socio.

Given the recent shift to virtual and hybrid events brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, BLME is creating a series of tech platform reviews. We hope these help others in the hospitality industry ease their transition to online events. First up: the online auction platform called Auction Frogs.

In case you missed it, Beth went Live today on Instagram, where she discussed the future of events with Dan Whitzer, co-founder of B. PHL and owner of Posie Productions. The idea came about because, during our time working with the B. PHL team, we inevitably always steered the conversations toward the future and how we could continue to innovate and bring this three day festival to more attendees around the globe.

Each participant brought with them three options - one option that could be incorporated on a wide scale today, one option that could be implemented in the near future on a wide scale, and one that we may not even see come to fruition in our lifetimes.

The end of the year always brings about a sense of reflection and introspection. After this especially challenging year, we have often found ourselves looking back on the journey that got us to this point. Here, Beth pens a letter to her 2017 self, right after she had been laid off and was standing at a fork in the road. With the wisdom, hindsight, and experience of 2020, read on to see Beth give her past self the encouragement she needed to take a leap of faith.

We’ve learned many things throughout this global pandemic, one of the most important of them being the positive impact virtual events have on our reach. Virtual formats allow our events to touch audiences we never could before. We consulted with Beth, founder and owner of BLME, to elaborate on how and why expanding global reach through virtual events occurs.

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.

The 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.