Live Webinar: What Do Meeting Planners Really Need to Know About Online Conference Technology
MADISON, Wis., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As a meeting planner, how much do you really need to know about technology to take your current conference online? Join Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, and Erin Handel, CMP/CMM, as they answer that question and more in a live webinar.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. CDT
WHERE: To register for this complimentary webinar, visit http://sofo.com/9e2ee.
Handel knows how intimidating the constantly changing event technology landscape can be for traditional meeting planners. It's easy to feel out of synch with all the technology - from event webcasts to live streaming to virtual audiences to hybrid conferences.
During this webinar, our presenters will give you a fast-paced and painless overview that, by the end, will guarantee you'll know enough to be dangerous at your next "should-we-take-this-conference-online" meeting. Their unique approach creates a virtual attendance option from within your traditional, physical event - and once you get it, you can advocate for this new way of meeting that will help your organization reach new audiences and revenue streams.
- Find out why you shouldn't shy away from a blended approach - offering both onsite and online for the first time
- Grasp the benefits of hybrid meetings, from new revenue streams to driving online attendees to register on-site
- Discover answers to some of the most common virtual questions: Will it cannibalize my on-site attendance? How much should I charge? How long should I keep the content? How is hybrid event marketing different?
- See actual photos of event webcasting in action, dissected in layman's terms - no jargon allowed!
- Understand what you personally need to know about event webcasting technology, and what you just need to be smart enough to ask your vendor
- Get the inside track on who you need to have around the table to create your first online conference experience, and how to make it an approach you'll want to use again next year
Presenters:
Erin Handel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of vCon Advisors, a full-service virtual event management consulting firm. She is both a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and a Certified Meeting Manager (CMM), having spent 10 years working in event production, logistics, sales and operations. Working in such organizations as Bankerstuff.com, VentureOne and The Cato Institute, and with various Fortune 500 companies such as IBM and Cisco, Erin has always enjoyed the many challenges tied to developing, coordinating and managing events of all sizes and levels of complexity.
Erica St. Angel, Sonic Foundry's VP Marketing, oversees demand generation and community building for this publicly-traded technology company. Her unique background blends 15 years of corporate, public information and political campaigns, with an emphasis on measuring outcomes and increasing customer engagement. She's spoken at numerous events and webinars, and her work has earned both industry and marketing awards, including most recently the Forrester Groundswell Award for UNLEASH, the Mediasite User Conference.
About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.
Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO, www.sonicfoundry.com) is the global leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, providing enterprise communication solutions for more than 1,800 customers in education, business and government. Powered by Mediasite, the patented webcasting platform which automates the capture, management, delivery and search of lectures, online training and briefings, Sonic Foundry empowers people to transform the way they communicate. Through the Mediasite platform and its Events Services group, the company helps customers connect a dynamic, evolving world of shared knowledge and envisions a future where learners and workers around the globe use webcasting to bridge time and distance, accelerate research and improve performance.
Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of Sonic Foundry, Inc. or their respective owners.
Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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