Have you heard the buzz around virtual events? Are you curious to know what makes a virtual event worth the effort? Here’s a list of five reasons to host or attend a virtual event: they’re easy to attend, they’re cost-effective, they’re environmentally friendly, they’re mentally stimulating, they’re accommodating to individuals
#1 It’s easy to attend
The only things needed to attend a virtual event are your computer, a working camera, and a space of your own choosing. The ease that comes with these parameters makes the virtual space accommodating to a variety of people whose idea of comfort may be somewhat different. There’s no rush to go from one speaker panel or conference room to the next. You may simply attend from any place, be it your favorite thinking spot, a comfortable room, your home office, and so on.
#2 It’s cost-effective
Why book a round-trip through an airline or ground transportation service, stay in a hotel, and spend more money on local transportation and food when you can use a camera, your computer, and an environment of your own choosing to attend a conference? Taking into account the costs related to attending a physical conference, one ends up spending anywhere between $1200 – $ 1800 on average. Thus, it can be safely said that virtual events have a significant cost advantage over physical conferences.
#3 It’s environmentally friendly
A conference in a physical destination inevitably contributes significantly to excessive carbon dioxide emissions caused by planes, trains, and automobiles. A virtual event has a minimal carbon footprint, which helps offset the impact of travel on the environment.
#4 It’s mentally stimulating
The virtual event is a platform that compels communication to be convenient and swift. When you get a group of individuals with different perspectives, open minds, and from a multitude of backgrounds within an industry, their potential to leverage a collective mental output is galvanized by the ability to simultaneously listen and share thoughts. The virtual setting is an ideal environment for this collaboration to take place.
#5 It’s accommodating to individuals
Because the virtual event occurs in digital space which, in geographic terms, is anywhere with a good internet connection, the event is uniquely accommodating to each individual attendee. It accounts for any form of disability which may hinder a person from attending a conference. Be it a physical disability or the inability to communicate in front of a large audience, a virtual event offers access to all individuals.