Planning a Virtual Holiday Party? These high-profile entertainment options need to be atop your list.
Okay so face it, these Zoom and WebEx meetings are here to stay (and the latest Cvent Connect poll shows that Hybrid events will be the big thing at 2021 meetings). But as we all sit at desks facing computer screens, entertainment—whether it be comedy, magic, juggling, mentalism, or an amazing impressionist—somehow makes it all worthwhile.
Meeting Professionals Ask: The 3 different formats for a Virtual Keynote Speech.
This afternoon, famed mountain climber Alex Honnold is pre-recording a 45-minute speech for a group of printing industry retailers. Why Alex Honnold? He’s the Academy Award-winning “Free Solo” climber who took on Yosemite’s El Capitan with absolutely no ropes or ties. To address a group of sales people who think they are in the midst of Adversity, Alex talks about the preparation, drive, passion, focus, and delivery that it took to master this one-of-a-kind adverse experience. But the format of this virtual keynote speech by Alex Honnold is what interests meeting professionals today—as there is certainly more than one option when it comes to sharing a virtual story with a viewing audience of attendees.
Corporate Leaders Share Lessons on Diversity and Inclusion
So many of our meeting keynote speaker requests lately are looking for key ideas of how companies and executive leadership can make lasting change on Diversity and Inclusion. These high-profile audience favorites who are hugely popular on the topic in a moderated audience Q&A setting include:
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man takes to the virtual meeting space
When Emmanuel Acho decided to make a video about Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man after the George Floyd protests, he had no idea how quickly it would go viral. Over 40 million views later, this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jUA7JBkF4 meant to educate and inform Americans about racism, social injustice, system racism, and more has turned into a series of YouTube conversations and a book due out in November 2020 (and destined to be an instant bestseller).
Harvard Pandemic expert gives a common sense Covid-19 updates at virtual corporate meetings.
When CNN, CBS, PBS, and MSNBC look to educate their viewers on current aspects of Covid-19 and the spread of the Coronavirus, they turn to Dr. Ashish Jha. The Director of Harvard’s Global Health Institute and an expert on Pandemics–after having Chaired the Harvard-LSHTM independent panel on the global response to Ebola–Dr. Jha is a popular presenter at both medical industry and corporate meetings looking for answers.