Audience & Student Engagement Blog

7 Interactive Ideas to Leave Attendees Wanting More

Researching and purchasing event-tech is the first step. Knowing how to best utilise the tech comes next. With this in mind, here are seven interactive ways to create knockout sessions at your next event.

Audience Participation Tips

Tom Dally, February 20, 2019

What does CCPA mean for Marketers and Event Professionals?

CCPA. Another acronym poised to potentially disrupt data-driven business. As the 5th largest global economy, California’s decisions on consumer privacy could have lasting world-wide effects as the law becomes more well-defined. With the recent GDPR ding against Google (for a whopping £44 million), it’s clear that these data laws will impact businesses.

Event Planning CCPA

Katie Dolan, January 30, 2019

5 Reasons to Live-Stream your Event

The use of live streaming has grown in popularity over the last couple of years, thanks in part to the ease of posting across social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. These platforms combined with 4G, increasingly the use of 5G systems and smartphones with high quality cameras have created a boom in users broadcasting live video to the world.

Event Planning Event Marketing

Tom Dally, January 24, 2019

The Top 10 PowerPoint Alternatives for 2019

PowerPoint was first rolled out by Microsoft in 1987. Since then, they’ve added a raft of features with subsequent versions. It’s been the undisputed presentation king over the past three decades and rightly so - it was one of the first mainstream presentation tools. It revolutionised events, education and training, and everything in between. However, there’s now a plethora of new and exciting alternatives that enable even novice users to create highly visual, engaging and customised presentations.

Audience Participation Tips

Tom Dally, January 17, 2019

The Importance of Wellbeing in the Workplace

Employee wellbeing is still often thought of as a nice to have or something you spend time on further down the line. This is especially true for start-ups and scale-ups. However, if you only shift your focus to it at a later stage then chances are it’s already too late - as employee wellbeing and employee performance are intrinsically linked

Opinion Glisserati

Tom Dally, January 15, 2019

How to Make Event Wi-Fi Contracts Work for You

The solutions are out there, and easy enough to find. But providing a seamless wi-fi experience requires planning, effort, and normally a bit of negotiation.

Event Planning Opinion

Matthew King, January 9, 2019

Why Tech Should Be Embraced

There is a common fear from many event organisers, educators and employers that event tech can lead to a less engaged audience. However, with the growing list of events embracing event tech, many attendees expect it at events. So use it at your next event and your engagement levels will spike!

Training Opinion

Mark Simeon, December 24, 2018

Supercharge your Next Presentation

Presentations are an eventuality that most of us experience on a regular occurrence in our professional lives. We witness hundreds of presentations a year with one recurring challenge...how do you marry data visualisation and audience engagement?

Audience Participation Tips

Tom Dally, December 12, 2018

A Brief History of Audience Engagement

It may surprise you, but audience response systems have been around since the 1960’s.

The Next Generation of Audience Engagement

Over the last year, we’ve been hard at work on the next generation of audience engagement tech. Glisser’s all-new audience engagement platform brings you closer to your audience than ever before!