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5 Tips To Keep Attendees Engaged At Your Next Event

5 Tips To Keep Attendees Engaged At Your Next Event
by Wendy Parsley

Attendees are demanding more from the events and conferences they choose to attend. They are eager to learn new things, want to be actively involved in the event and engaged throughout the whole program.

So, event professionals have to be more and more creative about how they structure their event program to meet the attendee demands. Here are five ideas that will help you keep your attendees engaged at your next event.

1. Make the most of your event moderator

Can you believe that less than 20 percent of event professionals involve their event moderators in pre-event planning? Moderators can play a huge role in engaging the audience and facilitating good discussion — and ultimately make a major impact on the level of attendee satisfaction in the program.

Bring your moderators into the event planning process early. Get their thoughts on flow and format for the session. Make sure your moderators understand the overall goals and objectives of your event — this will help them facilitate the attendee learning process.

2. Ditch the presentation format and go conversational

We've all been there. The drone of a presentation with way too many slides.

Switch up the format of your session and go for a more conversational setup style. I love to see onstage interviews, fireside chats, panel discussions and "ask me anything" sessions on agendas. The key here is to empower your attendees and make them an active part of the session.

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