So, who’s collecting the best ideas on how to successfully run a remote conference? I’ll start with a list of my own, please reply to with yours or links to others.

Mar 10, 2020 · 9:53 PM UTC

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Make sure speakers have a video feed of their audience; they’ll probably need it to deliver a good talk.
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Consider smaller locations where people can gather to watch talks. Feed video of those locations to the speaker(s).
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Consider pre-recording talks, then have the speaker do a chat-based Q&A while the talk is streamed
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Allow for listeners to ask questions with a video stream showing them while they do it
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Do everything possible to emulate “hallway conversations” at a (semi-)virtual conference
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Try to add things not possible at a classical conference as added value. Examples: Easily connecting to fellow listeners; access to additional material; follow-up with the speaker; recording options
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Extend it to allow for companies to have their conference rooms participate; allow for attending only some talks instead of all, yet provide a discount for the all-access pass
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Extend to open space (or other collaborative formats). Allow people to walk in and out of virtual rooms.
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Replying to @stilkov @bitboss
If it's large and international, consider different time zones for remote audiences. And have a well updated FAQ, e.g. like @icahdq now has for #ICA20. ow.ly/dvXH50yIgN3
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Replying to @stilkov @bitboss
Good ones. Thank you Stefan! Probably good topic for a podcast/panel? We ran our online conf last year with 53 talks/5 tracks/1600 attendees. Blog post coming - make it free - add interactions like quizzes - ded host - extended q&a w/ sep. streams -timeshift viewing - use apis
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Replying to @stilkov
HiredThought is doing online „Unconferences“ these days: hiredthought.com/virtual-unc…
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Replying to @stilkov
If there was ever a time for VR ;-) You could literally walk to rooms, sit and listen to talks, or listen in on or join conversations in hallways, walk by sponsors and explore their products, ... emulating real life experience. Worth an experiment, me thinks. Cost and ubiquity of
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Replying to @stilkov
Separate presenting from handling the tech stack. (i.e. have designated people to handle the technology at all endpoints. Even -or especially- if the presenters are tech-savvy)
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I guess it‘s @amyhoy who‘s collecting the best ideas: mobile.twitter.com/amyhoy/st…
Amy Hoy @amyhoy
5 Mar 2020
since everybody (who's responsible) is canceling in-person events & subsequently The Vibe is all about making shit *virtual* i thought i'd talk a little bit about how @thomasfuchs, @alexhillman and i ran full- and even MULTI-day live workshops 100% online since 2010 THREAD
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Replying to @stilkov @mesirii
Have an additional person to moderate the questions.
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Replying to @stilkov
@kenny_baas @Heimeshoff and myself already running a virtual DDD meetup for a year. We can join experiences in terms of virtual events lessons learned and how to do better. 🤔😏😊 I think now a lot of event needs to go virtual anyways.. 😳
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Replying to @stilkov
I would take a look at a community where stuff like that has developed over years. The Gaming community. Twitch seems to work very well as a presentation platform with interaction. Discord is a very good platform for small discussions and networking.
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