👏 re:compass #41: Audience as a Service
Navigator for events during 01–07 March 2021
This week a special shoutout goes to Saturday Night Takeaway and their virtual audience wall that is making rounds in British news.
For once, I am bit surprised that existence of virtual audience on a TV show is newsworthy. After all, it is not a particularly new phenomenon. I can recall certain TV news emissions from spring 2020 that had politicians talking while surrounded with faces on the screens all around them. Future was there and then. So, what’s new?
New seems to be technology behind the virtual audience. Attendees themselves explained to media and showed on TikTok how different it feels being in a TV show that way. It is not “just another Zoom call”. They told that it is more like watching TV, just that the TV is talking back to you and telling what to do. Clap, speak, prepare props, now you are on the main screen.
And you know what? This sounds super exciting! This is an experience. It is an active participation in co-creation of event as an attendee. And, of course, and interactive element for the show organizers.
One common complaint from virtual event organizers and speakers themselves is that currently there are very limited ways to feel the audience. There is barely any feedback from the listeners, and each question submitted through the chat is priceless.
However, now the virtual audience tech is starting to go mainstream, and I am excited for the opportunities it offers. Audience management as one of the processes for virtual events. Audience as a Service. Bring it on!
⏸️ Pause Fest
When: 01–12 March 2021
Format: online festival
Access: $65 — $695
Another great startup event brought to you by people from sunny Australia. Event has been described as ‘Innovation Capital’, ‘Octoberfest for business’ and ‘Woodstock for digital natives’ by different media outlets. In 2021, Pause Fest is self claiming ‘MTV for innovation’ title and is aiming to provide the next level of online event experience built on UX. Join in to bring diverse intelligence together to fuel the next generation forward. Less FOMO, more INSPO.
🐶 GP Bullhound Global Tech Market Update
When: 02 March 2021, 15:00 GMT
Access: free
Format: online session
Join GP Bullhound Global Tech Market Update webinar to take a look at the various impacts of the pandemic on the global tech market. Dr. Gero Decker, Co-Founder & CEO of Business Process Intelligence Company SIGNAVIO will chat about growing a successful software business and how accelerated digitalisation is transforming our industry. GP Bullhound Managing Partners and Co-founders Hugh Campbell and Per Roman will also be joined by sector experts such as our San Francisco-based Partner Jonathan Cantwell (Software), GP Bullhound Stockholm-based Partner Inge Heydorn (Public markets) to look into global tech M&A activity, how the software sector has been responding and which are the category winners to invest in.
😼 [Sifted] It’s meow or never: Is cat tech about to take off?
When: 02 March 2021, 16:00 GMT
Access: free
Format: online session
Why do investors care more about dog tech than cat tech? What is it about cats that makes designing products for them hard? Or are cats a market that is ripe for development — and because it is relatively less crowded, all the better to be seized by the early entrants? Join Sifted for this online panel of cat tech companies and investors to bust some of the myths in this sector.
🦸♀️ FT Live: Women in Technology
When: 03 March 2021, 09:00 GMT
Access: free
Format: online session
The Financial Times, in partnership with Huawei, is delighted to host this webinar for women in tech and leaders responsible for driving transformation and improving the breadth and depth of workforce expertise. The discussion will consider what it takes to diversify and educate tech professionals and the impact on outcomes across society and organisations.
📚 Digital 2021: The state of the internet
When: 03 March 2021, 09:00 GMT
Access: free
Format: online session
We Are Social and Hootsuite’s Global Digital Reports series is one of the world’s most widely read and referenced resources for understanding people’s evolving digital behaviours. The latest collection of Global Digital Reports will unveil key insights, such as how many people use social media, which social platforms are proving most popular and which devices are being used to access the internet. Join the event with We Are Social Chief Strategy Officer, Mobbie Nazir and Global Head of Research & Insight Paul Greenwood, who will be talking through the 2021 report’s findings.
🧶 How to Stay Connected with Your Customers
When: 03 March 2021, 11:30 GMT
Access: free
Format: online session
Over the past year the way we connect with our customers has changed. Conor McCarthy of the first 10 Podcast will be talking about bridging the gap in online customer communication, how to keep it casual but productive as we seek to understand our customers and their needs. Event brought to you by Talent Garden.
💡 StartupTalks — From Research to Reality: The Epishine Story
When: 03 March 2021, 16:00 CET
Access: free
Format: online session
The research chest holds a massive treasure of many brilliant findings, but many of these findings are never brought to light and commercialized. What does the journey look like from research to reality? The renewable energy company Epishine has the answer to that. LEAD business incubator from Sweden has invited one of the founders and researcher, Jonas Bergqvist, to share Epishine’s impressive story and their journey from research to reality.
When: 03 March 2021, 17:00 GMT
Access: $5
Format: online session
Extra Crunch is bringing a session about justice to you. Join in to explore inclusive hiring, access to funding for Black people, Latinos, Latinas and Indigenous people, and workplace tools to foster inclusion and belonging. Session will also examine the experiences of gig workers and formerly incarcerated people who are often left out of Silicon Valley’s wealth cycle. Rounding out the program will be a discussion about the role of venture capital in creating a more inclusive tech ecosystem.
💃 Lead Today. Shape Tomorrow. 2021
When: 04–05 March 2021
Access: €29 — €99
Format: online conference
Lead Today. Shape Tomorrow. 2021 is the event of the year connecting European women in tech and innovation. Female Founders are inviting everyone to join meaningful connections and empowering female entrepreneurial leaders. The event aims to break down some of the barriers that women face within the tech industry by developing a community that supports those who are already in tech and innovation and inspire others to join them and keep pushing for change. Whether you are an entrepreneur with a tech startup, an investor looking for promising opportunities, a corporate looking to higher talented leaders, or an individual ready to level up or even start your career in tech and innovation, this is the event you need to be at.
When: 04 March 2021, 13:00 CET
Access: free
Format: online conference
Initiated by President Emmanuel Macron, the Scale-Up Europe initiative focuses on four key drivers: talent, investment, startup-corporate collaboration and deep tech. The founding members have convened to kick off a collective debate on these themes on the 4th of March and to continue the discussion in the coming months through workshops and open consultation. Together, the tech community will define an actionable strategy and roadmap to be presented to European heads of state later this year on scaling the tech ecosystem to the next level.
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