Gamification has always been a big part of the event industry, but this trend has been accelerated as virtual and hybrid events have increased in popularity. It is important to understand what exactly gamification is to truly understand how this tactic can enhance your virtual event.

Virtual events are growing in popularity and now that event managers, planners and corporates have seen the benefits of virtual events they are here to stay.  

A virtual event is an online space that mimics the environment of a physical event but is accessible to anyone with an invitation and an internet connection.

Flock Eventing Platform was thrilled to play a role in this year’s prestigious Simon Sabela Awards which honours achievements in the film and television industry.

Mike Lysko, the Founder and CEO of the Flock Eventing Platform says the company hopes to assist in the initiative for many years to come.

The 8^th annual Simon Sabela Awards took place on the 12^th of September 2020 at the International Film Festival in Durban. The Awards recognise the outstanding talent and achievements of role players within the South African film and television industry, from actors, producers, directors through to film and television technicians.

We’ve been hard at work developing features on our platform to bring you the best product to ensure your event is a success, one of the components that is key to this, is communicating your event.

That’s why we have enhanced our event email builder to provide additional features to improve the overall experience, our clients can expect new features such as customisable text functions, in-text image uploads, and much more.

What do you do when a global corporation wants an on-demand solution for their multi-day event? Add to that requests for high engagement and activity, to keep hundreds of attendees informed and delighted throughout, with high security measures – it’s by no means a simple task.

The Flock team had to create an all-encompassing solution to provide members with event info, enable networking, and gain real-time feedback by engaging in live polls, live discussions, and feedback sessions throughout this Virtual Event.

A few short months ago, I wrote about the ways in which technology would fundamentally alter the ways in which we orchestrate and attend events. Little did I (or anyone) realise just how quickly the survival of our industry would come to rely on elements like mobile technology, virtual meeting spaces, and live streams. As the events industry adapts to a world in the throes of a global pandemic, industry players have developed innovative ways to create and participate in meetings, conferences, and events.  And as network infrastructure and computing power increase, these innovative uses of technology are set to become de rigueur in the B2B events space. 

We’ve loved exploring the virtual event space, and one of the best things to come out of this new chapter has been the creation of a professional studio space where your event hosts can dazzle audiences. We’ve seen some incredible events being brought to our stage, and being transmitted to screens all over the world. Live streamed, pre-recorded, a mix of both – we’ve created them all and have loved being able to push the boundaries of attendees’ expectations.

We’ve done a lot over the last few months and had a ton of variety with the virtual events we are doing. We felt it would be apt to put together a full showcase to show event organisers the capabilities. On the 23^rd of September we will hold the first Flock showcase of virtual events where we will skim through the multitude of various productions we’ve been a part of. If you’d like to pre-register to attend, please click HERE.