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Best social distancing practices for corporates during Covid 19

by Alexander A. Digital Marketing Consultant

In the rapidly evolving threat due to the COVID-19 pandemic, every sector is feeling the wrath. It has and will continue to impact the business and investor community globally in the coming months. The very nature of today’s business environment is extremely interconnected and poses serious of a major economical meltdown. There is a disruption in the supply and demand chain which has affected the event planning and managing the industry as well.

In these trying times, it has become imperative to have a complete plan for crisis management. This changing environment calls for having the same as one of the integral aspects of event planning. As many organizers are looking for an alternative format, here are the following options every corporate can look forward to -

CANCELLATION

For some events, facing disruption might need to cancel it. This may be the way to proceed when there is little security about the safety of participants. Additionally, when you look for event management companies near me, there might be some logistics problems such as travel restrictions. In times as these, planners must concentrate on communication and mitigating the gloomy effects of the event not happening. A clear and professional communication strategy defining the reasons for cancellation will help the speakers, exhibitors, participants, and sponsors to understand the reasons and agenda of the organizers. Make sure to send tailored emails to all the involved parties or make personal phone calls for a detailed explanation.

POSTPONEMENT

Several global organizers have postponed their event, such as the Olympics, Open Networking & Edge Summit, the ILC International Liver Congress. They have rescheduled the event dates from the spring to late summer. This is not a very easy call but if you have worked with the event planners near me, ask their ideas when it would be wiser to shift the program date. Postponing any event, especially the corporate ones are not a unilateral decision. There are a lot of logistics involved such as approval from venue managers, participants, speakers, and sponsors. It is still difficult to understand how the situation will evolve, or will it be okay to rely on the time-sensitive data, and make the decision. But some casual gatherings such as team meets, annual meets can be postponed.

VIRTUAL EVENTS

In the past few weeks, many corporates, offices, and businesses have organized meetings and conferences online. Companies that can now adapt to this meeting format will find it as the best alternative in these challenging times. As understood, the virtual meetings allow attendance regardless of the location and facilitate the delivery of vanguard information. All you need to do is strategically plan to implement the right technologies, and the virtual events can even have a wider audience than the traditional events.


HYBRID EVENTS

Hybrid events are an amalgamation of live and virtual components a certain number of people may be present at a physical location, while the majority of the audience can attend the event remotely. THERE ARE SOME EVIDENTLY HAPPY IMPLICATIONS such as it will attract sponsors who would have been difficult to draw into for a live event. It can be physical and digital. Obviously there will be challenges, whether in-person or remote. For starters, identifying the meeting model is one of the biggest decisions. 

There is only one thing to do at the moment is to stay home and be safe. But that can't stop the economy from rolling. There are expert minds working to get the best ideas out of the worst situation!


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About Alexander A. Professional     Digital Marketing Consultant

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Joined APSense since, August 23rd, 2017, From Arizona, United States.

Created on Apr 25th 2020 09:33. Viewed 394 times.

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